American Heart Association Awards Predoctoral Fellowships to Loren Smith '04 & Stephanie Yoder '06

September 17, 2009

September 17, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. — Two graduates of DePauw University -- Loren (Faulkner) Smith '04 and Stephanie Yoder '06 alum -- have each been awarded predoctoral fellowships from American Heart Association. Yoder and Smith are both graduate students in the pathobiology and molecular medicine program at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. (photo: Yoder and Smith)

The fellowship will support their individual projects. Yoder's is "The stimulation of intestinal incretin secretion by macronutrient absorption in lean and diet-induced obsese animals." Smith is working on "Identifying the Common Structural Elements in Apolipoproteins Responsible for ABCA1-Specific Cholesterol Efflux and HDL Formation."

Fewer than 50 fellowships are awarded annually by the AHA to deserving researchers to support their research activities in their respective programs/universities.

"Your research award was made possible by the dedicated work of people of all ages and backgrounds who volunteer their time and talents to fight heart disease through advocacy efforts and fundraising activities," notes the AHA's Great Rivers Affiliate Research Programs. "Supporting research is our #1 organizational priority. Without men and women with strong research backgrounds in key leadership postions, our ability to support the most meritorious research could be compromised and that would be tragic."

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