To view the schedule in its entirety, please visit the Department of Medicine Research website via this link: http://medicine.emory.edu/research/research-day.html
7:15 a.m. – 7:45 a.m.: Registration
7:55 a.m. – 8 a.m.: Welcome David Stephens, MD Chair, Department of Medicine
8 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.: Featured Research Bashar Staiteih, MD (Pulmonary) “The effects of HIV on pulmonary innate immunity and the response to tuberculosis”
8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Oral Presentation Session I Moderators: Madeleine Hackney, PhD (General Medicine/Geriatrics) and Jinhu Wang, PhD (Cardiology)
- 8:15 a.m.: Mehul Tejani (Assistant Professor, General Medicine/Geriatrics) “CBCT (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training) to enhance psychological well-being in persons living with HIV”
- 8:30 a.m.: Abdul Malik (Postdoctoral Fellow, Endocrinology) “Butyrate mediates the bone anabolic activity of the probiotic L. rhamnosus GG via a regulatory T cell-mediated pathway”
- 8:45 a.m.: Samantha Sefton (Research Associate, Infectious Diseases) “Evaluating the relationship between healthcare facility network characteristics and the incidence of Clostridium difficile Infection (CDI) in long-term care facilities in the Atlanta area, 2016”
- 9 a.m.: Anna Goebel (Graduate Student, Digestive Diseases) “Enteric Neuronal Pyroptosis- A novel mechanism of neurodegeneration leading to gastrointestinal motility disorders”
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Poster Session I
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Featured ResearchKiyoko Takemiya, MD PhD (Cardiology) “Novel PET and near infrared imaging probes for the specific detection of bacterial infections associated with medical devices”
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Oral Presentation Session II Moderators: Amit Shah, MD (Cardiology) and Viranuj Sueblinvong, MD (Pulmonary)
- 10:30 a.m.: Astrid Kosters (Sr. Research Associate, Rheumatology/Immunology) “HSC-requirement for macrophage regeneration is tissue-specific”
- 10:45 a.m.: Haritha Katakam (Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine) “Evaluation of Emory University Healthcare inpatient corrective insulin use: A comparison of table-based and formula-based ordering”
- 11 a.m.: Sabrina Lynn (Graduate Student, Pulmonary) “Association of Dynamin-2 with tight junction spikes: Potential role in decreasing alveolar epithelial barrier function”
- 11:15 a.m.: Hima Veeramachaneni (Resident, General Medicine/Geriatrics) “Differences in inpatient and outpatient HCV prevalence and linkage to care rates in a safety net hospital Hepatitis C screening program”
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.: Featured Research Alejandra San Martin, PhD (Cardiology) “Identification of a novel pathway controlling cell metabolism”
11:45 a.m. – noon: Group Photo
Noon: Lunch
12:45 p.m. – 1 p.m.: DOM Research Accomplishments David Stephens MD Chair, Department of Medicine
1 p.m.: Keynote Presentation Vikas P. Sukhatme, MD, ScD, Dean, Emory University School of Medicine “Preventing cancer recurrence”
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.: Poster Session II
3 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.: Featured ResearchNadine Rouphael, MD MS (Infectious Diseases) “Microneedle patch for delivery of influenza vaccine”
3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.: Oral Presentation Session III Moderators: Michael Burke, MD (Cardiology) and Jessica Alvarez, PhD, RD (Endocrinology)
- 3:15 p.m.: Jisheng Sun (Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiology) “Characterizing a subpopulation of epicardial cells during heart regeneration in zebrafish”
- 3:30 p.m.: Sophie Brigstocke (Graduate Student, Digestive Diseases) “Factors predictive of lymph node metastasis in early esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in the U.S.”
- 3:45
p.m.: Bonnie Stedge (Graduate Student, Hospital Medicine) “Requiring discharge summaries at discharge to improve transitions to subacute rehabilitation facilities”
- 4 p.m.: Jolyn Fernandes (Postdoctoral Fellow, Pulmonary) “Metabolomics reveals adaptive to toxic response to manganese exposure”
4:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.: Featured Research Jeff Lennox, MD (Infectious Diseases) “My patient made me do it: A career in clinical research”
4:45 p.m. – 5 p.m.: DOM Research Day 2018 Awards Presentation David Stephens, MD, Chair, Department of Medicine