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News Release
May 3, 2007
Thirty-two Idaho Undergraduates Awarded Summer
Fellowships to Conduct Biomedical Research
The Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence has chosen 32
undergraduate students from eight state colleges and universities, including
eight students from Boise State University, to spend the summer working in
research laboratories.
The network, created in 2001, seeks to build Idaho’s biomedical research
infrastructure and its scientists’ competitiveness in pursuing federal
grants. This is its sixth summer of support for undergraduate research. The
network in 2004 received a $16.1 million competitive grant from the National
Institutes of Health Institutional Development Award program.
The network includes Boise State, the University of Idaho, Idaho State
University, Albertson College of Idaho, Northwest Nazarene University,
College of Southern Idaho, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Lewis-Clark State
College, North Idaho College, Eastern Idaho Technical College, Boise VA
Medical Center, and Mountain States Tumor and Medical Research Institute.
In addition to funding the undergraduate fellowships to train future
researchers, INBRE also supports faculty development and equipment purchases
to advance Idaho’s research capabilities.
The undergraduate fellows will conclude their summer of research at the
network’s annual conference, which will be held in Moscow this August.
Boise State University students and their faculty mentors include:
Alina Schimpf of Boise and Don Warner, assistant professor of chemistry;
Andrew Ormond of Boise and Owen McDougal, assistant professor of chemistry;
Briana Flaherty of Boise and Henry Charlier, associate professor of
chemistry; Bryan Diebels of Juneau, Alaska, and GongXin Yu, assistant
professor of biology; Chelsea Sonius of Boise and Julie Oxford, associate
professor of biology; Emily Barnhart of Hagerman and Ken Cornell, assistant
professor of chemistry; Kate Allen of Boise and Eric Brown, assistant
professor of chemistry; and Lisa Young of Boise and Dale Russell, professor
of chemistry.
Albertson College of Idaho students and their faculty mentors include:
Britni Arlian of Big Timber, Mont., and Juliette Tinker, assistant professor
of biology, Boise State University; Colin Burke of Pagosa Springs, Colo.,
Ashley McCartney of Nampa, Kate Arbon of Caldwell and Sara Heggland,
associate professor of biology; and Katherine Ball of Boise and Michelle
Sabick, assistant professor of engineering, Boise State University.
Northwest Nazarene University students and their faculty mentors include:
Erin Shively of Yakima, Wash., and Jennifer Chase, professor of biology; and
Zach Beech of Nampa and Barry Myers, professor of computer science.
Brigham Young University-Idaho students and their faculty mentors
include: Jadd Shelton of Rexburg and Ron Strohmeyer, assistant professor
of biology, Northwest Nazarene University; Jason Hooton of Rexburg and Peter
Sheridan, associate professor of microbiology, Idaho State University;
Tanner Nielsen of Sugar City and Erin Rasmussen, assistant professor of
experimental psychology, Idaho State University; and Mark Cheney of Idaho
Falls and Trish Hartzell, associate professor of microbiology, molecular
biology and biochemistry, University of Idaho.
Idaho State University students and their faculty mentors include:
Jessica Evans of Pocatello and Peter Sheridan, associate professor of
microbiology; Maria Lai of Pocatello and Alok Bhusan, assistant professor of
pharmacology; and William Reilly of Pocatello and Leslie Devaud, professor
of pharmaceutical sciences.
Lewis-Clark State College student Elizabeth Flerchinger of Lenore
will work with David McIlroy, associate professor of physics, University of
Idaho.
North Idaho College student Veronica Hendricks of St. Maries will
work with Julie Oxford, associate professor of biology, Boise State
University.
University of Idaho students and their faculty mentors include:
Alexis Jones of Enterprise, Ore., and Doug Cole, associate professor of
microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry; Andrew Nicholson of Coeur
d’Alene and Dirk Vanderwall, associate professor of animal and veterinary
sciences; Dan Gingrich of Moscow and Zonglie Hong, assistant professor of
microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry; Elizabeth Myers of Dalton
Gardens and Mark McGuire, associate professor of animal and veterinary
sciences; Jade McDaniel of Athol and Deb Stenkamp, associate professor of
biology; Jose Alcocer of Grandview, Wash., and Bruce Miller, professor of
microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry; Kathryn McGuckin of
Kootenai and Kurt Gustin, assistant professor of microbiology, molecular
biology and biochemistry; and Sara Gilmore of Caldwell and Scott Kobayashi,
assistant professor of microbiology, molecular biology and biochemistry.
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Contacts: Henry Charlier, Boise State Department of Chemistry, (208)
426-3474, hcharlier@boisestate.edu
Carolyn Hovde Bohach, INBRE director, (208) 885-5906,
cbohach@uidaho.edu
Media contact: Janelle Brown, Boise State University Communications,
(208) 426-1790,
jbrown2@boisestate.edu
May is “Return to Learn” month at Boise State University. “Return to
Learn” is a concentrated effort to provide information on the best options
for returning to school to those who are considering taking classes from the
university. For more information, call (208) 562-3127 or click
returntolearn.boisestate.edu.
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Last reviewed on
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
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