Pathology Department with Dr. Gunning. The project I was working on aims to evaluate the use of transgenic mice to assess the lymphomagenic activity of pesticides and pesticide/fertilizer mixtures. There is an apparent epidemiological association with increased incidence of leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for herbicides. There is sufficient evidence for carcinogenic activity for a number of pesticides in experimental animals to have warranted the EPA to restrict and or ban their use, but the association of pesticides with increased risk for lymphomagenisis has not been evaluated in laboratory animals. I am aiming to evaluate these mice for lymphomagenic and/or skin tumor promoting activity from these pesticides.

Physiology Department with Dr. Joana Chakraborty. Studied HIV and AIDS and research the quantity and depth of knowledge that the Arab American community had on the subject.

Also researched the murine HIV virus equivalent, TS1, which only one other lab in the nation was studying. We studied vertical and horizontal transmission.

Surgery Department with Dr. Juan Sanabria. Researched liver transplants in rats. Varied the storage solution, used pegylated-Albumin, and other variables to find a better storage solution than the current UW solution. Used an isolated rat liver perfusion model. Used microsurgical techniques to perform over 1800 microvascular surgeries on rats. Had an abstract published:

Methoxypolyethylene Glycol Modified-Albumin Enhanced the Cold Preservation Properties of Uw Solution in Liver Grafts.
Juan R Sanabria, Mohammed Alo, Larry McChesney, Cynthia Schneider, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH.
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
Here is the PDF file.