Graduate Research Day 2018

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34^thAnnual GRADUATE RESEARCH DAY

124

Graduate Student Poster Presentations

16

Post-Doctoral Fellow Poster Presentations

9

Post-Doctoral Fellow Oral Presentations

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AWARD WINNERS

FISHER PHI KAPPA PHI AWARD

XUEYI LI

FISHER PHI KAPPA PHI AWARD

Program: Vascular Biology

Poster Title: Regulation of Galectin-3 Expression in Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle by DNA Methylation

KHUSHBOO SAHAY

JI CHENG MEMORIAL AWARD

Program: Physiology

Poster Title: Regulation of Galectin-3 Expression in Pulmonary Vascular Smooth Muscle by DNA Methylation

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARD

BRYAN ERIKSON

Applied Health

Poster Title: Innate Immune Receptor Trem-1 is Essential for Recruitment of Inflammatory Cells and Promotion of Liver Fibrosis

MOHAMMAD RASHID

Biochemistry & Cancer Biology - R. August Roesel Memorial Award

Poster Title: Innate Immune Receptor Trem-1 is Essential for Recruitment of Inflammatory Cells and Promotion of Liver Fibrosis

DEVI BOGGUPALLI

Cell Biology & Anatomy

Poster Title: Tropomyosin1c Levels are Regulated by Slmb-Mediated Degradation

AARON FAN

Cancer - Georgia Cancer Center Award

Poster Title: Constitutively Active STAT5 in Antigen-Specific CD8 T Cells Enhances the Antitumor Effect of Adoptive Cell Transfer with Peptide Vaccination

YUJIAO LU

Endocrinology - Virendra B. Mahesh Award

Program: Neuroscience
Poster Title: Neuron-Derived Estrogen Regulates Synaptic Plasticity and Memory

LYNN TRAN

Genomic Medicine

Poster Title: 19-Gene Risk Score Predicts Poor Survival in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients

CHRISTOPHER BARNES

Nursing

Poster Title: Evaluating the Incidence of Thrombotic and Hemorrhagic Events in the Absence of Maintenance Anticoagulation in Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)

KYANA AFSHAR

Medical Illustration

Poster Title: Designing For Patient Education

LAUREN PRUSINSKI

Molecular Medicine

Poster Title: Diminished DNA Repair Capacity in Stem Cells from Human Uterine Fibroids vs. Adjacent Myometrium Compromises Genomic Integrity and Increases Tumorigenesis

GRACE FOX

Neuroscience

Poster Title: Dopamine Rebound-Excitation as Safety Signals in Fear Processing

REEM ATAWIA

Pharmacology - Lowell M. Greenbaum Award

Poster Title: Role of Arginase 2 in Diet-Induced Obesity, Metabolic Dysregulation and Visceral Adipose Tissue (VAT) Inflammation

MAHMOUD ABDELBARY

Physiology

Poster Title: Inhibition of Necrosis Via Necrox-5 Attenuates the Development of Hypertension in Male, but not Female Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR)

AMANDA THOMAS

Public Health

Poster Title: Compound Effects of Alcohol and Obesity on Alveolar Lung Tissue

KHALED ELMASRY

Vision - James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute Award

Poster Title: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress/NADPH Oxidase Interplay in 12/15-Lipoxygenase Induced Retinal Microvascular Impairment

ALUYA OSEGHALE

Vascular Biology

Poster Title: Novel Esters of Butyrate and δ-Aminolevulinate increase γ-Globin gene expression and fetal hemoglobin Synthesis by Inactivating eIF2α Kinase in Erythroid Progenitors

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

RABEI ALAISAMI

Public Health

Poster Title: Quality of Healthcare Delivery in For-Profit vs Not-For-Profit Hospitals

LEANN BOYD, JASON HOLT*, KARYN WARREN

Educational Innovation

Poster Title: Restorative Justice as Understood and Perceived by Teachers in Two Rural Georgia Middle Schools

KATHERINE COVINGTON

Psychology

Poster Title: Himalayan Sea Salt: Salt of the Earth or New Millennium Snake Oil?

ALEC DAVILA

Vascular Biology

Poster Title: Adenosine Kinase Inhibition Augments Conducted Vasodilation and LV Diastolic Dysfunction in Obese ZSF1 Rats

JESSICA DILLARD-WRIGHT

Nursing

Poster Title:Nurse as Knowledge Worker: A Conceptual Framework to Guide Nursing Research

DEBOARH MULLING

Nursing

Poster Title: Operating Room Foot Traffic Quality Improvement Initiative

UGA CLINICAL & EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS AWARS

MOHAMMED SAYED

Program: UGA Clinical & Experimental Therapeutics

Poster Title: Characterization of the Development of Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment: The Effect of Hypertension

AWARD EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH BY A POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

ANH THU NGUYEN-LEFEBVRE

Poster Presentation Winner

Department: Molecular Oncology

Poster Title: Innate Immune Receptor Trem-1 is Essential for Recruitment of Inflammatory Cells and Promotion of Liver Fibrosis

HUSSEIN SULTAN

Oral Presentation Winner