Once again, the College of Medicine Office of Research awarded Outstanding Poster Awards. These awards recognize the most outstanding posters with categories to recognize individuals at various career stages and in several major areas of focus within the college. Check out the winners below:
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES WINNER (predoctoral)
Quan Vo
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Department of Neuroscience
Peripheral Systemic Immune Changes Modify Brain Neuropathologies in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloidosis
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES WINNER (predoctoral)
Sarah Sniffen
Ph.D. Student
Department of Neuroscience
Parallel Genetically Distinct Basal Amygdala Pathways Route Affective Information to Ventral Striatum Subregions
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN CLINICAL SCIENCES WINNER (Predoctoral)
Sarah Murphy
Medical Student
Department of Medicine
Prevalence and Rationale for Coronary Artery Calcium Scoring Among Patients with Known Coronary Disease
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN DATA SCIENCES OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WINNER (Predoctoral)
Ricardo Diaz-Rincon
Ph.D. Student
Department of Neuroscience
Stratifying risk of Parkinson’s Disease Progression with Gradient Boosting Algorithms applied to Clinical Data
NEW OPPORTUNITY AWARD FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH OR INCLUSION WINNER (Predoctoral)
Sofia Stansbury
M.D./Ph.D. Student
Department of Neuroscience
Investigating the Role of Glutamine in Stroke Outcomes Using an Acute Mouse Model of Ischemic Brain Injury
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES WINNER (postdoctoral)
Jordan McKean, M.D.
Medical Resident
Department of Surgery
Leptin Expression and Cachexia in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES WINNER (postdoctoral)
Mahya Aghaee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Medicine
Mathematical Discovery of New Targets and Optimization of Therapies: Application to Canine Melanoma
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN CLINICAL SCIENCES WINNER (postdoctoral)
Evan Barrios, M.D.
Medical Resident
Department of Surgery
Monocyte Transcriptomics Differ Depending on Patient Outcomes after Sepsis
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN DATA SCIENCES OR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WINNER (Postdoctoral)
Jonathan Krebs, M.D.
Medical Resident
Department of Surgery
Volumetric Analysis of Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection Using an Automated Deep Learning Aortic Zone Segmentation Model
NEW OPPORTUNITY AWARD FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH OR INCLUSION WINNER (postdoctoral)
Brandon Lucke-Wold, M.D., Ph.D.
Medical Resident
Lillian S. Wells Department of Neurosurgery
How do children fare compared with adults? Comparing relative outcomes after thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke due to large-vessel occlusion
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES WINNER (Early stage investigators)
Paul Boothe, M.D.
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Validation and Implementation of Telecytology for Rapid On-Site Evaluation (ROSE) of Cytology Specimens using Digital Cameras and Microsoft Teams Software
OUTSTANDING POSTER AWARD IN CLINICAL SCIENCES WINNER (Early stage investigators)
Sharareh Sharififar, Ph.D., P.T.
Assistant Scientist
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Horticultural therapy for chronic low back pain (LBP): Patient interest and acute effects
NEW OPPORTUNITY AWARD FOR RESEARCH RELATED TO HEALTH DISPARITIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH OR INCLUSION WINNER (Early stage investigators)
Alex Yoon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Isomeric Forms of Plasma Tocopherol and Lung Cancer Risk Among Low-Income Americans
