Research Projects
Infectious Disease Research
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Borrelia burgdorferi: Inducible Gene Expression in an Experimental Enzootic Cycle, Michael Gilbert, UM-Western
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Spatial Epidemiology of West Nile Virus Infection Risk across Montana, Grant Hokit, Carroll College
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Interactions of Climate Change, Infectious Diseases, and Reservoir Ecology, Amy Kuenzi, Montana Tech
- Role of Sulfur Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Iron Uptake and Virulence, Thomas Lewis, MSU-Billings
- Investigation of the Early Secretory Pathway in Candida albicans, Michael Morrow, UM-Western
- The Phage Pipeline: from Dirt to Genomics, Middle School through Graduate School, Marisa Pedulla, MT Tech
- Investigating the Role of BH31 in Inhibiting Fungal Morphogenesis, Kurt Toenjes and David Butler, MSU-Billings
Education Outreach
- Biological Source Tracking Fecal Contamination in Flathead Lake and Beaches, Roger Dilts, Salish Kootenai College
- Undergraduate Research Program at Montana Tech of the University of Montana, Joe Figueira, MT Tech
- Electron Microscopy in the Classroom and Research Laboratory, Willard O. Granath, University of Montana
- Building Research Culture, Cristi Hunnes, Rocky Mountain College
- Novel Antifungal Agents from Acid Mine Waste Microbes, Andrea Stierle, MT Tech
CBPR and Health Disparities Research
- Traditional Foods and Nutritional Principles, Anita Dupuis, Salish Kootenai College
- CBPR Assessment of Contaminants in Domestic and Cultural Water Sources, Mari Eggers, Little Big Horn College
- Improving Stone Child College's Health Enhancement Program, Edward Gomoll, Stone Child College
- Historical Trauma and Unresolved Grief, Patti Holkup, Montana State University
- Blackfeet Fitness and Health: A Community-Based Program Starting with BCC, Julene Kennerly and Leo Kennerly, Blackfeet Community College
- Remediating Early Childhood Caries, Elizabeth Kinion, Montana State University
- Health and Education Impacts on Stress Reduction and Health Improvement among the Fort Peck Indian Community, Janine Pease and Teena Holecek, Fort Peck Community College
Exploratory Research on Health Disparities and Culture
- Ethno-etiologies of Health and Illness among Marshall Islanders, Larry Carucci, MSU
- Racial Disparities in Teen Methamphetamine Use in Montana, David Eitle and Tamela Eitle, MSU
- Meta-Cognitive Influences on Placebo Effect, Ian Handley, MSU
- Promoting Socially Responsible Biomedical Research, Kristen Intemann, MSU
- Methylmercury Risk and Awareness in American Indian Women, Sandra Kuntz, MSU
- Hospitals as Health Care Delivery Systems and Health Disparities, Susanne Monahan, MSU
- Latino Migrants Incorporating in a Non-Traditional Settlement Area of the Mountain West: Health Disparities and Challenges to Well-Being, Leah Schmalzbauer and Bethany Letiecq, MSU
- Ship of Death: Yellow Fever, Billy G. Smith, MSU
- Barriers to Breast Feeding, Jessi Smith, MSU
- Education and Health Disparities among American Indians, Chris Stoddard and Wendy Stock, MSU
- MRSA on the Apsaalooke Reservation, Jovanka Voyich-Kane, MSU
