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8 PSTP Students Present at AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting

The 8 PSTP Students

The PSTP had an enormous presence at the 2025 AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting in Chicago, IL.  8 of our students (ranging from MS1s to MS3s) presented their work.  Great job, everyone!!

 

Sadhana Bom (MS1; Burroughs Wellcome Fund Travel Award)

Project: Sucralose enhances the regulatory T cell (Tregs) functions in vitro 

 

Puja Dutta (Research Year)

Project: Characterizing Wnt Modulator SFRP4 Expression in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

 

Roshani Jha (Research Year)

Project: Mitochondrial Adenine Nucleotide Translocase 1 (ANT1) Deficiency Accelerates Senescence and Airway Remodeling in Lung Aging

 

Sahana Krishna Kumaran (Research Year)

Project: Mitochondrial complex dysregulation and integrated stress response signaling are present in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

 

Ryan McConnell (MS1)

Project: Characterization of peripheral circulating exosomes in mice following polytrauma

 

Society of Academic Emergency Medicine Travel Award

 

Kanako Mori (MS3)

Project: Understanding the mechanisms of resistance to ER inhibitors via ESR1 fusion proteins in ER+ breast cancer

 

Liva Pfuhler (MS1)

Project: A novel translational assay to study the pathogenicity and mechanisms of hypomorphic TNFAIP3 variants

 

Carina Sclafani (Research Year)

Project: TOPBP1-ATR Signaling is Essential for Rapid T Cell Proliferation