Oral Presentation Winners
Faculty Members - tied for 1st Place
- Dr. Nirakar Sahoo
Targeting Ion Channels in Liver Cancer Cells: Stimulating Lysosomal TRPML1 and Inhibiting hEAG1 Potently Reduce Cell Viability - Dr. Lisa Salinas
Risk of Food Insecurity Reflects Health Status in Adult Relatives of PreK Children – Data from the STEPS Snap-Ed Research Study
Staff
- Dr. Anupam Dhasmana
CEACAM7 emerges as a promising early detection biomarker in pancreatic cancer
Fellow/Post-Doc
- Dr. Ryan P. Coll
Assessment of Mucin 12 (MUC13) as an Imaging Target for Guiding Colorectal Cancer Treatment: A Pathway Towards Theranostic Development
Medical Resident
- Dr. Shreel Patel
Spontaneous Iliopsoas Hematoma secondary to Warfarin toxicity
Medical Students - tied for 1st Place
- Andrew Kolodziej
A Rare Encounter: Extracranial Meningioma Mimicking Musculoskeletal Neoplasms - Miguel Lopez
Birth defect trends within Texas Public Health Region 11, 2000-2019: an analysis of Texas Department of State Health Services public data
Graduate Students - tied for 1st Place
- Andrea Dorado Baeza
Optimization and characterization of one-step multi-functionalization of virus-like particles for multimodality nanoplatforms - Dikshanta V. Luitel
Exploring Xenophagy: How Colon Epithelial Cells Combat Intracellular Bacterial Threats
Undergraduate Student
- Tomas Gomez, Jr.
Exploring Neuroplasticity Changes in Neurotoxin-induced Parkinson’s Disease: A Preliminary Analysis using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Poster Presentation Winners
Faculty
- Dr. Neeraj Chauhan
A Novel Exo-Glow Nanosystem for Bioimaging
Staff
- Daniel Salinas
Assessing Gait Metrics for Early Parkinson's Disease Prediction: A Preliminary Analysis of Underfit Models
Fellow/Post-Doc
- Dr. Rahul Tiwari
Nebulization based Inhalation Nanomedicine for Lung Cancer Treatments
Medical Resident
- Dr. Eunbee Cho
Varicella Meningoencephalitis in Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis Following Varicella-Zoster Flare in the Chest
Medical Student
- Aun A. Bangash
Honey targets ribosome biogenesis process in human pancreatic cancer cells to inhibit their growth and metastatic phenotypes
Graduate Student
- Bianca A. Camacho
Investigating Interrater-reliability in Assessing Social Behavior of Monodelphis Domestica
High School/Undergraduate Category
- Adhira Tippur
La1-xSrxCoO3 perovskite nanomaterial: Synthesis, characterization, and its biomedical application
People's Choice Award
- Yamile Abuchard Anaya
Unveiling the Influence of Transcription Factor YB1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines
Poster Presentation Honorable Mentions
Faculty
- Dr. Tuula Klaavuniemi
A Translational Approach Towards More Cost-Effective Lung Cancer Treatments
Fellow/Post-Doc
- Dr. Prakhar Sengar
ICG-loaded mesoporous nanohybrid (Nd-doped Hydroxyapatite/Fe3O4) for photonic/magnetic hyperthermia and photodynamic therapy
Medical Residents
- Dr. Elimar Gonzalez Morales
Exploring the Long-Term Consequences of Neglected Hypothyroidism Patient at South Texas: A Case Report - Dr. Jian Garcia Cruz
The Cardiac Cost of Cancer Care: Atezolizumab-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Abhishekh Pokhrel
Influence of Neurotoxin Load on Parkinson’s Disease Pathophysiology - Blake Martin
The Link Between Depression and Bone Fractures in the Rio Grande Valley - Chloe Harris
Correlation Between Lecture Engagement and Academic Performance in the UTRGV School of Medicine
Staff
- Caroline Puckett
Social and Structural Determinants of Health Associated with Cervical Cancer Screening Uptake in South Texas
Graduate Students
- Ranjit Kumar Das
Alteration of the Interferon alpha signaling pathway significantly affects Alzheimer's Disease Pathology in APP/PS1 mouse model - Rubén Montalvo Méndez
Ultrabithorax, Abdominal-A and Abdominal-B form heterodimers and homodimers in living cells by BiFC
HS/Undergraduate Students
- Carlos A Cisneros
Impact of a Costello Syndrome-Causing Mutation on Learning and Myelin-Producing Cells - Sumeet Chauhan
Exploring the Anti-Cancer Potential of Anthocyanins via Autophagy Overactivation - Tomas Gomez, Jr.
Stress Hormone and Heart Rate Responses to Various Exercise Training Methods