Medical Student Research Fellowship for Summer 2006

Mentor: Robert C. Eberhart, Ph.D.
Department: Surgery - GI/Endo Division
Room number: G8.248
Mail Code: 9130
Phone number: 214 648 2052
E-mail: robert.eberhart@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: bioresorbable stents for enhanced vascular healing

Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): NA

Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable): NA

Project Type (patient-based research, animal-based research, or basic research; this characterization is only to permit a general classification for grouping similar types of projects) basic research

Brief Description of Project:
Development and bench evaluation of bioresorbable small artery stents with drug-delivery capability.

Previous Research Activities or Publications with Medical Students:
Several students have been engaged on this and other bioengineering projects over the last decade.

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