Dennis Peffley, Ph.D. - University of Health Sciences; "Food and Physical Activity Choices and Preferences in People with Mental Retardation: An Investigation"

William Morgan, Ph.D. - University of Missouri - Kansas City; "Oxidized LDL Effects on Human Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells"

Matthew Buechner, Ph.D. - University of Kansas; "Molecular Genetics of the Hepatocystin Homologue of C.elegans"

Bruce Kimler, Ph.D. - University of Kansas Medical Center; "Improved Software for Assessment of Breast Density"

Lynda Bonewald, Ph.D. - University of Missouri - Kansas City; "Identification of Osteocyte Specific Antigens"

William Putnam, Ph.D. - Midwest Research Institute; "Catalytic Antibodies as a Potential Therapeutic Treatment for HIV"

Jerry Feng, Ph.D. - University of Missouri - Kansas City; "The Roles of Dmp-1 in the Postnatal Skeletal Development"

Mehmet Bilgen, Ph.D. - University of Kansas Medical Center; "The Role of Anginogenesis in Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury"

Kolawole Okuyemi, M.D., M.P.H. - University of Kansas Medical Center; "Cigarette Craving in African Americans and Whites: An fMRI Study"