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13th Annual Research Day
Award Winners |
IBS
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Orals
Tied for first place:
Laura Beaver – “Inflammation and Survival Signaling Following Genotoxin-Induced Lung Injury”
Russ Morton – “Fluorophore-assisted light inactivation of recombinant 5-HT3A receptors”
Erica Reeves – “A Systems Biology Approach to Studying Muscle’s Response to Glucocorticoids”
Posters
First place: Molly Bower Balsley – “The Role of Extracellular Cyclophilins in Acute Allergic Asthma”
Second Place: Nikki Gillum – “Modification of an intercalated disk protein enhances coupling of embryonic stem cells to cardiomyocytes”
Third Place: Thamara Abouantoun – “Imatinib (Gleevec): Attacking the culprit (PDGFR) and the accomplice (EGFR) in Medulloblastomas”
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SMHS
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2008 Doris DeFord Speck and George Speck, MD, Endowed Prize in the School of Medicine for Student Medical Research Award
Alan A.Z. Alexander – “Potent Anti-Tumor Activity of gd T Cells towards Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Orals
First Place - Rigved Tadwalkar “Breast Specific Gamma Imaging as an
Adjunct Modality for the Diagnosis of Invasive Breast Cancer”
Tied for Second
Amrita Karve “Potential Unintended Financial Consequences
For Pay-For-Performance”
Ahmed Mohyeldin “The Cancer Stem Cell Hypothesis and Brain Cancer”
Posters
First Place – Audra Miller – “Small Molecule Chemotherapies Target p53 in Retinoblastoma Xenograft Model”
Second Place – Ilana Kahn – “Diffusion Tensor Imaging detects areas of abnormal white matter microstructure in patients with partial Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency (OTCD)”
Third Place – Patricia Reutemann – “The Effects of DHEA on Prostrate Stromal Cells on Modulating Cancer Formation in Epithelial Cells” |
Health Sciences - Posters all first place
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Preston Witcher – “DNA Polymerase is essential for Hexavalent Chromium-Induced Mutagenesis”
Ngoc Han Ha – “First Report of Warfarin Dose Requirements in Patients Possessing the CYP2C9*12 Allelle”
Shiva Salartash – “Use of In Vivo and In Vitro Model Systems in Investigational Studies of Drug and Nanoparticle Toxici”
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SPHHS
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Oral Presenter Winner
Daniela Resh – “Pregnancy Ambivalence and Contraceptive Use Among Urban Adolescents”
Oral Presenter Finalists
Fadia Hajazi – “Breast Cancer Aggressiveness is Independent of Socioeconomic Status in Black and White Women”
Laura Reimers – “Descriptive Epidemiology as a Reflection of Biologic Heterogeneity for Cervical Carcinoma”
1st Place Poster
Jennifer Beal – “Correlates with Concurrent HIV/AIDS Testing in Washington, D.C., 1997-2006”
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Resident Oral Presentation Winners
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Basic Science Category Winner
Andrea T. Badillo, MD - Resident
Department of General Surgery
“Lentiviral Gene Transfer of SDF-1A to Wounds Improves Diabetic Wound Healing”
Case Report Category Winners: (Co-Winners)
Gustavo Ferrer, MD – Fellow
Department of Medicine – Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
Medicine Division
“Granulomatous Bronchiolitis Produced by Inhalation of Diacetyl From Microwaveable Popcorn Bags”
Alison R. Huppmann, MD - Resident
Department of Pathology
“Cerebellar Medulloblastoma in the Elderly: Case Report and Review of the Literature”
Clinical Research Category Winners (Co Winners)
Scott Cohen, MD - Fellow
Department of Medicine – Nephrology Division
“Pain, Sleep Disturbance, and Quality of Life in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients”
Seth M. Pollack, MD – Resident
Department of Medicine
“Assessment of the Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Comorbidity Index in Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Patients Receiving Reduced-Intensity Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation”
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Faculty Awards
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2007 Elaine H. Snyder Cancer Research Award
Dr. Steven R. Patierno
Executive Director, GW Cancer Institute
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
2008 Distinguished Researcher Award
Dr. Tim G. Hales
Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
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For more information, please contact Joyce D. Javois at resjdj@gwumc.edu
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