Winners from the recent Minority Programs Research Day were recently announced. The event was sponsored by the Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity and the WSU Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate Programs. Two first-place winners and one second-place winner were named in the undergraduate division; one first-place winner and one second-place winner were named in the graduate division.

Pictured, from left to right

• Denise Bronner, first-place winner in undergraduate division, IMSD/MBRS Program, for "Assessing Implant Wear-Induced Inflammation Using PET [11C] PK 11195 Imaging in a Rat Model of Knee Joint Replacement."

• Jessica Martinez, first-place winner in undergraduate division, IMSD/MBRS Program, "The Impact of Biofilm Production on Outcomes of Patients with Complicated MRSA Bloodstream Infections."

• Andrew Crawford, second-place winner undergraduate division, McNair Scholars Program, for "Complex of Helix 23 of the 16S Ribosomal Subunit of the 30 S Ribosome of E. coli with the S 11 Protein."