Basic Science Group 1: 12:30pm – 2:30pm

Bondurant G074

Fahad Chaudhary

Optimizing Timing of Introduction of CTGF for Elastin Production in Tissue Engineered Cartilage

Mathieu Forgues

ECoG Responses to Tones from the Round Window in Human Cochlear Implant Patients: Correlation with Speech Outcomes

Heather Koehn

Hair Cell and Neural Potentials Recorded at the Round Window in Gerbils

Christopher Giardina

Designing an Electrode to Monitor Cochlear Implant Surgery

5 minute intermission

Alexandra Halevi

Novel Poly-Lactic Acid Nanofiber-Filled Slurry for Improved Elastic Cartilage Engineering from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Emery Elizabeth Harris

Enteric dysbiosis in intestinal injury: Cause or consequence?

Jonathan Hill

Large Animal Model for Novel Autologous Treatments of the Alveolar Cleft

Computational Modeling of the Effects of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) on Nebulized Particle Deposition in the Maxillary Sinus

Basic Science Group 2: 1:30pm – 3:30pm

Old Clinic Auditorium (4^th floor)

Susan Li

Ciprofloxacin confers protection from radiation intestinal injury through both bacterial-dependent and bacterial-independent mechanisms

Sayeed I. Manick

Novel use of RAPD PCR to screen selectively colonized gnotobiotic animals for contamination

Deepak Ravindranathan

Highly Luminescent Tridentate C^N*N and N^C*N Platinum (II) Complexes: Synthesis, Photophysical Characterization, and Biological Application

Christopher Stamey

The Role of B Cells in Pemphigus

5 minute intermission

Robert Torphy

Circulating Tumor Cells as an early biomarker of response in patient derived xenograft models of pancreatic cancer

Nida Waheed

Exploring mechanisms by which the antibiotic ciprofloxacin confers protection from radiation intestinal injury

John Younce

Deep brain stimulation at the internal globus pallidus produces fMRI response in the motor cortex

Public Health Presentations: 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Bondurant G100

Rita Kaur Kuwahara

Access to Care among Adults with Previously and Newly Diagnosed Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Andrea Dotson

Association between maternal birth weight status and birth weight status of offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Sonya V. Patel

Developing the Palestinian Congenital Anomalies Database

Elise Stephenson

Eating behavior in children's programming: a potential contributor to childhood obesity

Clinical Science Presentations: 1:40pm – 3:10pm

Bondurant G100

D. Levin Brown

Electronic Medical Records and Imaging Use in U.S. Emergency Departments

Marley Burns

Health Literacy and Numeracy as Predictors of Transition Readiness/Self-management and Depressive Symptoms among Adolescents and Young Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease

Emily Cohn

Prospective Study of Head and Neck Quality of Life in a Comprehensive Skull Base Surgical Practice

Jeremy Ford

Differences in White Matter Developmental Trajectories and Acquisition of Fine Motor and Receptive Language Priors in 6 to 24 Month Infants with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Katy Liu

Unconventional imaging strategies in temporal arteritis: the value of gadolinium-enhanced MRI and optical coherence tomography in atypical cases of temporal arteritis

Suman Medda

Combined Local and Systemic Antibiotic Treatment for Implant Infection

Basic Science Poster Presentations (UNC Women’s and Cancer Hospital Lobbies)

12:30pm-3:30pm

1

Vincent Arnone

Evaluation of B-lymphocyte and fibroblast p-ERK/ERK expression in Alzheimer’s by Western blot and FACS

2

Christopher Bennett

Expanding the Ciliopathy Spectrum: An Analysis of KIF7

3

Aaron Casp

The Osteoinductive Potential of Biomaterials in Subcutaneous sites

4

Timothy Dinh

Identification of Functional Regulatory Elements in Crohn's Disease

5

Brianna Fleming

Upper Airway Sensitization Causes Lower Airway Disease

6

Julia Geddings

The role of microparticle docking in the development of cancer-induced venous thrombosis

7

Rachel Gooding

Alterations of the Gut Microbiota in Irgm1-/- Mice Susceptible to Inflammation

8

Lee Hong

Acute miR-223 inhibition in murine neutrophils in vitro

9

Kurtis Host

The FhaB prodomain is essential for Bordetella virulence

10

Meghan Jobson

Transgenerational Effects of Starvation on Development, Reproduction, and Lifespan

11

Matthew Lipner

miRNA-Regulated Genes in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)

12

Yuxuan Mao

Design of a Portable Solid State Head CT for Hyperacute Stroke Detection

13

Suzanne Michalak

Guiding Attention with Shape

14

Warren Naselsky

IL-4 primes human mast cells to secrete IL-5, IL-13, and PGD2 in response to LPS stimulation

15

Dean Nehama

Assessing EZH2 inhibitors for the treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

16

Julia Nugent

Lipopolysaccharide Potentiates Pulmonary Graft-Versus-Host Disease In Murine Bone Marrow Transplantation Across Minor Histocompatibility Antigen Mismatch

17

Siten Patel

Effects of Enteric Bacterial Proteases on the Permeability of Intestinal Epithelial Cells

18

Stephen Proctor

Contributions of Turgor Pressure, the Contractile Ring, and Septum Assembly to Forces in Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast

19

Denny Scaria

Understanding the Role of Intestinal Sub-Epithelial Myofibroblasts in Eliciting Small Intestinal Crypt Budding

20

Blake Turvey

Biomechanical effects of steroid injections used to treat pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis

21

Sam Wu

Rituximab Sensitivity in B-Cell Lymphoma

22

Fan Ye

Evaluating the Dose Distribution of Carbon Nanotube Microbeam Radiation Therapy of Normal Mice Brains

Clinical Science Poster Presentations (UNC Women’s and Cancer Hospital Lobbies)

12:30pm-3:30pm

23

Rachel Adams

Providers’ attitudes toward discussing contraception and fertility intentions with HIV-infected women and serodiscordant couples in the U.S.

24

Sarah K Blanchard

Thermodilution and Fick cardiac outputs differ: Impact on pulmonary hypertension evaluation

25

May Doan

Disease Activity, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Transition/Self-Management in Adolescents with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

26

William Garneau

A descriptive study of the prevalence of virologic failure among patients receiving viral load testing at Lighthouse HIV clinic, Lilongwe, Malawi

27

Alison Halpern

The Clinical Behavior of CIN 2 and p16 Immunohistochemistry

28

Samuel Heathcote

Cardiac Transplant Simulation: Implanting a Donor Heart

29

Jaclyn Hess

Psoriasis: Age and Severity

30

Austin Hester

The effect of hypogonadism on PSA, erectile function, and surgical pathology in patients with prostate cancer

31

Cynthia Hlavacek

MRSA Infections of Synthetic Mesh after Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A review of 56 cases

32

Kyle Huynh (1^st) & Joseph Grubbs (2nd)

Learning the Basics of Ophthalmology through Self-Portraits of Art Masters

33

Christopher Jensen

Implementation of statewide triage protocols in North Carolina does not alter rates of trauma center utilization or decrease time to definitive care for trauma patients treated at trauma centers

34

Brice Kessler

Retrospective Fusion of 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI in Brain Pathology: Towards Hybrid PET/MR Brain Imaging

35

Lalitha Kunduru

Fecal Incontinence: What Determines Which Patients Consult Physicians and Which Physicians Screen?

36

Ayesha N. Lovick

Appendicitis and Obesity in the Southeastern US: Radiologic Imaging, Treatment, and Outcomes in Children and Adolescents

37

Julie Lucas

What Audiotaping Reveals about Pediatric Anticipatory Guidance Priorities

38

Rebekah Macfie

Performance of WHO  clinical criteria for diagnosing symptomatic HIV Infection (Presumptive Diagnosis) in Malawian infants when used by Clinical Officers

39

Jonathan Manhard

Assessing the Impact of D2 Dopamine Agonist Drugs and Tumor Fibrosis on Endoscopic Endonasal Transphenoidal Pituitary Surgery: A Retrospective Case Series

40

Ronald W. Milam, Jr.

Handheld Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography as a Tool to Assess Retinopathy of Prematurity Zone and Stage in Premature Infants

41

Jahan Mohiuddin

Prognostic Factors and Outcomes After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Breast Cancer Receptor Subtype

42

Katie Moore

Prevention Counts: Examining Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in Assisted Living Communities

43

Virginia Moye

The impact of advanced age on outcomes in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

44

Collyn Murray

Most sexual assault survivors with new moderate or severe pain do not receive medical care in the initial six weeks after sexual assault

45

Rachel L Randell

Patient perception of chronic illness care in a large inflammatory bowel disease cohort

46

Michael Ransone

A Biomechanical Comparison of Two-hole Locking Plate Fixation versus Six-hole Non-locking Plate Fixation of the Pubic Symphysis

47

Alison Rittenberg

Shared Decision Making for the Selection of Analgesics for Older Adults with Acute Musculoskeletal Pain: A Prospective Observational Study

48

Ali Russell

High Dose Dexmedetomidine for Pediatric Sedation During Noninvasive Procedures and Discharge Readiness

49

Talia Schwartz

TEanalyzE: A Novel Approach to Evaluate Transesophageal Echocardiography Simulation

50

Rob Sellers

Examining Markers of Quality Palliative Care within the Last Week of Life Amongst Children Who Died at the NC Children’s Hospital

51

Allison Staley

Assessing the Role of Computed Tomography of the Abdomen in the Staging Evaluation of Primary Breast Cancer

52

Kristyn Swan

Do Positive Blood Cultures Predict Positive Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Cultures in Hospitalized Infants?

53

Sanjay Venkatesh

Inter-Institution variability of FDG-PET Scan Interpretations and its on Effects Lung Cancer Staging

54

Nisha Verma

Initial neuropathic pain symptoms predict musculoskeletal pain severity six weeks after MVC

55

Michelle Vernali

Investigating The Relationship Between Breslow Depth and IRAK-M

56

Andrew Blake Wallace

A Retrospective Analysis Of Complications Arising From Intraosseous Insertion During Out-of-hospital Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation In Adults

57

Alexandra Werner

Comparing Chemotherapy Treatment Responses of Bleomycin/Vincristine Combination Therapy versus Vincristine Monotherapy for Kaposi’s Sarcoma Among HIV Infected Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy

58

Hadley Kitchin Wilson

On the Cusp: A Low Cost Radiation Free and Valid Simulator for Training in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

59

Shawn Yeazell

An Evaluation of Possible Prophylactic Therapies for the Prevention of Post-traumatic Joint Stiffness

Public Health Poster Presentations (UNC Women’s and Cancer Hospital Lobbies)

12:30pm-3:30pm

60

Essraa Bayoumi

How to reduce hepatitis C treatment costs in the United States: Lessons to be learned from the National Hepatitis C Treatment Program in Egypt

61

Rachel Blasiak

Does Sunscreen Use Decrease the Incidence of Melanoma: A Systematic Review

62

Victoria Burgos

Faith Healing Among Latino Immigrants in North Carolina

63

Jared Lowe

Public Access AEDs: Utilization and Missed Opportunities

64

Brenda Morales-Pico

Understanding Indoor Tanning Behavior Among Sorority Members

65

Mollie Oudenhoven

Challenges to Cost-Effective Primary Care Management of Complex Elderly Patients

66

Kevin Pearlstein

Prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and receipt of preventive care among prostate cancer (CaP) survivors in the United States

67

Kathleen Tompkins

A Qualitative Study on the Maternal Death Review process in Zambia's Eastern Province