Research Appreciation Day 2022


College of Pharmacy

Pharmaceutical Science Research Award

First Place Steve Mabry Sex Differences in Oxidative Stress Model of Prodromal Parkinson's Disease
Second Place Duen-Shian M. Wang Allosteric Modulation of Small-Molecule Drugs on ACE2 Conformational Change upon Binding to SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
Third Place Kevin Lal Retina-Targeted Estrogen Prodrug: A New Concept for Retinal Protection

Clinical/Outcomes Research Award

First Place Christy Xavier COVID-19 Vaccination Disparities and Hesitancy in the United States
Second Place Nicholas te Poele Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of Post-Transplant Infection Rates Following Prophylactic and Preemptive Strategies in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Lewis Library

People's Choice Award

Prince N. Thomas, Diaphragmatic breathing impacts on biophysiological systems

SaferCare Texas

Excellence in Patient Safety Research Award

First Place Taylor Terizzese Creating a Novel 3D Printed Phantom to Simulate Ultrasound-Guided Pericardiocentesis
Second Place Kathryn Biddle Outcomes Associated with Various Iterations of The Dedicated Orthopaedic
Trauma Room
Third Place Faria Khimani Hypertension at Home: How Telehealth Can Impact Hypertension
Screening

School of Biomedical Sciences

Department of Physiology & Anatomy-Integrative Physiology Program

First Place Dianna H. Nguyen Spatial Transcriptomics Reveal Potential Sex Differences in Supraoptic Nucleus Gene Expression of Adult Rats
Second Place Ammar Kapic Targeted delivery of α-Mangostin to Prostate Cancer Cells Utilizing Reconstituted High-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles

North Texas Eye Research Institute Graduate Student

First Place Jennifer H. Pham Neuroprotection of human and rodent retinal ganglion cells by a hybrid antioxidant-nitric oxide donor small molecule, SA-2
Second Place Kevin Lal Retina-Targeted Estrogen Prodrug: A New Concept for Retinal Protection

Department of Physiology & Anatomy-Structural Anatomy & Rehabilitation Sciences

First Place Tooba Husain Neurocranial Growth in the OIM Mouse Model of Osteogenesis Imperfecta
Second Place Courtney A. Miller Microstructure & Macrostructure Interrelationship in the Growing Hard Palate

Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience

First Place Olivia Young Methionine Synthase: A target for novel small molecules to inhibit cocaine and methamphetamine induced neuronal death
Second Place Ezek Mathew Development of a Machine Learning Model to Design Target-specific Ligands

Oral Presentation

First Place Viet
Dinh
Travel-Induced Stress at Varying Ages Modulates the Pathogenesis of Autoimmunity in Female Lupus Mice
Second Place Jessica M. Proulx Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha (IRE1α) at the int-ER-section of astrocyte-mediated neurotoxicity: Implications in (METH)amphetamine use and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

Postdoctoral Poster Presentation

Julio Rincon, A Novel Method to Characterize Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Tumor Biopsies Using Contact Angle Measurements

Postdoctoral Presentation

Christy Xavier, COVID-19 Vaccination Disparities and Hesitancy in the United States

Center for Healthy Aging

First Place Hope Patchen Does polypharmacy education increase patient desire to reduce amount of prescription medications taken daily?
Second Place Steve Mabry Sex Differences in Oxidative Stress Model of Prodromal Parkinson's Disease

Department of Pharmaceutical & Pharmacotherapy

First Place Jaylen Mans Development and Validation of a Novel RP-HPLC Analytical Method for Quantification of Amphotericin B
Second Place Duen-Shian M. Wang Allosteric Modulation of Small-Molecule Drugs on ACE2 Conformational Change upon Binding to SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein

Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics

First Place Christoffer Briggs Lambring Targeting Sp1 in Ewing Sarcoma: A multi-approach method for the utilization of Mithramycin
Second Place Jamie Y. Choe Pursuit of an Optimal Murine Model for Early Life Stress: Does Diet Matter?

School of Health Professions

2022 Physical Therapy Program Poster Award

First Place Prince N. Thomas Diaphragmatic breathing impacts on biophysiological systems
Second Place Valeria Galvan Physical Therapy Telerehabilitation on COVID-19 Patients - A Literature Review

School of Public Health

2022 School of Public Health & Public Health Student Government Association

First Place Jil Shah Evaluating cardiovascular disease risk among African Americans in the Fruit and Veggies for Health Study
Second Place Armando Dante Mendez Factors Associated with Healthcare Provider Recommendations for Screening: Results from the 2017-2019 National Survey of Family Growth
Third Place Morgan Abigail Seamster Parent and Teen Feedback on a Prototype of a Novel Parent-Based Intervention for Adolescent Alcohol Use and Social Networking Site Use

TCU School of Medicine

First Place Miki Edwards Outpatient Intravenous Albumin Decreases Hospitalization and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Refractory Ascites or Anasarca
Second Place Faria Khimani Hypertension at Home: How Telehealth Can Impact Hypertension   Screening
Third Place Areeba Khwaja Characterization of Echocardiogram, Peritoneal Fluid, and Transjugular Liver Biopsy Assessment in Patients With Noncirrhotic Cardiogenic vs. Nephrogenic Ascites

Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine

2022 Medical Student Government Association Best in First Year Class

Garland Siebert, Inhibitor of MyoD family isoform a (I-mfa) regulates contractile function of glomerular mesangial cells and glomerular filtration rate

2022 Medical Student Government Association Best in Second Year Class

Naser Asfoor, A Comparison of Certain Pediatric Vaccination Rates in Fort Worth, TX Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 Medical Student Government Association Best in Third Year Class

Emma Kiefer, Secondary Amenorrhea in OHVIRA Syndrome

2022 Medical Student Government Association Best in Fourth Year Class

Patricia Colucci, How "in tune" are musicians to their musculoskeletal problems? A survey of dancers, instrumentalists, and vocal performers.

2022 TCOM Pediatric Research Award

Naser Asfoor, A Comparison of Certain Pediatric Vaccination Rates in Fort Worth, TX Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 Women's Health Research Award

Emma Kiefer, Secondary Amenorrhea in OHVIRA Syndrome

2022 TCOM Pediatric Case Study Award

Haley Deville, Intraparenchymal Brainstem Schwannomas in Pediatric Patients: Two Unusual Case Reports

2022 TCOM OMM-IM Korr, PhD Memorial Award

Patricia Colucci, How "in tune" are musicians to their musculoskeletal problems? A survey of dancers, instrumentalists, and vocal performers.

2022 PRECISION Pain Research Registry Award

Ramyashree Nyalakonda, The Associations between Physician-Patient Encounter Characteristics and Chronic Low Back Pain Outcomes

2022 HSC Health Care Delivery Award

Sarina Desai, Implementation of Pediatric Mental Health Calls During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Postnatal Depression Findings Among Mothers

2022 TCOM Student Research Award

Naser Asfoor, A Comparison of Certain Pediatric Vaccination Rates in Fort Worth, TX Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022 TCOM Student Research Award

Madison Powell, Offspring of hypertensive placental ischemia rats have hypertension and mitochondrial dysfunction during pregnancy

2022 TCOM Student Research Award - Best Case Study

Emma Kiefer, Secondary Amenorrhea in OHVIRA Syndrome

2022 TCOM Honors Student Research Award

Alexander R. Doederlein, Altered Balance in those with Back Pain

2022 UNTHSC Interprofessional Award

Angela Liu, Molecular Tumor Boards in Pediatric Oncology: An Argument for a Multidisciplinary Approach