USCSD Research Day 2008 - Final 2008 Competition Results

Congratulations to the 31 winners at Research Day 2008! 

Overall Poster Awards ($500 each)

Dean’s Research Award 
Richard Souza – Poster #48: “Femoral Rotation and Patellofemoral Joint Alignment: A Comparison of Females With and Without Patellofemoral Pain”  (Advisor – Christopher Powers)

Interdisciplinary Award
Jill Stewart – Poster #50: “Training Reach Movements in Individuals with  Hemiparesis: Effect of a Virtual Environment” (Advisor – Carolee Winstein)

Most Innovative Awards  (presented by the USC Stevens Institute for Innovation)
1st Place   
Ronald Nguyen – Poster #63: “Ultralight Optix presents, Feather Light: So Light, it’s Brilliant” (No Advisor – Self-Started)
Runner-Up
Bassem Alkatib – Poster #1: “Can Lasers Help Endodontists’ Do Better Root Canals?” (Advisor – Daniel Kolzet)

Category Awards (1st place = $300; 2nd Place = $200; 3rd Place = $100)

Advanced Specialty Program Resident Award

1st – Jenniffer Rojas – Poster #18: “Early eruption timing and sexual dimorphism of the permanent dentition in Mexican adolescents- A comparison with the Caucasian standards” (Advisor – Glenn Sameshima)

2nd – Alina Krivitsky Aalam – Poster # 23: “Functional restoration of implants on the day of surgical placement in the fully edentulous mandible: a case series” (Advisor – Hassem Nowzari)

3rd – Antonia Teruel – Poster #15: “Role of NSAIDs in Decreasing SCC Growth and Increasing Immune Activation” (Advisor – Glenn Clark)

Biokinesiology and Physcial Therapy Student Award

1st – Richard Souza – Poster # 48: “Femoral Rotation and Patellofemoral Joint Alignment: A comparison of females with and without patellofemoral pain” (Advisor – Christopher Powers)

2nd – Shawn Farrokhi – Poster # 33: “Trunk Position Influences Lower Extremity Kinematics, Kinetics and Muscle Activity  of the Lead Leg during the Forward Lunge Exercise” (Advisor – Christopher Powers)

3rd – Liang-Ching Tsai – Poster # 51: “The Effects of Fatigue and Recovery on Knee Biomechanics During Side-Step  Cutting”                     (Advisor – Christopher Powers)

DDS Student Basic Science Award

1st – George Abichaker – Poster #53: “Cytomegalovirus Inhibition of Embryonic Mouse Tooth Development: A Model of the Human Amelogenesis Imperfecta Phenocopy” (Advisors – Tina Jaskoll and Michael Melnick)

2nd – Laura Harshbarger – Poster #56: “BMP2 signaling is  initiated by immobilized BMP2 ligand” (Advisor – Matt Lee)

3rd – Rita Chuang – Poster #55: “Applying Mycobacterial Suppression of Host Immunity to Atherosclerosis” (Advisor – Daniel Cruz)

DDS Student Clinical Science Award

1st – Rita Chuang – Poster #70: “Late Maxillary Protraction: Novel Treatment Modality for Cleft Lip and Palate Patients” (Advisor – Stephen Yen)

2nd – Camille Nakamura –Poster # 74: “Comparison of Normalized Referenced Facial Form Classification  and Implant Denture Function” (Advisors – Kent Ochiai and Neal Garrett)

3rd – Eric Nordberg – Poster #75: “Effect of Mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) on Regeneration of Periodontal Tissues” (Advisor – Maggie Zeichner-David)

Dental Hygiene and Health Promotion Student Award
1st – Erica Kim –Poster #80: “Questionnaire Survey of Homeless             Patients Regarding Quality of Life, Access to Care and  Oral Health Behaviors” (Advisor – Niel Nathason)

2nd – Reut Douer, Dawn Jarocki, Carlos Sanchez – Poster # 77: “HPV & Oral Cancer: Are They Related?” (Advisor – Donna Smith)

3rd – Audrey Hung, Sheila Kuo-Tiong, Senovita Lopez, Elaine Nguyen – Poster #79: “Aspiration of Biofilm: The Risk for Patients and Dental Professionals” (Advisor – Donna Smith)

Graduate Student MS/PhD Candidate Award – Dentistry

1st – Daniela Schmid – Poster #87: “Integrin linked kinase is  necessary for medial edge epithelia transformation during palatal fusion” (Advisors – Matt Lee and Charles Shuler)

2nd – Rungnapa Warotayanont – Poster #95: “Leucine-rich  amelogenin peptide induces osteogenesis in mouse embryonic stem cells via activation of Wnt and BMP signaling pathways” (Advisor – Malcom Snead)
                       
3rd – Wei-Cheng Tai – Poster #91: “Comparative Growth,  Cognitive, and Neuroanatomical Outcomes Following Maternal Deprivation or Perinatal Brain Injury in Rats” (Advisor – Jack Turman)

Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy Award

1st – Julie Werner – Poster #109: “Individual Differences in Empathy Correlate with Activity in the Inferior Frontal Gyrus” (Advisor – Lisa Aziz-Zadeh)
                       
2nd – Jeremy Seip – Poster #108: “Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment in Adults with Spinal Cord Injury: The Need to Incorporate Daily Lifestyle Concerns” (Advisor – Florence Clark)

3rd – Beth Pyatak – Poster #107: “Disability and bioethics – The Problem with “Prevention”” (Advisor – Ann Neville-Jan)

Post Doctoral Research Award

1st – Fengfeng Xhuang – Poster #97: “MSX Proteins Recruiting and Activating HSFs in the Absence of Stress” (Advisor - Yi-Hsin Liu)
                       
2nd – Rajamani Lakshminarayanan – Poster #112: “Role of Secondary Structure in Amelogenin Self-assembly; Circular Dichroism (CD) and Isothermal Titration  Calorimetry (ITC) Studies” (Advisor – Janet Moradian-Oldak)
                       
3rd – Marcelo Freire – Poster #82: “Osseoinduction by capturing BMP-2 on immobilized Antibodies” (Advisor – Homa Zadeh)

Research Associates Research Award

1st –Alena Knezevic – Poster #122: “Simulated fatigue of  porcelain/composite resin CAD/CAM overlays on  endodontically-treated molars” (Advisor – Pascal Magne)

2nd – Rodrijo Lacruz – Poster #123: “Imaging dental tissues in fossil hominins with portable confocal scanning optical microscopy (PCSOM)”
(Advisor – Michael Paine)

3rd – Man-ying Wang – Poster #125: “Influence of Hyperkyphosis   on Lower Extremity Biomechanics in Older Adults” (Advisor – George Salem)
        


Thank you to our Research Day 2008 Judges!             

Lisa Aziz-Zadeh
Erna Blanche
Nina Bradley
Glenn Chang
Casey Chen
Jucheng Chen
Ching Hsiu Ketty Chiu
Paul Denny
Amen Dhyllon
Linda Fetters
Joe Field
Jenniffer Holtzman
Shirley Kang
Bonnie Kennedy
Kornelia Kulig
Anh Le
Matt Lee
Tom Levy
Richard Lin
Pascal Magne
Shervin Molayem
Janet Moradian-Oldak
Michael Paine
Christopher Powers
Glenn Sameshima
Nicolas Schweighofer
Parish Sedghizadeh
Hazem Seirawan
Wei Shi
Susan Sigward
Homa Zadeh
Maggie Zeichner-David

Research Day 2009 is tentatively scheduled for February 18, 2009 at the Galen Center.  More information to be announced soon!