Keynote Speaker

Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic

Virend Kristen Somers received his Medicine degree from the University of Natal in South Africa. He was then awarded a Nuffield Dominion Scholarship to Oxford University where he received his Doctor of Philosophy Degree. He subsequently completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Internal Medicine Residency and Cardiology Fellowship at the University of Iowa, where he served as Director of the Cardiovascular Neurophysiology Laboratory. He is presently Professor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and has been appointed as a Mayo Foundation Clinical Investigator. He is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and is an American Society of Hypertension certified Consultant in Hypertension.

Sleep Apnea and Cardiovascular Disease – Evidence, Mechanisms and Clinical Implications”

Award Winners

HealthPoint First Place Translational Research Award ($300)

Soumya Krishnamurthy, Regulation Of Ikkepsilon By Akt In Breast Cancer Cells (Poster #208)

HealthPoint Second Place Translational Research Award ($200)

Suraj Pratap, Nano-Particles For Targeted Drug Delivery In Pediatric Cancers (Poster #214)

CBTS Poster Award ($500/$300/$200)

First Place, Adam Odeh, Regulatory T Cells Directly Control The Severity Of Mycoplasma Respiratory Disease (Poster #910)

Second Place, Prachi Dongre, Blimp1 In Association With Ct And Ga Repeats Regulate Transcription Of Mouse Cs1 Gene. (Poster #914)

Third Place, Hunaid Gurji, Technological Coupling Of Basic Science And Engineering Results In More Accurate Data With Greater Efficiency Of Data Analysis (Poster # 1714)

CBTS Oral Presentation Award ($500)

Hunaid Gurji, Pyruvate-Fortified Fluid Resuscitation Protects Left Ventricular Function and Metabolism During Hemmorrhagic Shock and Hindlimb Ischemia (Poster #311)

CBTS Postdoc Poster Award ($700)

Chang Su, Erk1/2 And Erk5 Have Distinct Roles In Bdnf Transcriptional Regulation (Poster #101)

Poster Award ($250)

First Place, Jason Jackson & Sean Campbell, Perceptions Of Complementary And Alternative Medicine Education Among Physician Assistants And Physician Assistant Students In Texas (Poster #600)

College of Public Health Student Association Poster Award…………………………………………………………………..
$500 First Place Poster Award Name: Kelly Bowers Poster # 223
Estimation Of Cumulative Radiation Exposure From Repeat Or Multiple Ct Exams And Cancer Risk Assessment
$350 Second Place Poster Award Name: Shahnawaz Amdani Poster # 1710
A Fish Cell Assay For The Assessment Of Golden Algae Bloom Toxins
$200 Third Place Poster Award Name: Piyush Singh Poster # 200
Survival Analysis Of Pediatric Patients Following A Second Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
$300 First Place Oral Award Name: Bradford Jackson Poster # 1501
Local Safety Net Clinics And Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Hospitalization
$500 First Place Poster Award Name: Brett Mueller Poster # 708
Effects Of Sigma-1 Receptors On Mitochondrial Fusion In Primary Retinal Ganglion Cells
$300 Third Place Poster Award Name: Artur Schander Poster # 911
Lymphatic Pump Technique Facilitates the Clearance of Respiratory Infection with Streptococcus
Pneumoniae
$250 First Place General Resident Research Award Name: Ken Kaminski Poster # 1700
Morbidity And Mortality In The Geriatric Polytrauma Patient
$250 First Place Family Medicine Resident Award Name: Richard Le Poster # 2121
Neurofibromatosis: A Case Presentation
$250 Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine –
IM Korr PhD Memorial Award
Name: Kyle Gummelt Poster # 909
The Effects Of Lymphatic Pump Treatment On The Immune System Of Rats With Pneumonia
$500 The Osteopathic Research Center Excellence in Research Award Name: Artur Schander Poster # 911
Lymphatic Pump Technique Facilitates The Clearance Of Respiratory Infection With Streptococcus Pneumoniae
$250 First Place Student Honors Award Name: Jyoti Chouhan Poster # 302
Intermittent Hypoxia Conditioning In Spontaneously Hyerptensive Rats: Effects On Heart Rate And Blood Pressure
$500 Russ Jenkins Memorial Surgery Award Name: John Newton Poster # 315
Novel Chest Tube Improves Post-Surgical Drainage
TCOM Student Council Case Presentation Award…………………………………………………………………………………
$300 First Place Poster Award Name: Edward Hearn Poster # 2114
Cystic Tumors Of The Parathyroid Gland, Presentation And Management – A Case Study
$200 Second Place Poster Award Name: Amir Barzin Poster # 2100
What’s That Rash? A Case Presentation Of A 19-Year-Old Black Female
$150 Third Place Poster Award Name: Shaida Khan Poster # 2115
Atypical Findings In A Pheochromocytoma
TCOM Class of 2014 Award…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
$150 First Place Award Name: Elizabeth Roruke Poster # 206
Modulation Of Radiation-Induced Genetic Damage By Hcmv In Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes From A Brain Tumor Case-Control Study

CRI Graduate Student Award ($200)

Hunaid Gurji, Pyruvate-Fortified Fluid Resuscitation Protects Left Ventricular Function and Metabolism During Hemmorrhagic Shock and Hindlimb Ischemia (Poster #311)

CRI Postdoctoral Student Award ($200)

Myong-Gwi Ryou, Pyruvate-Induced Cerebral Protective Mechanism In Ischemic Stroke (Poster #313)

Poster Award ($300/$200)

First Place, Ami Murphy, Infantile Hemangioma (Poster #1707)

Second Place, Chelsea Price, Vacterl Association: A Case Report (Poster #2113)

FOR HER Award…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
$300 Clinical Poster Award for Student Name: Anindita Mukerjee Poster # 218
Sustained Reduction Of Plasminogen Activation In Highly Invasive Breast Cancer Utilizing Annexin A2-Targeted Combinatorial Nanoparticles
$300 Translational Research Poster Award Name: Andrew Gdowski Poster # 1711
The Effect Of Daytime Sleepiness On Morning Salivary Cortisol And Maladaptive Eating Behavior Ratings In Obese Women
Institute for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research (IAADR) …………………………………………………………….
$500 First Place Pre-doctoral Poster Award Name: Courtney Brock Poster # 107
Neuroprotective Effects of Genistein

 

Institute of Investigative Genetics Award……………………………………………………………………………………………..
$250 First Place Poster Award Name: Marc Sprouse Poster # 2303
Internal Validation Of A Real-Time Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay For Human Mitochondrial DNA
North Texas Eye Research Institute Award……………………………………………………………………………………………
$500 First Place Poster Award Name: Anirudh Sethi Poster # 700
Tgf-Beta Induces Lysyl Oxidase (Lox) Expression Via Smad And Non-Smad Signaling In Human Trabecular Meshwork Cells
TECH Fort Worth Innovation Award…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
$300 First Place Poster Award Name: Sangram Raut Poster # 1715
Evaluation Of Fitc-Bsa Conjugated Nanodiamonds For Potential Biomedical And Biophysical Applications
Elena and Thomas Yorio Travel Award………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Coach tickets to a scientific meeting in the continental United States Name: Brett Mueller
Drawing Winner