APSA Foundation Scholarship
Winners
2010 Winners:
Cynthia D. Downard, MD
"Control of Intestinal Microcirculation in NEC"
Cassandra M. Kelleher, MD
"Extracellular Components Critical to Alveolarization:
Contributions of Elastin"
2009 Winners:
Tippi C. MacKenzie, MD
"Maternal Immune Response in Utero Hematopoietic Stem Cell
Transplantation"
Kelly A. Miller, MD
"The Pathogenic Role of Enteric Glia in Hirschsprung’s
Enterocolitis"
2008 Winner:
Douglas N. Miniati, MD
"Role of Notch4 signaling in aberrant pulmonary vascular
development."
2007 Winner:
Allan M. Goldstein, MD
“Role of Sonic Hedgehog in enteric nervous system
development”
2006 Winner:
James C.Y. Dunn, MD
"Enteric Nervous System Regeneration for Hirschsprung's
Disease”
2005 Winners:
Elizabeth A. Beierle, MD
"Focal Adhesion Kinase and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Receptor-3 in Human Neuroblastoma"
Kerilyn K. Nobuhara, MD
"Intestinal Dysmotility in Fetal Repair of Gastroschisis"
2004 Winners:
Karl G. Sylvester, MD
"Liver Regeneration and Stem Cell Regulation via the WNT Signaling
Pathway”
Christopher K. Breuer, MD
"Do Tissue Engineered Venous Conduits Grow? Investigating the
Growth Potential of Tissue Engineered Venous Conduits in a Juvenile Lamb
Model”
2003 Winner:
Peter F. Ehrlich, MD
"Injury Prevention through Brief Intervention: A Novel Approach to
Pediatric Injury Prevention”
2002 Winner:
Mary Beth Madonna, MD
"Growth Factor Receptor Signaling and its Relationship to Cell
Proliferation and Differentiation in a Neuroblastoma Cell
Line”
2001 Winner:
Anthony Stallion, MD
"Intestinal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Contributes to the Initiation of
the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome”
2000 Winner:
Edward M. Barksdale Jr., MD
"The Therapy of Neuroblastoma-Induced Disorders of Dendropoiesis of
Dendritic Cell Development”
1999 Winner:
Gail E. Besner, MD
"Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor (HB-EGF) and Intestinal Ischemia
Reperfusion Injury”
