We are excited to offer the 37th Annual Research Forum virtually to allow students at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus an opportunity to share their research.
Registration for the Research Forum is now closed
All persons who registered and uploaded posters by the November 16, 2022 deadline have automatically been accepted to present their poster at this event.
Faculty and Post-doc Judges: Faculty and post-docs interested in judging should fill out the Call for Faculty Judges
For questions, please contact Dr. Marsha Anderson or Mary Teel at coloradoresearchtrack@cuanschutz.edu.
You will receive email notification of the time of your presentation and further instructions for accessing the virtual site by December 6, 2022 (1 week before the event).
How To Attend The Research Forum
How to View Abstracts and Posters
Schedule for Virtual Research Forum - Tuesday December 13, 2022
The Research Forum presentations will be organized into 2 separate sessions (times shown below).
Questions? Dr. Marsha Anderson or Mary Teel at coloradoresearchtrack@cuanschutz.edu
Department of Anesthesiology
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
Division of Cardiology
CCTSI
Center for Children’s Surgery
College of Nursing
Colorado School of Public Health
Department of Dermatology
Emergency
Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine
Graduate School
Division of Hematology
Department of Immunology & Microbiology
Ludeman Family Center for Women’s Health Research
Division
of Medicine Oncology
Neurotechnology Center
Department of Neurology
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Orthopedics
Department of Otolaryngology
Division of Pediatrics
Neonatology
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Rheumatology
Sickle Cell Center: Dr. Jack Githens Award
Skaggs School of Pharmacy
School of Dental Medicine
School of Medicine
Department of Surgery
Poster Number | Presenter | Presenter's College | Title | Category | Abstract Link | Poster Link | Session | Scoring Form |
1 | Grace Akatsu | Medicine | Deciphering the Molecular, Cellular, and Brain-Level Impacts of Down Syndrome on Astrocytes | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Akatsu Abstract | Akatsu Poster | Form | |
2 | Nazar Akhverdyan | Medicine | Comparison of Fibroscan Changes in Patients with NAFLD | Metabolism and Endocrinology | Akhverdyan Abstract | Akhverdyan Poster | Form | |
3 | John Belk | Medicine | Effects of aprepitant on post-operative nausea and vomiting in patients with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery or catheterization procedures | Pharmacology and Physiology | Belk Abstract | Belk Poster | Form | |
4 | Dillon Boulton | Graduate | A novel role for MIRO2 in tumor cell invasion and metastasis | Hematology and Oncology | Boulton Abstract | Boulton Poster | Form | |
5 | Melissa Carpenter | Medicine | Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy is Associated with Morphologic and Radiographic Alignment Features of the Foot: A Retrospective Cohort Study | Surgery | Carpenter Abstract | Carpenter Poster | Form | |
6 | Brian Carter | Medicine | Introduction to Surgery in Preclinical Years: An Impact Study | Education | Carter Abstract | Carter Poster | Form | |
7 | Sunghyun Chung | Graduate | Stress and Excessive Alcohol Consumption among Insured and Uninsured Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic:Results from the 2020 Health District Survey of the Northern Larimer County | Healthcare and Public Health | Chung Abstract | Chung Poster | Form | |
8 | William Coburn | Medicine | Prehospital Pharmacotherapy in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Coburn Abstract | Coburn Poster | Form | |
9 | Katherina Cortes | Graduate | Revealing Potential Mechanisms for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Using Knowledge Graphs | Other | Cortes Abstract | Cortes Poster | Form | |
10 | Rebekah Davis | Medicine | Combating Complex, Chronic, and Costly Conditions Using a Learning Health System Approach: A Scoping Review | Healthcare and Public Health | Davis Abstract | Davis Poster | Form | |
11 | Nikita Deng | Medicine | Re-examining the Premedical Years as an Integral Part of Professional Identity Formation | Education | Deng Abstract | Deng Poster | Form | |
12 | Stephanie Devoe | Graduate | Mapping the Influence of Autoimmunity Associated, Non-Coding Genetic Diversity on T Cell Function | Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases | Devoe Abstract | Devoe Poster | Form | |
13 | Eva Dindinger | Graduate | The Impact of the Texas Abortion Ban on Gestational Age at Time of Abortion in a Large Volume Colorado clinic | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Dindinger Abstract | Dindinger Poster | Form | |
14 | Kathy Ding | Medicine | Nintedanib, an Anti-Fibrotic Drug, Preserves Lung Alveolar and Vascular Growth and Prevents Pulmonary Hypertension in an Experimental Model of Hyperoxia-Induced Lung Injury | Pulmonary and Critical Care | Ding Abstract | Ding Poster | Form | |
15 | Allison Dubner | Medicine | Contribution of Smooth Muscle-derived Vascular Progenitor Cells to Atherosclerosis | Cardiovascular | Dubner Abstract | Dubner Poster | Form | |
16 | Lexi Dunnells | Dentistry | A Paw-sitive Dentist Appointment: The Impact of Providing Therapy Dogs in Dental Appointments on the Experience of Dental Anxiety in Veteran Patients | Healthcare and Public Health | Dunnells Abstract | Dunnells Poster | Form | |
17 | River Evans | Medicine | Role of MiRNA-204 in Renal Protection Against Immune Mediated Kidney Injuries | Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases | Evans Abstract | Evans Poster | Form | |
18 | Jennifer Felker | Medicine | Brain Health Program Clinically Improves Quality of Life Outcomes for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Felker Abstract | Felker Poster | Form | |
19 | Lillian Folts | Graduate | Gestational Cannabidiol (CBD) Consumption Impacts Offspring Hypothalamus Development and Metabolism in a Sex-Specific Manner | Metabolism and Endocrinology | Folts Abstract | Folts Poster | Form | |
20 | Maksym Goryachok | Medicine | Pilot Study to Compare a Modified Patient-Reported and Standard G8 Frailty Questionnaire in Older Adults | Hematology and Oncology | Goryachok Abstract | Goryachok Poster | Form | |
21 | Drew Gottman | Medicine | Chronic Post-Tympanostomy Tube Otorrhea: Stepwise Management and Review of The Literature. | Surgery | Gottman Abstract | Gottman Poster | Form | |
22 | Songyuan Gu | Medicine | Functional Outcomes Following Anterior versus Posterior Total Hip Arthroplasty | Bone or Skeletal | Gu Abstract | Gu Poster | Form | |
23 | Darren Ha | Medicine | Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Lower Urinary Tract Reconstruction with Early NSAID Therapy: A Propensity Matched Retrospective Analysis | Surgery | Ha Abstract | Ha Poster | Form | |
24 | Ankit Hirpara | Medicine | The Effect of Arthrodesis of the First-Metatarsophalangeal Joint on the Alignment and Stability of the First-Tarsometatarsal Joint | Surgery | Hirpara Abstract | Hirpara Poster | Form | |
25 | Isabelle Hua | Medicine | Quantitative Behavioral Analysis of Jumping in Mice | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Hua Abstract | Hua Poster | Form | |
26 | Austin Jolly | Graduate | The chromatin remodeler Brg1 directs adventitial progenitor-to-myofibroblast differentiation and vascular fibrosis | Cardiovascular | Jolly Abstract | Jolly Poster | Form | |
27 | Michael Kwong | Medicine | Pancreatic Venous Anatomy for Trans-portal treatment of pancreatic cancers using pressure enabled drug delivery (PEDD) | Other | Kwong Abstract | Kwong Poster | Form | |
28 | Anna Lee | Medicine | National CPT and ICD Surgical Outcomes After Pediatric Front-orbital Advancement Surgery | Surgery | Lee Abstract | Lee Poster | Form | |
29 | Anna Lee | Medicine | Pediatric Cranial Intraosseous Lipoma: Literature Review and Craniofacial Treatment Approach | Surgery | Lee Abstract | Lee Poster | Form | |
30 | Frances Li | Graduate | Defining MARCO-virus Interactions Important for Chikungunya Virus Clearance from the Circulation | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Frances Li Abstract | Frances Li Poster | Form | |
31 | Yue Li | Pharmacy | Antibody-Dependent Complement Responses toward SARS-CoV 2 Receptor-Binding Domain Immobilized on “Pseudovirus-like” Nanoparticles | Other | Yue Li Abstract | Yue Li Poster | Form | |
32 | Jintong Liu | Medicine | Negative Depictions of Strabismus in Children’s Animated Movies | Vision Sciences | Liu Abstract | Liu Poster | Form | |
33 | Vivian Lu | Medicine | Bilateral Implanted Radiofrequency Identification Chips | Bone or Skeletal | Lu Abstract | Lu Poster | Form | |
34 | Abigail Ludwigson | Medicine | High distress portends worse patient reported outcomes among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients | Surgery | Ludwigson Abstract | Ludwigson Poster | Form | |
35 | Jane Manalo | Medicine | Advanced Vessel- and Cell-Size MRI to Assess Chemo-Radiation Treatment Response in Pediatric Ependymoma Models | Hematology and Oncology | Manalo Abstract | Manalo Poster | Form | |
36 | Melanie Mandell | Medicine | Macrophage mediated resistance to TKI therapy in ALK fusion positive non-small cell lung cancer | Hematology and Oncology | Mandell Abstract | Mandell Poster | Form | |
37 | Alec McCranie | Medicine | Evaluation of the Impact of Physical Therapy on Patients with Macromastia Seeking Reduction Mammoplasty | Surgery | McCranie Abstract | McCranie Poster | Form | |
38 | Kristen Montgomery | DREADD-ing Stress: Using Chemogenetics to Bypass Variability and Go Right to the Source with CRF Activation | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Montgomery Abstract | Montgomery Poster | Form | ||
39 | Nickole Moon | Extracellular Vesicles as Cellular Communicators of Stress-Mediated Allostasis. NR Moon, (MD/Ph.D., GS), J Chan, C Morgan, and TL Bale, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO. | Other | Moon Abstract | Moon Poster | Form | ||
40 | Ethan Moore | Medicine | Mortality Associated with Delayed Vascular Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Affects Female Patients | Surgery | Moore Abstract | Moore Poster | Form | |
41 | Thi-Tina Nguyen | The Effect of an SOD Mimetic on Interstitial Macrophage Accumulation in Chronic Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension | Pulmonary and Critical Care | Thi-Tina Nguyen Abstract | Thi-Tina Nguyen Poster | Form | ||
42 | Thy Nguyen | Medicine | Analysis of Inflammatory Markers in Response to Induction of Reprometabolic Syndrome by a Eucaloric High Fat Diet in Normal Weight Women | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Thy Nguyen Abstract | Thy Nguyen Poster | Form | |
43 | Pritika Parmar | Medicine | The Mucosal Melanoma Tumor Microbiome is Distinct from Cutaneous with Unfavorable Proportions of Immune-associated Species | Hematology and Oncology | Parmar Abstract | Parmar Poster | Form | |
44 | Micah Pascual | Medicine | Qualitative research in dermatology: A scoping review of publication trends Platelet Recovery and Perioperative Risk After Cardiac Surgery | Other | Pascual Abstract | Pascual Poster | Form | |
45 | Jacob Plaisted | Medicine | Platelet Recovery and Perioperative Risk After Cardiac Surgery | Pulmonary and Critical Care | Plaisted Abstract | Plaisted Poster | Form | |
46 | Marika Rossetto | Medicine | Association of prehospital neck wound survivability and battlefield medical evacuation time | Other | Rossetto Abstract | Rossetto Poster | Form | |
47 | Celina Sarangi | Medicine | Trends in Pregnancy Attitudes Over the Postpartum Period in Adolescent Mothers | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Sarangi Abstract | Sarangi Poster | Form | |
48 | Nicholas Senofsky | Medicine | Vestibular Drop Attacks and Meniere’s Disease as Results of Otolithic Membrane Damage – A Numerical Model | Other | Senofsky Abstract | Senofsky Poster | Form | |
49 | Vijay Shimoga | Medicine | Something to Chew On: Denture Adhesive-Induced Copper Deficiency Myeloneuropathy in a Patient with Suspected MS | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Shimoga Abstract | Shimoga Poster | Form | |
50 | Katherine Smulligan | Sleep Quality, Dizziness, and Postural Stability Following Early Post-Concussion Physical Activity. | Healthcare and Public Health | Smulligan Abstract | Smulligan Poster | Form | ||
51 | Jennifer Sorg | Usability and Acceptability of a Palliative Care Mobile Intervention for Older Adults With Heart Failure and Caregivers: Observational Study | Healthcare and Public Health | Sorg Abstract | Sorg Poster | Form | ||
52 | Megan Stumpf | Medicine | Generating a Deep-Mutationally Scanned (DMS) CHIKV E3/E2 Virus Library to Map Virus-Antibody Interactions | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Stumpf Abstract | Stumpf Poster | Form | |
53 | Karli Swenson | Fetal Cannabidiol (CBD) Exposure Decreases Offspring Cognition and Alters Prefrontal Cortex Development in a Sex Dependent Manner | Developmental Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Child | Swenson Abstract | Swenson Poster | Form | ||
54 | Lauren Thompson | Ondansetron Co-Treatment Increases Risk of Cisplatin Nephrotoxicity | Pharmacology and Physiology | Thompson Abstract | Thompson Poster | Form | ||
55 | Jacqueline Turner | CD8 T Cell Immunosurveillance is Suppressed by Lipid Signaling | Other | Turner Abstract | Turner Poster | Form | ||
56 | M. Camila Vargas | Medicine | Do Adult Patients with Congenital Colorectal Conditions Know Their Diagnosis? | Surgery | Vargas Abstract | Vargas Poster | Form | |
57 | Gabrielle Vragel | Murine gammaherpesvirus 68 efficiently infects myeloid cells resulting in atypical, restricted form of viral infection | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Vragel Abstract | Vragel Poster | Form | ||
58 | Blair Weikel | Defining an Infant’s Race and Ethnicity: A Systematic Review Patient Perceptions of Social Media Use by Orthopedic Surgeons | Humanities and Bioethics | Weikel Abstract | Weikel Poster | Form | ||
59 | Benjamin Wharton | Medicine | Patient Perceptions of Social Media Use by Orthopedic Surgeons | Bone or Skeletal | Wharton Abstract | Wharton Poster | Form | |
60 | Samantha Wilson | The Relationship Between Title X Clinics and Neighborhood Characteristics in Colorado Using ArcGIS | Child-Maternal | Wilson Abstract | Wilson Poster | Form | ||
61 | Jeffrey Wong and Jacob Fang | Medicine | International Comparison of Eligibility Criteria for Corneal Donation by Men who have Sex with Men | Vision Sciences | Wong/Fang Abstract | Wong/Fang Poster | Form | |
62 | YooJin Yoon | Medicine | Patterns of Postoperative Complications Related to Cannabis and Tobacco Usage in Patients Undergoing Facial Fracture Surgeries | Surgery | Yoon Abstract | Yoon Poster | Form |