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Pilot/Feasibility Award Recipients

Year 2008

Yuko Akiyama, M.D.
Instructor, Molecular Genetics
UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center
Target Genes of Sox9 in the Intestinal Crypts Cells
Sharmila Ananda, M.D.
Asst Professor. GI, Hepatology and Nutrition, UT-MD Anderson Cancer Center, (R.R. Kortum @ Rice, Dipen Maru @ MDA)
Ex Vivo Fluorescence and Reflectance Imaging for the Detection of Neoplasia in Barrett's Esophagus
Nicola Brunetti-Pierri, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Strategies to increase HDAd mediated gene transfer to the liver
Sushovan Guha, M.D., Ph.D.
Asst Professor, GI-Hepatology, & Nutrition
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Biological role of lipocalin 2 in pancreatic cancer
Anne M. Hutson, Ph.D.
Instructor, Pediatrics – GI, Hepatology & Nutrition
Baylor College of Medicine
MicroRNAs disregulation in  Apc+/min  mice
Shumei Song MD, PhD
Instructor, GI Medicine & Nutrition
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
The Role of Bile Acids and Benzo(a)pyrene Diol Epoxide in the Development of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Karen S. Uray, Ph.D.
Asst Professor, Pediatric Surgery
UT Medical School at Houston.
The Role of STAT3 in Regulating Intestinal Contractile Activity