Heather A. Amthauer

 

Heather is a 2003-2007 Self Fellow pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science. She received a B.A. (1996) in chemistry with a minor in biology from Macalester College and an M.S. (2003) with honors in computer science from the University of Kansas. At Macalester, she received a Beltmann Fellowship to perform summer research at 3M in the Life Science sector. This research investigated the kinetic characterization of soluble and immobilized forms of glucoamylase. Before entering the EECS department, Heather studied in the pharmacology and toxicology department. Her master's thesis topic was The Systematic Analysis of Integrating Case-Based Reasoning with Information Retrieval for the Similarity-Based Retrieval of Incident Reports. Her Ph.D. work is in bioinformatics. Her research focuses on developing software that will learn where to look for possible coregulated genes within a genome. After obtaining her Ph.D., Heather intends to pursue a career in academia. Papers: Chapter: Integrating CBR and IR for Data Mining of Medical Event Reports. (in press). Tsatsoulis, Costas and Amthauer, Heather. (2003). Finding clusters of similar events within clinical incident reports: a novel methodology combining case based resoning and information retrieval. International Journal of Quality and Safety in Health Care. vol 12, suppl 2, pp. ii24-ii32. McCarson, K.E. Amterhauer, H., and Moran, J.M. GABAB receptors regulate formalin-evoked inflammation and neurokinin-1 receptor gene expression in rat paw and spinal cord. Neuroscience Abstracts, 26 (2000). Amthauer, H., and McCarson, K.E. Regulation of formalin-evoked neurokinin-1 receptor gene expression by pre- versus post-treatment with baclofen. Pain (submitted). Amthauer, H.A., and McCarson, K.E. Gender-related differences in NK-1 receptor gene expression evoked by inflammatory nociception. (in preparation). Amthauer, H.A., and McCarson, K.E. Gender-related differences in NK-1 receptor gene expression evoked by inflammatory nociception. Neuroscience Abstracts, 25 (1999) 680. Mentor: Costas Tsatsoulis, Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science