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For Interview with William Tolliver and his Mother
Schenley High School 11th Grade
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What Professors had to say:
Rayshawn Pritchard
Rayshawn came to the laboratory in eager anticipation of learning new things and developing
new skills related to biomedical research. He worked toward testing the hypothesis
that the cardiovascular risk factor myeloperoxidase could impaired isolated resistance
artery function and that cofactors present in the circulation could impact the extent of
this injury. To test this hypothesis, Rayshawn worked closely with members of the laboratory
to not only examine isolated small arteries, but also to develop skills needed to
analyze the data that he produced. Rayshawn's project provided him a hands-on
opportunity to conduct biomedical research, and also to interact with researchers
at many levels of training and experience which highlighted the many
pathways to contributing to advancing scientific knowledge."

Dr. Bruce Pitt
"William Tolliver brought an exciting enthusiasm for biomedical research to our laboratory
and quickly was an active participant in small animal surgery critical for phenotyping genetically
inbred strains of mice for a study on ventilator induced lung injury. His training brought together
several members of our laboratory who were working on different aspects of this project and
their was a mutual benefit with respect to renewed excitement for the project itself
as well as progress."
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