Symposium Presentations

Welcome Address

Dereck Rovaris Sr., PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Angela Amedee PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center-NO

Allied Health Classroom A

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Keynote Address: The Study of Insulin Resistance & Metabolism from Different Perspectives

Rudy Ortiz PhD, FAPS, FAHA, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Merced, CA

Allied Health Classroom A

1:10 PM - 2:10 PM

Association of Alcohol Consumption on Vaginal Viral Load and Plasma Viral Load in People Living with HIV (PLWH): The New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV (NOAH) Study

Sheldon Davis BS, Pennsylvania State University

Allied Health Classroom A

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

Sexual Differences in Negative Affect and Neural Activation Following Adolescent Alcohol Exposure

Zari McCullers BS, Towson University

Allied Health Classroom A

2:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Chronic Alcohol Induces Neuroadaptations in the Cingulate Cortex and Facilitates Cortex and Facilitates Immobilization-Induced Hyperalgesia in Female Rats

Roshaun Mitchell-Cleveland BS, Southern University New Orleans

Allied Health Classroom A

2:40 PM - 2:55 PM

Investigating the Reactive Oxygen Species Involved in Alcohol-Induced Osteopenia

Allison Norman BS, Alcorn State University

Allied Health Classroom A

2:55 PM - 3:10 PM

Chronic Alcohol and Ovarian Hormone Loss - Mediated Mechanisms of Pancreatic Endocrine Dysfunction in Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Macaques

Diego Torres BS, Texas State University

Allied Health Classroom A

3:10 PM - 3:25 PM