2022 RUSH Mentoring Programs 8th Annual Symposium

The 2022 RUSH Mentoring Programs 8th Annual Symposium was held on Sept. 29, 2022.

View program: 2022 RUSH Mentoring Programs 8th Annual Symposium Program

Podium Presentations

Format: In person
Time: Noon-3 p.m.
Location: Searle Conference Center: Brainard (Professional Building, Room 542)

Poster Session

Format: Virtual
Time: From Sept. 29 at 3 p.m. to Sept. 30 at 5 p.m.
Location: VoiceThread (asynchronous)

If you have any questions about the symposium, email us at mentoringprograms@rush.edu.

Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenter
12:00 - 12:05 pm	Introductory Remarks	Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Vice Provost Office of Faculty Affairs Larry J. Goodman, MD Interim President, RUSH University The James A. Campbell, MD, Distinguished Service Professor Department of Internal Medicine Rush Medical College
12:05 - 12:35 pm	Keynote Speaker	Christine M. Kennedy, RN, PhD, FAAN John L. & Helen Kellogg Dean, College of Nursing Professor, Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing, College of Nursing Associate Chief Nursing Officier, RUSH University Medical Center Professor, Department of Pediatrics, RUSH Medical College
2022 Cohn Fellow Presentations
12:35 - 12:50 pm	Diet, Cognition, and Neuroimaging in African American Older Adults	Puja Agarwal, PhD Assistant Professor RUSH Alzheimer’s Disease Center Department of Internal Medicine Department of Clinical Nutrition RUSH Medical College
12:50 - 1:05 pm	Associations Between Eating Behavior and Internal States in Individuals Who Have Undergone Bariatric Surgery	Lauren E. Bradley, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences RUSH Medical College
1:05 - 1:20 pm	Drug-Tolerant Cancer Persister Cells Can Develop a Variety of Drug-Resistance Mechanisms in ER-Positive Breast Cancer Populations	Kajal Gupta, MS, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Surgery RUSH Medical College
1:20 - 1:35 pm	Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus Using Optogenetics	Alana E. Kirby, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Sciences RUSH Medical College
1:35 - 1:50 pm	Mechanistic Studies of Calcinosis in a Bleomycin Mouse Model of Scleroderma	Carrie Richardson, MD, MHS Assistant Professor Department of Medicine (Rheumatology) Northwestern University
1:50 - 2:05 pm	Award Announcements (2022 Mentee, Mentor, and Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year)
2:05 - 2:15 pm	BREAK
2022 Abstract Winner Presentations
2:15 - 2:30 pm	(2R,6R)-HNK Increases Activation of AMPA Receptors and Reduces BDNF Activity in a Murine Model of Low Back Pain	Vaskar Das, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology RUSH Medical College
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Macrophage Depletion Alleviates Pain-Like Behaviors in Osteoarthritic Mice of Both Sexes	Terese Geraghty, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Internal Medicine Section of Rheumatology RUSH Medical College
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Tracking Fluorescently Labeled Anti-HIV IgG in the Brain to Enhance CNS-Specific Cure Strategy	Jeffrey Schneider, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbial Pathogens and Immunity RUSH Medical College
Virtual Poster Session - VoiceThread (Asynchronous) From September 29 at 3:00 pm to September 30 at 5:00 pm