University of Illinois College of Medicine
2012 Research Symposium
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Translational Cancer Research: Improving Diagnosis and Outcomes
Keynote Speaker: Thomas F. Gajewski, MD, PhD
Dr. Gajewski is a clinician researcher at the University of Chicago. He investigates and develops new immune-based therapies for patients with melanoma and other cancers. He utilizes basic science laboratory data to develop novel clinical trials and is a recipient of an NIH Clinical Science Award in Translational Research. Dr. Gajewski also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Immunology and is on the program committees for the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2012 College of Medicine Research Symposium!!
Posters
Clinical Research Category
Residents:
1st place: Malek Hussain—“Risk Factors for Prolonged Hospital stay in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”
2nd place: Jae Cho--“Impact of Ischemia-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events”
3rd place: Tony Limbil—“Tuberculosis Screening during Pregnancy”
Clinical Case Vignette Category
Students:
1st place: Ryan Neal & Mohammad Alghothani--“DIZZINESS: A common Presentation with a Potentially Fatal Outcome”
2nd place: David Aggen—“Retroperitoneal fibrosis presenting as septic gonadal vein thrombosis”
3rd place: Logan Carr—“The Man with the Ulcerating Mass: Untreated Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
Residents:
1st place: Triveni Abburi--“RUQ Pain, Abnormal Liver Function Tests and Gallbladder wall Thickening: Is it Always Acute Cholecystitis?”
2nd place: Robert Hoffman—“Nontraumatic Splenic Rupture in a 17 Year-old Male with Glanzmann’s Thomnasthenia”
3rd place: Triveni Abburi--“How reliable is the computerized ECG interpretation in the modern world?”
Basic Science Research Category
Students:
1st place: Abraham Qavi—“Ultrasensitive, Multiplexed Detection of microRNAs Utilizing Arrays of Silicon Photonic Microring Resonators”
2nd place: Adrienne Barry—“Cadherin Point Mutations Alter Binding Affinities and Modulate Rac1 Signaling”
3rd place: Koh Eun Narm—“Understanding the role of FliZ in Salmonella invasion and Pathogenesis”
Residents:
1st place: Shwayta Kukreti—“Lasers: Molecular Optical Imaging leads to the discovery of unique breast cancer biomarkers”
Oral Vignettes
Students:
1st place: Samit Shah—“Getting Under the Skin:Shortness of Breath and Flank Pain in a 27-Year-Old Woman”
2nd place: David Aggen—“A Carcinoma-Like Cause of Upper Lobe Lung Cancer with Mediastinal Involvement”
Residents:
1st place: Siddharth Hublikar—“Lung cavities, low cell counts and mold!”
2nd place: Zachary Osborne—“Celiac Artery Rupture: A Rare Case of Survival”
3rd place: Robert Hoffman—“A “Minor” Injury: Nontraumatic Splenic Rupture in a 17 Year-Old Male with Glanzmann’s Thomnasthenia”
Schedule of Events
List of speakers and presentations
Event Flyer
Register
Important Deadlines:
- Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Abstract submission deadline
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Monday, April 9, 2012 - Tuesday, April 10, 2012: Printing submission deadline
- MSP and Medical Students, we can arrange for printing if you email your poster early on to . We recommend submitting no later than April 10 in order to guarantee printing, so turn in your PDF or powerpoint file early.
- Internal Medicine Residents, Family Medicine Residents, General Surgery Residents, and Geriatric Fellows please follow the same instructions. If you have any questions, contact Linda Moore
- Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Registration deadline
Directions/Parking Information
Call for Presentations
The Research Symposium Planning Committee is now accepting applications in four poster and two oral presentation categories. We encourage you to participate in one of these categories this year. Each category will be judged and prizes will be awarded. Please continue to this page to learn more about presentation categories and to submit a presentation.
