Mentoring Programs Second Annual Symposium Agenda

1 p.m.           Introductory remarks presented by Larry Goodman, MD, President, Rush University, Chief Executive Officer, Rush University Medical Center

1:05 p.m.     Celebrating 10 Years of Mentoring Programs presented by Susan Chubinskaya, PhD,  Associate Provost, Faculty Affairs

1:10 p.m.     Keynote Speaker presented by Raj Shah, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center

2016 Cohn Fellows Presentations

1:40 p.m.    Development and Validation of Tools for Assessment of Integrated Clinical Skills presented by Jamie Cvengros, PhD,  Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences

1:55 p.m.    Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Microbiome, and Race presented by Mahboobeh Mahavinia, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology/Microbiology

2:10 p.m.     A 32-mer fragment of aggrecan promotes knee hyperalgesia in experimental osteoarthritis through direct nociceptor activation via TLR2 presented by Rachel Miller, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

2:25 p.m.    Novel Regulatory Mechanisms of Cell Survival in Bone Metastasis presented by Jitesh Pratap, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

2:40 p.m.    Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Using Trauma-Sensistive Obstetric Care for Abuse Survivors presented by Natalie Stevens, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences

2:55 p.m.     Break

3:05 p.m.     RRMP Best Mentor and Mentee of the Year Award and Best Mentor Award for the Rush Postdoctoral Society Annoucenment

Mentee Presentation: Selected Abstracts

3:10 p.m.     Implant Alloy Microstructure Dictates Specific Corrosion Modes Within THR Modular Junctions presented by Robin Pourzal, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics

3:25 p.m.     Association Between Impaired Swallowing and Cognition in Healthy Older Adults presented by Lisa LaGorio, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences         

3:40 p.m.    Are There Differences Between the Old and New International Standards for TKR Preclinical Wear Testing? An FEA Analysis Using Adaptive Remeshing presented by Hannah Lundberg, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics

3:55 p.m.    CD11b Activation Protects Against Lupus Nephritis by Suppressing TLR-Dependent IFN Responses via AKT-FOXO3-IRF7 presented by Samia Q. Khan, PhD, Post-Doctoal Research Fellow, Department of Internal Medicine

4:10 p.m.   Poster Presentations and Reception

5:15 p.m.   Best Poster Award

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