Med Associates 2008 FUN Travel Award Recipient Kristen Huber (Mentor: Patsy Dickinson)
Bowdoin College
Med Associates 2007 FUN Travel Award Recipients Michael Skrelja (Mentor: Annemarie Bettica)
Manhattanville College
Yvonne Ogbonmwan (Mentor: Kyle Frantz)
Georgia State University
Med Associates 2006 FUN Travel Award Recipient Florence Varodayan (Mentor: Brenda Porter)
Emory University
Seizures increase neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus by shortening progenitor cell cycle length.
Med Associates 2005 FUN Travel Award Recipient Heather Foozer (Mentor: Mark Bardgett)
Northern Kentucky University
Nicotine Does Not Improve Spatial Working Memory Deficits In Mice With Hippocampal Damage.
Med Associates 2004 FUN Travel Award Recipient David Busha (Mentor: Eric Wiertelak)
Macalester College
Extracts from atropa belladonna, datura stramonium and hyoscyamus niger cause alterations in nociceptive responsivity as measured by tail-flick, hot-plate and formalin tests.
Gerry Herrera, PhD, Med Associates Vice President of Research and Development, was a panelist at the 5th Annual VGN Career Day. Undergraduate students funded by VGN for INBRE project year one academic year presented posters describing their research projects.
Gerry Herrera, PhD, Med Associates Vice President of Research and Development, presented a talk "Mapping the Gastrointestinal Tract: Novel Imaging Techniques Reveal Patterns in Gut Motility" at the 2006 Meeting of the Behavioral Pharmacology Society. (BPS).
Med Associates sponsored the 2006 Behavioral Pharmacology Meeting.
Med Associates Inc. supports the Vermont State Science and Math Fair ISEF Award. The ISEF Award provides funds to the two top Vermont Science and Math Fair students from grades 9-12 and their teachers so they can attend the International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF). Further information about the event can be found at the Science Fair website.
Joseph V. Brady, PhD, received the American Psychological Association Division 25 Med Associates Basic Science Award in 2003.
Dr. Brady was presented with the first Med Associates' Operant Chamber (The Brady Box) that is based on Brady's Third Law of always giving the customer what they want. Med Associates is know to always follow this law. The Brady Box is based on a story told by Dr. Brady of using a blue light to turn a white suit blue. The Brady Box can be used to study different color mice by putting a white mouse into the chamber and turning on an appropriate light.
Dr. Gerry Herrera, Vice President of Research and Development at Med Associates, and Drs. Anthony Morielli, Marilyn Cipolla, Natalia Gokina and Deborah Damon enjoy lunch at the Trapp.