HUMAN BIOLOGY DISTINGUISHED MAJOR PROGRAM CAPSTONE SYMPOSIUM Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Gilmer Hall Room 166 8:45 am Welcome and Opening Comments – Michael P. Timko, PhD 9:00 am Britney Michele Berg
Cost variation across payer type and procedures within the University of Virginia health system: A look at cost‐shifting in hospital expenditures Advisors: Carolyn Engelhard, MPH, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia School of Medicine Anam Fatima Jafri
The pathogenic mechanism of Entamoeba histolytica: Is it a priming signal for the inflammasome Advisor: Chelsea Marie, PhD, and William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and Internal Health, University of Virginia School of Medicine 9:20 AM 9:40 am 10:00 am 10:20am 10:40 am 11:00 am 11:20 AM 11:40 AM 12:00 PM 12:20 PM April Narae Hyon
Searching for microRNAs that regulate malignancy in glioblastoma Advisors: Roger Abounader, MD, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, and Marcia Day Childress, PhD, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, University of Virginia School of Medicine Julia Celeste Roithmayr
The effect of SMC specific KLF4 knockout on lesion size and stability in response to ApoE‐mediated lesion regression Advisors: Gary K. Owens, PhD, Olga Cherepanova, PhD and Laura Shankman, PhD, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine Justin Allan Kaplan
Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of HIV isolated from patients failing therapy in Limpopo Province, South Africa Advisors: Denis Tebit, PhD and David Rekosh, PhD, The Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia School of Medicine Shannon Michelle Bush
The effects of mutagenesis on drug resistance and fitness in HIV Group O integrase Advisors: Denis Tebit, PhD, and David Rekosh, PhD, The Myles H. Thaler Center for AIDS and Human Retrovirus Research, University of Virginia School of Medicine Mary Katherine Amato
Examination of Virginia women receiving screening on UVa’s Mobile Mammography Unit from 2006 to 2013 Advisors: Wendy Cohn, MEd, PhD and Vanessa Sturz, MS, Department of Public Health Sciences, and Anneke Schroen, MD, MPH, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine Sara Elizabeth Weintraub
The role of Broad.Z1 on tissue regeneration in Drosophila melanogaster and the implications of regenerative research for humans Advisors: Adrian Halme, PhD, Cell Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Michael Wormington, PhD, Department of Biology, University of Virginia Emily Elizabeth McClements Pierce
Readmission in Heart Failure Patients: A Comparison of Post‐Discharge Follow‐up Protocols Advisors: S Craig Thomas, MSN, R.N., ACNP, CHFN Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Department of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine , University of Virginia School of Medicine Allison Marie Meadows
The role of PKC in mitochondrial fission Advisor: David Kashatus, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia School of Medicine Closing Remarks