Undergraduate Participants

Addressing the Complexity of Orphan Drug Pricing

Hanna Almoaswes, Xavier University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Application of Machine Learning to Biomarker Discovery and Outcome Prediction in Colon Cancer using Genomic Data

Ethan J. Nicklow, Duke University, Durham, NC

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Arginine-170 is Important in Stabilizing the Active Parkin Oligomer

Kariza N. Hossain, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN AMNIOTIC FLUID STEM CELLS (hAFSCs)

Ann M. Byerly, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Characterizing Drug Resistant Virus in SIV-Infected Rhesus Macaques Treated with ART

Emma R. Freeman, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Construction of a short-lived fluorescent protein transcriptional reporter

Hassan A. Hassan, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Differences in patient-provider communication between smokers and nonsmokers

Brian Washington Jr., University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Direct evidence IF1 preserves mitochondrial ATP during hypoxia

Dean John Hendrix T. Dante, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Electrophysiological Techniques to Study Activity in Rat Hippocampus

Samantha D. Morin, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Estrogenic Regulation of Lysyl Oxidase in Cardiac Fibroblasts

Tierra A. Foley, Baylor University, Waco, TX

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Ethanol dysregulates chondrocyte differentiation via different sources of reactive oxygen species in chondrocyte ATDC5 cells

Jonathan Lewis, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Evaluation of Makeshift Tourniquet Efficacy on a Simulated Model of an Exsanguinating Limb

Sara I. Beaulieu, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Various types of Tourniquets Utilizing an Exsanguinating Limb Simulator Model

Rimi R. Mandal, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Expression of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Pulmonary Artery Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells

Riley T. Nguyen, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): Clinical presentation, experimental animal models and novel treatments

Julian D. Summers, McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Human Papilloma Virus, Herpes Simplex Virus, Syphilis, Gonorrhea and Chlamydia infections among HIV-positive Patients at the Emergency Department [ED] of University Medical Center New Orleans

Kelsey A. Lain, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Identification of Isoform-Specific Intersectin Mutants in Human Pathogenic Fungus Cryptococcus neoformans

Haley L. Hill, Loyola University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Immune profiles of colorectal cancer in African American and Caucasian individuals

Joussette I. Alvarado, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Low Clinic Attendance Rates for Hepatitis C Appointments at UMCNO

Chizoba C. Ogbuefi, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Neuroadaptations in Estrogen Signaling in an Animal Model of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome & Alcoholic Neuropathy

Amy P. Urbina Lopez, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Norepinephrine causes a change in REST expression and subcellular localization in cerebellar interneurons

Jordyn T. Fong, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pharmacokinetics of ASO therapy in a mouse model of Usher syndrome

Mark Fisher, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

PLA2G6 and α-synuclein interaction in human RPE cells

Catherine E. Rockwell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Purification and Functional Analysis of Monoclonal Antibodies Protection Against C. auris Invasive Infection

Claudia E. Rodriguez, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Retinal Sensitivity of Hormonally Modulated Hyla cinerea Using Electrophysiological Techniques

Ashley Santana, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Role of 4E-BP1 and the Unfolded Protein Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cell Survival

Caroline F. Bickerton, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Sulindac Sulfide’s Apoptotic and Anti-proliferative Effects on Human Colon Cancer Cells

Samuel D. Martin, Hendrix College, Conway, AR

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Suppression of Dendritic Cell Maturation by Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Exosomes

Jordan N. Wilson-Smith, Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

T. cruzi-induced Changes in Cardiac Endothelial Cells

Rebecca B. Hinojosa, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Exposure on Stress Circuitry and Behaviors

Taylor K. Collins, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Effects of Traumatic Stress on Reactivity to Acoustic Stimuli in Rats with a History of Alcohol Consumption

Tivon M. Eugene, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Protein S LG1+2 domain Contributes Significantly to Inhibition of Factor Ixa

Amber E. Sylvain, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

The Role of HPV & EBV in the Detection of Biopsy-Proven Cervical Dysplasia in HIV+ Patients

Phalyn A. LaBranche, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Voluntary Ethanol Consumption and Alterations in Reward Circuitry in Ethanol Exposed Adolescent Male Mice

Benjamin A. Litchfield, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Workplace Wellness and Cancer Screening

Alina S. Mohiuddin, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Medical Education Building

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM