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The 2024 RUSH Mentoring Programs 10th Annual Symposium was held on Sept. 26, 2024.
View program: 2024 RUSH Mentoring Programs 10th Annual Symposium Program
Podium Presentations
Format: In person
Time: Noon-3 p.m.
Location: Searle Conference Center (5th Floor of Professional Building)
Poster Session
Format: Virtual
Time: From Sept. 26 at 3 p.m. to Sept. 27 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 | Amarjit S. Virdi, PhD Director, Rush Mentoring Programs Office of Faculty Affairs Rush University |
| 12:05 - 12:35 pm | Keynote Speaker | Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA President and Chief Academic Officer Rush University |
| 2024 Cohn Fellow Presentations | ||
| 12:35 - 12:50 pm | MD2 As A Biomarker Of Metastasis And A Therapeutic Target For Metastatic Prostate Cancer | Adrian P. Mansini, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology Rush Medical College |
| 12:50 - 1:05 pm | Mechanosensitive MAS-Related G Protein Coupled Receptor-D Expressing Nociceptors Contribute To Pain in Surgically Induced Murine Osteoarthritis | Alia M. Obeidat, BDS, PhD Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Internal Medicine Division of Rheumatology Rush Medical College |
| 1:05 - 1:20 pm | Biomaterials and Cellular Preconditioning Enhance Survival and Efficacy Of Transplanted Cells Following Spinal Cord Injury | Brian T. David, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurosurgery Rush Medical College |
| 1:20 - 1:35 pm | FatherlyACT: A Technology-Enhanced And Sport-Based Program To Reduce the Intergenerational Transfer of Domestic Violence | Chuka N. Emezue, PhD, MPH, MPA, CHES® Assistant Professor Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing Rush College of Nursing |
| 1:35 - 1:50 pm | Assessing Mechanisms of Shoulder Function and Control Following Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty | Jonathan A. Gustafson, PhD Instructor Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush Medical College |
| 1:50 - 2:05 pm | Impact of Diagnostic Stewardship on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections | Sarah E. Sansom DO, MS Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Rush Medical College |
| 2:05 - 2:20 pm | Noise & Aging: Teasing Apart Effects on Hearing | Uzma S. Akhtar, PhD, AuD Assistant Professor Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences Rush College of Health Sciences |
| 2:20 - 2:35 pm | Award Announcements (2024 Mentee, Mentor, and Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year) | |
| 2:35 - 2:45 pm | Break | |
| 2024 Abstract Winner Presentations | ||
| 2:45 - 3:00 pm | Proteomic Characterization of Amyloid Beta Peptide Variants Reveals Unique Protein Interactome of Pyroglutamate Amyloid Beta in Alzheimer’s Disease Human Hippocampus | Liudmila Romanova, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurological Sciences Rush Medical College |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm | MIND Diet, Cerebrovascular Health and Cognition Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults | Puja Agarwal, PhD Assistant Professor Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center Department of Internal Medicine Rush Medical College |
| 3:15 - 3:30 pm | Distinct Expression Patterns of Prrx1+ Chondroprogenitors in Limb Growth Plates: Conditional Ablation of Prrx1 Elucidates Mechanisms Underlying Chondrodysplasia | Sai Rama Krishna Meka, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush Medical College |
Virtual Poster Session - VoiceThread (Asynchronous)
From September 26 at 3:00 pm to September 27 at 5:00 pm