The 44th Annual Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum was held February 23, 2013. This year, a total of 107 students participated; 31 of them were Creighton University students.
There are four award categories with four awards in each group, for a total of 16 awards. This year, Creighton students won seven of these awards. The awardees are as follows:
1st Place Medical/Professional Student Poster Presentation - $500 + Plaque
Michelle Pequet
"Natural History of Pediatric Morphea: A Retrospective Review of 114 Patients"
Advisor: This work was carried out at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
1st Place Medical/Professional Student Oral Presentation - $500 + Plaque
Michael Lehrer
"Microscale Human Liver Model for the Study of Hepatic Glucose Storage and Production"
Advisor: This work was carried out at Colorado State University
2nd Place Medical/Professional Student Oral Presentation - $250 + Plaque
Sean Judge
"Interleukin-6 as a Therapeutic Target in Pseudomyxoma Peritonei: Effects of an Anti-interleukin-6 Antibody on Cell Proliferation in a Surrogate Cell Line"
Advisors: Drs. Brian Loggie and Peter Thomas, Department of Surgery
Sigmi Xi Award of Merit for Medical/Professional Student Oral Presentation- $25 + Certificate
Joseph Chen
"Implications of Severity of Illness in Patients Hospitalized with HealthCare-Associated Pneumonia"
Advisor: Dr. Lee Morrow, Department of Medecine
2nd Place Graduate Student Poster Presentation - $250 + Plaque
Chelsie Geyer
"Evaluation of BLACTX-M-14 and BLACTX-M-15 Identifies Differential Gene Expression among Sequence Type 131 (ST131) and Non-ST131 (NST 131) E.Coli"
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Hanson, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Sigmi Xi Award of Merit for Graduate Student Poster Presentation- $25 + Certificate
Randal Fowler
"Carbapenem Resistance is not Associated with Virulence of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa using the Dictyostelium DiscoideumVirulence Model"
Advisor: Dr. Nancy Hanson, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
1st Place Tie Graduate Student Oral Presentation - $500 + Plaque
Katie Langenfeld
"The Role of Host Factors in Prion Strain Interference"
Advisor: Jason Bartz, Dept. of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
Confidential Research Hotline (402-280-3200)
Research Personnel are expected to report any known or suspected noncompliant conduct related to research or sponsored program activities conducted and/or approved through Creighton University. The confidential Research Compliance Hotline (402-280-3200) is available for any individual who wishes to remain anonymous and/or has found other available reporting mechanisms to be ineffective. Research Personnel may also address their research compliance-related questions or concerns to Kathy Taggart, Associate Vice President for Research and Compliance, at 402-280-2360.
