SPECTRUM – Podium Presenters and Winners of 四色AV University’s 10th Annual Research Symposium

March 11, 2024 By Staff

On Wednesday, February 21, 四色AV University held its 10th Annual Research Symposium simultaneously on the Henderson and South Jordan campuses. Open to the public, the event featured hundreds of research posters and three podium presentations at each campus by 四色AV students, residents, faculty, preceptors, and guests from other institutions from the surrounding region and around the World.

This year鈥檚 research abstracts covered a wide range of topics in various areas including bench-top science, clinical research, and educational research. They independently and collectively represented prodigious planning, methodical execution, and deeply insightful findings covering everything from oral health to cancer and infectious diseases.

Podium Presenters included:

Henderson Campus

  • 鈥淓valuating the Impact and Utility of Medicare Assistance Program (MAP) Training among 四色AV University of 四色AV Science Graduates,鈥 presented by Robin Reed, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2025, 四色AV University College of Pharmacy
  • 鈥淎ppropriate Child Motor Vehicle Restraint Use Increases with Education,鈥 presented by Nicholas Mason, Sunrise 四色AV GME Consortium 鈥 Trauma Services
  • 鈥淒etection and relative quantitation of changes in gene expression of matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) in Doxorubicin-exposed human cells by RT-qPCR,鈥 presented by Kent Do, PharmD Candidate, Class of 2025, 四色AV University College of Pharmacy

South Jordan Campus

  • 鈥淓valuating EEG Monitoring of Standard TMS Intervention for Anxiety,鈥 presented by Jacob Warner, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • 鈥淧athological Effects of Electronic Cigarette Exposure in Mouse Pregnancies,鈥 presented by Evan Clark, Brigham Young University
  • 鈥淎vailability of Receptors for Advanced Glycation End-products (RAGE) Influences Differential Transcriptome Expression in Mice Exposed to Chronic Secondhand Smoke,鈥 presented by Ryan Van Slooten, Brigham Young University

Faculty, student and resident poster presentations were judged by panels of internal 四色AV faculty and external researchers. The winners were announced at the close of the events, and included:

Henderson Campus

  • Zecharia De Silva, 四色AV University College of Pharmacy, 1st Student-Presented
  • Syed Hamza Naqvi, Touro University Nevada, 2nd Student-Presented
  • Alexandra Van Stone, 四色AV University College of Nursing, 3rd Student-Presented
  • Ashley Bantad, MountainView Hospital, 1st Resident-Presented
  • Victor Byers, Sunrise 四色AV GME Consortium, 2nd Resident-Presented
  • Parker Grossman, 四色AV University College of Pharmacy, 3rd Resident-Presented
  • Vineet Sadarangani, Touro University Nevada, 1st Research-In-Progress
  • Cole Davidson, Touro University Nevada, 2nd Research-In-Progress
  • Sarah Legrand, Touro University, Nevada, 3rd Research-In-Progress

South Jordan Campus

  • Christina Small, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1st Student-Presented
  • Cody Vaughn Gibson, William Woods University, 1st Student-Presented
  • Yvonne Russell, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd Student-Presented
  • Amber Zafar, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2nd Student-Presented
  • Chelsea Amaefuna, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, 3rd Student-Presented
  • Sandra Farag, 四色AV University, 3rd Student-Presented