Undergraduate Participants

Activation of CRF- and CRFR1-expressing Neurons in the Central Nucleus of the Amygdala Following Stress in Adult Mice with Adolescent Alcohol History

Ashai K. Williams, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Aminoglycosides Inhibit the Growth of Chlamydia trachomatis

Jamiya K. Lewis, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Analyzing the interactions of Elovanoids with GPR120 in ABC Retinal Pigment Epithelial cells by performing Immunocytochemistry and Incucyte live cell imaging.

Hamza M. Aallouche, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Ancient Intruders: Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs) in Glioblastoma

Abigail Bendixsen, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Anti-glioblastoma Effects of Glucose-Independent Benzoylphenoxyacetamide (BPA) Variants

Jean-Jacques P. Hunter, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Are relationships between patient demographics and cancer stage different based on Gastrointestinal cancer site locations?

Ari Li, Yale University, New Haven, CT

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Assessing Diet Quality to Develop a Nutrition Wellness Module for LSUHSC Incoming Medical Students

Colette Rainey, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Assessing the temporal relationship between the environment of the neonatal intensive care unit and the early infant gut microbiome

Unmesh Chakravarty, Haynes Academy for Advanced Studies, Metairie, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Associations of the Alcohol Environment, Stigma and Alcohol Use among People with HIV

Shaeera F. Rahman, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Biofilm Formation by Rothia mucilaginosa and Candida albicans in Dual-Species Significantly Enhanced

Augustine Tseng, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Characterization of adolescent alcohol consumption in preclinical model of ADHD

Melissa C. Hernandez, Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Comparison of the Antibody Response to COVID-19 Wild-type and its Variants in Naturally Infected versus Vaccinated Individuals

Christian A. Jones, Dillard University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Differences in E-Cigarette Advertisement Exposure Among High School Students Between 2020 and 2022

Haneen M. Awadallah, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Effects of Cannabinoids and a Cannabinoid Extract on Thermal Nociception and Conditioned Behavior

Kayla M. Prevost, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Examining Demographic Factors Influencing the Choice of Dialysis Modalities in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease

Luke E. Beckendorf, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Exploring the ERK5 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Abigail G. Huddleston, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Expression of Chlamydia trachomatis Topoisomerase I Can Compliment conditional-lethal DNA topoisomerase I mutation in Escherichia coli

Noel S. Wolf, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Expression of pro-homeostatic astrocytic genes in ipsilesional ischemic core and penumbra in rats after ischemic stroke: Neuroprotection by NPD1 plus RvD1

Jude A. Kannankeril, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and Arts, Natchitoches, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Free Fatty Acid Elovanoid Precursors Modulate Allergen-induced NLRP10 Expression in Human Nasal Epithelial Cells

Andrew K. Lacoste, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Identifying an Association Between Health Insurance Type and Quality of Life among Cancer Survivors

Mahir A. Rahman, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Identifying Expression Patterns of Genes MeCP2 and FOXG1 in the Zebra Finch Songbird Neural Song Network

Bacilio B. Benelalija, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

In Vitro Characterization of Oral Squamous Cell Carcinomas with Cell Migration

Alexandra Magee, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Inhibition of PHF8 with Daminozide: Therapeutic Implications for Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Camilo J. Fernandez Bellorin, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Investigating Repeat Expansion in Huntington’s Disease (HD) Model Mice: Implications for Treating HD & Other Repeat Expansion Disorders

Gabielle I. Alphonse, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Tissue Reservoirs

Derek S. George, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Maresin1 protection of dopaminergic neurons involves activation of astrocytes in vivo

Jeanne M. Dugas, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Na+/K+ ATPase Regulation of Breast Cancer Motility

Jessye Garriet, Warren Easton Charter High School, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Neighborhood Deprivation Negatively Affects Survival Rate in Pediatric Oncology Patients

Tayla D. Hunter, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Novel Docosanoids Elicit Neuroprotection After Experimental Stroke in Female Rats

Jose Alfonso Xavier S. Fernandez, Mississippi College, Clinton, MS

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Overactivation of Histone Deacetylases in the Development of Cancerous Stem Cells in Wilms Tumorigenesis

Annabelle L. Bolitho, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Percutaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation of the Lumbar Medial Branch Nerves for 60 Days Improves the Quality of Life for Veterans with Low Back Pain

James A. Forte, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Protein S signaling: a potential target to prevent cardiac arrest induced pulmonary and atrial emboli

Parijat Basak, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Racial Disparities and Risk Factors of E-Cigarette Use

Amy H. Liu, Duke University, Durham, NC

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Stimulation of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis produces sex-specific negative affect-like behavior and changes in activation of VTA cells in adult mice exposed to adolescent alcohol

Connor K. Bailey, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Structural assessment of adolescent alcohol’s impact on a prefrontal corticothalamic circuit using expansion microscopy

Grace Y. Qian, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Targeting Cell Motility in Pancreatic Cell Lines with Nerve Growth Factor b (NGFb)

Jamal Bonner, St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Effect of Methotrexate Treatment on Neuroinflammation Gene Expression

Gabrielle Sheets, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Hepatocyte-like Oenocyte of the Host, as a Central Hub for Systemic Lipid Metabolism, is Altered by Tumor Progression and Cachexia.

Adam O. Aldahir, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Impact of Next Generation Sequencing Testing (NGS) on overall survival rate of advanced stage endometrial cancer patients diagnosed between 2018-2023 in Louisiana

Genesis A. Grinston, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The impacts of stress on Multiple sclerosis

Samari D. Harris, Warren Easton Charter High School, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Implications of Race on Child Welfare Outcomes and Permanency in the Greater New Orleans Area

Khairi M. Appleberry, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Perpetuation of Intergenerational Abuse as Assessed by Adverse Childhood Experiences

Katherine C. Benton, Academy of the Sacred Heart, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Toward an assessment of Targeted Osmotic Lysis as a potential novel therapy against Leishmaniasis

Kaleah J. Smith, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Transforming Care for Sickle Cell Disease: A Comprehensive Policy Assessment

Colin J. Johnson, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Unexpected role of apicobasal cell polarity genes in the salivary gland

Richard W. Dong, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Use of DNA Methylation Markers to Predict Cervical Dysplasia Outcomes

Amna K. Rathor, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Were Epitope Changes the Driving Force that Affected the Covid-19 Virus?

Jaela A. Drumgole, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA

LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans Lions Building

12:00 PM - 3:30 PM