12th Annual Frontiers of Translational Science Research Day Award Winners - May 4, 2022
Student Category
Subash Khadka, MS
"Identification and Characterization of the mediator kinase-dependent myometrial stem cell phosphoproteome”
Department of Molecular Medicine - UT Health San Antonio
Sara Masoud, MPH
“Project ECHO: Brain Health Training for Community Health Workers”
Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences- UT Health San Antonio
Desarey Morales Vasquez
“Broad-Spectrum Antivirals against ZIKV”
Disease Intervention & Prevention - UT Health San Antonio & Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Derek Rodriguez, MS
“Fractalkine isoforms using gene therapy differentially regulate microglia
activation and vascular damage in the diabetic retina”
Translational Science - The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)
Post Doctoral Fellow Category
Valentina Garbarino, PhD
"Tau microtubule stabilizing protein is required for the neural senescence stress response”
Department of Medicine - Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases UT Health San Antonio
Clinical Fellow Category
Angelo Ciaraglia, MD
"Analysis of Transportation Mode on Outcome Analysis in Adult Trauma Patients”
Department of Surgery - UT Health San Antonio
Junior Faculty Category
Susanne Schmidt, PhD
“Towards Standardization and Harmonization of Individual Contextual Social
Determinants of Health Data within Clinical Translational Science Award Institutions”
Population Health Sciences - UT Health San Antonio
Senior Faculty Category
Charles Mathias, PhD
“Fighting an Epidemic in a Pandemic: Naxloxone Distribution and Training under COVID-19 Restrictions”
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences - UT Health San Antonio
Other Category
Kathryn Crouch
“SR-B1 Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery of Novel Anthracyclines to Ewing’s Tumors”
Greehey Children’s Cancer Institute - UT Health San Antonio
Special Recognition
Arhan Rao
“Discoidin Domain Receptor Tyrosine Kinase 2: A Novel Driver of Osteosarcoma”
Health Careers High School
Margarita Solis
"Chemokine Receptor Anatagonists Modify Fentanyl Antinociception and Motor Function”
Health Careers High School
The Institute for Integration of Medicine & Science (IIMS) would like to thank all the Poster Presenters for their participation.
Each winner receives a certificate and a $500 domestic travel/educational award to attend any educational conference, seminar, or workshop (some restrictions apply). Winners should contact us at iims-ctsa@uthscsa.edu when ready to spend their award.