Undergraduate Participants

Alcohol-Induced Cardiac Remodeling: An Age-Dependent Vulnerability

Taj Oberhelman, University of Utah

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Associations Between E-Cigarette Use Frequency and Mental Health Symptoms on Adolescent Academic Performance

Imille Woodard, Grambling State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Associations Between Five-year Cancer Survival, Natural Hazard Risk, Community Resilience, and Social Vulnerability in Louisiana

Usha Ramdall, New York University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Automated Behavioral Analysis Using DeepLabCut for Mouse Behavioral Phenotyping

Olivia Christovich, Tulane University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Baseline humoral antibody repertoires in HIV-1 infected KS patients against Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) using high-resolution antibody profiling

Mingyi Zhang, Northwestern State University of Louisiana

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Characterization of astrocytes phenotype in models of alpha-synuclein toxicity

Jasmine Matsuda, Mt San Antonio College

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Comparative RNA-Seq Analysis of Long Interspersed Element-1 (L1) Expression in Two-and Three-Dimensional models and Patient-Derived Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)

Saanvi Gambhira, Temple University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Developing a CD36 Inhibitor as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Jake Hebert, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Development of PDE10A Inhibitor for the treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Haitham Aldahir, Xavier University of Louisiana

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Effects of High Fat Diet on Placental ACE2 Expression and Vascularization in Female Mice

Sydnie Grace Washington, Xavier University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Effects of Neighborhood Deprivation and Cortisol on Cognition in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Lillianne Ziegler, University of Alabama at Birmingham

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Estimation of Impact of Playground Exposures to Soil Lead on Childhood Blood Lead Levels and IQ

Demi Brown, Iona University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Evaluating the Association Between Alcohol Misuse and Alcohol Treatment Utilization in the New Orleans Alcohol Use in HIV (NOAH) Study

Hope Singleton, Howard University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Evaluation of RhoA Activation in RSK2-Mediated Invasion in Pancreatic Cancer

Laci May, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Impact of MFAP5-Overexpressing on Breast Cancer Progression

Handerson Herrera Aguilar, Tulane University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Impact of policy change to soil lead remediation guidelines on childhood lead exposure in New Orleans parks

Nhu-Thao Betsy Cao, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Investigating cysteine-mediated interactions between Chlamydia trachomatis Chaperones Scc1 and Scc4

Abigail Toups, University of Mississippi

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Learning experience shapes neuron structure and gene expression in the song circuit during the critical period

Erica Moon, Tulane University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Maresin-1 prevents alpha-synuclein activation of microglia in vitro and in vivo

Yasmine Ferrell, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - School of Nursing

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

mir-206 expression in plasma-derived extracellular vesicles in children with cerebral palsy

Avery Pernia, Tulane University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Optimization of an in vitro 3D method for studying modulators of the mmunosuppressive tumor microenvironment for enhancing the response to immunotherapy

Amyri Pritchett, Xavier Univeristy

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Post-mortem identification of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus reservoirs despite seronegative status

Sebastian Salm, Emory University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Protein S Modulates the Hypoxic Response in Pancreatic Cancer Cells

Seema Hijazi, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Role of Twist in Extracellular Matrix Remodeling for Tumor Angiogenesis

Laniyah Thurman, Tulane University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Sex-specific Metabolic and Cognitive Differences in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Is Ang IV-IRAP signaling involved?

Anderson Happel, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Spatial Analysis of Cortex–Medulla Interactions in the Mouse Adrenal Gland

Daniel Lee, Princeton University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Stem Cell Density-dependent Growth characteristics

Cristian Apostolakis, Mississippi State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Targeting CISD1 to Overcome Endocrine Resistance in Breast Cancer

Rohit Srivastava, Baylor Univeristy

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

tES Induces Frequency Dependent Patterns of Neuronal Activation

Katherine Miller, Louisiana State University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The Impact of Obesity on Prostate Cancer

Sohan Gummadi, Seton Hall University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The use MALDI-MSI to spatially map lipids, N-glycans, and peptides in Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma

NyEla Pete, Xavier Univeristy

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

To What Extent Does Social Environmental Ranking Explain Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Survival in Louisiana

Emily Jemison, Duke University

9:00 AM - 3:00 PM