Presenter: Dr. Martin Oberbarnscheidt
Dr. Oberbarnscheidt's lab investigates mechanisms behind formation of tertiary lymphoid organs (TLO) post transplantation. TLO form at local sites of chronic immune activation and have been associated with poor prognosis in autoimmune diseases and improved prognosis in cancer. Their formation and function in transplantation is not clearly understood, but they have been associated with chronic rejection.
Presenter: Dr. Christof Kaltenmeier (advisor: Drs. Samer Tohme / Michele Molinari)
Presenter: Dr. Sidrah Khan (advisor: Dr. Kevin Mollen)
Presenter: Dr. Derek Afflu (advisor: Dr. Edith Tzeng)
Alternative Conduits Have Worse Outcomes than Prosthetic Grafts In Infra-inguinal Bypass
Presenter: Dr. Othman Abdul Malak (advisor: Dr. Edith Tzeng)
Presenter: Dr. Hülya Bayir
Presenter: Dr. Ruben Zamora
Dr. Zamora is a Research Professor of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh, and a long-term collaborator of Dr. Vodovotz. Their research team employs computational and systems biology approaches to inflammation in multiple disease states (sepsis/trauma, wound healing, chronic inflammatory diseases, and cancer), coupled to biochemical, cellular, animal, and clinical studies, with the goal of rational inflammation reprogramming.
Recent relevant publications
"The MetfOrmin Benefits Lower Extremities with Intermittent Claudication (MOBILE IC) Trial"
Presenter: Katherine Reitz (advisors: Drs. Matthew Neal, Edith Tzeng, Brian Zuckerbraun, and Daniel Hall)
"The Old and the New: Management of High Grade Liver Injuries and Surgical Stabilization of Rib Fractures"
Presenter: Rafa Ramos-Jimenez (Mentors: Drs. Amit Tevar and Graciela Bauza)
"Antibiotics in our Pediatric Surgery Patients: Updates and New Directions"
Presenter: Elizabeth Pace (advisor: Dr. Michael Morowitz)