Internal Medicine Displays Research from Young Investigators

The Department of Internal Medicine held the 2016 Trainees' Research Grand Rounds on Friday, June 10, 2016.  This year, there were 43 posters presented and 39 mentors.  Gregory Rouan, MD, chair, Department of Internal Medicine, Manoocher Soleimani, MD, associate chair for Research, and Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, associate chair for translational research, offered thanks to the trainees and their mentors for putting together the research presentations along with the 49 faculty who served as judges of the event.

The winning presentations in the basic science and clinical studies are listed below:

Basic Science Awards:

First place ($500)

Jamie Tweedle, MS

Mentor: George Deepe, MD, Infectious Diseases

"TNFα antagonism promotes gut to lung migration of CD11b+CD103+ dendritic cells that amplify regulatory T cells in lung infection"

Second place ($250)

Megan Vogel, BS

Mentor: Stephen D. Zucker, MD, Digestive Diseases

"Bilirubin prevents atherosclerotic lesion formation in LDL receptor-deficient mice by inhibiting endothelial VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 signaling"

Honorable Mention ($150)

Cindy Hochstetler, BS

Mentor: Yi Zheng, PhD, Experimental Biology and Cancer Biology

"Impact of an Abnormal Bone Marrow Endothelial Niche on Hematopoiesis"

Clinical Research Awards:

First place ($375) - Tie                                                   

Mariam Anis, MD

Mentor:  Jean Elwing, MD, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

"Successful Treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Vasculopathy with Targeted Pulmonary Vasodilator Therapy"

First place ($375) - Tie

Su Ah Bae

Mentor: Abid Yaqub, MD, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism  

"Autosomal Dominant Hypophosphatemic Rickets (ADHR) presenting in an adult patient without growth restriction or skeletal deformities"

Honorable Mention ($150)

Adam Rose, MD and Muhammad Zafar, MD

Mentor: Mark H. Eckman, MD, General Internal Medicine 

"Impact of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) versus Endobronchial Valves (EBV) in Patients with Heterogeneous Emphysema: A Decision Analysis"