Annual Department of Medicine Evans Days

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Thursday, October 19

8:15am – 9:15am Oral Presentations | L110

9:30am– 11:00am Basic Science poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge

11:15am – 12:45pm Basic Science & Clinical Research poster presentations | Hiebert Lounge

1:00pm – 1:30pm Dr. Anthony Hollenberg Interviews Dr. Barbara Kahn | Keefer Auditorium

1:30pm – 2:30pm ARC & Dr. D. Coleman Prize Presentations | Keefer Auditorium

3:00pm – 4:00pm Wilkins Visiting Professor Lecture  | Keefer Auditorium

6:00pm – 9:00pm Reception & Awards Ceremony | Hiebert Lounge

Wilkins Visiting Professor

A Novel Class of Signaling Lipids With Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diabetic Effects

Barbara Kahn, MD

George R. Minot Professor of Medicine – Harvard Medical School
Vice-Chair for Research Strategy,
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

 

Friday, October 20

12:00pm – 1:00pm Ingelfinger Visiting Professor Lecture | Keefer Auditorium

Ingelfinger Visiting Professor

Addressing Health Inequities in Hypertension: Having Impact through Research

Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH
Dr. Adolph & Margaret Berger Professor of Population Health,
Grossman School of Medicine,
New York University 

 

About our Visiting Professors

Dr. Barbara Kahn, an internationally recognized scientist in the area of obesity and type 2 diabetes, and her lab investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying these conditions, including the regulation of insulin action, food intake, and energy balance.

Talk Title: “A Novel Class of Signaling Lipids With Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Diabetic Effects”

 

Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe is a leading expert on health disparities research; his work focuses on the implementation of evidence-based interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction in minority populations. He is Principal Investigator on numerous NIH projects, and has expanded his work globally to Sub-Saharan Africa where he is funded by the NIH to strengthen research capacity and reduce the burden of noncommunicable diseases.

Talk Title:Addressing Health Inequities in Hypertension: Having Impact through Research

Evans Center / IBRO Outstanding Research
Collaborator Award
Elise Morgan, PhD – Engineering Design & Innovation
Clinical Excellence Award
Praveen Govender, MB BCh – Pulmonary, Allergy, Sleep & Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Innovation Award
Deepa Gopal, MD, MS – Cardiovascular Medicine
Nir Ayalon, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Research Mentoring Award
Alexander Walley, MD – General Internal Medicine
Junior Faculty Mentoring Award
Jessica Taylor, MD – General Internal Medicine
Clinical Quality Improvement Award
David Yuh, MD – General Internal Medicine
Outstanding Citizenship Award
Sarah Kimball, MD – General Internal Medicine
David “Aaron” Freed Award
Dennis Chow – Central Finance
Special Recognition Teaching Award
Mark Sloan, MD – Hematology & Oncology
Marie Antoinette Evans Award
Erin Kane – Computational Biomedicine
Daneiris Heredia-Perez, MSPM – General Internal Medicine
Faculty Diversity Award
Kaku So-Armah, PhD – General Internal Medicine
Evans Clinician
Lauren Stern, MD – General Internal Medicine
David Coleman, MD Junior Faculty Prize
Lauren Stern, MD – General Internal Medicine
 Clinical Poster Winners
1st Place: Samantha Malatesta, PhD Candidate
2nd Place: Adriana Flores, MD
3rd Place: Alex Werekuu, MPH
Basic Science Poster Winners
1st Place: Gwen Beacham, PhD
2nd Place: Burcu Erdogan, PhD
3rd Place: Lorraine Soares De Oliveira, PhD
Clinical Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: Lauren Kearney, MD
2nd Place: Victoria Overbeck, MPH
3rd Place: Breanne Biondi, MPH
Basic Oral Presentation Winners
1st Place: Lucien Garo, PhD Candidate
2nd Place: Olivia Perry
3rd Place: Roxana Pfefferkorn, PhD