On April 28th, 9 PSTP students presented at the University of Pittsburgh’s 23rd Annual Internal Medicine Research Day. We greatly enjoyed the chance to check out their work!!
Student: Sadhana Bom (MS1) Poster award winner!
Mentor: Abigail Overacre-Delgoffe, PhD
Project Title: Sucralose enhances the regulatory T cell (Tregs) functions in vitro
Student: Shovan Bhatia (Research Year)
Mentor: Marco Capogrosso, PhD
Project Title: Spinal stereotactic radiosurgery is safe and effective for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma spinal metastases
Student: Renata DiDonato (Research Year)
Mentor: Daria Van Tyne, PhD
Project Title: Comparative Phenotypic Analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Pediatric Patients with Acute Otitis Externa and Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media
Student: Puja Dutta (Research Year)
Mentor: Melanie Koenigshoff, MD, PhD
Project Title: Characterizing Wnt modulator SFRP4 expression in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Student: Ronit (Papai) Kar (MS3)
Mentor: Susan Shea, PhD
Project Title: Temporal Trends in Survival and Hospitalization in Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis with and without Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction
Student: Sahana Krishna Kumaran (Research Year)
Mentor: Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Project Title: Mitochondrial-Nuclear Dissociation of the Electron Transport Chain is Present in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Student: Roshani Jha (Research Year)
Mentor: Corrine Kliment, MD, PhD
Project Title: Mitochondrial Adenine Nucleotide Translocase 1 (ANT1) Deficiency Accelerates Senescence and Airway Remodeling in Lung Aging
Student: Suchet Taori (Research Year)
Mentor: Jeremy Rich, MD
Project Title: An analysis of predictive factors for vertebral compression fracture development following stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal metastases
Student: Victoria (Vicky) Wong (Research Year )
Mentor: Ken Urish, MD, PhD
Project Title: Improving Strength of Stemless Total Shoulder Arthroplasty with Multiplanar Osteotomy
Congratulations everyone!
Photo Credit: Department of Medicine Research Day