Abstracts & Agenda (PDF)

November 10, 2022 LSUHSC-Human Development Center 411 S. Prieur New Orleans, LA 70112

5 & 10 min presentations: HDC 1st floor auditorium

2:30 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks

2:35-3:10 pm Session I: Chosen from recorded talk

2:35 pm Brianna Bourgeois LSUHSC- Department of Physiology, Mentor: Dr. Liz Simon ; Title: Chronic Binge Alcohol-mediated Decreased Skeletal Muscle Stem Cell Differentiation in SIV-infected Female Macaques: Mechanisms of Extracellular microRNA-206

2:42 pm Taylor Fitzpatrick-Schmidt LSUHSC- Department of Physiology, Mentor: Drs. Patricia E. Molina, Scott Edwards, and Tekeda Ferguson ; Title: Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Alcohol Use, and Cognition in People Living with HIV

2:49 pm Lyndsey Gisclair LSUHSC- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Mentor: Dr. Douglas Johnston ; Title: T. cruzi infection induces cardiac endothelial cell dysfunction

2:56 pm Taylor Herring LSUHSC- School of Public Health, Mentor: Dr. Michael Celestin ; Title: Differences in dental advice to quit smoking between current regular cigarette, current electronic cigarette, and current dual users

3:03 pm Isabel Stephany Brassesco LSUHSC- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Mentor: Dr. Ben Kelly ; Title: Leishmania cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV expression in an L. major amastigote culture system

3:10 pm Dianne Wellems LSUHSC- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Mentor: Dr. Guoshun Wang ; Title: Cystic Fibrosis Macrophages: An Inflammatory Role

3:17-3:27 pm Break 2 3:27-4:37 pm Session II

3:27 pm Ashley N. Winters (In absentia; Pre-recorded) LSUHSC- Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Parasitology, Mentor: Dr. Jennifer E. Cameron ; Title: Human Papillomavirus Oncogenes May Promote Cervical Dysplasia Progression Through Dysregulation of miR-4488 and Wnt Signaling

3:41 pm Colette D. Baudoin LSUHSC-School of Nursing, Mentor: Dr. Gloria Giarratano ; Title: The Lived Experience of Body Image in Women Undergoing Active Treatment of Head and Neck Cancer: A Hermeneutical Phenomenological Inquiry

3:55 pm Jonothan Rosario-Colón LSUHSC- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Mentor: Dr. Hong Xin ; Title: Universal Candida Cell-Surface-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies Protect Mice against Multidrug-Resistant Candida auris Bloodstream Infections

4:09 pm Hannah Jarrell LSUHSC- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Mentor: Dr. Xiao Ching ; Title: The Effect of miR-9 on Spiny Neurons in the Zebra Finch Basal Ganglia

4:23 pm David K. Odenheimer LSUHSC- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, Mentor: Dr. Jennifer J. Lentz ; Title: Improved Acoustic Frequency Discrimination Acuity in Usher Syndrome Mice Treated with Antisense Oligonucleotides

4:40 Wine & Cheese Social

Picnic and Awards Presentation: November 11, 2022; 2:00-5:00pm in the Raised Root Garden.