On April 24, 2024 we held our 22nd Annual Research Day and Richard L. Simmons Lecture in Surgical Science. The event was a great success highlighted by a remarkable and inspiring talk by our guest lecturer Dr. Jn Jen Yeh from the University of North Carolina.
The following presenters were selected for special recognition:
Best Oral Presentation:
Alexander Kreger, MD: Chemical pancreatectomy increases b-cell volume and islet vasculature
Runners up:
Renee Anderko, PhD: Pancreatic cancer organoids recapitulate chemotherapy response and identify potent T cell subsets
Anna Ramos, MD: Mitophagic Flux Is Elevated in the Intestinal Epithelium of Mice Subjected to Chemical Colitis and Amenable to Therapeutic Targeting
Honorable Mentions:
Tony Haykal, MD: Surgery-induced Neutrophil Extracellular Traps reprogram cancer cell metabolism leading to tumor progression.
Andrew Sayce, MD: A Quantitative Transcriptomic Scoring System scUPR Identifies a Time-Dependent PERK-to-IRE1α Shift in the Unfolded Protein Response Associated with Proliferation of Myeloid Cells in Trauma Patients
Poster Winners:
Marissa Jaroninksi, MD: “No pain, No problems”: barriers and facilitators to follow-up after endovascular aortic repair (EVAR)
Erin Feeney, MD: Microfluidic analysis of post-traumatic platelet function in Children
Xuejing Sun, MD: Gasdermin D drives the systemic storm and mortality after trauma with hemorrhage to a greater degree in biological females than males
Asmita Chopra, MD: Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Surgical Outcomes and Cost Analysis.
Congratulations to all the winners!