St. George’s University and Phi Zeta Honor Society
Research Day
Saturday 27 February 2010
Keith B. Taylor Hall
St. George’s University • True Blue Campus
PROGRAM
Registration – Upstairs Lab
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Official photograph of Participants
8.20 am
Photograph of all Oral and Poster Presenters, Chairs and Reporters (Only)
Opening Ceremony – Upstairs Lab
8:45 am
“Research at St. George’s University: Quo Vadis?”
Dr. Calum C.N.L. Macpherson, Director of Research at SGU
9:10 am
SGU Institutional Review Board (IRB) Report • Dr. Robert Hage or designate
9:15 am
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Report
Dr. Francis Fakoya, IACUC Chair
9:20 am
“Phi Zeta International Veterinary Honor Society” • Dr. Rhonda Pinckney, President
9:25 am
“The Six Programs of Research Emphasis in the School of Veterinary Medicine”
Dr. Raymond Sis, Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine
School of Arts & Sciences and School of Medicine Break-out Sessions
Morning Sessions – Red East Wing:
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Antonia MacDonald Smythe
Dr. Reccia Charles
9:45 am
“The Return of the Famous Native: Derek Walcott’s The Prodigal”
Author/Presenter: Dr. Antonia MacDonald Smythe
10:00 am
The Question of National Identity and the Institutionalization of the
Visual Arts in Grenada
Author/Presenter: Dr. Oliver Benoit
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Omur Cinar Elci
Dr. Cecilia Hegamin-Younger
10:15 am
“A Study on Students’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions towards
the Use of Clickers at St. George’s University, Grenada”
Authors:
S. Bidaisee, O.C. Elci, A. Best
Presenter:
Dr. Satesh Bidaisee
10:30 am
“The Use of On-boarding Processes for Effective New Employee
Integration into Organizations”
Author/Presenter: Ms. Kamira Phillip
10:45 am
“Effectiveness of a Church-based Behavioral Intervention on Management
of Hypertension among Grenadian Women”
Authors:
T.J. McCann, O. Visnjevac
Presenter:
Dr. Theresa J. McCann
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Angela Gomez
Mr. Rohan Jeremiah
11:00 am
“Pain Relief in the Caribbean”
Author/Presenter: Dr. Cheryl Macpherson
11:15 am
“Socioeconomic Influences on Substance Abuse and Incarcerations in Grenada”
Authors:
C. Hegamin-Younger, P. Durgampudi, M. Akpinar-Elci
Presenter:
Dr. Praveen Durgampudi
11:30 am
“Testing the Influence of National Business Culture and Contexton Motivation
in Grenada, St. Lucia and St. Vincent”
Author/Presenter: Dr. Reccia N. Charles
11:45 am
Characterisation of the PrtM Maturase of Streptococcus equi;
a Proven Virulence Factor in Strangles
Authors:
F.A. Ikolo, I.C. Sutcliffe, G.W. Black
Presenter:
Mrs. Felicia A. Ikolo
Lunch – Upstairs Lab and Lobby
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Poster Session – Upstairs Lab
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Afternoon Sessions – Red East Wing:
Chair:
Richard Kabuusu
Rapporteur:
1:00 pm
“Do SGU Medical Students Donate Blood? Results of a Survey Offered to
Second Year Medical Students to Gain an Understanding into Donation Behavior:
Current Donors, Relapsed Donors, and Those Who have Never Donated Blood”
Authors:
L.E. Toner, L.L.McV. Messam, A.Gomez
Presenter:
Ms. Lorraine Toner
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1:15 pm
“Environment Related Respiratory Health Problems
among Veterinary Medicine Students”
Authors:
C. Richards, M. Akpinar-Elci, R. Roopnarine, E. Keku, O.C. Elci
Presenter:
Dr. Carla Richards
1:30 pm
“Economic Goods and Services Derived from Coral Reef:
Case Study South Coast of Grenada”
Authors:
J.J. Mitchell, C. Morrall, A. Easter-Pilcher, S. Nimrod
Presenter:
Mr. Jerry J. Mitchell:
1:45 pm
“Investigation of the Distribution and Expansion of the Invasive Seagrass
Halophila stipulacea in Grenada, West Indies”
Authors:
S. Shallow, C. Morrall, S. Nimrod, A. Easter-Pilcher
Presenter:
Ms. Sharmaine Shallow
2:00 pm
“Safe Paradise Beaches of Grenada”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, V.A. Amadi, A.A.T. Bahadoor-Yetman
Presenter:
Dr. Svetlana Kotelnikova
2:15 pm
“Unexpected Microbial Diversity Discovered in the Warm Spring in Grenada”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, R. Naraine
Presenter:
Mr. Ravindra Naraine
2:30 pm
“Marine Biotechnology Program at the Department of Microbiology, SGU”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, C. Bruno
Presenter:
Dr. Svetlana Kotelnikova
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Satesh Bidaisee
Dr. Hugh Sealy
2:45 pm
“The Sustainability of Grenada’s Net Fishing Industry”
Author/Presenter: Mr. Maurice Cox
3:00 pm
“Occupational Health Problems among Nutmeg Factories Workers”
Authors:
M. Akpinar-Elci, S. Bidaise, S. Peters, J. Byonanebye,
J.C. Roberts, P. Gaynor, K. Holloway, D. Boyd, O.C. Elci
Presenter:
Dr. Muge Akpinar-Elci
3:15 pm
“Can ‘Solar Nutmeg Dehydration’ Improve the Health of the Nutmeg Workers?”
Authors:
D. Burkhardt, S. Henry, R. Courtney, S. Bidaisee, M. Akpinar-Elci
Presenter:
Dr. Dirk Burkhardt
3:30 pm
“Vulnerability Assessment of Climate Change on Public Health
and Health Care in Barbados”
Author/Presenter: Mr. Damian Greaves
3:45 pm
“WINDREF’s role in the elimination of the neglected tropical diseases from the
Western Hemisphere”
Authors:
C.N.L. Macpherson, T. Noel
Presenter:
Dr. Calum N.L. Macpherson
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School of Veterinary Medicine and Phi Zeta Honor Society Breakout Sessions
Morning Sessions – Blue West Wing:
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Rhonda Pinckney
Dr. Marta Lanza-Louw
9:45 am
“Treatment of Canine Generalized Demodicosis: a Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial
Comparing the Efficancy of Advocate (Bayer Animal Health) with Ivermectin”
Authors:
T. Paterson, R. Halliwell, P. Fields, M. Lanza Louw, J. Louw,
G. Ball, C.N.L. Macpherson, R. Pinckney, J. McKibben
Presenter:
Dr. Tara Paterson
10:00 am
“The Decline of Shark Populations due to Long-lining and the Fishing Industry”
Author/Presenter: Mr. Barry Baker
10:15 am
“A Comparative Analysis of Large Mouth Bass Virus Virulence in Cell Culture“
Author/Presenter: Mr. Barry Baker
10:30 am
“Occurrence and Antimicrobial Drug Resistance of Potential Bacterial Pathogens
from Shellfish in Grenada”
Authors:
A.I. Rodriguez, H. Hariharan
Presenter:
Dr. Adria I. Rodriguez
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Raymond Sis
Dr. Mohammed Bhaiyat
10:45 am
“The Distribution of Primordial Follicles in the Mouse Ovarian Cortex”
Author/Presenter: Ms. Allison Inga
11:00 am
“A Serologic Study of Dirofilaria immitis in Feral Cats in Grenada, West Indies”
Authors:
C. Fernandez1, A. Chikweto, S. Mofya, L. Lanum, P. Flynn2,
J. P. Burnett3, D. Doherty, R.N. Sharma
Affiliations: 1 Animal Emergency Services, Cormack, NY, USA
2
Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, University of Missouri, USA
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Animal Veterinary Services, Hale Cornwall, England, UK
Presenter:
Dr. Christina Fernandez
11:15 am
“The Effect of Silage Cutting Height on the Nutritive Value of a Normal Corn
Silage Hybrid Compared with Brown Midrib Corn Silage Fed to Lactating Cows”
Authors:
L. Lung, Jr., B.M. Moulder, C.M. Mulrooney, R.S. Teller, R.J. Schmidt
Presenter:
Mr. Brendon Moulder
11:30 am
“Aerobic Bacteria from Mucous Membranes, Ear Canals and Skin Wounds of
Feral Cats in Grenada, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Major Isolates”
Authors:
H. Hariharan, V. Matthew, J. Fountain, A. Snell, D. Doherty,
B. King, E. Shemer, S. Oliveira, R.N. Sharma
Presenter:
Dr. Harry Hariharan
11:45 am
“Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma Gondii and Concurrent Bartonella spp, Feline
Immunodeficiency Virus and Feline Leukemia Virus Infections in Cats from
Grenada, West Indies”
Authors:
J.P. Dubey1, M.R. Lappin2, O.C.H. Kwok1, S. Mofya, A. Chikweto,
A. Baffa, D. Doherty, J. Shakeri, C.N.L. Macpherson, R.N. Sharma
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Affiliations:
Presenter:
1
US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service,
Animal and Natural Resources Institute, Animal Parasitic
Diseases Laboratory, Maryland, USA
2
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary
Medicine, Colorado State University, USA
Dr. Alfred Chikweto
Lunch – Upstairs Lab and Lobby
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Poster Session – Upstairs Lab
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Afternoon Sessions – Blue West Wing:
Chair:
Rapporteur:
Dr. Ravindra Sharma
Dr. Timothy Ayliffe
1:00 pm
“Prevalence of Hemoparasites of Back-yard Poultry and Pigeons from Grenada, W.I.”
Authors:
K. Tiwari, A. Chikweto, A. Sabarinath, G.P. Sabarinath, R.N. Sharma
Presenter:
Dr. Keshaw Tiwari
1:15 pm
“Fatal Dermatitis caused by the Fungus Fusarium in a Captive Hatched Neonatal
Eastern Indigo Snake (Drymarchon couperi)”
Authors:
E.M. Rush1,2, J.R. Roberts3, K. O'Donnell4, S. Sink4, V. Johnson2,
H. Busby3, M. Wines2, J. Godwin2, C. Guyer2
Affiliations: 1 Department of Pathobiology. SGUSVM
2
The Environmental Institute/College of Wildlife, Auburn
University, Alabama, USA
3
Department of Agriculture Thompson Bishop Diagnostic
Laboratory, Auburn, Alabama, USA
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USDR-Agricultural Research Service-NCAUR, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Presenter:
Dr. Marie Rush
1:30 pm
“Aberrant Migration of Dirofiliaria Immitis in Three Dogs – Case Report”
Authors:
T.E. Paterson, R.D. Pinckney
Presenter:
Dr. Tara Paterson
1:45 pm
“Spurious Hypercreatininemia in 28 Foals”
Authors:
K.P. Chaney, S.J. Holcombe, H.C. Schott II, B.S. Barr
Presenter:
Dr. Kristin P. Chaney
2:00 pm
“Phylogenetic Ananlysis of E coli Isolates from Feral Cats and Pigs in Grenada”
Authors:
A. Sabarinath, K.P. Tiwari, H. Hariharan, R.N. Sharma
Presenter:
Dr Arathy Sabarinath
Chair:
Rapporteur:
2:15 pm
Dr. Diana Stone
Dr. Saul Mofya
“Detection of Antibodies against Paratuberculosis (Johne’s Disease)
in Sheep and Goats from Grenada and Carriacou using ELISA Technique”
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Authors:
Presenter:
S.M. Kumthekar, B. Louison, T. Dereck, C. DeAllie,
K.P. Tiwari, A. Chikweto, R.N. Sharma
Dr. Sachin Kumthekar
2:30 pm
“Bacterial Contamination of Leatherback Turtle (Demochelys coriacea)
Eggs and Sand at Levera Beach, Grenada: a Preliminary Study”
Authors:
U. Zieger, R.N. Sharma, N. Winkler1, H. Trelease, V. Matthews
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Affiliation:
Ocean Spirits Ltd.
Presenter:
Dr. Ulrike Zieger
2:45 pm
“Isolation of Avian Influenza Virus from Wild Birds in Grenada”
Authors:
G. Sabarinath, A .Sabarinath, K.P. Tiwari, C. DeAlle, R.N. Sharma
Presenter:
Dr. Gopalakrishnan Sabarinath
3:00 pm
“Scleractinian Coral Research in the Near Shore Waters of Grenada”
Author/Presenter: Dr. Tom Eurell
3:15 pm
“Effect of Changes in Testing Parameters on the Cost-effectiveness
of Pooled Testing to Classify infection Status of Animals in a Herd”
Authors:
L.L.McV. Messam, J.M. O’Brien, S.K. Hietala, I.A. Gardner
Presenter:
Dr. Locksley L. McV. Messam
3:30 pm
Presentation of Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day Awards
Poster Session – Upstairs Lab
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Poster-1:
“Novel Marine Bacteria and Their Antagonistic Properties
Against Medically Relevant Biofilms”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, C. Bruno
Poster-2:
“New Bacterial Species Isolated from the Bottom of the Sea. Grenada, West Indies”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, N. Caputo, C. Bruno, B. Bhimarasetty,
V. Varicheva. G. Birundi, A.L. Martin
Poster-3:
“Light-dependent Electron Shuffling in Iron-oxidizing Biofilm in Newly
Discovered Tropical Warm Soda Spring”
Authors:
S. Kotelnikova, T. Smith, B. Samuel, D. Garraway, S. Jageval,
R. Naraine, L. Hallback, K. Pedersen
Poster-4:
"Microbial Dominance within Spring Biofilm"”
Authors:
R. Naraine, S. Kotelnikova, K. Pedersen (Swedish Analytica AB)
Poster-5:
“Are We Missing an Important Clue? ‘United Airways Disease’ among Farmers”
Authors:
M. Akpinar-Elci, D. Pascal, M. Abrokwah, O.C. Elci
Poster-6:
“Differences in Blood Donorship Before and After Enrollment in Medical School”
Authors:
K.A. Weintraub, A.E. Meyer, N.S. Shahbazi, L.E. Toner,
L.L.McV. Messam, A.J. Gomez
Poster-7:
“An Incidence Density Case-control Study on Risk Factors Influencing a Student’s
Decision to Donate Blood at a St. George’s University Campus Blood Drive”
Authors:
S.N. Hewitt, S.S. Augusto, L.L.McV. Messam
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