SFESOM NEW FACES SYMPOSIUM
The inaugural New Faces Symposium highlighted eleven outstanding investigators within four years of their first appointment at the University of Utah. Their presentations covered a wide range of exciting and innovative research from across the School of Medicine.
This symposium was hosted by the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine Research Advisory Council.
Eric Monson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry
Title: Navigating the complex interaction of interpersonal trauma and risk for suicide in youth and young adults
Taylor Webb, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Radiology
Title: Robust, targeted, and non-invasive therapy in the deep brain
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Eric Monson, Psychiatry
Natasha Pavlova, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Oncological Sciences
Title: Sensing nutrient availability through homopolymeric amino acid motifs
Andrew Gelman, PhD
Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Title: When it comes to the lung, it’s a local affair
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Natasha Pavlova, ONC SCI
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Andrew Gelman, Internal Medicine
Jessica Osterhout, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurobiology
Title: The neurobiology of sickness
Tyler Starr, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Biochemistry
Title: Molecular evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and related bat coronaviruses
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Jessica Osterhouse, Neurobiology
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Tyler Starr, Biochemistry
Philip Gordts, PhD
Associate Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Pathology
Title: Unlocking the therapeutic power of the glycocalyx in diabetes and iron disorders
Ashley Dalrymple, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Title: Spinal cord stimulation for improving motor and sensory function
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Ashley Dalrymple, PM&R
Bernardo Modenesi, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Population Health Sciences
Title: Extracting insights from data: the intersection of causal inference and machine learning
Julie Szymczak, PhD
Associate Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Title: The sociology of medical practice: harnessing social dynamics to drive healthcare delivery transformation
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Bernardo Modenesi, PHS
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Julie Szymczak, Internal Medicine
Ben Shofty, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, Dept. of Neurosurgery
Title: Human brain network control of creativity
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Ben Shofty, Neurosurgery