PROJECTS WITHOUT STIPEND SUPPORT
2008 PROJECT LIST
Faculty Sponsor	Department	Project Title	Project Type
Butkiewicz, Elise, MD; Jacobs, Abbie, MD	Family Medicine	Screening for Pre-Disease States of the Component Diseases of the Metabolic Syndrome in High School Athletes.	Clinical
Capo, John T., MD	Orthopaedics	1. Functional and Radiographic Outcome of Distal Radius Fractures Treated with External Fixation; 2. The Accuracy of Plain Radiographs in Assessing Radial Head Fractures.	Clinical
Cohen, Thomas, MD	Surgery	Retrospective review of patients born with gastroschisis at University Hospital: Proactive care improves patient outcome	Clinical
Grant, Geordie, MD	Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine	Effects of Sevoflurane and Propofol on Light Flash Evoked Pupillometry.	Clinical
Heary, Robert, MD	Neurological Surgery	In Vitro Assessment of the Effect of Annular Resection on the FSU Expulsion Force, Migration, Range of Motion, and Wear Properties for an Artificial Disc.	Lab
Heary, Robert, MD	Neurological Surgery	The Role of Glial-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Engineered Human Neonate Stem Cells.	Lab
Jacobs, Abbie, MD; Johnson, Mark, MD; Garcia, Steven, MD	Family Medicine	Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, Cholesterolemia, Obesity, and Lipidemia within Patients with Metabolic Syndrome (MBS). This project potentially represents 5 separate projects-- one for each of the above mentioned components of the MBS.	Clinical