The William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine hosted the 2015 Research Symposium on April 17 with Dr. Stefanie Jeffrey of Stanford University as the keynote speaker.
Dr. Jeffrey, Stanford's chief of surgical oncology research and the John and Marva Warnock professor, joined three Carey faculty members in presenting lectures throughout the symposium. Her lecture topic was ";Liquid Biopsy in Cancer."; Following Dr. Jeffrey's lecture, Dr. Italo Subbarao, associate dean of pre-clinical sciences at the Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine, presented ";Using Twitter Effectively to Prevent Injury and Deaths from Disasters.";
Dr. Tyler Hodges, assistant professor of biological sciences, presented ";Bioactive Surfaces and Their Applications,"; followed by Dr. Maude McGill, instructor of nursing, presenting ";Increasing Dietary Phosphorous Knowledge and Adherence Among Adult Hemodialysis Patients through Peer Mentoring.";
The lectures were presented free of charge and open to the public. Prior to the lectures, Carey students and faculty members from the medical college, the School of Nursing and the Master of Biomedical Science program competed in a research poster contest. The contest featured four categories, including graduate, medical, nursing and undergraduate.
First place winners in the graduate category were Danielle Hagler and Justina Boles, students in the biomedical science program, for their poster, ";Antimicrobial Peptides for Pathogen Reduction."; Winners in the medical category were David Buford, Nabil Baddour, Allina Espinosa, Iben McCormick-Ricket and Dr. Subbarao for ";An Evidence-Based Review of Resilience in Communities in the Face of Oil Spill Disasters.";
Winning the nursing category was Denise Hancock, assistant professor of nursing, for ";Leaving Academia: Work Experiences and Career Decisions of Former Nurse Faculty."; Winning the undergraduate category was Pearl Ugwu-Dike, a senior biology major, for ";Cross-Regulation Between the Notch Signaling Pathway and the Activin Signaling Pathway in the Ovary.";