1998 Travel Fellowship Grant Awardees 
for Young Investigators

The following were awarded the 1998 Travel Fellowships to the Experimental Biology Meetings held in San Francisco, April 18-22, 1998


1998 Travel Fellowship Grant Awardees
back row (L to R): Gerald D. Frank, Christopher A. DeSouza, Julie C. Snell,
Eugene W. Shek, Bettina Mittendorfer, AnnMarie DelliPizzi

front row (L to R): Wen-Chi Chang, Victoria J. Christiansen, Kenneth D. Cohen, James E. McDuffie, Veronica Lopez, Elmi C. Tibaduiza (not present: James D. Jentsch,
Kevin M. Mohazzab-H, Guolong Zhang)

Wen-Chi Chang, Texas A&M Univ.
"Fish Oil Depresses the Carcinogen- Induced Expression of COX-2 in Rat Colonic Mucosa"

Victoria J. Christiansen, Univ. Oklahoma HSC
"Structural Characterization of an Angiostatic Fragment of Plasminogen"

Kenneth D. Cohen, Univ of Rochester
"Mechanisms for Initiation and Transmission of Remote Arteriolar Dilations Induced by Muscle Contraction"

AnnMarie DelliPizzi, New York Med Col
"Contribution of K+ Channels to Ifetroban- Induced Relaxations in Aortic Rings
from Hypertensive Rats"

Christopher A. DeSouza, Univ of Colorado
"Age-Related Increases in Central Arterial Stiffness in Adult Females are Associated with Elevations in Fibrinogen And Fibrin D-Dimer"

Gerald D. Frank, Meharry Mod Col
"Angiotensin II-Induced Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Activation is Mediated
by Reactive Oxygen Species"

James D. Jentsch, Yale Univ.
"Frontal Cortical Dopaminergic Dysfunction Correlates with Impaired Cognitive Performance in Monkeys After Long-Term Phencyclidine Administration"

Veronica Lopez, Univ of Calif, Davis
"Zinc Deficiency Induces Apoptosis in Primary Rat Osteoblasts"

James E. McDuffie, Meharry Med Col.
"Serotonin-Induced Activation of Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase: Role of 5-Hydroxytryptamine 1B Receptors"

Bettina Mittendorfer, Univ of Texas Med Branch
"A Novel Isotopic Method for Measurement of Glutamine"

Kevin M. Mohazzab-H, New York Med Col.
"Exercise-Mediated Increase In Oxidative Stress in Vascular Smooth Muscle"

Eugene W. Shek, Univ of Mississippi Med Ctr
"Hyperhomocysteinemia Alters Renal Hemodynamic and Cardiovascular Function"

Julie C. Snell, Georgetown Univ.
"Apolipoprotein E Enhances Nitric Oxide Production in Poly I:Poly C-Treated Raw (264.7) Cells"

Elmi C. Tibaduiza, Tufts Univ.
"B-APO-Carotenoic Acids Inhibit Proliferation of Estrogen Receptor (ER) Positive and ER Negative Breast Tumor Cell Lines''

Guolong Zhang, Kansas State Univ.
"Porcine Beta-Definsin-1: Gene Structure and Developmental Expression"

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