Poster Presentations | 2022 LWBIWH Symposium
Virtual Poster Session 2022
2022 Symposium Flyer
Posters below have been submitted, reviewed, and accepted for the 2022 Laura W. Bush
Institute for Women's Health Sex- and Gender-Health Symposium and Center of Excellence
in Integrative Medicine Symposium . 
Denotes Merit Award Winner
Women's Health and Differences in Health/Gender
Focus on Community
Priorities and Mental Health Throughout the Medical Journey (HP Gr 7)
Project Team: Radha Patel, Hannah Jackson, Jiyeon Kim, Kimberly Brown
How Did Covid-19 Impact Mental Health in Female Students at Texas Tech (HP Gr 12)
Project Team: Taha Hassan, Tyler Kastner
Evaluation of Intimate Partner Violence among TTU campuses (HP Gr 14)
Project Team: Jean Dai, Emily Baysden, Devi Nair, Scott Burns, Cole Pollina, Ashley Selman
Opinions on HPV Vaccinations Among Students (HP Gr15)
Project Team: Morgan Allen, Lauren Breazeale, Anna Farooqi, Tenley Lehman
The Negative Effects of Time Spent on Social Media on Body Image in Young College
Women between Ages 18-26 (HP Gr19)
Project Team: Kate Jurek, Lina Zhang
Surveying Student Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Diet and Exercise (HP Gr23)
Project Team: Nikhil Gogineni, Kanishk Goel
Hispanic Teen Pregnancy in Texas vs New Hampshire (HP Gr24)
Project Team: Zarif Gani, Nadjaliette Hernandez-Lopez, Brianna Mendoza, Martin Sandoval, Nicole
Vaynberg
Evaluating Sexual Dysfunction among TTUHSC Healthcare Workers & Medical Students (HP
Gr28)
Project Team: Nicholas Householder, Akshay Raghuram, Skyler Thipaphay, Kofi Agyare, Wooyoung Jang,
Cameron Tuazon, Lauren Cobbs
Focus on Clinical or Translational Science
Pharmacokinetics of ketamine transfer into breastmilk: a case series
Project Team: Elleana Majdinasab; Palika Datta; Kaytlin Krutsch; Teresa Baker, Thomas W. Hale
RNA-seq and Tumor Infiltrating Lymphocytes as Markers of Tumor Microenvironment Changes
after Cryoablation
Project Team: Sonia Khan, Michael Melkus, Brandon Mistretta, Zaina Habrawi, Luis Brandi, Mustafa
Amani, H Khan, C Jones, P Gunaratne, Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman
Cryoablation in combination with the checkpoint inhibitor anti-CTLA4 increased T cell
activation in a murine breast cancer model
Project Team: Maribel Castro, Sonia Y. Khan, Carsen Roach, Flavia Sardela de Miranda, Fahmida
Rasha, Chang Hyun Lee, Luis Brandi, Kevin Pruitt, Harvinder Singh Gill, Michael W.
Melkus, Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman
She Got an Earful
Project Team: Rachel Kaminski, Matthew Robinson, Jennifer Mitchell
They Are Trying to Sickle
Project Team: Jennifer J. Mitchell, Rafael Rosalez, Frank Perez, Tracey Varis
Psychiatric manifestations of withdrawal following domperidone used as a galactagogue
in the U.S.: a case presentation
Project Team: A. Rook, E. Majdinasab, S. Haque, A. Stark, K. Krutsch, T. Hale
Focus on Basic Science
Gardnerella vaginalis growth is eliminated by a novel narrow- spectrum factor secreted
by Lactobacillus jensenii
Project Team: Stephany Navarro, Habib Abla, Jane A. Colmer-Hamood, Gary Ventolini, Abdul N. Hamood
Development of a DSM V Porcine Model of Alcohol Use Disorder
Project Team: Xiaobo Liu, Ana Gutierrez, Joshua O. Willms, Brittany Backus, Jackson Driskill, Jordan
Sanchez, Praneetha Panthagani, Angelica L. Rodriguez, Jeremy D. Bailoo and Susan E.
Bergeson
Hmgb1 silencing in the amygdala reduces pain-related behaviors in a sex-specific manner
in a chronic neuropathic pain model
Project Team: Peyton Presto, Igor Ponomarev, and Volker Neugebauer
Complementary or Integrative Health
Focus on Clinical or Translational Science
Curcumin and curcuminoid effects modulating chronic mechanical sensitivity in spinal
nerve ligation model revert mitochondria dysfunction and oxidative stress
Project Team: Julianna M. Santos, Rui Wang, Zarek Driver, Viren Bhakta, Jessica Contreras, Vadim
Yakhnitsa, Takaki Kiritoshi, Guangchen J, Volker Neugebauer, Chwan-Li Shen
Effects of dietary gingerol-enriched ginger supplementation on distribution of colon
function markers in rats with diabetic neuropathic pain
Project Team: Emily R. Stephens, Julianna M. Santos, Rui Wang, Chwan-Li Shen
Analyzing the Relationship Between NAFLD, Vit. D, Alcohol consumption, and Cognitive
Impairment in a West Texas Elderly Cohort: a Project FRONTIER Study
Project Team: Nicholas Vojtkofsky, Matthew Buxton, and J. Josh Lawrence
Ginger root extract mitigates neuropathic pain via suppressing neuroinflammation:
gut-brain connection
Project Team: Chwan-Li Shen, Rui Wang, Vadim Yakhnitsa, Julianna Santos, Carina Watson, Takaki
Kiritoshi, Guangchen Ji, Nicole Kim, Jacob Lovett, Abdul Hamood, Volker Neugebauer
Two curcumin extracts modify the composition of gut microbiota, tight junction protein,
and neuroinflammation in rats with neuropathic pain: microbiota-gut-brain axis
Project Team: Chwan-Li Shen, Moamen M. Elmassry, Julianna Santos, Rui Wang, Vadim Yakhnitsa, Takaki
Kiritoshi, Guangchen Ji, Jacob Lovett, Abdul Hamood, Volker Neugebauer
The Use of Tai-Chi and Qigong to Mediate Long-Haul COVID-19 Symptoms: A Case Report
Project Team: Radha Patel, Brittany Tu, and Lisaann Gittner PhD
Quantification of Toxicities Related to Treatment of Pediatric Cancers and Hematological
Disorders for Epidemiological Studies
Project Team: Alexandra T. Demopoulos, Katherine E. Mitchell, Mohamad M. Al-Rahawan MD
Plant-based Foods For Chronic Inflammation: A Review Combined use of Tomato and Olive
Oil facilitates Chronic Inflammation Control
Project Team: Roy Sebastian, MD, Vani Selvan, MD
Vitamin D Levels in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy
Project Team: Madison Schoeberl, Nikhita Prabhakar, Megan Mikkelson, Eduardo Urias, Chris Scott,
Jaehoon Lee, Chwan-Li Shen, Mohamad M. Al-Rahawan
The Role Of Supplemental Food Aid In Health Outcomes Of Population At Risk: The Case
Of Kenya
Project Team: Elyvine Ingabire-Gasana; Mary Murimi
Focus on Basic Science
The Role of Vitamin D in Cognition, Synaptic Function and Neurological Disease
Project Team: Jocelyn Medina, Josh Lawrence
Ginger Root Extract Supplementation Attenuated Mitochondrial Fusion and Improved Skeletal
Muscle Size in Type 2 Diabetic Rats
Project Team: Casey Appell, Nigel C. Jiwan, Chwan-Li Shen, Hui-Ying Luk
Geranylgeraniol Supplementation Mitigates Soleus Muscle Atrophy via Changes in Mitochondrial
Quality Control in Diabetic Rats
Project Team: Nigel C. Jiwan, Casey Appel, Rui Wang, Chwan-Li Shen, & Hui-Ying Luk
Symposium Presentation Materials
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Dr. Barrie Tan, CEO, American River Nutrition, Hadley, MA
Topic: A Unique Plant-based Vitamin E Tackles Chronic Conditions
Dr. Deborah Clegg, VP for Research at TTUHSC Paul L. Foster SOM
Topic: Does the Food we Eat and Its Processing Impact Our Hormonal Balance and Cancer Risk?