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Georgia Research Day 2019
9th Annual Research Day, Georgia Campus: May 14, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Periasamy Selvaraj, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine
"Immuno-Oncology: The Past, the Present and the Future"
Award Winners:
Excellence in Research - Biomedical Sciences
- First place: Daniel Horuzsko, "Allicin reverses diabetes-induced dysfunction of human coronary artery endothelial cells"
- Second place: Christine Okaro, "Increased autophagy and liver regeneration protects LCN2 KO mice from APAP-induced acute liver failure"
- Honorable mention: Alina Farah, "Studies examining the potential of ruthenium-substituted, NGR-tagged rubredoxin to act as a cancer therapeutic drug"
Excellence in Research - Pharmaceutical Sciences
- First place: My Hahn Duong, "Impact of pharmacist-driven management of direct oral anticoagulants: A preliminary observational study"
- Second place: Adrian Gavre, "Grapefruit flavanoid naringenin: A promising therapeutic agent for obesity"
- Honorable mention: Lucy Yang, "Student pharmacists self-perceived confidence in communication skills with healthcare practitioners before and after a seminar course"
Excellence in Research - Osteopathic Medicine
- First place: Samir Sarda, "The Atlanta Interprofessional Student Hotspotting Program: Service-oriented education and community-centered accountable care for high utilization patients"
- Second place: Hyeon Jeong Park, "Melatonin for sleep? Examining the effect of melatonin on inflammation, neurodevelopment, and oxidative stress"
- Honorable mention: Timothy Cofer, "What is the response of Cerebellar Purkinje cells and the Cerebral Cortex to tACS stimulation in-vivo?"
Excellence in Research - Physical Therapy and Physician Assistant
- First place: Rodney Carter, "Variation of the lateral ligaments of the knee: A case study"
- Honorable mention: Jocilyn Yarnell, "Unreported anatomic variation of the iliocapsularis muscle: A case report"
Excellence in Research - Residents/Fellows
- First place: Irandokht Khaki Najafabadi, "Medication use evaluation of intravenous acetaminophen in surgical patients"
- Second place: Travis Fields, "Chronic inflammation associated with obesity exacerbates bone loss in mice"
- Honorable mention: Haris Hatic, "Thyrotoxicosis in molar pregnancy"
Fisher Scientific - Excellence in Research
- Haris Hatic, "Thyrotoxicosis in molar pregnancy"
Philadelphia Research Day 2019
9th Annual Research Day, Philadelphia Campus: May 8, 2019
Keynote Speaker: Bela Peethambaran, PhD, Professor, University of the Sciences
"Rx7: A Novel ROR1-inhibitor Represses Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Survival and Migration"
Award Winners:
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Best in Show Award: Dillon McCourt, "Covalent tethering of beta-amyloid onto titanium reduces bacterial colonization"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award in Psychology: Nicole Fleischer, "Understanding the Comorbidity of Asthma and Anxiety in Childhood: Characteristics, Vulnerabilities, and Treatment Implications"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award in Alzheimer's: Sidra Haque, "Chlamydia pneumoniae and Herpes simplex virus type 1 co-infection of human astrocytes alters host cell transcription of β-APP cleaving enzyme-1 (BACE1) and neprilysin, enzymes implicated in Alzheimer disease"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Masters in Biomedical Science Award: Whitney Otto, "Effects of nutrition and behavioral intervention on adults seeking healthier lifestyles"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award for Excellence in Research: Ryan Moncman, "Epithelioid Glioblastoma Presenting as Aphasia in a Young Adult with Ovarian Cancer "
Camille DiLullo, PhD Memorial Award for Excellence in DO Research: John Spikes II and Karanveer Johal, "Investigating the Role of Myo/Nog Cells in the Animal Model of Glaucoma"
Excellence in Staff Research Award: Ellen Scott, "Reelin Signaling in Vascular Endothelial Cell Biology"
Excellence in Biomedical Science Capstone Research Award: Molly Martin, "Analysis of the Gut-Brain Axis in Aging: Implications in Alzheimer Disease"
Georgia Research Day 2018
8th Annual Research Day, Georgia Campus: May 15, 2018
Keynote Speaker: Omer Kucuk, MD, FACN, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
"Botanicals in Integrative Cancer Medicine and Health"
Award Winners:
Excellence in Research - Biomedical Sciences
- First place: Anna Abbott, "Generation of a sandwich based 3D hydrogel to support human mammary fibroblast viability and proliferation"
- Second place: Merideth Hawkins,"Novel anti-obesity effects of human milk oligosaccharide Lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT)"
- Honorable mention: Syara Slaughter, "Utilization of semi-solid agar inoculation in microbial co-culture yields a bacteria with antibiotic properties against MRSA"
Excellence in Research - Pharmaceutical Sciences
- First place:Sirena Hu, "Using educational board games adjunct to traditional lectures for pharmacy students in learning infectious disease"
- Second place: Jonathan Park, "Inhibitory effect of resveratrol and its derivative pinostilbene on multiple myeloma cell growth"
- Honorable mention: Irandokht Najafabadi, "Preceptor's grading scale preference for student pharmacy practice experiences and assessment of the common grading scale along U.S. Schools of Pharmacy"
Excellence in Research - DO Program
- First place: Reshma Patel, "Examining addiction treatment facilities: An observational study from the perspective of medical students"
- Second place: Loc Lam, "Does the firing rate of Purkinje cell change under direct current stimulation?"
- Honorable mention: Tawsif Nadir, "Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease using anti-biofouling magnetic nanomaterials"
- Honorable mention: Hafex Golzarian, "Development of novel mitochondrially targeted electrophiles (MTE) as potential anti-metastatic drugs in ER/PR-negative breast cancer cells"
Excellence in Research - Residents/Fellows
- First place: Rashed Alfarra, "Severe drug induced cholestasis 5 weeks after anabolic steroids exposure"
- Honorable mention: Haris Hatic, "Folate Deficiency in May-Thurner Syndrome"
- Honorable mention: Cynthia Francis, "The role of renal epithelial cell crosstalk in the regulation of cyclosporine A-induced MMP-9 production in calcineurin isoform-specific renal fibroblasts"
Fisher Scientific - Excellence in Research
- Hyeon Jeong Park, "Is “BPA-free” really safe? - A comparison of the effects of bisphenol-A and its analog bisphenol-S on the production of biomarkers of inflammation, neurodevelopment and oxidative Stress"
Philadelphia Research Day 2018
8th Annual Research Day, Philadelphia Campus: May 9, 2018
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Maggie Wallon, Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
"Moonlighting TIMP-4 – a Modifier of Tumor Behavior and Therapeutic Efficacy"
Award Winners:
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Best in Show Award
- Dillon McCourt, "Assay for Personalized Prediction of Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award in Psychology
- Rachel Allen, "Pediatric Medical and Mental Health Conditions and Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Regression Analysis"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award in Alzheimer's
- Aghilas Belkadi, "Neurobehavior in Humans and Its Role in Alzheimer's Disease"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Masters in Biomedical Science Award
- Anahi McIntyre, "Comparing the Efficacy of Pharmacological Preconditioning with Myristic Acid-Conjugated, TAT- Conjugated and Native Protein Kinase C Epsilon Peptide Activator in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion (MI/R) Models"
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Research Day Award for Excellence in Research
- Zein Al-Atrache, "Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection of Astrocytes Favors the Pro-Amyloidgenic Pathway of Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) Processing in Alzheimer Disease"
DO Research Award
- Michael Bamimore, "Cardio-Protective Effects by a Novel Opioid Peptide in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury"
Excellence in Resident Research Award
- Jillian Ploof, "Liposclerosing Myxofibrous Tumor of the Cranial Vault"
Excellence in Research Staff Poster
- Sarah Blizard, "AAV9-Driven Neuron-Specific Transgene Expression: A Tool to Study the Role of Imp2 in Axon Regeneration"
Young Investigators Library Award (Aspira & Esperanza Charter School Students)
- First place: Inya Wyche, "Diabetes"
- Second place: Frantzia Jean, "Coronary Heart Disease"
- Third place: Danisha Robledo, "Dementia"
Pennsylvania Research Day 2017
2017 Research Day, Philadelphia Campus
Keynote Speaker: Gabrielle Wanamaker, ICW Consulting
“Emotional Intelligence as a Critical Competency For Your Clinical Practice"
Award Winners:
The David Miller, DO '60 Memorial Endowed Research Day Awards
- Excellence in Research - Best in Show: Mihoko Tantabe, “Family Planning in Refugee Settings: Findings from a Multi-Country Study.”
- Excellence in Research - Psychology: Noah Sideman, “Task fMRI and Functional Connectivity Show Concordant Memory Laterality in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.”
- Excellence in Research - Masters in Biomedical Sciences: Anahi McIntyre, “Protein Kinase C Epsilon Peptide Inhibitor Exerts Cardioprotective Effects in Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury.”
- Excellence in Alzheimer's Disease Research: Vanessa Valdivia, “Evaluation of Smell and miRNA Biomarkers in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).”
The Camille DiLullo, PhD, Excellence in Research Awards
- DO award: Morgan McCoy, “Assessment of Clinicians’ Knowledge and Screening Practices of Stimulant Misuse in Adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.”
- Resident award: Mark Ishak, DO, “Minimally Invasive In Vivo Real-time Identification of Human Astrocytoma with Sulforhodamine 101.”
- Staff award: Danielle Exler, “Determining Whether Seizures During Early Development Lead to Long-term Behavioral Deficits in Zebrafish.”
PCOM Library Young Investigators Award
- Alixandria Colon, Omayris Ramos and Tracy Wong, of Olney Charter High School in Philadelphia, “Understanding Cervical and Breast Cancer.”