Faculty Directory
Pediatrics
Bohnsack, John
7A152 SOM
Phone: 581-5319
E-mail: John.Bohnsack@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Pathogenesis of bacterial
infections.
Student Participation: Prepare reagent, perform assays,
e.g. southern blot.
Background Needed: Course in methods of molecular
biology.
Outside Majors: Biology, microbiology.
Key Words: Bacteria, molecular genetics, pathogenesis.
Student generated projects are not possible.
Chan, Gary
2B425 UUMC
Phone: 581-3082
E-mail: gchan@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Infant nutrition, children
& teenager, nutrition & bone mineral status, maternal/paternal/infant
attachment.
Student Participation: Recruitment, data analysis,
filing of forms.
Background Needed: Biological science.
Outside Majors: Foods & Nutrition, Nursing, Pharmacy,
Physiology, Pre-Medicine.
Key Words: Pediatrics, nutrition, newborn infants,
children, bones.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Chen, Zhong
1C204 SOM
Phone: 581-5524
E-mail: zhong.chen@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Application of new techniques,
such as FISH and other molecular cytogenetic approaches to
clinical diagnosis and research analysis of prenatal diseases.
Cancer and other genetic disorders.
Student Participation: Search literature and collect
data.
Background Needed: Major in biology or life science.
Outside Majors: Statistics, Computer Science.
Key Words: Chromosome, molecular genetics, cancer,
cytogenetic techniques, medical genetics.
Student generated projects will be considered.
Glasgow, Tiffany
2A152 SOM
Phone: 585-6334, Pager: 339-6616
E-Mail: tiffany.glasgow@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: I will be participating
in health services research with an emphasis on children with
special health care needs. This will include both outcomes
and health care delivery studies.
Student Participation: I could use assistance with
data gathering, chart reviews, and data entry.
Background Needed: No specific background is needed
although basic computer skills are desired.
Outside Majors: Any major is applicable.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Hill, Harry
5B114 UUMC
Phone: 581-5873
Email: harry.hill@path.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Immunology & host resistance
to bacterial infections, specifically immune responses to
streptococci & use of monoclonal antibodies and recombinant
human cytokines treating infections and immunologic disorders.
Student Participation: Work on cellular & humoral
assays of immunity in the test tube & in small animal models
of disease. Learn assays & develop their own research projects.
Background Needed: Basic understanding of science
& biology.
Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology,
Pre-med Emphasis.
Key Words: Immunology, Resistance to Bacterial Infection,
Monoclonal Antibodies, Recombinant Human Cytokines, Immunotherapy.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Hu, Norman
2B465 SOM
Phone: 585-1860
E-mail: norm.hu@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: The integrated physiologic
and morphologic assessment of the embryonic cardiovascular
system using techniques to define atrial, ventricular and
arterial function.
Student Participation: To perform experiment, analysis,
computation and literature search.
Background Needed: Biological Sciences.
Outside Majors: Interested in research.
Key Words: Hemodynamics, physiology, morphogenesis,
embryo, cardiac development.
Moon, Anne M.
Suite 4110A EIHG
Phone: 585-0717
E-Mail: anne.moon@genetics.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Developmental biology,
genetics; particularly cardiac developmental biology.
Student Participation: Anatomic and histologic analysis
of a variety of mutant mice.
Background Needed: Biology, basic chemistry, and
molecular biology would be helpful.
Outside Majors: All undergrad bioscience majors.
Student generated projects may be considered.
Murphy, Nancy
2A243 SOM
Phone: 581-7877
E-Mail: nancy.murphy@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Health science research
- relating to children with special healthcare needs. Particularly
interested in children with CP, chronic disabilities, and
co-morbidishes.
Student Participation: Data organization and entry,
data collection if appropriate.
Background Needed: Computer skills.
Outside Majors: Statistics, Information Technology.
Student generated projects may be considered, based on ideas
and interests.
Nelson, Raoul D.
2B422 SOM
Phone: 581-7609
E-mail: Raoul.Nelson@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest:1) Transcriptional regulation
of kidney development, with focus on intercalated and principle
cells in renal collecting duct. 2) Collecting duct specific
targeting of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
gene using the Cre/Lox and FLp/Frt systems. 3) Transgenic
targeting of erythropoieten producing cells in the kidney.
4) Pediatric kidney disease database.
Student Participation: Gene construction, transgenic
mouse husbandry, transgenic mouse genotyping, transgene expression
analysis, kidney cell culture, RT-PCR analysis, immunocytochemistry,
cDNA cloning, database generation.
Background Needed: Basic laboratory skills pertaining
to molecular biology preferred but not necessary for lab project.
Familiarity with database design for clinical project.
Outside Majors: Biology, Chemistry or related.
Key Words: transgenic mice, knockout mice, gene expression
regulation, aquaporins, H+ATPase, kidney physiology, kidney
development, polycystic kidney disease erythropoietin, anemia,
kidney disease, database.
Student generated projects not possible.
Srivastava, Raj
2A152 SOM
Phone: 588-3640
E-Mail: raj.srivastava@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Quality of care, health
services research, effectiveness/efficiency, new health system
delivery changes.
Student Participation: Help in obtaining literature,
helping with medical chart reviews for specific topics, organizing
delivery of study questionnaires, some database work.
Background Needed: Any computer skills with databases/analysis
helpful but not critical.
Outside Majors: Economics.
Student generated projects are not possible.
Viskochil, David
413 MREB
Phone: 581-8943, 581-5556
E-mail: dave.viskochil@hsc.utah.edu
General Research Interest: Molecular biology of neurofibromatosis
I.
Student Participation: Making DNA, RNA preparations;
computer searches; isolating cDNA, expression studies,cloning
genomic DNA.
Background Needed: Biology or biochemistry course
work lab, lab course experience.
Outside Majors: Chemistry, Biology, Physics.
Key Words: Genetic disease, gene, RNA, DNA, expression.
Student generated projects may be considered.
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