Research and Scholars’ Day Award Winners for 2014

Carey-Marshall-Thorner Research and Scholars’ Day 2014 Award Winners

Oral Presentation by Fellow

• Zachary Henry (Gastro-Hep), “Baclofen is safe and efficacious for treatment of muscle cramps in patients with Cirrhosis: A Pilot Study” (Henry Z., Northup P.)

Poster Presentation by Fellow

• Wenyan Huang (Endo), “miRNA Let-7i down-regulates endothelial IRS2 expression and contributes to vascular insulin resistance” (Huang W, Xie C, Zhao L, Liu Z)
• Rajat Madan (ID), “Leptin-STAT3 signaling enhances the inflammatory response in C. difficile associated colitis” (Madan R, Guo X, Naylor C, Bounomo E, Moskaluk CA, Concannon P, Kolling GL, Duggal P, Warren CA, Petri WA Jr)

Oral Presentation by Resident

• Brad Weinbaum, “Validation of a Tuberculous Meningitis case definition in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital” (Weinbaum B, Adakun S, Moore C)

Poster Presentation by Resident

• Aaron Trimble, “Elevation in peripheral blood fibrocyte counts correlates with presence and outcome of interstitial lung disease in patients with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome” (Trimble A, Burdick MD, Fischer R, Gahl W, Gochuico B, Strieter RM, Mehrad B)
• Thamiris Palacios, “Undetectable serum total IgE as a diagnostic criterion for CVID” (Palacios T, Lawrence M, Borish L)

Poster Presentation by Graduate Student

• Jeffrey Teoh, “Licensed NK-mediated response to murine cytomegalovirus specifically upregulates dendritic cell co-stimulatory ligands required in T cell priming” (Teoh J, Stadnisky MD, Bullock TN, Brown MG)

Shry-Te Ju Award

• Isaah Vincent, “NK1.1+ cells attenuate renal fibrosis after Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)” (Vincent I, Moscalu S, Chhoun C, Li L, Huang L, Ye H, Sun-Sang Sung J, Brown MG, Okusa MD)