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A.I. duPont Hospital for Children Undergraduate Research Mentors

Name Research Description Requirements
Akins,
Robert
Tissue engineering and regenerative therapies for heart disease.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: None required, but Cell Biology and/or Cell Physiology preferred
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Bunnell,
Tim
Clinical computational linguistics and phonetics.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.5
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two consecutive semesters (excluding Winter session)
  • Courses: Anatomy, Physiology, and either Acoustic Phonetics or Laboratory Phonetics
  • Classes: Junior, Senior
Dodge,
George
Bone and cartilage cell biology related to orthopedic diseases.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: One semester
  • Courses: Cell Biology and/or Molecular Biology
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Fawcett,
Paul
Immunology of idiopathic and infectious inflammatory diseases.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: Immunology, Cell biology and/or Molecular Biology
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior
Funanage,
Vicky
Genetic analyses of pediatric neuromuscular diseases and congenital heart malformations.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: One semester
  • Courses: Molecular Biology, Human Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior
Hobson,
Grace
Genetic diseases of myelin production.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: Molecular Biology, Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore, early Junior year
Krueger,
Leslie
Phenotype/Genotype correlation in genetic diseases and cancer.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters plus one summer
  • Courses: Either Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Mason,
Robert
Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology of proteases involved in cancer and placental function.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: One semester plus one summer
  • Courses: Either Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, or Biochemistry
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Rahman,
Tariq
Biomedical and orthopedic engineering.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: Physiology, Biomechanics, and System Dynamics
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior, Senior
Schanen,
Carolyn
Biology and genetics of inherited neurodevelopmental and neurovascular disorders.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: Molecular Biology and/or Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior

Shaffer,
Thomas

Developmental respiratory physiology.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.5
  • Minimum semesters for a project: More than one year
  • Courses: Physiology or BioEngineering
  • Classes: Junior
Sol-Church,
Katia
Genetic determinants of osteoporosis.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: One semester
  • Courses: Molecular Biology, Human Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior
Twiss,
Jeffery
Neural repair and nerve regeneration.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.2
  • Minimum semesters for a project: More than one year
  • Courses: Molecular Biology and/or Cell Biology
  • Classes: Sophomore, Junior
Wang,
Wenlan
Mechanism(s) of neuromuscular disease.
  • Minimum GPA: 3.5
  • Minimum semesters for a project: Two semesters
  • Courses: Either Cell biology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, or Genetics
  • Classes: Sophomore

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