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 - 9:35 – Christopher 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 - 9:50 – Ashton Jorgensen, PhD (Postdoc)
“Sex differences in cardiac fibroblast response to transient angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition” - 9:50 - 10:05 – Natascha Schippel (Graduate student)
“Erythropoietin-dependent acquisition of CD71hiCD105hi phenotype within CD235a− early erythroid progenitors” - 10:05 - 10:20 – Ryan 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 - 11:05 – Isabelle Schrauwen, PhD; Associate Professor, Translational Neurosciences
“Omics-driven insights into the pathophysiology of neurological and sensorineural disorders” - 11:05 - 11:20 – Chris Brown, PhD (Postdoc)
“Increased neuronal plasticity accelerates vision deficits in the P23H murine model of retinitis pigmentosa” - 11:20 - 11:35 – Bhavik Rajaboina (Undergraduate)
“Persistent glial dysfunction in the hippocampus after diffuse axonal injury: sex differences and implications for neurodegeneration” - 11:35 - 11:50 – Sunny 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 - 2:15 – Rayna Shaik (Undergraduate)
“Gas marble therapeutics mitigate oxidative stress in chronic wounds” - 2:15 - 2:30 – Hunter O'Brien (Graduate student)
“ITGA3, a novel predictive biomarker for FAK-FAT targeted therapeutics in melanoma” - 2:30 - 2:45 – Anita Garwolinska (Undergraduate)
“Targeted lipidomics unveils complex lipids in cervicovaginal environment as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for endometrial cancer” - 2:45 - 3:10 – Suwon 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.