The Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Program Brian Fitzgerald, a trustee for the Webb-Waring Institute, established an endowment in June 2000, at Princeton University for medical students to study biomedical research at the Webb-Waring Institute. With a generous donation to endow the Brian Fitzgerald Fellow, Mr. Fitzgerald reaffirmed his commitment to encourage biomedical research as a career choice for young students of science and medicine. Professors at Princeton, Dr. John Repine, and Mr. Fitzgerald choose the candidates for the Fellow. Pramod Voleti with Dr. John Repine. He is the third recipient of the annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Award. Pramod Voleti Pramod was the third annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellow. He is currently a junior at Princeton University, majoring in molecular biology. This summer, he worked on ARDS - related projects under the leadership of Dr. John Repine and Dr. Richard Wright. He studied the regulation of xanthine oxidorecuctase gene expression during myeloid cell differentiation. They cloned the upstream DNA from the gene and created an upstream deletion series fused to a luciferose reporter gene. The effectiveness of the construct was ascertained on the A549 lung epithelial cell where it showed basil activation and stimulation by cytokine treatment. Pramod is grateful to Mr. Fitzgerald for funding this program and this opportunity to work in a really interesting laboratory. Wonha Kim, second recipient of the annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Award. Born in South Korea, Wonha Kim moved to the U.S. in 1991. Wonha is a sophomore at Princeton University, studying to be a medicine sans frontier (i.e. a medical missionary). Wonha is the second recipient of the annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellow Endowment through Princeton University. "I learned about the Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Program through my molecular biology professor," says Wonha. She jumped at the chance to spend the summer in Denver and do medical research. "Life is full of wonderful opportunities and I am thankful that Webb-Waring and Mr. Fitzgerald have made this learning experience possible for me." Brian Miller is a sophomore at Princeton University. Brian was the first recipient of the annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Award. Brian remarked that "I enjoy working at Webb-Waring because the emphasis of our research is on real-world applications. We are constantly viewing our research with a clinical perspective ~ trying to figure out what will work to help the most people in the most beneficial way." He plans to return next summer. Trustee Brian Fitzgerald and Brian Miller, recipient of the first annual Brian Fitzgerald Fellowship Award.