Travelle W. Franklin-Ford
5th year graduate student
Biomedical Engineering
7th year of MSTP

EDUCATION

• B.S. 2003, University of Pittsburgh
  Bioengineering Major and Psychology Major

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• National Institutes of Health, Summer 2002
  Advisor - Mark Knepper, PhD
  Project - Renal sodium transporter proteins in cultured inner medullary kidney cells.
• University of Pittsburgh, 2001-2002
  Advisor - Rick Schaub, PhD
  Project - Designed a project to test a new model heart for optimal use in patients with different conditions.
• Thomas Starzl Transplant Institute, U of Pittsburgh, Summer 2001
  Advisor - Velma Scantlebury, MD
  Project - Study of patient cases to determine a correlation between immunosuppressant levels and post-transplant graft survival and related complications.
• University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2000
  Advisor - William Federspiel,
  Project - Testing hemolysis caused by the Hattler Catheter.
• University of Pittsburgh, Summer 1999
  Advisor - Beth Ann Hauth
  Project - Investigated pre and post levels of Nitric Oxide in urine samples of diabetic patients suffering from coronary episodes.
• University of Pittsburgh, 1998-1999
  Advisor - Angla Wang,
  Project - Detecting the presence of Bleomycin Hydrolase as an anti-cancer agent in knock-out mice.