April 11, 2014 — The University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy (SOP) was well-represented at the 2014 College of Health Sciences Grand Rounds April 11, 2014. The 20th Annual Research Day showcased the exciting research and work of faculty, researchers, and students.
First-year Pharm.D. students in Dr. Baskaran "Baski" Thyagarajan's Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics course presented six posters on drug interactions. For a complete list of presenters, please see the Grand Rounds Program and List of Poster Presentations. See photos of the day's events.
A highlight of the event was the Otis L. Hoy Memorial Seminar, which featured a presentation by keynote speaker David Pollock, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, titled, “The Genesis of Our Genomes: Repetitive Elements and the Origin of Function.”
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Left: Dean Linda Gore Martin and Dean Joseph Steiner are pictured with David Pollock, Ph.D., from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Right: Dr. Pollock gave the featured presentation titled, “The Genesis of Our Genomes: Repetitive Elements and the Origin of Function,” during the Otis L. Hoy Memorial Seminar. |
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Several SOP faculty, researchers, and students were honored for their work during the award ceremony.
Faculty Grant-in-Aid Awards |
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Travis Brown; $7,000, “Sensory Cues Predictive of Food Availability Undergo Time-Dependent Prominence, Which Facilitates Overeating Behaviors.” Left: Travis Brown receives a CHS Faculty Grant-in-Aid Award from Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |
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Guanglong He; $7,000, “Card9 Regulates Obesity-Induced Cardiac Mitochondrial Dysfunction.” Left: Guanglong He receives a CHS Faculty Grant-in-Aid Award from Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |
Student Travel Fund Awards |
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Greg Miller; $750 to travel to the AACP Annual Meeting to present a poster titled, “Implementing a Student-Led Supplemental Instruction (Si) Program for School of Pharmacy Basic Science Courses.” Greg has also been chosen as a 2014 Walmart Scholar with Dr. Suzanne Clark. Left: Greg Miller receives a CHS Student Travel Fund Award from Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |
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Rebecca Darling; $750 to travel to the Annual Society of Neuroscience Conference to present a poster titled, “Cathepsin K Is Required for the Maintenance of Long-Term Potentiation in the Hippocampus.” Left: Rebecca Darling receives a CHS Student Travel Fund Award from Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |
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Paige Dingess; $750 to travel to the Annual Society of Neurosciences Conference to present a poster titled, “Exposure to a High-Fat Diet Attenuates the Locomotor-Stimulating Effects of Cocaine.” Left: Paige Dingess receives a CHS Student Travel Fund Award from Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |
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Nathan Fuller presented his research project titled, “Evaluation of Duration and Indication of Anti-Psuedomonal Antimicrobial Therapy in a Community Hospital.” Left: Nathan Fuller is awarded third place in the competitive oral student presentation category by Dean Joseph Steiner during the 2014 CHS Grand Rounds/Research Day. |