The 2019 Medical Student Research Symposium included research from 49 participants.

Please note abstract text can be found in the "Description" field of each entry and abstract PDFs can be found in the Abstract Book.
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Schedule
2019
Thursday, October 10th
10:00 AM

Age Is Just a Number: A Case of Multiple Myeloma in a 29 Year Old Male

Peter Morreale, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Blake Savoie MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Assessing Changes in the Vaginal Bacterial Community Leading up to Incident Bacterial Vaginosis Using Shotgun Metagenomics Sequencing of Selected Longitudinal Samples.

Jacob H. Elnaggar, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Assessing Hearing Performance Based on Cochlear Implant Position

Wayne J. Wortmann, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Assessing the Impact of Group Therapy Combined with Buprenorphine or Naltrexone on Attendance and/or Life Satisfaction for Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Kaila N. Holloway, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Chronic binge alcohol administration dysregulates peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) mitochondrial gene expression in SIV infection

Anna M. Catinis, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Correlation of Endometriosis on MRI and Surgical Pathology

Diana Shustarovich MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Meghan McNeely, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Andrew Chapple PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Cost-effective therapeutics for patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): a guide for the practicing nephrologist

Blake P. Van Court, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Development and Characterization of a Novel Small Animal Model of Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

Kyle Brian LaPenna, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Diffuse Dermal Angiomatosis of the Breast

David Neil Thompson, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Do Hybrid Arch Bar Screws Pose a Risk to the Dentition?

Chris Kim DMD, MSE, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Does surgery change the effectiveness of radiation in vestibular Schwannoma?

George M. Jeha, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Gauri Mankekar MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Effect of Estrogen Receptor Antagonism on LOX Activity and Expression in Cardiac Fibroblasts

John C. Johnson, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Evaluating causes of dropout in a large peritoneal dialysis program

Hayden Torres, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Mihran V. Naljayan, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Efrain Reisin, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Aguilar Erwin, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Functional Characterization of Mul1, a Ubiquitin Ligase Involved in Mitochondrial Recycling

Oygul Mirzalieva, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WHO PRESENT WITH “CHRONIC URTICARIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED ALGORITHM AND ANALYSIS

Lindy Fox MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Chelsi Robertson BS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Heroin Overdose: Demographics, Treatments, and Outcomes from an ICU perspective

John Hoang, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Identification of host cellular targets of the Zika NS2B-NS3 protease

Jake E. Doiron, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Inhibition of Factor IXa by Protein S: Critical Function of the Protein S SHBG-like domain

Anna K. Whitehead, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Intratumoral Translocation Positive Heterogeneity in Pediatric Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma Tumors Correlates to Patient Survival Prognosis

James R. Briscoe, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Investigating a novel splice switching oligonucleotide treatment for Friedreich Ataxia in a transgenic frataxin mouse model

Ashley S. Henderson, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Is poor bone quality associated with pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA)?

John Valentino, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Michael Langley, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
James Watt, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Martin Ronis, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Markov Model of Nav1.6 Voltage Gated Sodium Channel

Caroline M. Upchurch, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

MC4 Receptor as a Potential Target for Treating Rats with Co-Morbid Pain Disorders

Donnell White, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Mechanisms of Alcohol-Induced Megacecum

Peter B. Albares, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Nasal Venous Malformation with Intracranial Communication: Presentation, Management, and Review of the Literature

Mason S. Kay, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Onset of respiratory complications in ICU patients with three or more rib fractures

Jeffrey P. Musgrave, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Osteoarthritis severity is associated with increased articularis genu muscle pain receptor expression

Brianna L. Bourgeois, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Parent attitudes regarding oral health clinic-based vaccination

Tyler C. Dean, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Patient Perception of Gynecologic Cancer Clinical Trial Participation in the Deep South

N. L. Rezvani, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
O. E. Gilbert, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
C. R. Smith, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
A. G. Chapple, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Pediatric Gunshot Injury Severity Scores, Shock Indexes, and Clinical Outcomes in the Greater New Orleans Area

Lisa Moreno-Walter, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Joshua Etienne, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Stacey Rhodes, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Prevalence of Accessory Branches and Other Anatomical Variations of the Radial Artery Encountered During Radial Forearm Flap Harvest: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Ryan D. Hoffman, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Psychiatric Patients

Caroline E. Comardelle, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Rare presentation of a left axillary artery pseudoaneurysm in a 3-month-old male

Raj Anil Patel, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Retrospective Review of Efficacy and Safety of Spinal Cord Stimulators (SCS)

William Bradley Trimble II, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Return to Daycare Following Fracture Immobilization in Preschool-Aged Children

Matthew Nungesser, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Role of NOX4 Expression in Osteoblast-Precursors in the Development of Alcohol- Induced Osteopenia

Alex C. Robertson, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Saccadic Eye Movements on Cognition in Neurologic Disorders

Tiana A. DiMasi, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype

Steven T. Do, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Shotgun and quantitative proteomics characterization of altered carbohydrate metabolism in preterm infants

Grace J. Kim, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Rebecca Buckley PhD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Maya Heath, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jessie Guidry, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Targeting Notch signaling in Cancer Stem-Like Cells of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Adrienne Murphy MS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Ayse Deniz Ucar, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Testing mechanisms and clinical outcomes of synovial fibrosis in total knee arthroplasty patients

Lauren A. Saunee, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
John Valentino, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Christina McCarthy, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Elena Plakotaris, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

The Anatomy and Surgical Treatment of High-Grade Spondylolisthesis in Adolescents

Jarrod M. Brown, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Austin W. Wheeler, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

The Effect of In Vitro Alcohol Treatment on CD8+ T-cell Senescence

Jonathan J. Cuccia, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

The Progression of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia in HIV+ Patients

Annie C. Talbot, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

The relationship between NF-2 associated vestibular schwannoma tumor size and the degree of hearing impairment: A retrospective chart review

Ahmad I. Karkoutli, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

THE ROLE OF FREE TISSUE TRANSFER IN THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE ULCERS AND REDUCTION OF RECURRENCE RATE

Chelsi Robertson BS, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Charles Patterson MD, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Too Little Too Late: Empiric Vancomycin Therapy is Ineffective in Trauma ICU Patients

Victor Sebastian Perez, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Transition of Pediatric Patients to Adult Sickle Cell Care

Fallon A. Anzalone, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

10:00 AM

Wet vs Dry Wounds in Bleeding Control Training: Is There a Preference?

George M. Jeha, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Delaney Sheehan, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Kelsey Cramer, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans
Jordan Renschler, LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans

Medical Education Building, LSUHSC-NO

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM