Small is the New BIG: The Role of Vasa Vasorum in Human Aneurysmal Disease
Presenter: Julie Phillippi, PhD
Simmons Research Conferences
A Clinical Research Evolution or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Prehabilitation
Presenter: Dr. Caroline Reiser (advisors: Drs. Deepika Mohan, Daniel Hall, and Melanie Ongchin)
(Trying to) Learn from Everyone: Metformin, Sepsis, Trauma, Colorectal, Frailty, and Vascular Disease
Presenter: Dr. Katherine Reitz (advisors: Drs. Matthew Neal and Edith Tzeng)
Single Cell Transcriptomics Reveal Allograft Immune Cell Patterns Associated with Histological Features of Acute Cellular Rejection After Regulatory Cell Therapy in Liver Transplantation
Presenter: Dr. Lillian Tran (advisors: Drs. Abhinav Humar & Angus Thomson)
Divergent COVID-19 Archetypes Predicted by Individualized Perturbations of a Core Immune Regulatory Network
Presenter: Dr. Yoram Vodovotz
Machine Learning in Surgery: A User's Guide
Presenter: Dr. Tanner Wilson (Mentor: Dr. Matthew Rosengart)
Plant-Based Nutrition to Rescue the Microbiota and Improve Outcomes During Critical Illness
Presenter: Dr. Michael Morowitz
Dr. Morowitz has a long-standing interest in the microbiome and in particular its effects on colitis, necrotizing enterocolitis and critical illness. he will talk about his recent work investigating the ability of plant-based nutrition to change gut microbiome and improve outcomes across a range of diseases.
Background Reading
Interhospital Transfer in Emergency General Surgery: How are we Doing
Presenter: Dr. Cindy Teng (advisors: Drs. Matthew Rosengart/Jeremy Kahn/Joshua Brown)
Tranexamic Acid Following Injury—How Does It Work and Who Should We Be Giving It To?
Presenter: Dr. Shimena Li (advisors: Drs. Jason Sperry/Linwah Yip)