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Keynote Speakers

Andrew Weyrich, PhD

President, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

“Journey to Career Success and Future of Research”

Nels Elde, PhD

Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah and Howard Hughes Investigator

“The best-laid plans of mice (viruses) and men” 

Poster Awardees

 Andrea White, PhD and Dr. Inadomi
Andrea White, PhD
Andrew and Dr. Inadomi
Andrew Horn, PhD
Jarred and Dr. Inadomi
Jarred Iacovelli, MS
JOHN PITTMAN
John Pittman, MD

Congratulations to this year’s outstanding recipients:

  • Andrea White, PhD - National Patient Safety Measures On Antimicrobial Use In Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  • Andrew Horn, PhD - Effects of Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 1 and 2 Inhibition on Potassium-mediated Vasoreactivity in Young and Old Mice
  • Jarred Iacovelli, MS - The Sympathetic Vasomotor Component of the Arterial Baroreflex is Impaired in Patients with Transthyretin Amyloidosis
  • John Pittman, MD - Impact of Codon Level KRAS Mutation Status on Treatment Response to TAS-102, TAS-102+Bevacizumab, or Regorafenib in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

Top Discovery Talks

Andrew Gelman
Left to right: Ramsey Hachem, MD, Andrew Gelman, PhD, Chris Hill, DPhil
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Left to right: Josef Prchal, MD, Jihyun Song, PhD, Chris Hill, DPhil
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Mary Jo Pugh, PhD, RN, and Chris Hill, DPhil
Neeraj Agarwal
Neeraj Agarwal, MD, FASCO

Congratulations to our Top Discovery Talks recipients for their exceptional presentations on advances in cancer therapy, lung transplantation, genetics, and brain injury.

  • Neeraj Agarwal, MD,FASCO, Professor, Division of Oncology – "Combination therapy for metastatic prostate cancer: from Phase I trial to clinical use”
  • Andrew Gelman, PhD, Professor, Division of Respiratory, Critical Care, and Occupational Pulmonary Medicine“No tolerance for Pseudomonas in lung transplants”
  • Josef Prchal, MD, Professor, Division of Hematology & Hematologic Malignancies – "Discovery of pro-inflammatory gene linked to erythrocytosis resulting from high-altitude adaptation”
  • Mary Jo Pugh, PhD, Professor, Division of Epidemiology – “Long-term systemic effects of traumatic brain injury”