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Upstate celebrates medical research, clinical initiatives of students

Upstate celebrates medical research, clinical initiatives of students

The day includes student presentations; an address by Michael Caligiuri, MD, CEO, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute and director and director of Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; a student poster session and reception.

“At Upstate, we believe our students should not only be consumers of knowledge but producers of new knowledge,” said Mark E. Schmitt, PhD, dean of Upstate’s College of Graduate Studies. “The Student Research Day celebrates our students contributions to science and health care while fostering cross-collaboration and interprofessional education within our community.”

As a graduate student in neuroscience at Upstate, Patrick Sweeney said that Student Research Day provides a unique opportunity for students from all colleges to communicate their research with other students and the Upstate community. “As a researcher, it is critical to communicate the importance of your research to a broad audience,” he said. “Student Research Day provides an excellent environment for communication and collaboration across the Upstate research community.”

Four students will begin the program by offering brief presentations on their research and fielding questions from the audience from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in 2231 Weiskotten Hall. Melanie Melewski, College of Health Professions, will discuss a fall prevention program led by an inter professional education team in an urban adult public housing community; Davia Moss, College of Nursing, will discuss the advantages of a Medical Homes model of health care; Marc Seligson, College of Medicine, will discuss frailty and its effects on patients with Peripheral Arterial disease; and Patrick Sweeney, College of Graduate Studies, will discuss deciphering stress-induced anorexia by way of neural feeding circuitry.

Caligiuri will offer the keynote talk “NK cells: from biology to the clinic” at 2:45 p.m. in 2231 Weiskotten Hall.

Caligiuri is director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; chief executive officer of Ohio State’s James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute; and holder of the John L. Marakas Nationwide Insurance Enterprise Foundation Chair in Cancer Research. He also is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and in the Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics in Ohio State’s College of Medicine. His laboratory investigates: the development and normal role of the body’s large granular lymphocytes called natural killer cells so as to exploit their properties to develop effective therapies against cancer and immune deficiency; the development of a vaccine to prevent lymphoma associated with the Epstein-Barr virus; and why we get acute leukemia and how we should treat it. His lab has mouse models of acute leukemia as well as the world’s largest bank of human leukemia cells to study the causes of acute leukemia and to develop novel immune therapies to treat acute leukemia.

Following Caligiuri’s lecture, 108 students will be available to discuss their research and clinical initiatives at a Student Poster Session and reception in the atrium of the Institute for Human Performance, 505 Irving Avenue.

The Charles R. Ross Memorial Student Research Day is sponsored by Upstate’s Office of the Vice President for Research, Office of Academic Affairs and the College of Graduate Studies.

Caption: Students from Upstate’s four colleges will discuss their biomedical and clinical research initiatives, evidence-based practices, and case studies at the Charles R. Ross Memorial Student Research Day. The event includes a poster session, such as the one held last year in the Institute for Human Performance.

 

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