For over 50 years, the Department of Internal Medicine has held an annual Research Day to highlight and celebrate the scientific work of department faculty, fellows and science staff. It has grown from a half dozen posters to well over a hundred, settling in recent years to a manageable, competitive submission for 70 spots. Each year a team of faculty judges circulates among presenters on Research Day, listening to presentations and selecting best posters in basic and clinical/translational science as well as best poster by a new investigator. Winners receive a cash prize and time at Department of Internal Grand Rounds to present their work to a large and diverse audience of scientists and clinicians.

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Past Research Day Events

Poster List
  1. Izola Ramalho
    Adolescent Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Health and Estrogen Exposure: A Cross-Sex, Gender-Inclusive Cohort Analysis
  2. Brieanna M Hilkin
    Increased small airway clearance after starting highly effective modulator therapy: Decoding "the purge" in cystic fibrosis
  3. Winter Philibert
    Pro-Oxidant Environment Driven by CFTR Dysfunction Alters Mucus Properties and Reduces Transport in the Absence of Infection and Inflammation
  4. Austin Halupnik
    Validation of GEMA-Na and GEMA-AI in an American Cohort of Patients on the Liver Transplant Waiting List
  5. Aubriannah Larson
    Intermittent High-Grade Atrioventricular Block as a Presenting Sign of Left Ventricular Noncompaction in a Young Adult
  6. Melissa Swee
    Multilevel Barriers and Facilitators to CKD Care in Rural Veterans: A CFIR-Guided Qualitative Study
  7. Matthew Gao
    Molecular and Immune Landscape of Early-Onset versus Average-Onset Well-Differentiated Enteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors
  8. Gokul Patil
    Tissue factor and extracellular vesicles from PASC patients exert procoagulant effects and mediates venous thrombosis in a murine model
  9. Emma Stapleton
    Residential fungal β-(1,3)-D-glucan exposure correlates with increased pulmonary severity in a cohort of midwestern sarcoidosis patients.
  10. Desmond Barber
    The ICU Academy: Interprofessional Education through Didactics and Simulation
  11. Grace Maurer
    Women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus have preserved sensory nerve-mediated dilation in the cutaneous microvasculature
  12. Melissa Ward
    Older Adults' Attitudes Towards Influenza, COVID-19, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus
  13. Shreyashree Sarkar
    Elevated Relative Risk of Venous Thrombosis in Young Adults with Colorectal Cancer: A Global Retrospective Study
  14. Jacob Heath
    Early vs Delayed Ablation for New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation
  15. Meena Kumari Palani Kumar
    Age and sex dependent shift in murine gut microbiome may adversely affect host metabolic pathways
  16. Rim Nehme - oral presentation awardee
    Regional Variation in Airway Mucus Clearance: Insights from a PCD Pig Model
  17. Alexandra Loren
    Improving efficiency and sustainability in science.
  18. Madison Bellamy
    Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria and Its Association with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth
  19. Anika Mittal
    More Than Just a Gut Feeling: A Rare Cause of Chronic Diarrhea
  20. Jaaliyah Heard
    LSD1 Inhibition as a Novel Strategy to Enhance MMP-Targeted Therapy in Triple Negative Breast Cancer
  21. Michael Rector
    Making Waves in Airway Mucus Transport
  22. Saurabh Saini
    CD47 deficiency causes RBC decline and delayed hematologic recovery following sublethal radiation
  23. Tony Pomales
    Access and experiences of alcohol-related treatment among rural Veterans
  24. Amy O'Shea
    An Overview of Specialty & Urgent Care Delivered by a Hub-and-Spoke Telemedicine Model in the Veterans Health Administration
  25. Allison Rux
    Regulation of NK Cells by Vitamin D and Exhaustion Pathways During JC Polyomavirus Infection
  26. Angela Nelson
    Age-Dependent Plasma Factor D Levels and Their Clinical Implications in Complement-Mediated Kidney Diseases
  27. Daisy Hernandez
    CFTR Deficiency Increases ILC2 IL-4 Responsiveness Independent of IL-33 Release
  28. Nicole Meyer
    A Functional Assay to Assess Factor I Missense Variants
  29. Lei Tong
    Microglial SHIP1 contributes to inflammation-driven hemodynamic responses and sympathetic outflow
  30. Elizabeth Wagstaff
    JC polyomavirus noncoding control region impacts neuropathogenesis and cell tropism
  31. Biyun Xue
    Role of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D synthase on SARS-CoV-2 replication and innate antiviral immune response
  32. Allie Smith
    Investigating the role of histone methylation modifiers on BRCA1-mutated TNBC tumorigenesis and therapy resistance
  33. Ruda Lee
    Cutaneous Microvascular Vasodilation Response to Local Heating Is Decreased in Pregnant Women of Advanced Maternal Age Compared to Younger Pregnant Women
  34. Syed Ahmed Nadeem
    Automated Multi-Volume CT Biomarkers of Respiratory Mechanics in COPD: Associations with Mortality and Characterization of Impairments in PRISm and Early Dyspnea
  35. Greta Becker
    Lung Function, Radiographic Findings, and Quality of Life in Children after Pulmonary TB
  36. Thomas Rush
    When Air Becomes a Risk Factor: PM2.5 Exposure and Lung Transplant Outcomes
  37. Grace Fritz
    Identifying the contribution of MUC5AC to airway mucus properties
  38. Oleksandr Obrosov
    Is Fish Oil the Only Source of OMEGA-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for the Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Nueropathy?
  39. Hanna Huston
    Analysis of the Immune Microenvironment and Iron Metabolism in Synovial Sarcoma
  40. Saman Khodaei
    T1 Mapping in the Lungs using a Variable Flip Angle Approach with UTE-MRI
  41. Annabel Noel
    Association of dieting with MRI outcomes in patients with multiple sclerosis
  42. Kim Fairhead
    Self-reported dietary changes lead to improved outcomes in newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis patients
  43. Lorena Tran
    Hydroxymethylation drives post-mitotic epigenetic inflammatory memory in airway basal stem cells
  44. Eric A. Hoffman
    Exposure to Fine Particulate Matter (PM₂.₅) is Associated with Ground-Glass Opacity (GGO) Texture in COPDGene
  45. Akash Pradeep
    Long COVID is a risk factor for several cardiovascular, renal and pulmonary outcomes in adults: Results from a global retrospective study
  46. Jasmine Miftahof
    IL-21 and IL-15 Differentially Modulate Viral Persistence and Neuroimmune Signatures in SIV-Infected Brain Tissue
  47. Haley Pysick - oral presentation awardee
    Severe, Non-apneic Respiratory Dysfunction and Hypoxia following Generalized Convulsive Seizures
  48. Austin Paden
    The NOD1/NOD2/RIPK2 Signaling Axis Shapes Route-Specific Immunity to Foodborne Listeria monocytogenes
  49. Emily Liu
    Loss of TSC2 Drives TGF-β Signaling in Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  50. Dylan Bergstedt
    Metachronal coordination in ciliated airway epithelium
  51. Andrea Milenia Benavides - oral presentation awardee
    Inflammatory Monocyte Responses and Endothelial Stress in Young Adult E-Cigarette Users
  52. Fajar Haider
    Evaluating the Impact of an Online Multimodal Wellness Program on Nutrition, Fatigue, and Quality of Life in Rheumatologic Disease
  53. Jin-Young Yoon
    SIRT5 Dysfunction Evokes ROS-Dependent Na+/Ca2+ Mishandling and Arrhythmias in the Mouse Heart
  54. Anna Klein
    What we can't grow, we can get close by”: Perception of Food Access among Iowans with Multiple Sclerosis, insights into grocery shopping, home cultivation, and access to preferred foods
  55. Spyridon Fortis
    Comparison between Eupneic and Dyspneic People with Severe Airflow Limitation
  56. Blake Bernauer
    Balancing Activation and Inhibition: CIML NK Cell Responses to JC Polyomavirus
  57. Shubha Murthy
    IGFBP3 Facilitates DNA Damage Repair to Preserve Airway Basal Cell Stemness
  58. Hanna Paton
    SIRPa deletion impacts T cell activation and effector functions in a tissue specific manner following L. major infection
  59. Riley Meyer
    Regional Analysis of 129Xe MRI Pulmonary Gas Exchange and Restricted Airspace Diffusion
  60. Abhishek Jha
    Bridging In Vivo Research and Machine Learning: Deep Learning Framework for Automated Infarct Segmentation in Preclinical Stroke Imaging
  61. Kathy Nguyen
    Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 (TREM-1) paradoxically regulates allergic airway inflammation
  62. Bailey McElligott
    GPx1 loss activates the WNT pathway and protects against colitis
  63. Brittany Anderson
    Dementia Specialists' Perspectives on Improving Rural Veterans' Access to Care
  64. Jason Dierdorff
    Superoxide Regulates Sex-Dependent Upper Body Irradiation-Induced Cardiopulmonary Injury
  65. Sydney Skuodas
    Exploring Lysosome Phenotypes in Parkinson’s Disease
  66. Christian Anderson - oral presentation awardee
    Long-term Flecainide Exposure Triggers Expression of Neuronal Sodium Channels in the Murine Heart
  67. Kane Zemo
    Incidence and Prevalence of Ventricular Tachycardia has Increased in Most Demographics over the past Decade
  68. Mariia Kumskova - oral presentation awardee
    Impaired platelet function in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is associated with decreased GPVI and PAR1 expression on platelets
  69. Lalit K Gautam
    Akt Activity is a Critical Regulator of Airway Epithelial Cell Fate Decisions
  70. Kelsey Schwartz
    Upregulation of mineralocorticoid receptor expression contributes to microvascular endothelial dysfunction in healthy women with a history of preeclampsia
  71. Ashten Sherman
    Quantitative Chest CT Analysis to Identify Small Airways Disease After Lung Transplantation
  72. Stacey Hockett Sherlock
    Collaborative Development, Limited Engagement: Qualitative Assessment of an Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention in Walk-in Clinics
  73. Kyle Current
    Neonatal Rat Cardiac Myocytes Express Sex-Dependent Antioxidant Enzymatic and Superoxide Activity Differences When Subjected to Ionizing Radiation
  74. Sydney Quijano
    Alcohol consumption genetically alters breast cancer cells driving breakage of systemic tumor dormancy
  75. Nathaniel Connolly
    Grp Signaling in the Basolateral Amygdala Promotes a Fear Sensitization Responses After Exposure to Strong Threats
  76. Roger D. Struble, MD, MPH
    Pain as a Pre-Sepsis Warning Signal: Quantifying Pain and Infection Codes in the Weeks Before Sepsis
  77. Atonu Chakrabortty
    Integrative Profiling of ABC Transporters in In Vitro Ovarian Cancer Models Identifies an ABCB1–ABCG2–ABCA8 Axis Linked to Cisplatin and Paclitaxel Response
  78. Prabuddha Sarkar
    Generation of the Bispecific antibody to cross the Blood Brain Barrier in SIV infected Rhesus monkey
  79. Omar Aristizabal
    Neuropathogenesis of Ebola
  80. Jasmyn Hoeger
    Discovery and Initial Characterization of a Diverse Family of Microproteins Derived from Alternative Open Reading Frames in SCN(NaV) Genes
  81. Weiyang Zhao
    Molecular Mechanism of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
  82. Kailey Said
    Sorbs2 regulates phenotype plasticity and mechanotransduction responses in vascular smooth muscle cells.
  83. Neelam Gautam
    Defining the Role of CD5 Co-receptor in Chronic Immune Challenges
  84. Sandra Blom
    Proinflammatory cytokines alter β-cell Golgi structure and function via iNOS suppression of mitochondrial metabolism
     

Research Day 2025

Research Day 2025

October 7, 2025

Agenda:

TimeSession
11:00-11:50am

Lunch available – MERF Atrium

Join us for pizza – and be sure to bring your own refillable water container!

12:00-1:00pm

Keynote Presentation (Prem Sahai - 1110 MERF)

The Role of the Indoor Environment and Airway Disease

Nadia Hansel, MD, MPH
Director, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Physician-in-Chief, Johns Hopkins Hospital

1:15-2:30pm

Invited Presentations (Prem Sahai - 1110 MERF)

Haley Pysick, MD (1:15)
Rim Nehme, MD (1:30)
Andrea Milenia Benavides, BS (1:45)
Christian Anderson, MD, PhD (2:00)
Mariia Kumskova, MD (2:15)

2:45pm-4:00pmPoster Session and Reception (MERF Atrium)
Poster presenters are asked to be at their poster from 2:45-4:00 PM for poster judging.