13th Annual
RESEARCH
SYMPOSIUM 2024

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Kristen Engvik, BS
Pharmacology & System Biology

The 2024 Thirteenth Annual DOIM Research Symposium was held on March 27, 2024

The Research Advisory Committee, IM Research Symposium Judging Subcommittee Co- Leads: Drs. Khurram Bari and Satish Madala; along with Drs. John Byrd, Chair, Department of Internal Medicine; and Carl Fichtenbaum, Vice Chair for Clinical Research, thanks to all who participated or attended. Special thanks to our Grand Rounds and Trainee Roundtable presenters: Drs. Umberto Tachinardi, Chief Health Digital Officer, Associate Dean, Interim-Chair and Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Rodrigo Octavio Deliberato, Chief Research information Officer, Professor, Department of Biomedical Informatics.

We recognize the efforts of our trainees and their mentors in presenting excellent research posters and thank the faculty who served as judges. The faculty judges are an integral to the success of this event. In addition, we extend thanks to the post doctorate judges, the administrative team, the ARS team and the entire department for supporting the symposium and helping the department to provide an enriching experience for all.

This year, trainees presented 26 posters in basic, clinical research and clinical case reports, 28 faculty volunteered to judge the trainee posters. 

The winning presentations in the basic research, clinical research, and clinical case report categories for trainees are listed below. 

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Basic Research Poster
Awards

1st Place $500.00

  • Name and Division
    Priyanka Singh, PhD Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
  • Mentor
    Satish K Madala, PhD
  • Poster Title
    “SOX9 Upregulation in the Pathogensis of Severe Fibrotic Lung Disease”

2nd Place $250.00

  • Name and Division
    Danielle Stiene PhD Candidate Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine
  • Mentor
    Michael Borchers, MD
  • Poster Title
    “Characterizing the Uterine Immunophenotype of a Murine Model for Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)”

Honorable Mention Award $150.00

  • Name and Division
    Santhoshi Akkenapally, MSc Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine 
  • Mentor
    Satish K Madala, PhD
  • Poster Title
    “Interleukin 31 receptor α promotes airway smooth muscle cell contraction and hyperresponsiveness in asthma”
  • Name and Division
    Abdulaziz Alshwimi, PhD Nephrology
  • Mentor
    Laura Conforti, PhD
  • Poster Title
    “KCa3.1 channels regulate NK cell tumor infiltration in head and neck cancer”

Clinical Research Poster
Awards

1st Place $500.00

  • Name and Division Nathan Kim, BA, Cardiovascular Health and Disease
  • Mentor Pooneh Nabavizadeh, MD
  • Poster Title
    “ECG Characteristics of South Asian-Specific MYBPC3Δ25bp Deletion Carriers at Rest and with Stress”

2nd Place $250.00

  • Name and Division
    Laura Victoria Medina Rodriguez, MD Infectious Diseases
  • Mentor Moises A. Huaman, MD, MSc
  • Poster Title
    “Sex Differences in Coronary Atherosclerosis by Computed Tomography Angiography in Latin America: Insights from Peru”

Honorable Mention $150.00

  • Name and Division
    Kamila Cuervo, BSc Internal Medicine. CCHMC Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
  • Mentor
    Maria Fields, PhD
  • Poster Title
    “Role of IL-21 Axis in the Progression of Metabolic-associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)”

Clinical Case Report Poster Awards

1st Place $500.00

  • Name and Division
    Aleona Zuzek, MD, and Aviva Atri-Schuller, DO Endocrinology
  • Mentor
    Abid Yaqub, MD
  • Poster Title“Debunking the Bimodal Theory of Autoimmunity: Grave’s Disease (GD) Hyperthyroidism and Hashimoto’s Disease (HD) Hypothyroidism can Coexist on a Spectrum, A Case Series”

2nd Place $250.00

  • Name and Division
    Julia Kumar, BS Med Student
  • Mentor
    Umama Gorsi, MD
  • Poster Title
    “Treatment of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy with Veno-Venous ECMO and Successful Subsequent Pregnancy”

Honorable Mention $150.00

  • Name and Division
    William Phillips, DO Internal Medicine Resident
  • Mentor
    Pooneh Nabavizadeh, MD
  • Poster Title
    “Wide Complex Tachycardia and Syncope in a Young Woman with a Family History of Sudden Death”