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Biomedical Research Day: Bridging Science and Health

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 | 9:00am - 3:20pm

This event will showcase the latest discoveries by featured faculty speakers as well as undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral trainees at the U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix. All trainees have been invited to prepare posters to present their research findings, and top abstracts in Cardiopulmonary, Neuroscience, and Cancer Cell Biology & Immunology have been selected for oral presentations. Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and the Flinn Foundation there is no cost to attend.

Agenda

  • 8:00 - 9:00 – Registration opens and poster setup
  • 9:00 - 9:10 – Welcoming remarks - Fredric Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA; Dean, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix
Session One – Cardiopulmonary
  • 9:10 - 9:35Christopher Glembotski, PhD; Vice Dean for Research; Director, Translational Cardiovascular Research Center; Professor, Internal Medicine
    “Does 3 represent the state of completeness in a career researching the heart?”
  • 9:35 - 9:50Ashton Jorgensen, PhD (Postdoc)
    “Sex differences in cardiac fibroblast response to transient angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition”
  • 9:50 - 10:05Natascha Schippel (Graduate student)
    “Erythropoietin-dependent acquisition of CD71hiCD105hi phenotype within CD235a− early erythroid progenitors”
  • 10:05 - 10:20Ryan Woltz, PhD (Postdoc)
    “Disruption of a single R395:E398 salt bridge by PIP2 shifts the state distribution towards an open and conductive state in human small-conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channels”

10:20 - 10:40 – Break

Session Two – Neuroscience
  • 10:40 - 11:05Isabelle Schrauwen, PhD; Associate Professor, Translational Neurosciences
    “Omics-driven insights into the pathophysiology of neurological and sensorineural disorders”
  • 11:05 - 11:20Chris Brown, PhD (Postdoc)
    “Increased neuronal plasticity accelerates vision deficits in the P23H murine model of retinitis pigmentosa”
  • 11:20 - 11:35Bhavik Rajaboina (Undergraduate)
    “Persistent glial dysfunction in the hippocampus after diffuse axonal injury: sex differences and implications for neurodegeneration”
  • 11:35 - 11:50Sunny Vansdadia, BS (Medical Student & Clinical Research Graduate Student)
    “Predicting brain metastasis from lung cancer: a SEER database ML analysis”

12:00 - 1:00 – Lunch and Posters Session 1

1:00 - 2:00 – Lunch and Posters Session 2

Session Three – Cancer Cell Biology and Immunology
  • 2:00 - 2:15Rayna Shaik (Undergraduate)
    “Gas marble therapeutics mitigate oxidative stress in chronic wounds”
  • 2:15 - 2:30Hunter O'Brien (Graduate student)
    “ITGA3, a novel predictive biomarker for FAK-FAT targeted therapeutics in melanoma”
  • 2:30 - 2:45Anita Garwolinska (Undergraduate)
    “Targeted lipidomics unveils complex lipids in cervicovaginal environment as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for endometrial cancer”
  • 2:45 - 3:10Suwon Kim, PhD; Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences; Director, Personalized Active Learning, UME
    “ING4 tumor suppressor, tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), and metastasis: a butterfly effect”

3:10 - 3:20 – Oral presentation awards and closing remarks

Location

All oral presentations will take place in HSEB C104, the poster session and lunch will take place in Piper Auditorium.

  • Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB) – 435 N. 5th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
  • Virginia G. Piper Auditorium - 600 E. Van Buren Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
  • PBC Parking Garage - 555 E. Fillmore, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Biomedical Research Day Planning Committee

  • Taben Hale, PhD - Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies
  • Ashton Jorgensen, PhD - Postdoctoral Fellow, Basic Medical Sciences
  • Nicole Jimenez, PhD - Postdoctoral Scientist, Obstetrics and Gynecology 
  • Marjan Fakhrizadeh Esfahani, MS - Graduate Student, Internal Medicine and Translational Cardiovascular Research Center
  • Nicolle Hipschman, BS - Graduate Student, Internal Medicine
  • Casey Mazio - Program Manager, Translational Research Office

If you have any questions please email PBC-TREO-EVENTS@arizona.edu.