25th Annual Rush University Forum for Research and Clinical Investigation

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
Claude H. Searle Conference Center
Professional Building, 5th Floor
Rush University Medical Center

7:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 539 Armour Academic Facility

• Department of Surgery Resident Research Competition Presentations
• 22nd Annual Frederick A. dePeyster Memorial Lecture for the Rush Surgical Society: Timothy Lubenow, MD: “Preemptive Analgesia – Past, Present and Future”

8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sigma Xi Poster Session – Open Viewing

9:00 – 9:10 a.m.

Welcome
Sandra A. Faux, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Women, Children, and Family Nursing
College of Nursing
Chair, Planning Committee

9:10 – 9:25 a.m.

Research Update at Rush
James Mulshine, MD
Associate Provost for Research
Rush University

9:30 – 10:25 a.m.

Thematic “Collaborative Research: Bioengineering/Bioimaging”

Moderator: David A. Bennett, MD
Director, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center
Robert C. Borwell Professor of Neurological Sciences

MR Imaging in Dementia: Investigating Post-Mortem and Living Brain Tissue
Konstantinos Arfanakis, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Director, MRI Laboratory
Medical Imaging Research Center
Illinois Institute of Technology

Phase-Sensitive X –Ray Imaging of Joints
Miles Wernick, PhD
Professor
Electrical and Computer Engineering & Biomedical Engineering
Director, Medical Imaging Research Center (MIRC)
Illinois Institute of Technology


Engineering Meets Biology – The Biomechanical Component in Orthopedics
Markus Wimmer, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Section of Tribology
Department of Orthopaedics

10:30 – 11:25 a.m.

College of Health Sciences

Moderator: Susie Rockway, PhD, CNS
Assistant Professor
Department of Clinical Nutrition
College of Health Sciences


Perception of Speech and Environmental Sounds by Cochlear Implant Patients
Valeriy Shafiro, PhD
Communication Disorders and Sciences

Chicago Hispanic Families: Community Environment Influences, Body Image, Breakfast Behaviors, and Physical Activity
Jennifer Ventrelle, MS, RD
Nutrition and Food Sciences

Language within Our Grasp: Implications for Motor Rehabilitation
Kinsuk Maitra, PhD
Occupational Therapy

Treating Speech Impairment with Altered Auditory Feedback in Parkinson’s Disease- A Progress Report
Emily Wang, PhD
Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences

11:30 – 12:25 p.m.

Graduate College Student Presentations

Moderator: Amarjit Virdi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Rush Medical College

Suppression of Proteoglycan-Induced Arthritis by Anti-CD20 mAb Inhibits Inhibits Autoantibody and T-Cell Perpetuation of Disease
Keith M. Hamel
Department of Immunology

The Severity of Structural Abnormalities in the Lens Correlated with Blood Glucose Levels in a Streptozotocin (STZ)-Induced Diabetic Rat Model
Anita Joy
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

L-Sox5 Regulated Transcriptional Activity of the PRG4 Gene Minimal Promoter
Tiffany Lamb
Department of Biochemistry

Gene Therapy using AAV2-Neurturin (CERE-12) in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Huntington’s Disease: Pre-Symptomatic, Post-Symptomatic, and Survival Studies
Shilpa Ramaswamy
Department of Neurological Sciences

12:30 – 1:00 p.m. *** BREAK ***

1:00 – 1:55 pm

Rush Medical College Student Presentations

Moderator: Robert Leven, PhD
Associate Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology
Director of Academic Support Services, Rush Medical College

Prepulse Inhibition in Fragile X Syndrome: Feasibility, Reliability, and Implications
Elizabeth Chruscinski


Osteopontin Expression in the Development of Hemophilic Synovitis
Megha Kaushal


Nasoalveolar Molding in Infants with Unilateral Cleft Ip and Palate Prior to Surgical Reconstruction: An Anthropometric Study on Facial and Intra-Oral Casts
Molly Weiner


Metabolism of Endogenous Osteogenic Protein-1 in Human Adult Normal and Interleukin-1 Treated Articular Chondrocytes
Adam Yanke

2:00 – 2:55 pm

KEYNOTE SESSION – A COHN SYMPOSIUM DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Introduction by Thomas Deutsch, MD
Dean, Rush Medical College and
Provost of Rush University

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH Bioengineering a Bioartificial Pancreas: A Collaborative Endeavor
Emmanuel C. Opara, PhD
Research Professor
Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science & Engineering
Co-Director, Engineering Center for Diabetes Research & Education
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Dialoging with Dr. Opara – Faculty, fellows, and students are invited to ask questions and discuss issues with Dr. Opara – 532 Blaney Conference Room

3:00 – 6:00 PM SIGMA XI POSTER COMPETITION

Poster oral presentations by students and fellows/residents are reviewed and judge by Rush faculty for Sigma Xi Poster Awards

Coordinator: Arthur Prancan, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
President, Rush Chapter of Sigma Xi

Competition Categories

• Student awards by college
• Fellow awards (either basic or clinical research)
• Graduate Student Council awards
• John E. Ware Award for Research on the Patient Experience.
Announcement of winners will be made Thursday, April 24 at 3:30 p.m.

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

RECEPTION : University Faculty Getting Together
All faculty welcome – event in the Garden Room of Room 500

Welcoming remarks by Dr. James L. Mulshine,
Associate Provost for Research and Dr. Lois Halstead, Vice Provost, Rush University

Back to Top

THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008

8:00 – 5:30 pm *** POSTERS – Open Viewing ***

9:00 – 10:25 a.m. UNIVERSITY COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH

Awardees of the UCR Grants

Moderator: Eugene Thonar, PhD
Chair, University Committee on Research
The George W. Stuppy, MD, Professor of Arthritis
Professor of Biochemistry, Internal Medicine (Rheumatology), and Orthopaedic Surgery

Mortality of Elder Self-Neglect in a Biracial Population
XinQi Dong, MD
Geriatric and Palliative Care, Rush Medical College

Functional Characterization and Immununotargeting of 6-0-Sulfated Heparan Sulfate Motifs Expressed on Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells Using Human Recombinant Antibodies
Marc Delcommenne, PhD
Hematology/Oncology, Rush Medical College

Gender Difference in Cholinergic Molecular Pathology During the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Scott E. Counts, PhD
Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College

Vision, Aging, and Cognitive Ability: Adaptive and Coping Strategy
Bruce Gaynes, PharmD, OD
Ophthalmology, Rush Medical College

Use of Driving Rest to Evaluate Patient Performance
Christopher Croley, MD
Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Rush Medical College

Cholinergic Forebrain Degeneration in the APPSWE/PS1DE9 Transgenic Mouse
Sylvia Perez Alvarez, PhD
Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College

10:30 – 11:25 a.m. THEMATIC “COMMUNITY RESEARCH”

Moderator: Martha Claire Morris, Sc.D
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine and Rush Institute for Healthy Aging
Assistant Provost for Community Research

Partnering with Immigrant Communities in Nursing Research: A Case Study
Julia Cowell, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chair, Department of Community and Mental Health Nursing
College of Nursing

The Chicago Health and Aging Project: A Biracial Population Study of Older People
Denis Evans, MD
Jesmer Professor of Internal Medicine
Director, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging

Community Studies in Preventive Medicine
Lynda H. Powell, PhD
Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine
John H. and Margaret V. Krehbiel Professor of Preventive Medicine
(Cardiology), Behavioral Sciences, and Pharmacology

11:30 – 12:25 p.m. RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AWARDS

Moderator: Hazel Lum. PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology

Awards will be presented by:
Paul M. Carvey, PhD, Dean, Graduate College
Melanie Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean, College of Nursing
Thomas Deutsch, MD, Dean, Rush Medical College
David C. Shelledy, PhD, Dean College of Health Sciences

Evidence of Angiogenesis in PD and PSP Human Post-Mortem Brain Tissue
Brinda Desai
Department of Pharmacology
Graduate College

A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Oropharyngeal Administration of Own Mother’s Colostrum during the First Day of Life: Effects on Immune Function of Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
Nancy Rodriguez, PhD (c), RN
College of Nursing

Lactoferricin as an Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulatory in Osteoarthritis
Seth Alper
Rush Medical College

Impact of Hospital-Acquired Condition on MS-ORG Reimbursement with Present on Admission Assignment
Zach Remmich
Health Sciences Management
College of Health Sciences

12:30 – 1:25 p.m. KEYNOTE SESSION

Introduction by Martha Claire Morris, Sc.D
Associate professor, Internal Medicine and
Rush Institute for Health Aging
Assistant Provost for Community Research .

COMMUNITY RESEARCH

Expanding the Landscape of Population Research: Cultural Lifecourse Factors in Chronic Illness
Mark Luborsky, PhD
Director, Aging & Health Disparities Research
Institute of Gerontology
Professor, Anthropology and Gerontology
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Dialoging with Dr. Luborsky - Faculty, fellows, and students are invited to ask questions and discuss issues with the keynote speaker – 532 Blaney Conference Room

1:30 – 2:25 p.m. THE COLLEGE OF NURSING

The Rush Mothers’ Milk Club Research Program

Moderator: Janet L. Engstrom, PhD, RNC,CNM
Professor and Chair, Women, Children and Family Nursing
College of Nursing

Breastfeeding Peer Counselors Serve as Research Assistants in a Randomized Clinical Trial of Breast Pump Patterns for Mothers with Premature Infants in the NICU
Judy E. Motykowski, BSN,RN
IBCLC Senior Clinical Nurse, Special Care Nursery

Electronic Extraction Interface to Link Dose and Exposure Period of Human Milk Feedings with Health Outcomes and Cost in a Large Cohort Study of Very Low Birthweight Infants
Werner.A. Meier, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

The Relationship between Dose and Exposure of Human Milk Feedings and Hospital length of Stay for Very Low Birth weight Infants
Briana J. Jegier, MS, PhD (c)
Research Specialist, Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing

Dose-Response Outcomes of Human Milk Feedings for Extremely Low Birthweight Infants
Aloka L. Patel, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Health Outcomes and Cost of Human Milk Feedings for Very Low Birthweight Infants during the NICU Stay
Paula P. Meier, DNSc, RN, FAAN
Professor, Department of Women, Children, and Family Nursing

2:30 – 3:25 p.m.

JOHN H. STROGER HOSPITAL –RUSH UNIVERSITY GRANT AWARDEES

Moderator: Joshua Jacobs, MD
Associate Dean for Research Development
Rush Medical College

Using a Coping Peer Intervention to Improve Patient Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes During Transition from Inpatient to Outpatient Care
Shane Borkowsky, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
John H. Stroger Hospital

Kinetic Modeling of Conjunctival Retinal Blood Flow and Its Correlation to INR Status Subsequent to Anticoagulation among Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Bruce Gaynes, PharmD, OD
Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Rush University Medical Center

Validity and Reliability of the Chinese Neuropsychological Battery
Morlie Wang, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

Molecular Mechanisms of Phantom Limb Pain in the Central Nervous System
Ljuba Stojiljkovic, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital

3:30 – 4:00 p.m.

Part I: ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS OF THE SIGMA XI POSTER COMPETITION

Moderator: Arthur Prancan, PhD
President, Rush Chapter of Sigma Xi
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology

Dr. Prancan will announce winners for the monetary awards and certificates of recognition in the following categories:

• Graduate Student from each college
• Fellow/Resident (in either basic or clinical research)
• Graduate Student Council Awards
• John E. Ware Award for Research on the Patient Experience

4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Part II: SOCIAL FOR POSTER SESSION
Poster viewing and discussion with authors. Pizza and drinks provided in the hallways.

Authors should stand by their posters according to the following schedule:

Odd Poster Numbers: 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
Even Poster Numbers: 4:45 – 5:30 p.m.

5:30 p.m. *** CLOSE OF FORUM ***

Back to Top