2008/2009 Graduate Education Fellowship Awardees

Jason Marion, College of Public Health
Advisor, Dr. Tim Buckley
tbuckley@cph.osu.edu
Title: Microbilogical safety of recreational waters in Ohio

Smitha Pillia, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences
Advisor, Dr. Chang Won Lee
lee.2854@osu.edu
Title: Viral and host factors involved with interspecies transmission of avian influenza virus

2008/2009 Pilot Research Grant Awardees

Dr. Ian Davis, College of Veterinary Medicine
ian.davis@cvm.osu.edu
Title: Nucleotide synthesis inhibitors as novel therapies for hypoxemia induced by influenza virus infection.

Dr. Jianrong Li, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the College of Public Health
li.926@osu.edu
Title: New vaccine strategy against non-cultivable foodborne viruses using Vesicular stomatitis virus as the vector to deliver human Norovirus-like particles.

Dr. Jesse Kwiek, College of Medicine
Jesse.Kwiek@osumc.edu
Title: Do placental viral sequestration and changes in toll-like receptor expression promote HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission in Malawi?