AWARD WINNERS

38th Annual Graduate Research Day

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Emma Heisey

  • FISHER PHI KAPPA PHI AWARD

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Neuroscience

Presentation Title: Conditional deletion of Ace2 in taste buds alters peripheral taste function in male mice

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Josue Zambrano-Carrasco

  • JI CHENG MEMORIAL AWARD

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Vascular Biology

Presentation Title: An indespensable role of RBX1 in cardiac development

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Noah Watson

  • Lowell M. Greenbaum Award for Excellence in Pharmacology Research

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Pharmacology

Presentation Title: Inhibition of Histone Deacetylase 3 Improves Functional Outcomes Post-Intracerebral Hemorrhage via Reduction of Neuroinflammation

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Mercy Kehinde-Ige

  • R. August Roesel Memorial Award for Excellence in Biochemistry Research

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Biochemistry & Cancer Biology

Presentation Title: Single-cell Flux Estimation Analysis Reveals the Metabolic states of Tumor-specific CD4+ T cells

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Candee Barris

  • Virendra B. Mahesh Award for Research Excellence in Endocrinology

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Physiology

Presentation Title: Ovarian-derived sex hormones do not mediate the sex-specific mechanism of hypertension in obese mice

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Hiroko Tanaka

  • Octavia Garlington Award of Instructional Design / Poster

Graduate Program: Master of Science in Medical Illustration

Presentation Title: Adult Circumcision

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Dominique Monroe

  • Georgia Cancer Center Award for Excellence in Cancer Research

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Biochemistry & Cancer Biology

Presentation Title: Interplay Between the Cellular dNTP Pool and DNA Double-Strand Break Repair: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Refractory Glioblastoma

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Theresa Akoto

  • James and Jean Culver Vision Discovery Institute Award for Excellence in Vision Research

Graduate Program: Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Cell Biology & Anatomy

Presentation Title: Unravelling the impact of cyclic mechanical stretch in keratoconus – A transcriptomic profiling study

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AWARDS BY DISCIPLINE

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David Hansen

  • Master of Science with a Major in Biomolecular Science

Presentation Title(s): Design and Synthesis of Molecularly Hybridized Dienone Curcumin Mimics as Potential Anticancer Agents

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Husam Bensreti

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Cell Biology & Anatomy

Presentation Title(s): Osteoblastic 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (Hsd11b1) activity regulates bone and tissue crosstalk in mice

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Yin Zhu

  • UGA Clinical & Experimental Therapeutics Award

Presentation Title(s): Long Noncoding RNA Lncenc1 Regulates Inflammasome Activation in Macrophage

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Alyssa Zopff

  • Master of Health Science in Clinical Laboratory Science

Presentation Title(s): Comparison of simple and exchange transfusion on alloimmunization rates using phenotypically matched blood in patients with Sickle Cell Disease

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Zihao Mo

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Computer & Cyber Sciences

Presentation Title(s): Approximate Bisimulation Relations for Convolution Neural Network

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Shafisha Bamfield-Cummings

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Applied Health Sciences

Presentation Title: Identification and validation of novel microRNA Predictive Biomarkers for acquired Bortezomib Resistance in Multiple Myeloma Patients Treated at AUMC

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Stan Dodson (not pictured) & Mario Mohorn

  • Doctor of Education with a Major in Educational Innovation

Presentation Title: Civic discourse through arts-based, critical service learning

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Stepan Budkin

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Genomic Medicine

Presentation Title: Proteomic alterations in retinal Muller glial cells lacking interleukin-6 receptor

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Ogacheko Okoko

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Molecular Medicine

Presentation Title: Repurposing NSAIDs for chemo-immunotherapy: mechanisms beyond COX inhibition

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Jacob Miller

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Neuroscience

Presentation Title: Up-regulation of synaptobrevin-2 to delay cognitive decline in brain aging

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Danielle Gibson

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Nursing

Presentation Title: Diaper Dermatitis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Conceptual Model

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Harshit Singhania

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Oral Biology and Maxillofacial Pathology

Presentation Title: EPS8 regulates SOX2, contributing to HNSCC Sternness

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Desmond Moronge

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Physiology

Presentation Title: Increasing nitric oxide bioavailability attenuates vascular dysfunction and rescues fetal growth in rats with history of acute kidney injury prior to pregnancy 

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Maria Zulfiqar

  • Master of Science with a Major in Psychology

Presentation Title: Daytime Assays of the Autonomic Nervous System to Distinguish Adults With and Without Insomnia Symptoms

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James Kruse

  • Master of Public Health

Presentation Title: Effects of Mandated Tobacco Use History Documentation on Smoking Cessation Referral

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Zsuzsanna Bordan

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Vascular Biology

Presentation Title: PDZ-Binding Kinase, a Novel Regulator of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH BY A GRADUATE STUDENT

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Vadym Buncha

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Physiology

Presentation Title(s): Mice with Endothelial Cell-Selective Adhesion Molecule Deficiency Develop Coronary Microvascular Rarefaction and Left Ventricle Diastolic Dysfunction

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Ahmet Korkaya

  • Master of Science with a Major in Biomolecular Science

Presentation Title: Characterizing Myeloid NF-kB Impact on CXCR3/CXCL10 Axis in Breast Cancer Metastasis

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Phylicia Allen

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Cellular Biology & Anatomy

Presentation Title: Bicaudal-D is the main activating cargo adaptor for the Dynein motor in Drosophila

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Kendra Bufkin

  • Doctor of Philosophy with a Major in Applied Health Sciences

Presentation Title: Validation of Acute Kidney Injury Biomarker

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Crystal Harrison

  • Master of Public Health

Presentation Title: Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity

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Johnson Alechendem

  • Doctor of Nursing Practice

Presentation Title: Reducing Seclusion and Restraints at East Central Regional Hospital (ECRH) Using Enhanced Verbal Deescalation

AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH BY POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

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Asif Elahi

  • 1st Place Poster Presentation Winner

Department: Georgia Cancer Center

Poster Title: Inhibiting the chaperone Hsp90 to unleash the immune system against triple-negative breast cancer

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Perenkita Mendiola

  • 1st Place Oral Presentation Winner

Department: Department of Physiology

Presentation Title: High blood pressure variability induces cognitive and neurovascular dysfunction

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Reem Atawia

  • 2nd Place Poster Presentation Winner

Department: Vascular Biology Center

Poster Title: Type 1 Diabetes impairs endothelial-relaxant function through Advanced Glycation EndProduct (AGE) activation of the H1Fla-PFKFB3-Noxl pathway

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Manish Kumar

  • 2nd Place Oral Presentation Winner

Department: Department of Neurosurgery

Presentation Title: Traumatic brain injury accerlates Brain-Aging and Sensory declines

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Vamsi Krishna Kommalapati

  • 3rd Place Poster Presentation Winner

Department: Georgia Cancer Center

Poster Title: Capsaicin binds to the N-terminus of Hsp90 and induces lysosomal degradation of Hsp70

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Xin Xu

  • 3rd Place Oral Presentation Winner

Department: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Presentation Title: Sequence-directed concentration of G protein-coupled receptors in COPII vesicles

 


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