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Health Sciences Research Days Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Graduate Student
Daniel Moss
Advisor: Sam Landry
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
UNFOLDING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM: HUMORAL IMMMUNIOGENICITY CONTROLLED BY EFFICIENCY OF ANTIGEN PROCESSING
Health Sciences Research Days Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Postdoctoral Fellow
Peng Liao
Advisor: Hua Lu
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
MUTANT p53 GAINS ITS FUNCTION VIA c-Myc ACTIVATION UPON CDK4 PHOSPHORYLATION AT SERINE 249 AND CONSEQUENT PIN1 BINDING
Dean of the School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Medical Student
Jenny Ngo
Advisors: Sheryl Martin-Schild and Stacy Drury
Neurology & Psychiatry
School of Medicine
NEUROSTIMULANTS IN THE ACUTE POST-STROKE SETTING TO AUGMENT DISCHARGE TO INPATIENT REHABILITATION
Dean of the School of Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Resident or Fellow
Alison Smith
Surgery
School of Medicine
DO URBAN BIKE LANES TRANSLATE INTO IMPROVED SAFETY?
Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Public Health Masters Student
Emily Cooksey
Advisor: Tiong Aw
Global Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
EVALUATION OF COLIPHAGES AS INDICATORS OF VIRAL PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH FECAL CONTAMINATION IN LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
Dean of the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Public Health Doctoral Student
Rebecca Lichtler
Advisor: Jeffrey Wickliffe
Global Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
A DIET-INDUCED OBESE MOUSE MODEL TO DETECT CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY CHANGES: CHARACTERIZATION OF BACKGROUND EFFECTS
Dean of the School of Science and Engineering Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a Graduate Student
Katherine Elfer
Advisor: J. Quincy Brown
Biomedical Engineering
School of Science & Engineering
FLUORESCENT PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF AND MASSON'S TRICHROME FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TISSUE ANALYSIS
Dean of the School of Science and Engineering Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by an Undergraduate Student
Matt Coleman
Advisor: Julie Markant
Psychology
School of Science & Engineering
REWARD LEARNING AND ACTIVE LEARNING INTERACT TO IMPROVE MEMORY ENCODING
Michael A. Gerber Prize for Research in Molecular and Cellular Biology sponsored by the Dr. and Mrs. Michael A. Gerber Memorial Fund
Abhinav Jain
Advisor: Anne Robinson
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
School of Science & Engineering
YEAST AS A PLATFORM TO STUDY ADENOSINE RECEPTOR SIGNALING
Award for Cancer Research sponsored by the Tulane Cancer Center:
Fatemeh Daneshimehr
Advisor: Reza Izadpahah
Heart & Vascular Institute
School of Medicine
TRAF3IP2, A NOVEL TARGET FOR TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MULTIFORME
Award for Research in Infectious Diseases sponsored by the Tulane National Primate Research Center
Nathan McLaughlin
Advisor: Derek Pociask
Department of Medicine
School of Medicine
IL22 REDUCES INFLUENZA PNEUMONIA BY PROMOTING THYMIC INTEGRITY AND T REGULATORY CELL MATURATION
Award for Research in Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine sponsored by the Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine
RA Sabol
Advisor: Bruce Bunnell
Physician Scientist Program
School of Medicine
OBESITY-ALTERED ADIPOSE STEM CELLS PROMOTE TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER PROGRESSION AND METASTASIS
Award for Excellence in Research and Presentation by a 4th Year DeBakey Scholar sponsored by the Dean of the School of Medicine
Joseph Garagliano
Advisor: Ryosuke Sato
Physiology
School of Medicine
ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS STIMULATE ANGIOTENSINOGEN EXPRESSION IN RENAL PROXIMAL TUBULE CELLS
Award for Research in Women’s Health and Sex Differences in Cardiovascular and Related Diseases sponsored by the Tulane BIRCWH Program
Jason Schuster
Advisor: Kristin Miller
Biomedical Engineering
School of Science & Engineering
BIAXIAL MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HUMAN POST-MENOPAUSAL PROLAPSED UTEROSACRAL LIGAMENT INSERTION
Award for Research in Sustainable and Healthy Communities sponsored by the ByWater Institute
Lauren Swientoniewski
Advisor: Diane Blake
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
School of Medicine
ALUMINOSILICATE MICROSTRUCTURES AS ALTERNATIVES TO CHEMICAL DISPERSANTS IN CRUDE OIL BIOREMEDIATION
Award for Research in Neuroscience Sponsored by the Tulane Brain Institute
Hong Gao
Advisor: Andrei Derbenev
Physiology
School of Medicine
EMERGING MECHANISM OF GLYCINE IN CONTROL OF BAROREFLEX
Sponsored by:
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
The Office of the Vice President for Research
This two-day event will showcase the diversity of health science-related research at Tulane, and will feature presentations by students, faculty and staff university-wide. Poster presentations will be displayed for review at the J. Bennett Johnston Building on the downtown campus. In addition, a series of prizes will be awarded by Deans and Center Directors.
9:00-11:30 a.m. | Poster Session A
JBJ Atrium and 111A
12:00 p.m. | The Dr. & Mrs. Michael A. Gerber Memorial Lecture
"The Epidemic of Hepatocellular Carcinoma"
Hashem B. El-Serag, M.D., M.P.H.
Baylor College of Medicine
School of Medicine, Room 6065
1:00 p.m. | Meet the Speaker Reception
Hashem B. El-Serag
JBJ Mezzanine
1:30-4:00 p.m. | Poster Session B
JBJ Atrium and 111A
1:30 p.m. | Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Distinguished Lecture
"Update in Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) in Women: Monet vs Manet (or why women have more adverse IHD outcomes)"
C Noel Bairey Merz, MD
Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center
JBJ Room 403
2:30 p.m. | Meet the Speaker Reception
C Noel Bairey Merz
JBJ Mezzanine
9:00-11:00 a.m. | Poster Session C
JBJ Atrium and 111A
12:00 p.m. | Health Sciences Research Days Distinguished Lecture
“Virtual reality and smart phone applications for health and behavioral health”
Patrick Bordnick, PhD, MPH, LCSW
Dean, Tulane School of Social Work
School of Medicine, Room 6065
1:00 p.m. | Meet the Speaker reception
Patrick Bordnick
JBJ Mezzanine
1:30-4:00 p.m. Poster Session D
JBJ Atrium and 111A
4:00-5:30 p.m. Workshop: An Introduction to Publishing in Medical Journals
Sponsored by Elsevier and the Matas Library
School of Medicine, Room 4150
Questions? Contact Loula Burton at researchdays@tulane.edu