MHIRT students presented their summer 2008 research results and shared their experiences in Uganda, Brazil, and Thailand.  This was also an opportunity for individuals interested in applying to participate in MHIRT summer projects for 2009 or 2010 to meet with students and find out about the program. 

• MHIRT is a paid internship.  All expenses relative to travel, room and board, preparation, and workshops are paid for and you receive a stipend.  For more information on MHIRT, please see  CBU's MHIRT Web Page or contact:  malinda@cbu.edu

Project Symposium and Wrap up for Summer 2008 projects.

• Symposium Presentations: 

9:00 a.m.-1:15 p.m. in Sabbatini (Thomas Center), CBU.  CBU campus map

• Friday:  Arrival of out of town students. 
• Saturday:  Presentations
 
• Come to the symposium to find out more about the MHIRT program in Brazil and Uganda. (RSVP to Dr. Fitzgerald to attend the luncheon)

Prospective applicants should plan on attending this symposium.
• MHIRT is a paid internship.  All expenses relative to travel, room and board, preparation, and workshops are paid for and you receive a stipend.

8:30  Coffee and muffins
9:00  Dr. Malinda Fitzgerald Brief overview of MHIRT 
9:15  Stephanie Johnson, Hope Shackelford  “Influence of Luminance Contrast in the Amplitude of Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials”
9:30   Alanya Smith, Joanna Moore “The Efficacy of Art Therapy as a Psychosocial Intervention for Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda”
9:45   Andrew Tomita “School-based Mental Health Intervention on Resiliency Among Former Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda: Direction for Future Policy and Practice”
10:00  Joseph Clara “Effect of motor cortex stimulation on neuronal activation in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord in rats with peripheral neuropathy”
10:15  Tesfa Alexander, Victoria Kronenwetter “Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners: Facilitating a Cooperation to Improve Healthcare in Southwest Uganda”
10:30  Melody Allensworth “The Efficacy of Prazosin in Contextual Fear Conditioning in Rats”
10:45  Jeremy Armstrong, Adam Luka “Mapping of the 5-HT2A Receptor in the Edinger-Westphal Region of the Pigeon (Columbia livia): An Immunohistochemical study”
11:00  Doug Newell “Infection Prevention Unit at the Mae Tao Clinic, Thailand”
11:15  Janine DaSilva “Comparing the Amplification of Housekeeping Genes in Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannmei) DNA of previously extracted samples with their corresponding samples stored in FTA® Cards”
11:30  Lunch served
12:15  Rachel Savoy, Svetlana Lapova “Carnivore Conservation Pantanal/Emas National Park, Brazil”
12:30  Laura Anglin, Jessica Harmon “Emas National Park Maned Wolf Follow-up” 
12:45  Kim Nguyen, Mariaah Williams “DNA Extraction from Paraffin Embedded and Frozen Adrenocortical Tumors”
1:00  Angelique Jackson “Hurry up and Wait: Patient Wait Time Study”
1:15  Wrap-up and Evaluation.  Debriefing and discussion of summer work, evaluations and other business for the 2008 MHIRT students.

• For more information on MHIRT, the symposium and to attend the luncheon, please contact:  malinda@cbu.edu