3rd UMHS Research Symposium: Oral Research Presentations
The 3rd UMHS Research Symposium will be held tonight in the Warren Ross Auditorium, UMHS Campus, St. Kitts, Tuesday March 20, 2018 6:00—8:00 PM. Program below:
Oral Research Presentations:
6:00-6:20 - Poster Session
6:20-6:30 - Opening Remarks: Dr. Edwin Purcell, Dean Basic Sciences
6:30-6:40 - Eboni Peoples & Justine Vella:
Chronic Hepatitis C Virus in St. Kitts: an Analysis of Prevalence, Risk Factors and Testing Guidelines
6:40-6:50 - Fernando Vélez:
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Surfaces after Clinical Simulation at a Caribbean Medical School
6:50-7:00 - Paola A. Rodriguez Martinez:
Development of a Digital Public Health Database to Assess Prevalence of Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases
7:00-7:05 - Questions for Student Presentations
7:05-7:15 - Dr. Prakash Mungli:
Hybrid Classroom
7:15-7:30 - Dr. Abrar Khan:
Coronary Dominance
7:30-7:50 - Keynote Address:
Dr. Karen Near, Chief Medical Officer, Bureau of Global Heatlh, USAID:
Careers in Medical Research and What's Going on Out There
7:50-8:00 - Closing Remarks: Dr. Jane Harrington
Reception with refreshments to follow.
Photo Credit: Ian Holyoak
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3rd UMHS Research Symposium Student Poster Sessions
Student Research Poster Presentations:
Juan Cruz-Echevarría:
Antimicrobial and AntiBiofilm Properties of Indigenous Plants Extracts against Staph aureus
Fabiola A. Rodriguez Gonzalez:
Antimicrobial Resistance against Extended-Spectrum BetaLactamase of Bacteria Isolated from Chicken and Pork in St. Kitts
Adithi Srinivasiah:
A Comparative Analysis of Remission Rates and Length of Stay of Patients with DeNovo AML and Patients with AML with Underlying MDS in a Community Hospital Setting
Jeannie Autry:
A Brief Intervention Reduces Perceived Stress among College Students
Venita Uzowulu:
Examining the Threshold of Gastrointestinal Microbiota under Chronic Disease to Determine How Dysbiosis Affects the Enteric Nervous System
Fatima Issa:
The Role of Microbiota and Its Influence of the Gut-Brain Axis
Johanna Enelus:
Addressing the Childhood Obesity Epidemic through Early Preventive Measures
The UMHS student's research posters will be on display at the symposium tonight (March 20, 2018) from 6:00-6:20 pm for consultation with the researchers. The event will be held in the Warren Ross Auditorium, UMHS St. Kitts Campus.
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Join UMHS for the 1st Annual Research Symposium
Keynote Speaker:
Dr. Amy
Beierschmitt, Attending Veterinarian, Behavioral Science Foundation, Adjunct Faculty, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine:
Non-human primate models of disease, genetics, addictive behavior and behavioral / cognitive disorders.
Faculty Presentation:
Dr. Will Cobb, Assistant Professor
of Anatomy &
Dr. Rebecca Cusack, Gross Anatomy Lab Instructor:
The Physiology of
Neuromusculoskeletal Tissue.
Student Presentations:
Geneviève
Aubé & Katie Plemmons:
Analysis of Microbial Isolates from Personal Mobile
Devices on UMHS campus.
Laura
Mena-Albors & Wined Ramirez:
Microbiology Lessons
to Create Awareness of the Importance of Hand Hygiene and Surface Cleaning.
Jameison
Rolle:
Pullulan
ω-carboxyalkanoates for Drug Nanodispersions.
Freddie
Irizarry-Delgado:
CD16+ Monocyte Subset
as a Reservoir of HIV-1 in Patients under Prolonged Suppressive Antiretroviral
Therapy.
Poster Presentations:
Stefan Campbell:
Epileptiform transients in the occipital lobe in pediatrics.
Soraya Darwood:
Evaluation of Microbial Contaminants in Tap Water and Efficacy of Home
Filtration Systems.
Samah Halbouni:
What are the risk
factors for Arboviral infection in UMHS medical students?
Nawsheen Khan:
The
Anti-Bacterial Effect of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on Bacillus Anthracis.
Tom Kowalski:
Impact
of the Implanted Cough System on the Quality of Life (QoL) of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Subjects.
Ellen Lorenzen:
An investigation of pork products
from imported and domestic origins in local St. Kitts grocery stores for levels
of coliforms and resistance to antibiotics.
Kamalpreet Mann & James Riddle:
Antimicrobial Properties of Indigenous
Tropical Plants Moringa and Neem.
Christina Varela:
Detection
of Salmonella and E.coli Contamination from Imported and
Domestically Produced Poultry from Retail Markets in St. Kitts.
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