Pediatric Research, Education and Scholarship Symposium (PRESS)

PRESS 2019

The 33rd Annual Pediatric Research, Education, and Scholarship Symposium (PRESS) was held on Friday, April 5th, 2019. This year we had a fantastic turnout with over 185 people in attendance!

The 2019 PRESS committee would like to thank everyone that helped make PRESS possible this year. A special thanks to our judges who played a vital role in scoring abstract submissions, oral and poster presentations.

2019 PRESS Booklet

Awardees

Oral Presentations

First Place

Branden Smeeter, Graduate Student, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
SEMA4C is a Novel Target to Limit Osteosarcoma Growth, Progression and Metastasis
Research Sponsor: Branden Moriarity, PhD & David Largaespada, PhD

Second Place & Margaret Hostetter Awardee

Ellen Ingolfsland, MD, Pediatric Fellow, Neonatology-Perinatal Medicine
Characterization of M1 and M2 Microglial Responses to Phlebotomy-induced Anemia (PIA) at 2 Time Points in the Developing Rat Retina
Research Sponsor: Tate Gisslen, MD

Third Place

Paulina Marell, Medical Student (MS2), Neonatology
Cord Blood-derived Exosomal Catactin-2: a potential biomarker for brain health of neonates at risk of iron deficiency
Research Sponsor: Phu V. Tran, MD

Undergraduate/Graduate/Medical Students: Posters

First Place

Zachary Galliger, Graduate Student, Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation
3D Bioprinting Tracheal Grafts for Pediatric Application
Research Sponsor: Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari, PhD

Daniel Cortez, Hayden Garmon, Jessica Kostecki, Eishani Kumar and Breanna Pederson, Undergraduate Students, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Training Laryngoscope
Research Sponsor: Jonathan Strutt, MD

Third Place

Aubrey Hubbard, Graduate Student, Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research
International Incidence Comparisons and Trends in Ovarian Germ Cell Tumors: 1988-2012
Research Sponsor: Jenny N. Poynter, PhD

Hayley Sharma, Medical Student, Global Pediatrics
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Unaccompanied Refugee and Asylum-seeking Minors: a literature review
Research Sponsor: Cynthia Howard, MD, MPHTM & Charles Oberg, MD, MPH

Residents: Posters

First Place

Aaron Westreich, MD, Pediatric Resident, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Factors Affecting Admission and Length of Stay in Patients with Influenza-associated Myositis
Research Sponsor: Manu Madhok, MD

Second Place

Sandy Liu, MD, Pediatric Resident, Pediatric Endocrinology
Case Report: 17 Year old Female Presenting with Throat Pain, a case of likely pediatric myxedema with hypothyroid myopathy and pericardial effusion
Research Sponsor: Bradley Miller, MD, PhD

Pediatric Fellows: Posters

First Place

Steven Skolasinski, Medicine Fellow, Pulmonology, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep
Assessing an Airway Cell Spray Device for In-vitro Application of Cells
Research Sponsor: Angela Panoskaltsis-Mortari

Janna Gewirtz O’Brien, MD, Pediatric Fellow, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health
Running the Risk: a Comparison of Mental Health Outcomes among Runaway, Homeless and Stably Housed Youth
Research Sponsor: Annie-Laurie McRee, DrPH

Third Place

Marie Hickey, MD, Pediatric Fellow, Neonatology
Otherwise Healthy Term Infants Exposed to Antibiotics due to Concerns for Sepsis After Birth Demonstrate Altered ERP Performance at 1 Month
Research Sponsor: Cheryl Gale, MD

Post - Doctoral Fellow: Posters

First Place

Maryam Ebadi, MD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
Overcoming Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Chemoresistance Induced by the Meninges
Research Sponsor: Peter Gordon, MD, PhD