Education

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 1997-2001 &endash; BS Biology

MUSC School of Medicine, Charleston, SC 2001-

Research Experience

Summer 2000: Research Assistant &endash; Wake Forest University School of Medicine Biochemistry Laboratory. Al Claiborne, PhD, allowed me to participate in a summer research experience in his laboratory, which was investigating the redox properties of flavoproteins

Summer 2002: Research Assistant - MUSC Orthopaedic Surgery Laboratory. I received a Student Health Professionals Summer Research Grant from MUSC and the NIH, which allowed me to participate in the laboratory project that investigated the efficacy of glucosamine as a treatment for arthritis, in rat models.

Clubs and Societies

American Medical Association (AMA)

MUSC Surgery Training and Residency Club (STAR)

Papers to be Published

Lawson GA and An YH, Scientific Evidence of the Effects of Glucosamine on Arthritis &endash; A Concise Review. Prepared for the journal of Osteoarthritis & Cartilage

Presentations

Effects of Glucosamine on Experimental Arthritis: A Rat Model, August 5, 2002