INTERNAL MEDICINE SUMMER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAM
POSTER SESSION
Durham Research Center Commons
Friday, August 7, 2015
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Student
Demi Eble
College of Saint
Mary
Omaha, Nebraska
2
Fatiha Iqbal
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
3
Melissa Bavitz
University of
Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
Authors
Title
Demi Eble, William Roughead, MS, and Tricia
LeVan, PhD
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy,
Department of Internal Medicine and College of
Public Health
“Determination of the anti-inflammatory factor of Lactobacillus
reuteri"
Fatiha Iqbal, Wenxian Zhou, Dan Feng MD, PhD,
Kusum K. Kharbanda, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC, and
Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health
Care System, Omaha, Nebraska
Pro-Inflammatory Effect of Guanidinoacetate on Macrophages:
An In Vitro Study
Melissa Bavitz, Traci Hoke, BS, Barbara Switzer,
BS, MT, Bradley Britigan, MD, and Maher Abdalla,
PhD.
Departments of Internal Medicine and
Pathology/Microbiology
Pseudomonas Quinolone Signal (PQS) Induces Oxidative Stress
in Lung Epithelial Cells and Macrophages
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Student
Freshta Baher
University of
Nebraska
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Nicole Weedman
Bryan College of
Health Sciences
Lincoln, Nebraska
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Isaak Ailts
Luther College
Decorah, Iowa
7
Hannah Tandon
Amherst College
Amherst,
Massachusetts
8
Pete Danielson
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
Authors
Title
Freshta Baher1, Ann Polich, MD2
1
University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Department of Internal Medicine. Omaha,
Nebraska.
2
VA Nebraska – Western Iowa Healthcare System.
Department of Quality and Patient Safety.
Omaha, Nebraska
Characterization of Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder that
Frequently Visit the OVA Emergency Department
Nicole M. Weedman, Kajari Dhar, PhD, Eric
Rome, MD, John Um, MD, Michael J. Moulton,
MD, Brian D. Lowes, MD, PhD
Internal Medicine Cardiology Division
Next generation sequencing of Nebraska DNA Bank for
cardiomyopathy and cancer gene mutations
Isaak Ailts, Elizabeth Staab, MS, and Jill A. Poole,
MD
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep & Allergy
Role of Apoptosis in Lung Repair and Resolution Following
Repetitive Organic Dust Inhalant Treatment
Hannah K Tandon; Peter W Danielson; R Jennifer
Cavalieri, RN; Harlan Sayles, MS; Trevor Van
Schooneveld, MD; Angela Hewlett, MD, MS; Mark
E Rupp, MD
Infectious Disease
Giving IVs the Respect They Deserve: A closer look at a hospital
work horse
Pete Danielson, Hannah Tandon, R Jennifer
Cavalieri RN, Harlan Sayles MS, Trevor Van
Schooneveld MD, Angela Hewlett MD MS, Mark E
Rupp MD
Infectious Disease
Quality Assurance in Environmental Cleaning: Seeing is
believing, or not?
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Student
Brooke M. Fenske
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
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Jordan Bowman
Creighton University
Omaha, Nebraska
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Sujaytha Paknikar
University of
Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Joseph Hindman
Buena Vista
University
Storm Lake, Iowa
Authors
Title
Brooke M. Fenske, Brian D. Lowes, MD, PhD,
Ronald Zolty, MD, Hareeprasad R. Vongooru, MD,
and Eugenia Raichlin, MD
Division of Cardiology
Cardiac allograph remodeling outcomes one year after heart
transplantation.
Jordan R. Bowman1, Karen C. Easterling1,2,
Michael J. Duryee1,2, Daniel R. Anderson3, Ted R
Mikuls1,2, Lynell W. Klassen 1,2, and Geoffrey M.
Thiele 1,2,4.
1
Experimental Immunology Laboratory, University
of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of
Internal Medicine, Section of Rheumatology,
2
Experimental Immunology Laboratory, Omaha
Veterans Administration Medical Center, 3 Division
of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine,
4
University of Nebraska Medical Center,
Department of Pathology and Microbiology
MAA Modified Proteins Increase Expression of LOX-1 Receptor
and TNF-Alpha in Macrophage
Sujaytha Paknikar, Imayavaramban Lakshmanan,
PhD, Shiv Ram Krishn, Moorthy P. Poonusamy,
PhD, Surinder K Batra, PhD, and Apar K Ganti,
MD
Overexpression of MUC5AC Induces Migration of Lung
Cancer Cells via Interaction with Integrin β4 Signaling
Joseph Hindman, Murali Ganesan, PhD, Natalia
Osna, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Nebraska Medical Center
Research Service, Veterans Affairs NebraskaWestern Iowa Health Care System
Interferon Alpha-Induced FATylation of Oxidized Liver Proteins is
Disrupted by Ethanol Metabolism
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Student
Sarah Hill
Authors
Title
Sarah E. Hill, Karuna Rasineni, PhD, Carol A.
Casey, PhD
Inhibition of Ghrelin Activity Improves Insulin Secretion and Fat
Metabolism in Ethanol Fed Rats
Carmen Ochoa, Jane DeVasure, Todd Wyatt, PhD
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep &
Allergy
Alcohol and Electronic Cigarette Vapor Enhance Bronchial
Epithelial Wound Injury
Matthew Schmitt, John Patrick, MSN, Angela
Andersen, MSN, APRN, David Gannon, MD,
FACP, FCCP, Regina Nailon, PhD, RN, and Sarah
Richards, MD
General Internal Medicine
Examining the Level of Palliative Care Provided to Hospitalized
Patients and Their Families
Haelee Kowalski; L. Brendan Young, PhD; Monica
Meeks, BA; Kimberly Tyler, PhD; Cynthia
Beaumont, LPN; Kathleen M. Grant, MD
Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Nebraska Medical Center
Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health
Care System, Omaha
Katrina Schneider; Christopher Arkfeld; Shailender
Singh, M.D.; Dahn Clemens, Ph.D.
Gastroenterology
UNMC and Veterans Affairs Nebraska - Western
Iowa Health Care System
Associations between Social Network Support and Substance
Use among Treatment-Seeking Veterans
George Blankenau, Stephen Rennard MD,
Hesham Basma PhD, Amy Nelson MT (ASCP)
Pulmunary Critical Care Sleep and Alergy (Internal
Medicine)
Epigenetic Changes in Human Fetal Lung Fibroblast Exposed to
Cigarette Smoke Extract
Midland University
Fremont, Nebraska
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Carmen Ochoa
University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
15
Matthew Schmitt
Nebraska Wesleyan
University
16
Haelee Kowalski
Midland University
Fremont, Nebraska
17
Jaclyn Grode
Boston University
18
George Blankenau
The University of
Kansas
Inhibition of inflammatory pathways reduces severity of acute
pancreatitis
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Student
Jeffrey Ren
University of
Nebraska - Lincoln
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Alexandra Crook
Regis University
Authors
Jeffrey Ren, Xiang De Liu (MD/PhD), Hesham
Basma (PhD), Zach Song (MD/PhD) Amy Nelson
(MT) Fumihiko Makino (MD/PhD) Stephen
Rennard (MD)
Division of Pulmonary, Critical care, Sleep, and
Allergy
Alexandra Crook, Curtis Perriotte-Olson, Devika S.
Manickam, Cyrus V. Desouza, Gopalakrishnan
Natarajan, Alexander V. Kabanov, and Saraswathi
Viswanathan
Divison of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and
Metabolism
Title
Effects of Extracellular Matrix on Myoblast Proliferation and
Differentiation
Nanoformulated Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase Reduces
Adipose Inflammation in Obesity