Program
2015
Tuesday, May 12th
1:00 PM

A Comprehensive Review of Yoga-based Intervention for Children

Julie Wancik, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Valerie E. Cadet, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Alcohol abrogates intracellular Ca2+ elevation by angiotensin II and ATP in cultured rat astrocytes

Steve Wu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Zhiqian Wu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Desuo Wang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

An atypical presentation of pyogenic granuloma in an adult with bronchogenic carcinoma: A case report

Luxman Srikantha, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Glen Huang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ravi J. Shekarappa, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Analysis of Dermatologic Adverse Events in Pediatric Cancer Patients

Courtney A. Washington, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Are new sodium targets in the National School Lunch Program feasible and are they necessary: A look into sodium’s effect on children and understanding the control of sodium levels in the National School Lunch Program.

Yaneve Shemesh, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Attendance and student performance in PCOM school of pharmacy

Deirdre Fanning, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Chelsea Davis, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jamie Mabe, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jennifer Gooch, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Bioinformatic Analysis of Dopamine Receptors

George Huang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

CaMKII in neuronal development

Yu-chih Lin, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kathleen Wallis, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Xiaolan Yi, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jun Zheng, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lori Redmond Hardy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in pediatric myocarditis

Nina Hirsch, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Matt Oster, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Shriprasad Deshpande, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Caveolin-1 and BKCa channel activity in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle

Shu Zhu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard E. White, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Feng Chen, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
David Fulton, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Scott A. Barman, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Death Investigations in the State of Georgia: Understanding Medico-Legal Aspects

Jeff Seiple, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Enhanced cGMP-dependent signaling in astrocytes: Novel therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s Disease

Nyema Woart, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jessica Winkler, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Handong Ma, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard E. White, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Estrogen-induced superoxide production in coronary artery endothelial cells via uncoupled Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS) in Diabetes

Jessica Winkler, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Handong Ma, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Richard E. White, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Evaluation of liposomal bupivacaine versus immediate release bupivacaine in post-operative pain after knee surgery

Nathan Greenfield, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Saba Gidey, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Dusty Lisi, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Cristina Refec, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Excitability change of the Purkinje cells after tetanus stimulation in the molecular layer of the rat cerebellum

Gulsedef Arslan, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Daniel Kim, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Huo Lu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Hominoid humeral trochlear morphology is unrelated to suspensory locomotion.

Michael S. Selby, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
C. Owen Lovejoy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Immune complex-induced, nitric oxide-mediated vascular endothelial cell death by phagocytes is prevented with decoy FcgReceptors

Ramanjaneya V.R. Mula, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Deepah Machiah, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Srinivasa R. Dalta, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Xinyu Wang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Avadhesh C. Sharma, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Periasamy Selvaraj, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rangaiah Shashidharamurthy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Isoproterenol induces beiging and thermogenesis in mature 3T3-L1 Adipocytes

Viral Gajjar, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Colette N. Miller, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jeong-Yeh Yang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Emily R. England, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Amelia Yin, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Srujana Rayalam, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Mechanically tuned 3 dimensional gelatin hydrogels support mammary fibroblast viability, growth and extracellular matrix deposition

Kathryn Woods, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Catlyn Thigpen, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kyung Min Park, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abigail Hielscher, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Mechanically tuned hydrogels for investigation of the myofibroblast phenotype

Catlyn Thigpen, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Mechanistic Studies of the Tyrosinase-Catalyzed Oxidative Cyclocondensation of 2-Aminophenol to 2-Aminophenoxazin-3-one

Courtney A. Washington, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jamere Maxwell, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Joenathan Stevenson, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Gregory Malone, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Edward W. Lowe Jr., Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Qiang Zhang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Guangdi Wang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Neil R. McIntyre, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

MicroRNA as novel mechanism in cyclosporine induced kidney fibrosis

Yun Bai, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tianwei Yu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jennifer Gooch, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Perivascular leukocyte aggregates form in tumors after chemotherapy.

Denise N. Gamble, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Minghui Li, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Aaron R. Bolduc, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anna K. Bolduc, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Theodore S. Johnson, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Reprogramming factor Oct4 is crucial for transdifferentiation of hepatocytes to biliary epithelial cells

Mboya Doffou
George Adams, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Anne Sprain, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
George Michalopoulos, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Vishakha Bhave, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Resveratrol-induced browning of white adipose tissue: macrophages in the loop

Eva Karam
Ramanjaneya Mula, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Rangaiah Shashidharamurthy, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Srujana Rayalam, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Review of the use of ceritinib, a newly approved anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, in crizotinib-resistant anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer

Sonia Thomas, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Afua Gyapong, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nathan Greenfield, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Stress, inflammation, cancer, and dementia: curcumin and CDDO as therapeutic agents

Peter Pham, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Eric Wang, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abigail Hielscher, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Harold Komiskey, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

Targeting resistance-nodulation division family efflux pumps in A. baumanii for new advances in antibiotic discovery

Ronak Patel, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Valerie E. Cadet, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

tDCS used in the cerebellar ataxia treatment alters the Purkinje cell activity

Natalie Vukmer, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Peter Domenig, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kihae Shin, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Huo Lu, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

The mediation of insulin on combined effects of fetal astrocytic hypoxia and zinc.

Dakita Mack, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abigail Hielscher, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Harold Komiskey, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

The Relationship of Chlamydia antigen, AD-like pathology, and Inflammation in the brains of intranasally infected BALB/c mice: a comparative study

Brittany L. Kane, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Lindsey V. Weidmann, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Brian J. Balin, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Denah M. Appelt, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Justin H. Schripsema, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Christopher L. Smith, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kyle Ramsay, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
C. Scott Little, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM

The StO2 non-invasive tissue hypoperfusion monitor as a screening tool for early sepsis detection in the emergency department

Zachary Kopelman, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
James Zhou, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Alexandra Dattilo, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sandra Schneider, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Mary Frances Ward, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
John D'Angelo, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jason D'Amore, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Georgia

1:00 PM