Posters Presented at the Forum (sorted by primary author last name)
Improving the Diagnostic Accuracy of Plasma Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers with Objective and Subjective Cognitive Screening
Maryam Abdolmaleki, Leslie S. Gaynor, Timothy J. Hohman, Katherine A. Gifford, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Angela L. Jefferson. Corey J. Bolton
Nivolumab-Induced Remodeling of the Immune Microenvironment in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Melanie Aldridge, Syeda Maria Ahmad Zaidi, Matthew Cottam Kamran Idrees, Eben Rosenthal
Functional Connectivity Patterns Associated with Irritability in Children
Camille Archer, Yulan D. Chen, Gabrielle E. Reimann, Kaitlynn E. Ellis, Anotnia N. Kaczkurkin
Using Unsupervised Learning to Explore the Relationship Between Type 2 Diabetes Phenotypes and Pancreatic Cancer
J. Martin Arnoletti, Eric Gamazon, Kathleen DelGiorno, Marcus C. Tan
Patient-Centered Education Using 3D Printed Tumor Models
Joaquin Austerlitz, Andreja Radevic, Sindhura Sridhar, Whitney Jin, Brooke Swain, Michael Topf
Use of a Novel Ex Vivo Lymph Node Scanner for Improving Lymph Node Yield in Head and Neck Surgery
Joaquin Austerlitz, Andreja Radevic, Whitney Jin, Sindhura Sridhar, Brooke Swain, Mitra Mehrad, Michael Topf
Periconception Menstrual Irregularity and Risk of Miscarriage
Lily Bai, Kristie Muya, Paulina Chumakov, Digna Velez Edwards, Katherine Hartmann, Alexandra Sundermann
Longitudinal Relationships Between Cannabis and Tobacco Use and Symptom Severity in Individuals at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
Yunong Bai, Simon Vandekar, Brandee Feola, Jean Addington, Carrie E. Bearden, Kristin Cadenhead, Min T. Tsuang, Elaine F. Walker, Scott Woods, Ricardo E. Carrion, Heather B. Ward
Parietal Default Mode Network Connectivity is Associated with Tobacco Use in Psychosis
Yunong Bai, Andrew R. Kittleson, Baxter P. Rogers, Anna Huang, Neil D. Woodward, Stephan Heckers, Julia M. Sheffield, Simon Vandekar, Heather B. Ward
Looking Ahead in REDCap – What’s to Come in 2026
Katelyn Benhoff, Michelle Jones, Nan Kennedy, Alex Cheng, Paul Harris
Vanderbilt University Qualitative Research Core (VU-QRC): Impact of Core Services on Clinical and Translational Research 2013-2026
Kemberlee Bonnet, Ashley Sellers, David Schlundt
Kidney Transplant Recipients’ Perceptions of Treatment Decision-Making After New Cancer Diagnosis
E. Breeding, M. Houston, P. Reese, A. Spann, T. French, D. Johnson, E. Gordon
The Efficacy of Gonorrhea Sentinel Surveillance Interview (PDPH Philly Forward Internship Program)
Zoe Breininger, Alice Stricker
Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing Safety and Efficiency Normative Reference Values in Community-dwelling Older Adults
Jill Cable, Lealani Mae Acosta, Cara Donohue
Wnt2 as a Driver of Liver Metastasis
Kailey Caroland, Megan Tigue, Rincon Jagarlamudi, Diana Diaz Ethan Lee, Vivian Weiss
Long-read Sequencing Reveals Widespread DNA Hypomethylation in the IPF Lung Epithelium
Arlo Colvard, Isabella Gaona, Taylor Sherrill, Jonathan Kropski, Jason Gokey
Accelerated DMN-Targeted cTBS Improves Processing Speed Deficits in Schizophrenia
Jillian Connolly, Sophia Blyth, Gulcan Yildiz, Baxter Rogers, Simon Vandekar, Mark Halko, Roscoe Brady, Heather Burrell Ward
Youth with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus at High Risk of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Catherine Deffendall, Sarah Greene, Ashley Suh, Bryan Han, Catherine Mao, Michelle Ormseth, Christianne L. Roumie, April Barnado
Understanding Urban-Rural Differences in SLP Access: The Role of Agency Staffing Characteristics
Glory Dhanaraj, Laura M. Keohane
Pre- and Postoperative Swallowing Safety and Efficiency Profiles in Heart Transplant Recipients
Cara Donohue, Jill Cable, Grace Ledford, Kelly Schlendorf
Mobilizing the Participant Voice: Using the MyCap App to Engage Participants from Anywhere
Jessica Eidenmuller, Dionne Grant, Sophia Gomez, Emily Serdoz, Paul Harris, Alex Cheng
Neurodevelopmental and Behavioral Correlates of Household Structure Independent of Socioeconomic Status
Kaitlynn E. Ellis, Amar Camara, Camille Archer, Yulan D. Chen, Antonia N. Kaczkurkin
Federal Suspension of Medicaid Disenrollment in March 2020 was Associated with an Increase in Medicaid Retention among the Older Adult, Dually Enrolled Population
Sharon Fernandez, Cyrus Kosa, Kali Thomas, Laura Keohane
The Role of VISTA in the Lung Tumor Microenvironment of Metastatic Melanoma
Carly Fielder, Qianni Hu, Hyndong Yoon, Raymond Zhang, Anjali Raman, Megan Tigue, Chi Yan, Vivian Weiss, Douglas Johnson, Jin Chen, Tae Kon Kim
Uncovering a Highly Transforming, Myc-stabilizing Isoform of Dipeptidase-1 in Colorectal Cancer
Elizabeth Fisher, Sarah Glass, Chelsie Sievers, Zheng Cao, Matthew Bechard, Samuel Ellis, Radhika Aramnadla, Ryan Smith, Ping Zhao, Robert Coffey
Changes in Coverage Status Among Newly Enrolled Dual Beneficiaries
Douglas Fletcher, John Graves, Kali Thomas, Laura Keohane
The Role of GPNMB in Infection-Mediated Endothelial Dysfunction
Milene Tavares Fontes, Tristan Loveday, Cassandra K. Atzrodt, Chitra Basu, Hyehun Choi, Hong-Ngan Nguyen, Matthew Solomon, Fred Lamb, Ryan Stark
Assessing the Use of Volatile Organic Compounds as Biomarkers for the Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Disease
Evelyn Funjika, Clara Bwalya, John Worthington, James Nyirenda, Paul Kelly, Violet Kayamba
Sustained Yap/Taz Activity is Required to Maintain AT1 Cell Identity During Alveolar Repair
Isabella P. Gaona, Tayor P. Sherrill, Gianluca T. DiGiovanni, Ujjal K. Singha, Jonathan A. Kropski, Jason J. Gokey
Learning Healthcare: Managing Partnerships, Pathways, and Pragmatic Trials
Cheryl Gatto
Enhanced Risk Prediction for Gestational Diabetes mellitus with a Combined Model of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Polygenic Risk Scores
Jessica L. Gore Winters, Elizabeth A. Jasper, Jacklyn N. Hellwege, Atlas Khan, David R. Crosslin, Hanes B. Meigs, Tian Ge, Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik, Huiqi Qu, Elizabeth A. Rosenthal, Gail Jarvik, Todd L. Edwards, Digna R. Velez Edwards
Examining the Shared Genetic Architecture of Uterine Fibroids and Keloid Scars
Catherine Greene, Toni Lewis, Gabrielle Hampton, Jeewoo Kim, Elizabeth Jasper, Jacklyn Hellwege, Todd Edwards, Digna Velez Edwards
Profiling Dysphagia Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Associated Health Outcomes in Individuals with Severe Sepsis
S. Kaytlyn Gregory, Leah McConnell Morain, Cara Donohue
Evaluating Immunologic Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Activation in Obesity
Anne Hanna, Ilkin Safa, Mona Mashayekhi
Demographics and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Acute Acquired Brain Injury and Disorders of Consciousness at VUMC
Taylor Hudson, Tyler Murphy, Alexander Osterhout, Eli Engstrom Cayce Strength, Yelena Bodien
Sleep Health Among Children Born Preterm: Insights from the National Survey of Children’s Health
Claudia Kantner, Erin Von Klein
Youth Involved in the Legal System & Access to Sexual Health Services & Resources: A Service Provider Perspective
Chioma Kas-Osoka, Louisa Ekem, Velma McBride Murry, Stephania Miller-Hughes, Jennifer Erves
Work-Related Travel of Home Care Workers
Emmaline Keesee, Laura Keohane
Antigen Presenting Cell-specific Keap1-Nrf2 Pathway Mediates Salt-sensitive Hypertension
Mohd Khan
Evaluation of the In Vitro Therapeutic Index for Novel Inhibitors of Hyperinflammation at the Maternal-Fetal Interface
Jaya Khullar, Dilruba Sharmin, Shajila Siricilla
Whole Exome and RNA Sequencing Identify Novel Rare Variant Associations with Uterine Leiomyomata Across Diverse Populations
Jeewoo Kim, Alexis Akerele (presenter), Jaqueline Piekos, James Jaworski, Elizabeth Jaser, Jing Wang, Sarah Jones, Yanfei Zhang, Michel Ming Ta Lee, Jacklyn Hellwege, Todd Edwards, Digna Velez Edwards
Exploring the Relationship Between Public Library Use and Preventive Health Engagement Among Black Adolescents with Adverse Childhood Experiences
Lisa Kim, Bailey Spencer, Terrinieka Powell
Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Altered Interoceptive Processing in Schizophrenia-spectrum Disorders: A Task-based fMRI Study
Andrew Kittleson, Baxter Rogers, Jinyuan Liu, Michelle Failla, Carissa Cascio, Sohee Park, Neil Woodward, Julia Sheffield
Early Outcomes of 10° Celsius Static Storage for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Marissa C. Kuo, Mark Petrovic, Samuel Nwosu, Benajamin French, Ashley Spann, Peter P. Reese, Ciara Shaver, Rachel Forbes, Matthew Bacchetta, W. Christian Crannell
Proteomic Signature for Persistent Smoking Effect and Its Association with Risk of Lung Cancer and Other Smoking-Related Cancers among Former Smokers
Duc Huy Le, Qiuyin Cai. Jirong Long, M. Sang Nguyen, Wei Zheng, Xiao-Ou Shu
Neural Systems-level Biomarkers of Socioemotional Dysfunction in Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
Jayden Lee, Ryan Darby
Prevalence and Characteristics of Laryngeal Findings in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
Faith Lemke, Sydney Beatty, Cara Donohue
An In-depth Examination of Facility Dog Intervention for Young Children Undergoing Outpatient ECHO and EKG Procedures
Chengze Li, Renwen Zhang, Jessika Boles
Association of Body Mass Index and DNA methylation profiles in normal breast tissue
Y-Thanh Lu, Shuai Xu, Xiao Ou Shu, Jirong Long
Overcoming ICB Resistance in MHC-I Low Triple Negative Breast Cancer with Diacylglycerol Kinase Inhibitors
Jacey L. Marshall, Paula Gonzalez Ericsson, John Wilson, Justin Balko
Using [89Zr]Panitumumab Nuclear Medicine Imaging in Head and Neck Cancer Aids in the Definitive Diagnosis of Questionable Lesions
Ashtyn McAdoo, Nicole Meeks, Marisa Hom, Gary Smith, Even Rosenthal Michael Topf
Implementing a Hospital-Based Firearm Lock Distribution Program
Katlyn G. McKay, Heather L. Kreth, Stacy Pecenka, Kelsey A.B. Gastineau
Evaluating AI Models Trained with Minimal Expert Feedback for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Skin Assessment in Photos of Patients with Diverse Skin Tones
Andrew McNeil, Kelsey Parks, Michael Pogharian, Edward Cowen, Julia Lehman, Stephanie Lee, Steven Pavletic, Benoit Dawant, Eric Tkaczyk
Assessing Challenges to Continuity and Entry into Swallowing Services (ACCESS)
Bailey Meyers, Hannah Malamud Hoffman, Cara Donohue
Longitudinal Brain Correlates of Cognitive Performance in Early Psychosis
Kossivi Mignondje, Adam Beermann, Ella Crabtree, Michael Coleman, Martha Shenton, Roscoe Brady, Jr., Kathryn Lewandowski, Heather Ward
Pulmonary, Cough, and Swallow Function Normative Data in Healthy Pediatric and Adult Individuals: A Scoping Review
Margaret Milantoni Church, Rabab Rangwala, Cara Donohue
Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Pediatric ADHD: Functional Correlates of Comorbidity Profiles in a National Sample
Ankita Mohan, Jonathan D. Schaefer
Colonic Adenoma Recurrence in a Younger Population: A Retrospective, EHR-Based Cohort Study
Shabna A. Mottemmal, Nicholas O. Markham
Cognitive Function in Pediatric Brain Tumor Patients: Initial Findings from a New VU-VUMC Collaboration
Meredith A. Monsour, Ashley Anil, Skyler Hughes, Sydney Hulme, Michael C. Dwan, Bruce E. Compas
Glasgow Coma Scale Variation and Outcome Prediction After Hospital Admission: A TRACK-TBI Study
Tyler J. Murphy, Jason K. Barber, Alexander Osterhout, Nancy R. Temkin, Samuel Snider, Mayur B. Patel, Geoffrey T. Manley, Yelena G. Bodien
Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Miscarriage Risk in a Prospective Pregnancy Cohort
Kristie Muya, Lily Bai, Paulina Chumakov, Digna Velez Edwards, Alexandra Sundermann
CD3+ T Cell: CD14+ Monocyte Complexes Are Associated with Sugar-Derived Metabolite
Laventa M. Obare, Samuel Bailin, Xiuqi Zhang, Kisya Nthenge, John R. Koethe, Celestine N. Wanjalla
Depressive Symptoms in Sexual Minority Adults: Impacts of Minority Stress, Family Support, and Sleep
Sueyoung Oh, Kirsty A. Clark
Investigating the Implications of Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential (CHIP) for Radioligand Therapy in Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Chinenyenwa Okolie, Ashwin Kishtagari, Paula Hurley, Alexander Bick, Kerry Schaffer
Integrative Multi-Ancestry Genomics Identifies Population-Specific Drivers of Diabetic Macular Edema
Christopher Otieno, Joseph Breeyear. Jeewoo Kim, Hannah Seagle, Jacklyn Hellwege, Sahra Mozaffari, Robert Graham, Brian Yaspan, Todd Edwards
Characterizing the Association of Basal Cell Carcinoma Subtype with Frozen Section Analysis Positivity
Andreja Radevic, Joaquin Austerlitz, Avivia S. Mattingly, Brooke Swain, Aravindhan Sriharan, Michael C. Topf
Evaluating Surgeon-Pathologist Concordance in Head and Neck Specimen Orientation and Margin Assessment
Andreja Radevic, Joaquin Austerlitz, Sindhura Sridhar, Whitney Jin, Brooke Swain, Michael C. Topf
Disclosing Dementia Risk Based on Plasma Phosphorylated Tau: A Pilot Study
Bhargavi Ramamurthy, Adena Cho, Nathan Fayez, Dominic Roby, Angela Jefferson, Corey Bolton
Profiling Glycan Remodeling Across Pancreatic Cancer Progression Using Lectin-Based Imaging and Comparative Glycomics
Larissa Ramirez, Brenda Jarvis, Kathleen DelGiorno
Relationship between Circulating Bacterial Small RNAs, Methotrexate Response, and Microbiome in New Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carolina Ramirez Becerra, Michelle J. Ormseth, Tulsi K. Joishy, Sheau Chiann Chen, Marisol Ramirez-Solano, Quanhu Sheng, Peter J. Turnbaugh, Carlos Ubeda, Renuka R. Nayak, Rebecca B. Blank, Jose U. Scher
Metabolic Diseases and Risk for Thyroid Cancer in a Predominantly Black and Low-Income Cohort
Jessica Rampy, Xijing Han, Xiangzhu Zhu, Xiao-Ou Shu, Vivian L. Weiss, Martha J. Shrubsole
Hospital-to-Hospice Transitions in Tennessee’s Older Population
Rashmikaa Ranganathan, Kakoti Generosa
Myeloid MK2 Drives Salt-sensitive Hypertension and Kidney Injury
Mohammad Saleem, Lale Ertugly, Ashley Mutchler, Cheryl Lafer, Alp Ikizler, Thomas Kleyman, Annet Kirabo
Sphingosine-1-phosphate Deficiency Impairs Skin Healing after a Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Ana Carolina Guerta Salina, Amondrea Blackman, Henrique Serezani
Exploring Clinical Associations of Perinatal Depression: A Phenome-Wide Approach to Identifying Known and Novel Maternal Health Outcomes
Hannah Schluter, Elizabeth Jasper, Digna R. Velez Edwards
Uncovering Population Specific Signals and Hundreds of New Loci from a Multi-Ancestry Study of Blood Pressure Traits in Over 2.5M Individuals
Hannah M. Seagle, Jeewoo Kim, Joseph Breeyear, Catherine Greene, Hannah Poisner, Yash Pershad, Alexander Bick, Digna Velez Edwards, Yan Sun, Jacklyn Hellwege, Todd Edwards
High Throughput Screening Identifies Novel Compounds to Mitigate Infection-Induced Inflammation Leading to Preterm Labor
Dilruba Sharmin, Alexus J. Brown, Jaya Khullar, Shajila Siricilla
Glutamine Metabolism Supports Glucagon Secretion and Alpha-Cell Mass
Anna Marie R. Schornack, Matthew Shou, Walter Siv, Tuler J. Rodgers. Austin Reuter, Katelyn Sellik, Jade Stanley, Shannon Gibson, Paula G. Nickels, David Jacobson, E. Danielle Dean
Salt-inducible Kinase Inhibition Promotes Weight Loss and Protects against Obesity-associated HFpEF in Mice
Fubia Shi, Vineet Agrawal, Uugantsetseg Munkhjargal, Elizabeth Kobeck, Hari U. Patel, Wei Zhang, Sheila Collins
Proximal but Not Enduring: Disentangling Temporal Effects of Nicotine Use on Psychoticism
Ali Sloan, Jonathan Schaefer
Social Norms and Sexual Consent Among Undergraduate Students at a Southeastern Private University
Sarah Sowell Van Dyk, Audrey Harris. Jordan Jurinsky, Nicole Allen, Jessica Perkins
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Reprograms the Tumor Microenvironment, Induces Immune Memory, and Demonstrates Combinatorial Benefit with Immunotherapy in a HER2-Positive Tumor Model
Julia Steele, Susan Opalenik, Justin Balko
CD8 T Cell Heterogeneity in Critical Illness is Marked by the Emergence of a Hypometabolic Effector Population Associated with Respiratory Failure
Matthew Stier, Allison Sewell, Casey Nichols, Erin Mwizerwa, Chooi Ying Sing, Julie Bastarache, Jeffrey Rathmell
Research to Advocacy and Policy: Hospital Implementation and Practice of the No Surprises Act, Price Transparency Act, and Financial Aid Policies in Tennessee
An Yee Tan, Clare Sullivan
ResearchMatch.org: A National Registry Connecting Volunteers and Researchers to Advance Health Research
Maeve Tischbein
Life’s Essential 8 and Incident Cardiovascular Disease: Validation Using Real World Data from Consumer Devices in the All of Us Study Research Program
Julian Tremblay, Jeffrey Annis, Cihan Cakar, Melis Sahinoz, Hiral Master, Kelsie Full, Tali Elfassy, Evan Brittain
Uptake and Processing of Iron by Alveolar Epithelial Cells in response to Cell-Free Hemoglobin Exposure
Keagan M. Trexler, Nathan D. Putz, Jason Lin, Julie A. Bastarache
The Relationship Between PHQ-2 Scores and Viral Suppression Among Young People Living with HIV (YPLHIV) at a Single Institution
Chimdindu Ugwuanyi Neerav Desai, Muktar Aliyu, Aialohi Ahonkhai
Wnt/β-catenin Signaling May Promote Squamous Differentiation in Papillary and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
Claudia Wahoski, Matthew Loberg, Hua-Chang Chen, Quanhu Sheng, Emalee Mann, Ethan Lee, Vivian Weiss
Peanut Consumption, Circulating Metabolites, and Coronary Heart Disease: A Two-stage Prospective Metabolomic Study
Lei Wang, Yanbo Zhang, Qibin Qi, Xiao-Ou Shu, Loren Lipworth, Wei Zheng, Hui Cai, Qiuyin Cai, Deepak Gupta, Danxia Yu
Network Gaps: Examining Essential Community Provider Coverage in ACA Marketplace Plans
Tatum Watson, Carrie Fry Jill Horowitz, John Graves
Emotional Engagement and Music Perception Ability in Older Adults: Can Being Absorbed in Music Help You Hear Music Better?
Sara Wilson, William Hiser, Jeffrey Eum, Srishti Nayak
Confounding by Tobacco Smoking in Determining Reduced Lung Cancer Risk among World Trade Center Responders
Hsin-Ju Wu, Paolo Boffetta
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Regulation of Inflammation through Neuro-Immune Cross Talk via Opioid and Adrenergic Receptors
Stephanie Yu, Mona Mashayekhi, Ilkin Safa, Jinghuan Zi
