Projects 2007-2008
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Project |
Mechanisms of Resistance for Streptococcus pyogenes in Northern Utah |
| Collaboration | CLS students working on separate undergraduate research project: Bruce Jolly, Lauren Jackson,Todd Keskey. Clinics/hospitals involved: Tanner Clinic, Redwood Clinic, Ogden Clinic, Davis Hospital, Weber State Student Health Clinic. |
| Student Names |
Ryan Rowe, Ryan Stephenson, Destry East |
|
Faculty Mentor |
Scott Wright |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, October, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
| Publications | Submitted for publication to Journal of American Society for Clinical Laboratory Sciences Proceedings of The National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April, 2008 |
|
Project |
Survey on Pretransfusion Compatibility Testing Methodologies in the Western United States |
| Student Names |
Brianne Dahl, Kelsey Farnsworth, Teresa Patterson |
| Faculty Mentor | William Zundel |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, November, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
Macrolide Resistance Rates To Streptococcus pyogenes along the Wasatch Front |
| Collaboration | CLS students working on separate undergraduate research project: Ryan Rowe, Ryan Stephenson, Destry East. Clinics/hospitals involved: Tanner Clinic, Redwood Clinic, Ogden Clinic, Davis Hospital, Weber State Student Health Clinic. |
| Student Names |
Bruce Jolly, Lauren Jackson, Todd Keskey |
| Faculty Mentor | Travis Price |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, October, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
Establishment of Second Trimester Reference Intervals for TSH and FT4 on the Roche Modular E170 |
| Collaboration | Dr. Roberts, Medical Directory of automated Core Lab, ARUP, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student Names |
Rechelle Silvio, Karly Swapp |
| Faculty Mentor | Kara Hansen-Suchy |
| Funding | ARUP, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
Comparison of Homemade LISS to manufactured pharmaceutical LISS |
| Student Names |
Mike Blodget, Brian Hains, Kyle Wren |
| Faculty Mentor | William Zundel |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, November, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
TRALI: A National Survey of Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury |
| Student Names |
Kyle Fowers, Bryce Hoover, Paul Jeffery |
| Faculty Mentor | William Zundel |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, November, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
Incident Rate of Respiratory Virus Infections for Utah |
| Collaboration | IHC Central Laboratory, Salt Lake City, UT |
| Student Names |
Amy Jones, Bryan Keisel, Nichole Thompson |
| Faculty Mentor | Scott Wright |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
The Effects of Chemotherapy on Blood Eosinophil Counts In Breast Cancer Patients |
| Collaboration | Dr. Earl Gray, Oncologist, Ogden, UT |
| Student Names |
Tanya Willcox, Laurie Shelton, Benjamin Heideman |
| Faculty Mentor | Dr.Yasmen Simonian |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |
|
Project |
The Effects of Secondary Centrifugation on a Comprehensive Metabolic Panel |
| Student Names |
Allison Barto , Ryan Mcgary , Brady Tucker |
| Faculty Mentor | Gary Nielsen |
| Funding | WSU Office of Undergraduate Research, November, 2007 |
| Conference Presentations |
• WSU Undergraduate Research Symposium, Ogden, UT, April 2008 |