The following highlights some of the high school and college students who participated in Monell's 2003 Research Apprenticeship Program. Each student worked in a laboratory of a Monell scientist. At the end of the summer, they presented their research findings in a poster presentation that was open to scientists, staff and family members.

Osamah	Felisha	Minna
Osamah spent his second summer at the Center working in the laboratory of Drs. Russell Keast and Paul Breslin. His responsibilities included preparing stimuli for a study on bitter suppression for a project on psychophysical research of umami taste as well as testing subjects. Osamah is a student at Central High School.	Felisha, a senior at Abraham Lincoln High School, spent her summer working with Drs. John Teeter and Fritz Lischka. Her work focused on olfaction sensitivity of the brown bullhead catfish. She reports that her summer experience increased her interest in research and strengthened her resolved to study psychology in college.	Minna spent her second summer here working with Dr. Dani Reed on a project looking for conservation of PTC gene among different species of primates. Because of her research experience here, she "became more interested in research." Minna is a senior at Springside School and plans to major in biomedical engineering in college.
Elliott	Anna	Jess
Elliott is a third year student at Drexel university, majoring in biotechnology. His worked this summer with Drs. Nancy Rawson and. Gloria Adamek focused on defining normal responses in olfactory cells of humans and animal models. Elliott plans to go to medical school after college.	Anna apprenticed with Drs. Nancy Rawson and Karen Yee this summer on a project that quantified various parameters of olfactory epithelium using microscopy techniques. She is a senior at the High School for the Creative and Performing Arts and plans to attend college next year. Her project this summer has strengthened her desire to study zoology.	Jess will be starting her sophomore year at University of Michigan- Ann Arbor this fall where she is majoring in psychology. She spent her second summer at the Center working with mentor Dr. Pam Dalton and Mr. Chris Maute studying the effects of personality on olfaction. Because of her work here at Monell, Jess is now considering a career in experimental psychology.
Marquia	Jhamirah	Marcus
Marquia spent her first summer at the Center working with mentors Drs. Yanina Pepino and Julie Mennella. Her work here focused on alcohol pharmacokinetics in lactating and non-lactating women. Marquia will be a sophomore at Drexel University this fall, where she is studying biomedical science.	Jhamirah is a recent graduate from Central High School and will be a freshman at University of Pennsylvania this fall. She spent her third summer working under the supervision of Dr. Julie Mennella studying odor preferences in children as related to parental smoking behavior. She attended the National Youth Summer Science Camp in West Virginia.	Marcus recently finished his Sophomore year at Morehouse College majoring in chemistry. This summer was Marcus' third at Monell and he worked with Dr. George Preti identifying chemical attractants in moose urine. Marcus is a recipient of a grant from the Emma & Joe Adams Public Service Institute at Morehouse College. He future plans include pharmacy school.
LaShauna	Jenny	Hadiza
LaShauna is a junior at Rutgers University. LaShuana spent her third year working with mentors Dr. Charles Wysocki and Ms. Jennifer Louie on a project looking at trigeminal odor thresholds between sexes. Her work at the Center has led her to change her major to psychology and shown her that she is "grad school material".	Jenny is a senior at Wissahickon High School. She apprenticed in the laboratory of Drs. Xia Li and Sasha Bachmanov. Their research project compared the gene sequence in sweet receptor genes in different primate species. Jenny plans to go to college to study neuroscience. Her work this summer has led her to consider a career in research.	Hadiza recently came to the United States from Nigeria. She is a freshman at Temple University studying neuroscience. She spent her summer working with Dr. Stuart McCaughey analyzing taste reactivity in calcium depleted rats. Her time in the program has strengthened her interest in neuroscience.
Nancy	Jennifer	Jeanie
Nancy worked with Dr. Marci Pelchat this summer on a project to determine whether sweet and savory foods affect pain sensitivity. Nancy is a recent graduate from Central High School and will be attending Princeton University in the fall, where she will major in chemical engineering.	Jennifer worked with Dr. Liquan Huang and Ms. Lynn Vo on a project analyzing gene expression from mouse taste cells. She comments "I am able to digest new concepts and utilize them." Jennifer will be a junior this fall at J. R. Masterman High School. Upon graduation Jennifer plans to study biochemistry in college.	Jeanie attends the University of Pennsylvanie where she is studying the biological basics of behavior. She spent the summer working the laboratory of Dr. George Preti where she studied the influence of metabolic disorders on human body odors. Jeanie plans to pursue a career in medicine.
Elizabeth	Raymond	Albert
Elizabeth is starting her senior year at Swarthmore College and is conducting research for her senior thesis here at Monell. She is working with Dr. Arla Hile, investigating the sense of smell in birds. Elizabeth's research will tell us more about how birds use their sense of smell (which is actually quite good), and also help us to control bird behaviors when birds become a problem for farmers.	Raymond worked with Dr. Xia Li on a project that compared chimpanzee's taste receptors with those of humans. His project will be presented at several science fairs this coming year. Raymond reports that his experience "made me more interested (in research) because there is a lot of hands-on work involved." Raymond is a junior at J. R. Masterman High School and plans to attend college after graduation.	Albert, a student at Drexel University, spent his summer working with Drs. Paul Wise and Chuck Wysocki on a project studying the inheritability of sensitivity to sour taste. He traveled to Ohio for the annual "Twins Days Festival" to conduct some of their research. He plans to attend graduate school and become a Physician's Assistant.
Justin	Kush	Rajeev
Justin spent his first summer here working with Dr. Sasha Bachmanov and Ms. Maria Theodorides conducting olfactory phenotype testing in mice. He presented this research in several science fairs in the past year. Justin will be a junior at Central High School in the fall.	Kush will be a junior at Central High School this fall. He spent his summer working with Dr. Nancy Rawson on a project studying immunohistochemistry on olfactory cells of cats and humans. Kush has had the opportunity to present this research in several science fairs this past year. He plans to persue a career in medicine.	Rajeev is a junior at the Charter School of Wilmington in Delaware. He spent his first summer working with Drs. Cathy Forestell and Julie Mennella. His projected focused on odor identification in toddlers and how it is affected by experience. Rajeev plans to pursue a career in engineering.
Simona	Eloisa	Darryl
Simona, a senior at Temple University, is studying biochemistry. She worked on the psychophysical investigation of throat irritating properties of olive oil, under the mentorship of Drs. Russell Keast and Paul Breslin. Simona also worked closely with Rachel Meade, a former participant in the Summer Apprenticeship Program at Monell. After her summer in the program, Simona is now considering pursuing graduate school.	Eloisa is a senior at Penn State University where she studies psychology and social science. Eloisa has now completed her seventh year working with Dr. Kunio Yamazaki and Ms. Maryann Curran at Monell. She continued her research on the role of genetics in olfactory communication of animals. This summer her work focused on fetal odortypes. Eloisa plans to go to graduate school.	Darryl spent his second summer in the program under the mentorship of Dr. Alexander Bachmanov and Ms. Maria Theodorides. His research involved taste and olfaction phenotyping in mice. Darryl will be entering his Junior year this fall at J. R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration High School. After graduation, he plans to pursue a career in pediatrics.
Geraldine	Rameen	John
Geraldine spent her second summer at the Center working with Dr. Pamela Dalton. Her research consisted of testing human sensitivity to chemical irritants. She states, "I am now more interested in exploring science research." Geraldine is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania where she majors in systems engineering and economics. She plans to continue her education in graduate school.	Rameen is a medical student at Howard University. He worked in the laboratory of Dr. Dani Reed on a project analyzing the gene expression on a G-protein taste receptor gene in mice. In addition to his research duties, he also conducted a workshop for students on pursuing a career in medicine.	John is a junior at Archbishop Wood High School. He spent his first summer here working under the mentorship of Drs. Paul Wise and Chuck Wysocki on a project that focused on the genetic nature of sour taste. His responsibilities included making test solutions and testing subjects. This summer John reports that he learned basic scientific laboratory procedures as well as experimental design.
Deshe
Deshe spent her second summer at Monell working under the supervision of Dr. George Preti studying the influence of metabolic disorders on human body odor. Because of her work here, she is even more interested in research. Deshe will be a senior at Willingboro High School in the fall and plans to major in chemistry in college.