On behalf of the Graduate Medical Education, Inc. and institutional partners (Ingham Regional Medical Center, Sparrow Health System and MSU Colleges of Human and Osteopathic Medicine), I am pleased to announce the 2008-2009 awards under the Resident-led Research Mini Grants initiative. Please congratulate the following individuals and programs:

• Amit Banga, M.D., FCCP, MSU Internal Medicine Resident – Safety of Simvastatin in patients with severe sepsis.  $674

• Abhimanyu Beri, M.D. and Tahmeed Contractor, M.D., MSU Internal Medicine Residents – Does the use of statins predispose patients to tendon rupture and are the rates affected by patient sex? $1,000

• Camy Chapin, M.D., MSU Pediatric Resident – Prevalence of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Nasal Colonization in Children of the Greater Lansing Area $1,000

• Ailing Chen, M.D., MSU Pediatric Resident – Intravenous Furosemide for Moderate and Severe Bronchiolitis in PICU. $1000

• Abhijeet Dhoble, M.D., MSU Internal Medicine Resident – Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation and/or Atrial Flutter in Patients with Porphyrias $590

• Karl J. D’Silva, M.D. MSU Hematology/Oncology Fellow – Role of PTPN22 in Thrombocytopenia and malignancy. $1000

• Sister Edith M. Hart, RSM, D.O. Sparrow Family Medicine Resident – Retention of balance-retraining program on community dwelling elderly who are at risk for falls. $500

• Anthony Nigliazzo, M.D., MSU Surgery Resident – Does the square knot have the highest resistance to failure during distraction when used as the originating knot for a running polypropylene closure of midline abdominal incisions? $538.97

• Lisa Michele Thiel, D.O. IRMC OB/GYN Resident – What are the normal physiologic serum levels of (HS)-CRP and TNF-alpha primary to labor and during labor? $1,000

• Joshua Vance, D.O. Sparrow Emergency Medicine Resident - Exposure Rate of Trampoline Injuries in Supervised Training. $1,000