2021 Rush Mentoring Programs 7th Annual Symposium

The 2021 Rush Mentoring Programs 7th Annual Symposium was held on September 29, 2021.

Click on the Following Link To View the Program: 2021 Rush Mentoring Programs 7th Annual Symposium Program

Click on This Link When the Poster Session Starts: 2021 Rush Mentoring Programs 7th Annual Symposium - Poster Session (VoiceThread Links)

Podium Presentations

Format: In-Person
Time: 12:00 - 3:15 pm
Location: Searle Conference Center: Brainard (Professional Building, Room 542)

Poster Session

Format: Virtual
Time: From September 29 at 3:15 pm to September 30 at 5:00 pm
Location: VoiceThread (Asynchronous)

If you have any questions about the symposium, please feel free to email us at mentoringprograms@rush.edu.

Agenda

Time	Topic	Presenter
12:00 - 12:05 pm	Introductory Remarks	Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Vice Provost Office of Faculty Affairs Susan L. Freeman, MD, MS Provost and Sr. Vice President Robert C. and Naomi T. Borwell Presidential Chair
12:05 - 12:35 pm	Keynote Speaker	Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD, FAPA, DFAACAP The Cynthia Oudejans Harris, MD, Professor of Psychiatry Associate Dean for Community Behavioral Health, Rush Medical College Director, Great Lakes Node of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Co-Director, Institute for Translational Medicine KL2 Training Program
2021 Cohn Fellow Presentations
12:35 - 12:50 pm	Peripheral Adenosine Mono-Phosphate Activated Kinase Alpha as a Novel Analgesic Target for Chronic Low Back Pain	Vaskar Das, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Anesthesiology Rush Medical College
12:50 - 1:05 pm	Lifestyle and Cognitive Decline in Patients With Stroke: A Population-Based Cohort Study	Klodian Dhana, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition) Rush Medical College
1:05 - 1:20 pm	Role of Periostin Expressing Cells in Intramembranous Bone Regeneration	Frank C. Ko, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Rush Medical College
1:20 - 1:35 pm	Digital Mental Health for Teens with Socially Complex Needs: Considerations from Teens and Caregivers During the Pandemic and Beyond	Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Rush Medical College
1:35 - 1:50 pm	Notch Signaling Is Activated in Knee-Innervating Dorsal Root Ganglia in Experimental Osteoarthritis	Lai Wang, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Rheumatology) Rush Medical College
1:50 - 2:05 pm	Award Announcements (2021 Mentee, Mentor, and Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year)
2:05 - 2:15 pm	BREAK
2021 Abstract Winner Presentations
2:15 - 2:30 pm	Recapitulating Stroma-Epithelial Interaction in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma - A Patient-Oriented Approach	Muhammad R. Haque, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Rush Center for Integrated Microbiome and Chronobiology Research Rush University Medical Center
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Attenuation of Cue-Induced Heroin-Seeking by the Atypical Antidepressant Mirtazapine	Amanda L. Persons, PhD Associate Professor Department of Physician Assistant Studies College of Health Sciences
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Association of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology With Metals Released From Total Joint Replacements	Robin Pourzal, PhD Associate Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush Medical College Director, Implant Materials Analysis
3:00 - 3:15 pm	Preliminary Investigation of Cement-Implant Interface Debonding in Total Knee Replacements	Catherine Yuh, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Orthopedic Surgery Rush Medical College
Virtual Poster Session - VoiceThread (Asynchronous) From September 29 at 3:15 pm to September 30 at 5:00 pm