SURP & SHARP Poster Presentations

Poster Presentations by Number

#	Area	Student	Title	Additional Authors
1	Anesthesiology	Rakan Abuissa	Mitovesicle Proteomic Signatures of Social Defeat Stress in NeuroHIV	Dalia Moore, Micheal Ayoub, Mark Bausch, Dr. Gurudutt Pendyala
2	Anesthesiology	Auspy Li	Immunofluorescence evidence to demonstrate EPS-induced activation of Nrf2 in C2C12 myotubes	n/a
3	Anesthesiology	Amir Elrefaie	Molecular insights on the impact of chronic HIV infection on male fertility	TA Hediyal, JS Crenshaw, O Shukri, EM Stone, VL Schaal, M Devanaboyina, A Foroughi-Nezhad, S Kolli
4	Anesthesiology	Nakshatra Nallamothu	Gabapentin's Emerging New Paradox: From Clinical Gain to Ovarian Strain	O Shukri, TA Hediyal, EM Stone, VL Schaal, A Foroughi-Nezhad, JS Davis, SV Yelamanchili
5	Anesthesiology	Evan Wedergren	Peripheral Arterial Disease creates changes in protein expression in Soleus and EDL Muscle	Michael Lush, Colin Schulte, Grace Nielson, Reesa Wilcox, Isabella Jiang
6	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Jade Busek	Targeting MUCIN 16 (MUC16) with a humanized monoclonal antibody 5E6 In pancreatic cancer	Ashu Shah, Rupsha Das, Abhijit Aithal, Prakash Kshirsagar, Maneesh Jain
7	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Pujitha Mudhelli	Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Modulates Antitumor Immune Response in Small Cell Lung Cancer	Ethan Willits, Alexander Wegner, Muthamil Iniyan Appadurai, Imay Lakshmanan, Apar K Ganti
8	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Vasudha Santhanam	Defining immunogenic epitopes for early detection of pancreatic cancer	Roy Prebble, Devansh Kalia, Souvik Datta, Abhijit Aithal, Maneesh Jain
9	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Alex Wegner	MUC5AC/SCD Axis Regulates Lipid Metabolism to Promote Lung Adenocarcinoma Brain Metastasis	Muthamil Iniyan Appadurai, Parvez Khan, Imayavaramban Lakshmanan, Surinder K. Batra
10	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Ethan Willits	DRD2 Antagonist and ClpP Agonist ONC206 Attenuates Progression of Small Cell Lung Cancer	Pujitha Mudhelli, Alexander, Muthamil Appadurai, Imay Lakshmanan, Wasim Nasser, Surinder K Batra
11	Biomedical Engineering and Science Research	Priyanka Mirji	Skeletal Muscle Regeneration: Electrospun Nanofiber Matrix for Delivery of Novel Myogenic Agents	Athreya Reddy, Sai Sadhananth, Allen Zennifer, Suranji Wijekoon, and Sama Abdulmalik
12	Cellular Integrative Physiology	Mahmoud Ibrahim	Hypoxia-Induced IL-1R1/IRAK1 Signaling Drives EndMT in Pulmonary Hypertension	Anna Ford
13	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Caden Anderjaska	Postoperative Outcomes by Feeding Type in Infants with Congenital Heart Disease	Monalisha Elango, MS; Sarah O'Neil, MS; Jeffrey D. Salomon, MD
14	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Elsa Covi	Evaluating the Relationship Between Neonatal Body Composition and Use of Food Assistance Programs During Pregnancy	Rebekah Rapoza, Colman Freel, Samuel Owolabi, Amina Hussain, Esther Samuel, Alexis Thavenet, Matthew VanOrmer, Corrine Hanson, Melissa Thoene, Ann Anderson-Berry
15	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Cora Dietrich	Age-Dependent Perineuronal Net Maturation Influences Epilepsy Development and Behavior in Mice	Grace Schavee, Nicole Ferris, Sookyong Koh, Haiying Shen
16	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Allyson Dutoit	Defective Phytenal Metabolism in Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome	Dana S’aulis, Edward Siefker
17	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Julia Dzieken	Effects of chronic organic dust exposure on lung innate immune memory	Pinaki Mondal, Emmanuel Oyewole, Casey McDermott, Sophie Halsted
18	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Kaitlyn Gall	Outcomes After Stopping Inhaled Therapies in Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients on CFTR Modulators	Dr. Angela Delecaris, Dr. Ashley Deschamp, Dr. Heather Thomas
19	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Ashleigh George	Evaluating a Cardiac Annotation Tool for Fetal Echocardiography	Mohamed Azzam, Dr.Jason Christensen, Dr.Neil Hamill
20	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Amina Hussain	Neonatal Fat Free Mass Among AGA Infants Born to Mothers with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy	Rebekah Rapoza, Samuel Owolabi, Colman Freel, Elsa Covi, Esther Samuel, Ally Thavenet
21	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Kritika Kandel	Post-Tracheostomy Outcomes In Youth With Anoxic Brain Injury	Yijun Lu, Elizabeth R. Lyden
22	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Scarlett Krecklow	Covid as an Inflection Point: Changing Comorbidity Patterns in FASD	Jordan Rowley, Ann Anderson Berry
23	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Lucia Krings	Investigating Artesunate Induced Ferroptosis in Group 3 Medulloblastoma Through Iron Overload & LPO	Dr. Ranjana Kanchan
24	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Jaiyda Moore	Assessment of Perinatal Mental Health Screening Programs in Neonatal Intensive Care Units	Sarah A. Swenson, Gleb R. Haynatzki, Cara Solness, Ann Anderson-Berry, Sarah Newman, Brianna K. Brei
25	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Braytn Nespor	Designing a Youth-Centered Primary Care Intervention for Adolescents who are Overweight or Obese	Jenna McCoy
26	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Elias Pipinos	The Effect of Documentation on Pediatric Obesity Care In Primary Care Clinics in Rural Nebraska	Miranda Judah, Dr. Emily Frankel, Dr. Ellen Kerns, Dr. Russell McCulloh
27	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Elsa Ratnapradipa	Pediatric Sociodemographic Characteristics Associated with Acute Agitation Intervention	Aleisha Nabower (MD) and Elizabeth Lyden (MS)
28	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	David Shaw	Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests Lost to Follow-Up at Children’s Nebraska	Jeffrey A Robinson, MD
29	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Asher Shillcut	Optimization of Quality Moment Following Predatric Electrophysiology Studies	Dr. Daniel Hames
30	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Sam Stava	Current Liver Practices of Care for Young People with Cystic Fibrosis	Dr. Ashley Deschamp, Dr. Heather Thomas, Dr. Gleb Haynatzki, Dr. Angela Delecaris
31	Child Health Research Institute - Department of Pediatrics	Paul Wood	Follow-up Duration, Not Age at Surgery, Explains Why Cohorts Disagree After Periacetabular Osteotomy	Kareem Omran, Rocco Zimmerman, Justin J. Greiner, Kevin Dibbern
32	College of Public Health	Charlie Budell	Glyphosate in Commercial Bread: Impacts on Catechol Estrogen Metabolism in Breast Cancer Cells	Alex Egbuchiem, Muhammad Saeed, Eleanor Rogan
33	College of Public Health	Adamarys Ramirez-Bueno	Environmental PFAS Mixtures Alter Cisplatin Sensitivity in Three-Dimensional Ovarian Cancer Spheroids	Changyong Lee
34	College of Public Health	Alejandra Rodriguez Ruiz	Understanding Health-Related Stressors Experienced by TN Visa Workers	Athena Ramos
35	College of Public Health	Meredith Russell	Passive Surveillance of Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens across Nebraska	Alex Welch
36	Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer	Porter Dickenson	The Effect of Axl Protein on Metastatic Prostate Cancer	Sriya Sidhar, Grace Waldron
37	Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer	Abdul Hameed Rahmanzai	Role of CBL/CBL-B as tumor cell-intrinsic promoters of medulloblastoma tumorigenesis and metastasis.	Bhopal Mohapatra, Santosh Shrestha, Haitao Luan, Sushant Pokhrel and Ethan Lorenson
38	Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer	Joshua Wilkinson	Exploring Novel Candidate Driver Mutations in the Polymerase Domain of DNA Polymerase ε	Maggie Luong, Annette K. Beach
39	Genetics, Cell Biology, & Anatomy	Ryhan Bhat	A Novel Machine Learning Classifier for HNSCC Transcriptional Subtypes	Sujith Manavalan, Arya Yarlagadda
40	Internal Medicine	Samuel Bennett	Distinguishing MASLD and MetALD: The Impact of Alcohol on Hepatic Steatosis, Inflammation, and Fibro	Ojeshvi Ethiraj, Ramesh Bellamkonda, Carol A. Casey, Sundarararajan Mahalingam, Kusum K. Kharban
41	Internal Medicine	John Bereisha	Bacterial Growth and Virulence is Increased with Ethanol Exposure	Mason Mandolfo, Derrick Samuelson
42	Internal Medicine	Jash Bhalani	Bulk RNA-seq Identifies a Bronchiolization Signature in Human IPF Lungs	Bo Liu, Kristina Bailey
43	Internal Medicine	Matthieu Carter	Evaluation of the Usage of Transesophageal Echocardiogram in Patients with Endocarditis or Stroke	Kaveh Bookani
44	Internal Medicine	Chelsy Chairez	Completing the Hospital Transfer Journey	n/a
45	Internal Medicine	Siri Doddapaneni	Sustainability and Effectiveness of Medicaid Expansion in a Midwestern HIV Cohort	Emmanuel Nazaire Essam Nkodo, MD, MPH, Renae Furl, MPH, Lily Nyenga
46	Internal Medicine	Tanvi Gopalam	Radiofrequency Ablation: A Novel Method for Reducing Patients' Thyroid Nodule Size	Dr. Tanya Aggarwal, Dr. Jaskaran Batra, Dr. Abbey Fingeret, Dr. Jessica Shank
47	Internal Medicine	Emma Heser	Alcohol's Effect on Human Primary Natural Killer Cell Cytolytic Effector Secretion and Metabolism	Ashley Peer, Kelly Cunningham, Mason Mandolfo
48	Internal Medicine	Yakub Islamov	Extracellular Vesicles Impair Wound Repair and Outer Membrane Vesicles Decrease Barrier Function in Airway Epithelial Cells	Christopher D. Bauer, Deanna D. Mosely, Nousha H. Sabet, Kaiden Aaronson, Kristina Bailey, Natalia A. Osna, Derrick R. Samuelson, Todd A. Wyatt
49	Internal Medicine	Marko Khalimonchuk	Particulate Matter Promotes Inflammation through the Activation of CARD9-Dependent Pathway	Venkateswaran Subramanian, Aiping Lin, Jing Zhang
50	Internal Medicine	Matthew Lauder	Role of Ethanol in Regulating ISG15-Dependent Post-Translational Modification of HIV-1 p24 and Nef	n/a
51	Internal Medicine	Samantha Nguyen	Comparing Self-Reported and Structured Interview Results in Early Abstinence in Alcohol Use Disorder	Katelyn Kelley, Nikki Zabik
52	Internal Medicine	Nate Poole	Alternative Complement Pathway as a Novel Mechanism for IPMN Inflammation and Disease Progression	Sushil Kumar, Abigail Keating, Ashley Hein
53	Internal Medicine	Colin Ridder	NFIX is Critical in Maintaining Pediatric Heart Homeostasis	Mingqi Cai, Yu-wen Chen
54	Internal Medicine	Saral Sapkota	Effects of Thromboxane-Prostanoid Receptor on Alcohol-Induced Collagen Deposition in Mouse Liver: A Pilot Study	Weilun Ai, MBBS, PhD
55	Internal Medicine	Norah Stewart	Aging and Alcohol Exposure Alters Mesenchymal Stem Cell Inflammatory Responses	Dawn Katafiasz, MPH
56	Internal Medicine	Jingyi Wang	Engineering Experimental Platforms to Model Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Microenvironments	Zhi He, Yiran Li, Mitchell Kuss, Kristina Bailey
57	MD/PhD Scholars Program	Bhavna Bangalore	Alcohol-Induced Golgi Remodeling Promotes MGAT5-Dependent TNFR1 Plasma Membrane Localization and Galectin-3 Association in ALD	n/a
58	MD/PhD Scholars Program	Josef Crenshaw	A Heartfelt Warning: Cardiovascular Consequences from Perinatal Gabapentin Exposure	Elizabeth Stone, Ved Pendyala, Victoria Schaal, Tousif Ahmed Hediyal, Lie Gao, Sowmya Yelamanchili
59	MD/PhD Scholars Program	Katarina Larsen	The Master Scavenger: Toxoplasma gondii Manipulates Host Lysosomal Activity	Hayden Klaus, Max Long
60	MD/PhD Scholars Program	Sarah Rizwan	Engineering an Optimized Cyclic Stretch Assay to Study Mechanosensing and Cellular Responses	Yiyang Wu and Rosemary Mwithiga
61	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Abigail Cartwright	Training Clinicians to Recognize Indicating Responses During Mand Training	Olivia Johnston, Kristin Albert, Feryal Akpo-Idrissou
62	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Brooklyn Damgaard	Evaluating a Provider Training Module to Enhance Healthcare for Individuals with IDD	Mercedes Miller, Marisol Loza Hernandez, M.S., BCBA, Guangyi Lin, M.S., BCBA, Maryjan Fiala, Ph.D
63	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Ryan Eichele	Effects of Sex, Age, and Anxiety on Lifetime Alcohol Consumption	Nicole L. Zabik, Katelyn A. Kelley
64	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Paul Fiamaple	Using Instructive Feedback to Promote Complex Language in Children with Autism	Juliana Oliveria
65	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Mercedes Miller	AACtive Learning Hub: Impact of Mobile Modeling Training on Caregivers	Hannah Kitsmiller, Garret Nathan, Chance Enderez
66	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Malanna Muse	Developing a Qualitative Codebook to Characterize User Perceptions of a Brain Computer Interface with HABIT-VR​	Ahad Behboodi, PhD
67	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Grace Reyelts	Setting Effects on Word Learning in Children with Autism	Dr. Xiaoyuan Liu, Grace Gunderson, and Shariq Khan
68	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Thomas Richardson	Assessment of Caregiver Physiological Reactivity to Receiving Their Child’s Autism Diagnosis	n/a
69	Munroe-Meyer Institute	Alexandra Siegmund	A Closer Inspection on the Structure of Self-Injury During Behavioral Assessment	Carson Whitford
70	Neurological Sciences	Mia Garcia	Studying the effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on the auditory system	Jakson Martens
71	Neurological Sciences	Yadira Tirado	Investigating Sleep Circuit Dysfunction in Fragile X syndrome	Niveditha Sankar, Peng Zhong
72	Neurological Sciences	Jonathan Wood	Creatine HCl Supplementation Promotes Neuroprotection in a Mouse Model of Traumatic Brain Injury	Johnny Zigmond, Benjamin Lamberty, Gretchen Simon, Natallie Elliott
73	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Sree Muthu	SREBP as a Metabolic Regulator of Steroidogenesis, Luteinization, and Granulosa Cell Function	Bunmi Owolabi, William Snyder, Elizabeth Vink, Robyn Moses
74	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Frances Parker	Characterizing Steroid Hormone Production in the Human Placenta	Pegah Nouri Mousa, Christianah Aloba, Isaac Adediji, Rachel Reith
75	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Elizabeth Vink	The Metabolic Shift Post-Luteinization in Bovine Antral Granulosa and Theca Cells	John Davis
76	Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Samuel Acosta Castellanos	Pentose Phosphate Pathway Metabolism Supports Redox-Associated Development in Chlamydia trachomatis	Scot P. Ouellette
77	Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Sofia Acosta	Toxoplasma gondii manipulates host lipid droplet breakdown pathways to acquire nutrients	Hayden Klaus
78	Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Zander Kochen	Optimal Processing of Schirmer Tear Strips for Characterization of Antibodies in Lacrimal Fluid	Dylan George, Del Dsouza, Sarah Uhm, Janet Williamson, Julie Carstens, Andy Schnaubelt, David Brett-Major, M. Jana Broadhurst
79	Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Sumanas Maram	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma derived cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate neutrophil survival	Gabriel Tonucci, Ridhi Bhola, Nikolas Schrock
80	Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology	Vyshnavi Perisetla		Monisha Alla
81	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Alex Berry	Thermodynamic Analysis of SAM-II Riboswitch Pseudoknot	n/a
82	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Lance Hansen	Development of a Thermoresponsive Dexamethasone Prodrug (ProGel-Dex) for Intra-Articular Treatment	Eleanor Ransdell-Green
83	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Heather Smith	Thermodynamic Contributions for the Replacement of Bulges in DNA Hairpin Loops	n/a
84	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Zachary Venn	Synthesis and Characterization of Porphyrin-Based Ionizable Lipids	Rahul Singh, Dirk Anderson, David Oupicky
85	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Samuel Wang	Assessing Inadvertent Immunostimulatory Potential of a Novel Cyclam-Based Ionizable Lipid Nanopartic	Braeden Pinkerton, Rahul Singh
86	Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience	Zara Alnouti	Spinal Cord as a Persistent HIV Reservoir: Novel Humanized Microglial Mouse Model Reveals Persistent Infection, Neuroinflammation, and Motor Deficits Despite ART	Sanvi Yaratha, Elizabeth Etafo, Amanda Fernandes, Ed Makarov, Matthew Thiele,  Debashis Dutta, Santhi Gorantla
87	Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience	Ved Pendyala	PANoptosis: A Unifying Driver of Cocaine-Induced Microglial Activation and CNS Injury	Ifeoluwa Adeagbo, Shilpa Buch
88	Radiation Oncology	Elise Cherek	Optimizing Radiotherapy for Large Hepatocellular Carcinoma: IMPT Versus VMAT	Diane Schott
89	Radiation Oncology	Aaron Jobalia	DeepLabCut-Based Longitudinal Assessment of Mouse Motility Following Irradiation at Varying Doses	Ali Camero, Brendan Graff, Kyuhak Oh, Kyle J. Gallagher, Zhou Su-min
90	#SPILL!	Peter Obang	The Impact of Graft failure Timing on Repeat Kidney Transplantation	Charlotte Hunt, PA-C
91	#SPILL!	Ajani Peck Wekunda	Post- Kidney Transplant Cytomegalovirus: A Comparative Study Among Hispanic and White Recipients	Charlotte Hunt, PA-C
92	#SPILL!	Tanya Ramaswamy	Educational Attainment is Associated with National Living Donor Assistance Application Completion	Charlotte Hunt, PA-C , Regina Rau, RN
93	Surgery	Ali Alfatin	Aminoglycoside susceptibility in Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli	Dr. Devendra Kumar
94	Surgery	Smalto Batuna	Breaking barriers. Saving Lives.	Henry Spann and Matt Schmeeckle
95	Surgery	Nora Langenfeld	Predictors of Reoperation in Colorectal Cancer Patients with Anastomotic Leaks	Dr. Sean Langenfeld, Dr. Rishi Batra, Dr. Jon Thompson
96	Surgery	Matthew Schmeeckle	Disparities in Colon Cancer Screening	Henry Spann, Smalto Batuna
97	Surgery	Ashley Scott	Fabrication and Processing of Electrospun PLGA Nanofiber Scaffolds for Engineered Heart Tissue App.	Bidya Mondal
98	Surgery	Henry Spann	The Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening	Smalto Batuna, Matt Schmeeckle
99	Travis B. Lewis	Akhilesh Kode	Role of Liver Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells and Panoptosis in the Pathogenesis of MetALD	Natalia Osna
100	Truhlsen Eye Institute - Department of Ophthamology & Visual Sciences	McKenzie Murphy	Microglia and Retinal Ganglion Cell Synapses on Csf1r∆FIRE/∆FIRE Mice	n/a