Maryanne Stock Student Research Award
In 2001, the charter members and the leadership of the Allegheny-Erie Society of Toxicology recognized the need for continued encouragement and assistance to support toxicology research and they established the Maryanne Stock Student Research Award. Originally named the A-E SOT Graduate Student Award, the Maryanne Stock Student Research Award is celebrating its 20th year of recognizing the contributions of its eponymous honoree in 2021.
Maryanne was a charter member of A-E SOT at its founding in 1988 and served for 10 years as secretary and treasurer. Working for 20 years in Dr. Yves Alarie’s lab at the University of Pittsburgh, Maryanne’s dedication to the advancement of A-E SOT graduate students was renowned and led to friendships that she maintains to this day. This award was established in recognition of her continued dedicated service to the growth and development of A-E-SOT and to celebrate her spirit as a friend of the students. Over the years, Maryanne’s legacy has continued with the award and has supported numerous undergraduate and graduate students’ toxicology research projects.
The 2024–2025 honoree is Baoli Qian. Baoli is a graduate student in the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh in Prof. Aaron Barchowsky’s lab. Baoli’s project is entitled “The Impact of Prenatal Arsenic Exposure on Offspring Skeletal Muscle Integrity and Metabolic Health.”
Congratulations to Baoli Qian and we wish her best of luck in her ongoing research!
Previous Awardees
2021–2022
Rachel Plants, Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University.Title: “Effects of vaping electronic cigarettes with different wattage and e-liquid base solution on physical and chemical aerosol properties”
Mentor: Prof. Ivan Olfert, West Virginia University.
2020–2021
Zachary Clemens, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh.Title: “Chronic arsenic exposure causes epigenetic deregulation of autocrine and paracrine NF-kB signaling in skeletal muscle”
Mentor: Prof. Aaron Barchowsky, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2019–2020
Molly Schreiner, Slippery Rock University.Title: “Tissue progenitor cell dysfunctional in arsenic-promoted muscle decline and metabolic impairment”
Mentor: Prof. Aaron Barchowsky, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2018–2019
Alaeddin Bashir Abukabda, School of Medicine, West Virginia University.Title: “Maternal Pulmonary Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Alters Placental Hemodynamics”
Mentor: Prof. Timothy R. Nurkiewicz, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, West Virginia University.
2017–2018
Teresa Anguiano, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Dept. of Environmental & Occupational Health.Title: As(III) promotes CTF-mediated pathogenic matrix alterations resulting in impaired stem cell function
Mentor: Aaron Barchowsky, PhD.
2016–2017
Katherine Adair Roach, West Virginia University.Title: Optimization of a Novel BrdU and Flow Cytometry-Based Modified Local Lymph Node Assay for Applications in Nanotoxicology and Immunotoxicology Studies
Mentor: Dr. Jenny Roberts, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown.
2014–2015
Samantha Adkins, Marshall University.Title: “The Effect of Silver Nanoparticles on Crayfish Synaptic Transmission”
Mentor: Dr. Brian Antonesen, Marshall University.
2013–2014
Kylie Horvath, Indiana Area Senior High School.Title: “Nitrite Induced Methemoglobin Formation in Aquatic Larvae of the Midge”
Mentor: Dr. Thomas W. Simmons, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
2012–2013
Diana Yesica Garcifigueroa, Dept. Environmental & Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.Title: “GCPR signaling in As(III) promoted adipocyte dysfunction”
Mentor: Prof. Aaron Barchowsky, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2011–2012
Allison Simmons and Ida Karimi, Indiana Area Senior High School.Title: “Effects of Nitrite on Development of Embryos and Early Larval Stages of the Zebrafish, Danio Rerio”
Mentor: Dr. Thomas W. Simmons, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
2010–2011
Arpit Mehta, LECOM School of Pharmacy.Title: “Mechanism of Acetaminophen Autoprotection”
Mentor: Dr. Sachin S. Devi, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine.
2009–2010
Kevin Beezhold, Cancer Cell biology Program, West Virginia University.Title: “Arsenic Regulation of microRNAs in Human Carcinogenesis”
Mentor: Dr. Fei Chen & Dr. Vincent Castranova, The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown.
2007–2008
Antonia Nemec, University of Pittsburgh.Mentor: Prof. Aaron Barchowsky, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2006–2007
Harina Vin.Title: “Arsenic stimulation of oxidants in liver sinusoidal cells promotes defenestration and capillarization by increasing the expression of laminin binding integrins and a basement membrane containing laminin”
Mentor: Prof. Aaron Barchowsky, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh.
2005–2006
Itai Chipinda, Portland State University.Title: “Mechanisms of Zinc Diethyldithiocarbamate, Oxidation products and related Metal Dithiocarbamate”
2003–2004
Kevin James Paavola, Carnegie Mellon University.Title: “Clara Cell Function: A Proteomics Study”
2002–2003
Patti Zeidler, West Virginia University, NIOSH.Title: “Comparison of the Acute Pulmonary Response of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Knockout Mice Versus Wild Type to Intracheally Instilled Lipopolysaccharide and Interferon-gamma”