Poster Presentations | 2020 LWBIWH Symposium
Virtual Poster Session
Posters below have been submitted, reviewed, and accepted for the 2020 Laura W. Bush
Institute for Women's Health Sex- and Gender-Health Symposium. 
Denotes Merit Award Winner
Women's Health and Differences in Health/Gender
Focus on Community
Awareness of Mental Health Resources among Undergraduate Women at Texas Tech University (HP Group 16)
Project Team: Miriam Shayeb, Anudeeksha Satheeshkumar
Correlations between Attitudes and HPV Vaccination (HP Group 18)
Project Team: Vanessa Ku, Stephanie Bui, Chelsea Gerlicki, Christina Tompkins, Venus Tran, Elleana
Majdinasab
TTUHSC Pharmacy Student Knowledge about Sex Trafficking (HP Group 19)
Project Team: Sarah Haque, Tiffany Xu, Shannon Pan, Madison Schoeberl, Stephen Rossettie, Albin
John
Association of Early Sexual Education with Teen Health (HP Group 20)
Project Team: Rin Rice, Lois Mendez, Bailey Villeda, Hailey Burden, Jali Garza
Knowledge among middle school and high school female athletes on the athletic triad
and impacts of amenorrhea on their bodies (HP Group 26)
Project Team: Kwame Opoku, Katherine Holder, Abigail Raef, Bernardo Galvan, Karishma Desai
Elementary School Faculty Flu Vaccination Rates(HP Group 28)
Project Team: Jenna Jurecky, Veena Agusala, Michael Carey, Taylor Galvan, Erin Morris, Shayan Sarrami,
Michael Meuth
Perception of Period Poverty and Menstrual Products across TTU Communities (HP Group 38)
Project Team: Maireigh Nicholas, Carly Cline, Bryan Bashrum, Daniel Payberah, Yesenia Barrios,
Riya Ganji
The Development of Perinatal Psychiatry Specialty Clinic in West Texas, Serving Hub
City Lubbock, TX, and Surrounding Rural Counties
Project Team: Anastasia Ruiz, Sarah Wakefield
Language Preference, Age, and Health Literacy: An Exploration of Breast Health Knowledge
in the Concho Valley
Project Team: Allee Nix, Susan Wilkinson
Focus on Clinical or Translational Science
Cladribine Transfer into Human Milk
Project Team: Avery Bramnik, P Datta, A.I. Ciplea, K Rewers-Felkins, R Gold, K Hellwig, T Hale,
T Baker
Cryoablation as a Breast Cancer Treatment in a Murine Model
Project Team: Victoria M. Chu, Sonia Y. Khan, Michael W. Melkus, Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman
Environmental Contaminants Influence Gamete Development but not Hormone Profiles of
Patients Undergoing IVF
Project Team: LL Penrose, S Khalili, D Leung, K Ahmad, SD Prien
Mathematically Adjusting for Embryo Size Improves the Accuracy of a Specific Gravity
Device in Predicting Embryo Sex
Project Team: Sam Prien, Lindsay Penrose
Critical Thinking: Contextualizing Activities for Critical Thinking (ACTs) in Simulation
and the Classroom
Project Team: Morgan Ashley, Kathy Sridaromont, Brandi Sawyer, Brandy Pitts, Alison Barron, Patti
White, Mary Mwaura, Melissa Leal, Deborah Casaus
Transitioning Maternal-Newborn and Pediatric Clinical Hours to Simulation Based Experiences
in a BSN Program: A Comparison Study
Project Team: Patti White, Jane D. Champion, Stephanie Morgan
Serotonin Modulator Vortioxetine transfers into Human Milk
Project Team: Kendall Marshall, Palika Datta, Kathleen Rewers-Felkins, Teresa Baker, Thomas W Hale
Transfer of Antibiotic Dicloxacillin into Human Milk
Project Team: Marcella Muysson, Palika Datta, Kathleen Rewers-Felkins, Teresa Baker, Thomas W
Hale
Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis with Tecfidera in Breastfeeding Mother
Project Team: Ella Speck, Palika Datta, Kathleen Rewers-Felkins, Andrea I. Ciplea, Kerstin Hellwig,
Teresa Baker, Thomas W Hale
Evaluation of the Reproductive Care Provided to Adolescent Patients in Nephrology
Clinics: A Pediatric Nephrology Research Consortium Study
Project Team: Shyanne Page-Hefley, Tetyana L Vasylyeva, Salem Almaani, Isabelle Ayoub, Abigail
Batson, Michelle Hladunewich, Noel Howard, Hilda E Fernandez, Michelle O'Shaughnessy,
Monica L Reynolds, Shikha Wadhwani, Jarcy Zee, William E. Smoyer, Scott E Wenderfer,
Katherine E Twombley
Perception of Quality of Care in Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatients’ Clinic During
COVID-19 Pandemic
Project Team: Annu Dixit, Sarah Kennedy, Rivera Elsy, Tina Thai, Chanaka N. Kahathuduwa, Sabeena
Rahman, Christopher Maguire, Kathryn Hutton, Christopher Enakpene, Daniela Pino, Michael
Galloway, Natalia Schlabritz-Lutsevich
The Dreaded Double Scar
Project Team: Sajjad Haider, Jennifer Mitchell
Focus on Basic Science
Sex-specific protection from inhibitory circuit disruption by retinoic acid signaling
in a novel mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Project Team: Brent Kisby, Karen Castaneda, Anthony J. Pascullo, Robert Barnes, Jeremy D. Bailoo,
Igor Ponomarev, J Josh Lawrence
A comparative study of Lactobacillus species and inflammatory biomarkers among primigravida
and multigravida women
Project Team: Kushal Gandhi, Paula Gutierrez, John Garza, Michael Galloway, and Gary Ventolini
RAD6 inhibition attenuates DNA repair and stem cell signaling and overcomes acquired
chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
Project Team: Tasmin R. Omy, Shirisha Jonnalagadda, Mark Reedy and Komaraiah Palle
A Redesign of the ProteX to Harvest Free Oxygen Species Appears to Improve Overall
Semen Parameters
Project Team: Sam Prien, Melissa Sillivent, Lindsay Penrose
Complementary or Integrative Health
Focus on Clinical or Translational Science
Cannabis Use Among Breastfeeding Women: Results from an Online Survey
Project Team: Christine D Garner, Kathy Kendall-Tackett, Christina Young, Teresa Baker, Thomas
W Hale
A Student-Generated, Peer-Led Teaching Activity for Integrative Medicine in a Family
Medicine Accelerated Track
Project Team: Edward Alston, Kayden Barber, Joshua Brock, Cheryl Haston, Franckiana Lormeus, Nica
Lurtsema, Noriko Merida-Morales, Annalee Molina, Stephanie Rodriguez, Zac Wilkinson,
Matt Young, Leslie Shen, Ron Cook, Betsy Goebel Jones
A Student-Led Arts Elective for MS1 and MS2 Students
Project Team: Nathan Lloyd, Betsy G. Jones
Focus on Basic Science
Protective Effects of Curcumin in High Fat Diet (HFD)-Induced Obesity Include Anti-Inflammatory
Effects in Adipose Tissue and Changes in Gut Microbiome
Project Team: Tariful Islam, Iurii Koboziev, Shane Scoggin, Latha Ramalingam, Naima Moustaid-Moussa
The effects of ginger root extract on gut microbiota-derived metabolites in animals
with neuropathic pain
Project Team: Chih Yu Fang, Samir Sherali, Masoud Zabet, Xiaoxia Gong, Parvin Mirzaei, Rui Wang,
Volker Neugebauer, Chwan-Li Shen
Dietary supplementation of gingerols- and shogaols-enriched ginger root extracts attenuate
pain-associated behaviors in animals with spinal nerve ligation
Project Team: Chwan-Li Shen, Rui Wang, Guangchen Ji, Heather Vellers, Shengmin Sang, Volker Neugebauer
Supplementation of geranylgeraniol and tocotrienols to high-fat diet shifts the gut
microbiome composition and function in type 2 diabetic mice
Project Team: Moamen M. Elmassry, Eunhee Chung, Abdul N. Hamood, Chwan-Li Shen
Two isomers of ginger root extracts modify composition and function of gut microbiota
in rats treated with neuropathic pain
Project Team: Moamen M. Elmassry, Rui Wang, Abdul N. Hamood, Volker Neugebauer, Chwan-Li Shen
Parental elevated salt consumption and the development of Autism Spectrum Disorder
(ASD)-like phenotype in the offspring
Project Team: Kazi Farhana Afroz, Noah Reyes, Kobe Young, Kajal Parikh, Varsha Mishra, Karina Alviña
Symposium Presentation Materials
A Mindful Life: Methods and Manifestation, Dr. Victor Sierpina; Professor of Family Medicine and W.D. and Laura Nell Nicholson Family Professorship
in Integrative Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch – Provided by the Center
of Excellence for Integrative Health
Dr. Sierpina's Slides
Are There Racial Justice Issues in Women’s Health? Dr. Elisa Brown; Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, TTUHSC Permian Basin campus and
Regional Director of the Laura Bush Institute
Dr. Brown's Slides
Sex and Gender Differences in the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Viruses, Sabra L. Klein, Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Biochemistry, and
Molecular Biology, Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Klein's Article