61st annual student research day Wednesday, march 15, 2017
The 61st Annual Student Research Day at Meharry Medical College took place on March 15, 2017, at the Cal Turner Center for Student Education. More than 160 medical, dental, MSPH and Ph.D. students presented their insightful research on topics ranging from AIDS/HIV to mental health. Each of the student’s research posters was judged accordingly. Awards were given at the conclusion of the day.
Dr. Patricia E. Molina of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) presented a lecture entitled “Alcohol interaction with HIV disease; translational approach to understanding mechanisms & comorbidities". Students researchers and faculty were exposed to Dr. Molina’s research methods. She offered an array of information to all of the students hoping to become researchers or scientist.
More information about our featured lecturer:
Patricia E. Molina, M.D., Ph.D. is Richard Ashman, Ph.D. Professor and Department Head of Physiology and Director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) in New Orleans. Dr. Molina completed her M.D. training at the Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala. Thereafter, Dr. Molina completed her Ph.D. in Physiology at LSUHSC (1987-1990) and her postdoctoral experience (1990-1992) at Vanderbilt University. She progressed through the academic ranks initially as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Physiology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook (1992-1996) and subsequently as Director of Surgical Research at North Shore University Hospital in New York (1996-1999). During that period, she held a guest scientist appointment at Brookhaven National Laboratory prior to joining the Department of Physiology at LSUHSC (1999) as an Associate Professor.
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In addition, the winners for the student research day were announced. The winners were:
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SOM Students – Clinical
Kelvin L. Pollard, II (1st Place)
STAGE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT IN A COMMUNITY-BASED MULTIDISCIPLINARY THORACIC ONCOLOGY PROGRAM
Ian Hao (2nd Place)
BRIEF COMPASSION TRAINING INTERVENTION FOR PHYSICIAN WELL-BEING
Alexis Barajas (2nd Place)
PRESENTATION AND MOLECULAR SIGNATURE OF HEAD AND NECK MELANOMAS AT A NATIONAL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER NETWORK (NCCN) CANCER CENTER
Mina Botros (2nd Place)
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF MCL TEARS IN AN URBAN HEALTH SAFETY NET HOSPITAL
Chika Esochaghi (3rd Place)
A NEW APPROACH TO DELIVER, VISUALIZE, AND TREAT BRAIN TUMORS
SOM Students – Community
Nailah Gallego (1st Place)
RELATIONS BETWEEN FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND CHILD OBESITY
Bianca Hill (2nd Place)
“NOT BUYING THIS…ANOTHER EXPERIMENT FROM THE GOVERNMENT”:
USING FACEBOOK TO EXPLORE BLACK WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVES
ABOUT HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS
Mariah S. Cheaves (2nd Place)
THE EFFECTS OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON BREASTFEEDING PRACTICES AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN MOTHERS IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
James Torain (3rd Place)
AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE STUDENTATTITUDES REGARDING SBIRT
TRAINING AND IMPLEMENTATION
SOM Students – Basic/Translational
Deánna Cochran (1st Place)
IMPROVEMENT OF HUMAN SEMEN CRYO-STORAGE FOR EFFECTIVE INSEMINATIONS
Peter Bamikole (2nd Place)
FOUNDATIONS OF MUSICAL RHYTHM AND SPEECH RHYTHM: A PILOT STUDY
Shaleeka Cornelius (2nd Place)
GENOMICS-GUIDED-STRATEGIES TO IDENTIFY THE TARGETS
OF COMPOUNDS TO TREAT MRSA
Kartemus Heary (3rd Place)
AUGMENTATION OF HUMAN DERMAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL FUNCTION BY THE TLR4 AGONIST MONOPHOSPORYL LIPID A
SOD Students
Chanel Trice (1st Place)
SECRETORY LEUKOCYTE PROTEASE INHIBITOR’S EFFECT ON HUMAN THP-1 CELL’S PRODUCTION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES INDUCED BY LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES OF PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS
Elizabeth Alston (2nd Place)
THE EFFECT OF RACIAL ETHNICITY DISPARITIES IN SALIVARY FLOW
RATE AMONG DENTAL PATIENTS
Sasha Curry (2nd Place)
FUNCTIONAL RELEVANCE OF PAROTID GLAND PROTEOMICS IN DIABETIC XEROSTOMIA
Elizabeth McMichael (3rd Place)
INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) AND RISK FOR
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: IS THERE A LINK?
SOGSR – MSPH Students
Cha’koya Smith (1st Place)
THE ROLE OF E-CIGARETTES, SLEEP, AND MEDIA AS RISK FACTORS
FOR YOUTH VIOLENCE IN TENNESSEE
Nikki West (2nd Place)
ASSESSING MATERNAL LIFE EVENTS AND POOR BIRTH OUTCOMES
Hailey Hagins (3rd Place)
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIV-RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, BELIEFS, AND RISK BEHAVIORS, AND HIV STATUS IN GAMBIAN WOMEN, 2013
SOGSR – 1st &2nd Year PhD Students
James Mungin, Jr. (1st Place)
LOCAL REPLICATION OF ZIKA VIRUS IN VAGINAL EPITHELIUM PROMOTES
ZIKA SEXUAL TRANSMISSION
Diva S. Whalen (2nd Place)
ASSOCIATION OF CALCIUM SENSING RECEPTOR POLYMORPHISMS AT RS1801725 WITH CIRCULATING CALCIUM IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
Carla R. Gibbs (3rd Place)
PROINFLAMMATORY CHEMOKINES ARE STARS AMONG CHEMOKINE NETWORK BETWEEN TRIPLE-NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER (TNBC) AND NON-TNBC CELLS
SOGSR – Advanced PhD Students
Binah baht Ysrayl (1st Place)
COCAINE INDUCTION OF PROLIDASE LEADS TO EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEREGULATION AT THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER
Amber M. Cheatham (2nd Place)
REGULATION OF AUTOPHAGY IN HUMAN PODOCYTES EXPRESSING APOL1 KIDNEY RISK ALLELES BY ALTERNATIVE SPLICING OR ANTI-APOPTOTIC MCL-1
Sudan N. Loganathan (3rd Place)
BET BROMODOMAIN EPIGENETIC READERS AS THERAPEUTIC
TARGETS FOR EWING SARCOMA
Overall Student Winner
Portia L. Thomas
NOTCH RECEPTOR-LIGAND INTERACTION DURING
CD8+ T CELL – NK CELL CROSSTALK