{"id":7945,"date":"2020-03-27T11:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=7945"},"modified":"2020-03-27T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:02:24","slug":"pvm-graduate-students-stand-out-at-health-and-disease-poster-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-graduate-students-stand-out-at-health-and-disease-poster-session.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Graduate Students Stand Out at Health and Disease Poster Session"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dr. Tiffany Lyle, assistant professor of veterinary anatomic pathology, evaluates a research poster made by Cosette Rivera-Cruz, a graduate research assistant in Dr. Marxa Figueiredo\u2019s Lab in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences<\/a>. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When Purdue University hosted the seventh annual \u201cHealth and\nDisease: Science, Technology, Culture and Policy Research Poster Session\u201d just\nbefore Spring Break, Purdue Veterinary Medicine graduate students showed-up in\nforce.  Held March 5 in the Purdue\nMemorial Union North Ballroom, the event offered cash prizes for the top three\nposters in each of six categories and PVM participants claimed three of the\nawards.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The purpose of the poster session is to promote interdisciplinary collaboration in health and disease research across Purdue University. PVM was represented by a mix of DVM and master\u2019s degree students, as well as PhD candidates, who made up almost one-fifth of the 108 participants. The judges for the competition came from all schools and colleges at Purdue. The PVM graduate student researchers who presented posters represented a number of PVM laboratories and research teams, including the O\u2019Haire Lab<\/a>, the Figueiredo Lab<\/a>, the Santos Lab<\/a>, the HogenEsch Research Group<\/a>, the Couetil Lab<\/a>, and the Comparative Blood-Brain Barrier Laboratory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Krista Huff, a PVM master\u2019s student, presented a poster on the research she is doing in the Figueiredo Lab. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First and second prizes for the \u201cInflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Diseases\u201d category were awarded to Ahmed Hassan and Nader Abutaleb, who both work with Professor of Microbiology Mohamed Seleem, as part of the Seleem Research Group<\/a>. Ahmed\u2019s research focuses on the discovery of antibacterial agents targeting gastrointestinal pathogens, namely, Clostridium difficile<\/em> and vancomycin-resistant enterococci<\/em>. Nader\u2019s research focuses on repurposing drugs for treatment of those gut-associated pathogens. The two Department of Comparative Pathobiology<\/a> PhD candidates have co-authored many research articles together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the category of \u201cHealth Care and Culture,\u201d Leanne\nNieforth, a graduate research assistant in the O\u2019Haire group, received third\nplace for her research evaluating how veterans\u2019 expectations of how PTSD\nservice dogs may affect their lives compare with their actual experiences.  Prizes also were awarded for posters in the\nother categories of cancer; cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; health care\ntechnology and engineering; and neuroscience and neurodegenerative disease.  Judges evaluated the posters on the basis of\nthe significance of the results and quality of the student\u2019s presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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