June 2, 2006 Award-winning Clinical Research Day posters
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June 2, 2006

Award-winning Clinical Research Day posters

Hospitalwide Awards
Team award: Successful Induction of Renal Allograft Tolerance in HLA-Mismatched Kidney Transplant Recipients

Tatsuo Kawai, MD; Dicken Ko, MD; Martin Hertl, MD; Benedict Cosimi, MD
Surgery
David Sachs, MD; Pete Cotter; Megan Sykes, MD
Transplant Biology Research Center
Thomas Spitzer, MD; Bimalangshu Dey, MD
Hematology
Susan Saidman, PhD; Robert Colvin, MD
Pathology
Nina Tolkoff-Rubin, MD, Winfred Williams, MD, Nelson Goes, MD; Waichi Wong, MD
Nephrology

A Common Haplotype of Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5) Bearing Two Functional Non-Coding Variants is Associated with Risk to Human Lupus
Robert Graham, PhD, Molecular Biology, Center for Human Genetics Research

Identification of Metabolic and Protein Biomarkers in the Cerebrospinal Fluid for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Allitia Dibernardo, MD, Neurology

Ethnocultural Bias in the Treatment of Low Back and Lower Extremity Pain
Devi Nampiaparampil, MD, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Posters of Distinction

The Diabetes-Associated Polymorphisms PPARG P12A and KCNJ11 E23K Influence Progression to Type 2 Diabetes and Response to Interventions in the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP)
Jose Florez, MD, PhD, Medicine - Endocrinology

Clinical and Genetic Dissection of Anger Expression and CREB1 Polymorphisms in Major Depressive Disorder
Roy Perlis, MD, Psychiatry

Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) & Kallmann Syndrome (KS) Associated with Mutations in More than 1 Gene: New Evidence for a Digenic Mode of Inheritance
Nelly Pitteloud, MD, Medicine - Endocrinology

Pre-clinical testing of kinetin as a treatment for a human splicing disorder
Susan Slaugenhaupt, PhD, Neurology

Quantitative evaluation of normobaric oxygen therapy in acute stroke patients using MRI-based multiparametric algorithms
Ona Wu, PhD, Radiology

Departmental Awards

Can Striae Be Used to Predict Pelvic Relaxation?
Sharon Salter, MD, Dermatology

Comprehensive Three-dimensional Microscopy of the Porcine and Human Esophagus in vivo Using Optical Frequency Domain Imaging
Melissa Suter, PhD, Dermatology

Comparison Between Cardiac Risk Scores To Predict Myocardial Infarction For Patients With Chest Pain
Alex Manini, MD, Emergency Medicine

Predictors For The Development of Elevated Anti-Heparin/Platelet Factor 4 Antibody Titers In Patients Undergoing Cardiac Catheterization
Robert W. Yeh, MD, Medicine

TRP channels as key components of glomerular podocyte structure and function: implications for the development of nephrotic syndrome
Anna Greka, MD, PhD, Medicine

Vaginal infections increase the risk of HIV-1 acquisition: a prospective study
Jared Baeten, MD, PhD, Medicine

Incidence of thrombosis in patients with isolated heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
Omar Abdel-Wahab, MD, Medicine

Warfarin Use in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy
Amytis Towfighi, MD, Neurology

A 10-Year Experience of Brain Metastases from Gynecologic Cancer: A Cohort Analysis of Incidence, Prognostic Variables and Survival
Whitfield Growdon, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Preparing for 360 Degree Feedback: A Resident-Designed Evaluation Tool in the ACGME Core Competencies
Vanitha Janakiraman, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Primary Treatment of Bartholin's Gland Carcinoma with Radiation and Chemoradiation: A Report on Ten Consecutive Cases
Elisa Lopez-Varela, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Leptin-induced Ovarian Cancer Cell Proliferation is Inhibited Either by an Aromatase Inhibitor or Estrogen Receptor Antagonist
Alexander Olawaiye, MD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

A Simple Device to Decrease Rates of Venilator-Associated Pneumonia
Samuel Williams, MD, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Mucinous Differentiation Predicts the Presence of KRAS Mutation and the Absence of EGFR Mutation in Pulmonary Adenocarcinomas with Bronchioloalveolar Features
Karin Finberg, MD, PhD, Pathology

Mitf, bcl-2 and iNOS Expression in Melanocytic Tumor Progression Using a Tissue Microarray Approach
Rosalynn Nazarian, MD, Pathology

IgG4 Immune-Complex Tubulointerstitial Nephritis Associated with Autoimmune Pancreatitis
Lynn Cornell, MD, Pathology

The Hepsin Expression in Surface Epithelial Carcinomas of the Ovary: An Immunohistochemical Tissue Microarray Analysis of 70 Cases
Elisa Lopez-Varela, MD, Pathology

Clinical and Genetic Dissection of Anger Expression and CREB1 Polymorphisms in Major Depressive Disorder
Roy Perlis, MD, Psychiatry

Risk of Recurrence During Pregnancy Among Women with Bipolar Disorder Who Either Maintain or Discontinue Treatment: A Prospective Study
Adele Viguera, MD, Psychiatry

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