Learn about pilot funding programs and hear from awardees!

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

1:45 PM  Welcome

1:47 - 2:20 PM  Session 1: Dean's Pilot Program

• Frank Attenello: MD, Systematic Evaluation of Critical Long Noncoding RNAs in Glioblastoma Migration
• Lucio Comai, PhD: Regulation of myoblast transcriptome by non-coding RNAs-SHARP complexes
• Nuria Pastor-Soler, MD, PhD: Addressing the Consequences of Uninephrectomy after Kidney Donation

2:20 - 2:45 PM  Session 2: SC CTSI Pilot Program

• Jennifer Dien Bard, PhD: Prevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Anaerobic Bacteremia in Children
• Megan Herting, PhD: Near-roadway air pollution and brain-behavior risk factors for obesity in young adults

2:35-2:55 PM  BREAK

2:55 - 3:30PM  Session 3: Wright and Baxter Funding Programs

• Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD: Novel Chondroinductive Molecule for Articular Cartilage Restoration
• Ling Shao, MD, PhD: Regulation of the Canonical WNT Signaling Pathway by the Ubiquitin Editing Enzyme A20
• Ming Yu, PhD: Developing Clonal Analysis of Circulating Breast Tumor Cells

3:30 - 4:15 PM  Session 4

• Tiger Zhang, PhD (for RCLD): Role of PARP14 in Hepatocarcinogenesis
• Kinji Asahina, PhD (for ALPD/Cirrhosis): Identification and genesis of tumor-initiating stem cell-like cells in alcohol-promoted PDAC
• William Mack, MD (for SCEHSC): Airborne Particulate Matter from Vehicular Exhaust in the Setting of Acute Stroke
• Erica Shoemaker (for Gehr): Addition of Clinical Care Coordinator to Improve Evaluation Services for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

4:15 - 4:25 PM   Session 5

• David Freyer, OD & Kim Miller, PhD: Development of an interdisciplinary team to expand young adult cancer survivorship science at USC

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM  Poster Session and Reviewer Appreciation Reception All attendees