USciences Bulletin - University of the Sciences in Philadelphia

Annual
RESEARCH DAY
Right to left: PAYAL PATEL
DPT’12, NISHA SHAH
DPT’12, and SONALI PATEL
DPT’12 explain to assistant
professor of physical therapy
THERESE JOHNSTON, PT,
PhD, MBA, their work in a
randomized controlled pilot
for post-stroke upper limb
rehabilitation during robotic
assistive device therapy
and task-related training.
They work under associate
professor of physical therapy
GREGORY THIELMAN, PT,
EdD, ATC.
MADELINE REGANIS
PH/TX’12 is
taking a look at
the relationship
between asbestos
and lung cancer,
working with
pharmaceutical
sciences’ ZHIYU LI,
PhD, and BIN CHEN,
PhD.
Undergraduate and graduate students along
with faculty showcased their latest research
efforts as part of the 10th Annual Research
Day on Thursday, April 12, 2012. A record
197 posters were displayed at this year’s
event, which took over both gymnasium
floors in the Athletic/Recreation Center.
Research Day encourages and promotes
communication and collaboration among
researchers. The diverse research activity
on display spans several aspects of the
University’s scholarly pursuits, including:
• Improving methods for detection of renal
markers in cancer patients
• Probing the relationships between obesity
and pain and between smoking and
Alzheimer’s disease
• Measuring effectiveness of therapy for
patients with spinal cord injury
• Evaluating balance training for patients
with Parkinson’s disease
• Understanding the role of pharmacists
in the prevention and treatment of high
blood pressure or diabetes
In addition, the 25th Annual John C.
Krantz, Jr., Distinguished Lecture was
presented by The Wistar Institute Cancer
Center’s Dario Altieri, MD, speaking
on “Cancer Networks and Drug Discovery.”
YVONNE LABRAM PharmD’15 is working with LISA E.
DAVIS, PharmD, professor of clinical pharmacy, and
Ravi Amaravadi, MD, from the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania, to determine if there is a difference in
the pharmacokinetics of temsirolimus when combined
with hydroxychloroquine as part of a phase I/II clinical
trial of patients with advanced cancer.
BRIAN KORONKIEWICZ BC’14 talks
about his research conducted under
MICHAEL BRUIST, PhD, associate
professor of biochemistry, which focuses
on a compound from green tea that
interacts with DNA structures called
G-quadruplexes. G-quadruplexes have
roles in cancer and aging.
Watch a video
about the day:
http://youtu.be/
vi5cEX9C_5g