Students' Research Projects Earn Top Honors

INDIANAPOLIS - Four college students - one from Ohio and three from Indiana - have been recognized for research projects they carried out at the Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

The center's 5th annual Summer Internship Program is designed to educate and attract undergraduate students to the biological and medical sciences. Working side-by-side with the School's top researchers scientists, nineteen students participated in this year's program. They were judged on their knowledge, presentation and project results.

First place went to Rachel Barron, a junior at Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio; second place, Tazeen Jamal, a senior at IU Bloomington; third, Lori Clark, a junior at Notre Dame University; and fourth, Kelly Mortell, a Notre Dame junior.

The program also is sponsored by the Riley Children's Foundation's continuing education and outreach program.

The goal of research in the Wells Center is to improve the understanding and treatment of devastating diseases affecting children. For more information about the Center, go to www.iupui.edu/%7Ewellsctr.

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