ACTRI-Supported Medical and Pharmacy Students Share Research Findings during Annual Poster Session

ACTRI-supported trainee Paul Riviere (left) discusses his poster with ACTRI Education Director Colin Depp, PhD.

Twelve medical and pharmacy students supported through the UC San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute (ACTRI) TL1 2016-2017 program presented their research in January during an annual Summer Research Poster Session at the Medical Education and Telemedicine Building. They joined more than 60 other research trainees at the event. This year, the ACTRI trainees included both summer and long-term TL1s. The TL1 program supports training in clinical research for students enrolled in health sciences doctoral programs at UC San Diego.

The ACTRI-supported trainees with their posters are below. Click on image for larger view.

School of Medicine Students

Aaron Bradshaw Project Title: The Role of Conduction Slowing in Ventricular Fibrillation Maintenance Mentor: David Krummen, MD	Sangwoo (Shawn) Kim Project Title: Analysis of Immune Responses Generated by Anti-PD-1 Checkpoint Blockade with Stereotactic Radiotherapy Mentor: Andrew Sharabi, MD, PhD
Keenan Onodera Project Title: Intervertebral Disc Kinematics in Active Duty Marines with and without Lumbar Spine Pathology Mentor: Samuel Ward, PT, PhD	Paul Riviere Project Title: The Mutational Landscape of Gastrointestinal Malignancies as Reflected by Circulating Tumor DNA Mentor: Razelle Kurzrock, MD
Lu Wu Project Title: Understanding the Role of EGLN1 Genetic Variation and Methylation in High Altitude Adaption of an Andean Highland Population Mentor: Tatum Simonson, PhD	Victoria Wu Project Title: The across-time relationship between maternal depressive symptoms and child cognition in a 16-year longitudinal study of Chilean youth Mentor: Sheila Gahagan, MD

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Students

Sama Alpatty Project Title: Pharmacist Perspectives on Promoting Preconception Health Mentor: Sally Rafie, PharmD	Sirena Louie Project Title: Impact of Bumetanide to Torsemide Conversion in Veterans with Heart Failure Mentor: Felix Yam, PharmD

Long-term Trainees

Charlie Park Project Title: Magnetic Resonance Elastography vs Transient Elastography in Detection of Fibrosis and Noninvasive Measurement of Steatosis in Patients with Biopsy-proven Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Mentor: Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc	Kathryn Tringale Project Title: Quantitative Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Assessment to Measure Radiation-Induced Injury: Implications for Cognitive Preservation Mentor: Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD
Devesh Vashistha Project Title: Public Injection and Providing Injection Initiation Assistance Among People Who Inject Drugs in Two North American Countries Mentor: Daniel Werb, PhD	Arvin Wali Project Title: The Antihypertensive Effect of Carotid Stenting is Dependent on the Circle of Willis Mentor: Alexander Khalessi, MD