January 29, 2009
Urmila Sahai
Seminar Room
2117 MEBRF
The Department of Internal Medicine Research Day will take place Thursday, January 29, 2009, from 8:45 a.m. to 2:15 pm in the Urmila Sahai Seminar Room (2117 MERF).
As per the format last year, we will highlight specific research areas within the department. The day will proceed as follows:
Agenda (2117 MERF):
| 9:00 a.m. |
Oral Poster Presentations, 2117 MERF
Chosen by judges from all abstract submissions, selected authors will make brief oral presentations in competition for Research Day travel prizes.
| Time |
Presenter |
Abstract Title |
Poster # |
9:00 |
Sarah Fineberg |
Mir-34a Modulates Neural Progenitor Cell Differentiation
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1 |
9:15 |
Madhu Singh |
Ablation Of Complement Factor B Improves Cardiac Function After Myocardial Infarction. |
6 |
9:30 |
Jorge Go |
As Length Of Stay Falls, Do 30-Day Readmission Rates Increase In Veterans Administration (VA) Hospitals? 1997 To 2007 |
7 |
9:45 |
Eun-Mi Kim |
Generation Of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells From Adult Primary Fibroblasts By Transduction Of Reprogramming Factors |
10 |
10:00 |
Kevin Glenn |
Changes In Cellular Levels Of Misfolded Glycoproteins During Aging |
33 |
10:15 |
Kingston Okrah |
Trends In Echocardiography Use In The Veterans Administration Healthcare System |
47 |
10:30 |
Sif Hansdottir |
Vitamin D Regulates Virus-Induced Inflammation In The Lungs Without Compromising Antiviral Activity: Effect Of Cigarette Smoke |
56 |
10:45 |
Tyler Ulland |
The Role Of The Inflammasome In Response To F. Tularensis |
60 |
11:00 |
Di Xu |
Genetic Disruption Of Secreted Renin Preserves Expression Of mRNA Encoding Intracellular Renin In The Brain |
62 |
11:15 |
Michael Klevay |
Empiric Treatment And Outcome Of Candida Glabrata Versus Candida Albicans Bloodstream Infection |
77 |
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| 11:30 a.m. |
Presentation:
2117 MERF
"New roles for old proteins: ankyrins dysfunction in human disease"
Peter Mohler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments
of Medicine and
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
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| 12:00 Noon |
Poster Session, Main floor atrium, MERF
From among posters not selected for morning oral presentation, judges will select additional posters for travel awards. |
| 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
2117 MERF
"Corruption and Evidence-Based Medicine: Time for a Patient Revolution?"
Victor M. Montori, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Endocrinology
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
[view Dr. Montori's CV]
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| 2:00 |
Award presentations 2117 MERF |
| 2:15 |
Adjourn |
Faculty and trainees are invited to submit abstracts for presentation in the poster session. We ask that the poster presenters have their posters mounted on Wednesday, January 28, 2008 by 9:00 a.m. to ensure that the judges have ample time to review the work. We also ask that presenters be at their posters at noon.
For more information, contact:
Internal Medicine Home Page
