Past Symposia

8:30 AM:  Welcome

8:45 AM:  Oral Presentation Session

8:45 – 9:00
Ning Tsao, PhD, Postdoc, Pathology and Immunology
YTHDC1 recognizes aberrant RNA methylation to regulate alkylation damage repair

9:00 – 9:15
Pradeep Chauhan, PhD, Postdoc, Radiation Biology Department
Integrative analysis of urine cell-free DNA to predict pathologic complete response in localized bladder cancer

9:15 – 9:30
Kyle LaPak, PhD, Postdoc, Cell Biology and Physiology
Functional annotation of an NRF2 proximity network reveals new insights into downstream signaling

9:30 – 9:45
Ancy Joseph, PhD, Postdoc, Medical Oncology
Role of CTCF in HTLV-1 DNA Methylation, Gene Expression and Pathogenesis

9:45 AM:  Panel Discussion: Career Transitions

Jason Forys, PhD, Director of Operations at Canopy Biosciences

Ashley Housten, OTD, MSCI, OTR/L, Assistant Professor of Surgery

Julie Schwarz, MD, PhD, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Vice-Chair, Research, Cancer Biology Division Director

11:00 AM:  Poster Sessions

Posters in Order of Presenter Name

Poster Room Layout

12:15 PM:  Lunch

1:00 PM:  Oral Presentation Session

1:00 – 1:15
Akshay Govindan, Undergraduate Student, Biology
PTMcosmos: A Database of Post-Translational Modifications and Proteogenomic Resources in Cancer

1:15 – 1:30
Emily Cybulla, MD/PhD Student, Molecular Oncology
A RAD18/UBC13-dependent mechanism of replication fork recovery modulates chemoresponse in BRCA1-deficient cancers

1:30 – 1:45
Ken Newcomer, MD, Resident, Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, and Gastrointestinal Surgery
A new drug for targeted xCT inhibition in cancer – and applications for studying the relationship between ferroptosis inducers and redox homeostasis in tumor cells

1:45 – 2:00
Elizabeth Stock, MD, Fellow, Gynecologic Oncology
A qualitative analysis of patient- and provider-perceived barriers and facilitators to cascade genetic testing for hereditary breast, ovarian, endometrial and colorectal cancer

2:00 PM:  Keynote Speaker

Dineo Khabele, MD

Mitchell & Elaine Yanow Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

It’s always a good time to take charge of your career

View the Keynote Address recording HERE.

3:00 PM:  Oral Presentation Session

3:00 – 3:15
Rachel Johnston, PhD Student, Molecular Cell Biology
Programmed DNA breaks uniquely suppress B cell leukemic transformation

3:15 – 3:30
Shuying Li, PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering
Human Colorectal Cancer Assessment Using Optical Coherence Tomography Catheter and ResNet

3:30 – 3:45
Sua Ryu, PhD Student, Molecular Cell Biology
Coordinated role of ADAR and DDX54 in breast cancer

3:45 – 4:00
Satrajit Chakrabarty, PhD Student, Electrical Engineering
Non-invasive classification of isocitrate dehydrogenase mutation status of gliomas from multi-modal MRI using a 3d convolutional neural network: a retrospective multi-institutional analysis

4:00 PM:  Presentation Awards and Closing Remarks

Top Podium Presenter:

Rachel Johnston

Top Poster Presenter:

Ava Hansen

8:30 – 9:45 AM:  Welcome & Trainee Podium Presentations

• Callie Walsh Bailey, MPH, PhD Student, Public Health Sciences, Digital health tools to support health behavior change among cancer survivors: brief results from the PREVENT pilot feasibility study
• Olivia Gorushi, BS, PhD Student, Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Department of Pathology & Immunology, Engineering a probiotic yeast to perform localized delivery of immune checkpoint inhibitors to the colorectal cancer tumor microenvironment
• Phyo Nay Lin, MD, MS, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine – Medical Oncology, The Role of ARID Homologs During B Cell Development and Transformation
• Sytse Piersma, PhD, Instructor, Medicine – Rheumatology, Natural Killer cells in immune checkpoint blockade-induced MHC-I tumor escape 

10:00 – 11:00 AM: Keynote Address

Benjamin A. Garcia, PhD, Professor and Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM:  Trainee Podium Presentations

• Abbey Zidel, Undergraduate Student, Department of Biology & Department of Radiology, Enhancing ADC Efficacy in Gastric Tumors through Modulation of Cell-Surface HER2 and HER Signaling
• Geralle Powell, BA, PhD Student, Molecular Genomics and Genetics, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Characterizing the Major Significance of Synonymous Cancer Mutations in the Minor Spliceosomal Protein ZCRB1
• Serena Xiong, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Surgery – Public Health Sciences, Exploring Factors Associated with Preferences for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Self-Sampling among Racially- and Ethnically-Diverse Women:  A Cross-Sectional Study
• Ning Tsao, PhD, Instructor, Pathology and Immunology, A YTH domain-containing protein recognizes aberrant RNA methylation to regulate alkylation damage responses

12:00 – 1:00 PM:  Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 PM:  Career Panel Discussion

• Jessica M. Silva-Fisher, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine – Oncology,
• Jean S. Wang, MD, PhD, Professor, Medicine – Gastroenterology and Surgery
• Mark Lewis, PhD, Vice President, Finance and Business Operations at WUGen, Venture Capital Fellow, BioGenerator

2:00 – 3:00 PM: Trainee Podium Presentations

• Ayda Woldegerima, Undergraduate Student and Research Technician II, Medicine – Molecular Oncology, Linking base damage and replication-repair to improve PARP inhibitor based therapies in BRCA-mutant cancers
• Ye Lim Lee, BS, PhD Student, Biomedical Engineering, Matrix obstructions cause multiscale disruption in collective epithelial migration by suppressing physical function of leader cells
• Keenan Robbins, MBBS, MPHS, Resident and Research Fellow, Surgery – Surgical Oncology, Participation in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement – Advanced initiative is not associated with savings for episodes involving resection of gastrointestinal malignancies
• Mengmeng Ji, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Medicine – Nephrology, Asymptomatic Incidence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and preclinical duration before multiple myeloma diagnosis

3:00 – 5:00 PM: Poster Session & Reception

Haley Anderson, BS, Graduate Student, University of Missouri – Columbia, The Effect of Lead Exposure on Renal Cell Carcinoma

Emma Brown, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Imaging PD-L1 expression in gastric cancer models

Amanda Compadre, MD, Fellow, Washington University, RAD51 is a functional marker of homologous recombination efficiency more predictive of chemotherapy response than genomic scars in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Abdul-Jalil Dania, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Effect of Abatacept on the Homeostatic Status of Treg Levels in Normal Mice

Gupta Dikshat Gopal, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Northwestern University, Deciphering the genomic & proteomic landscape of high-risk Acute lymphoblastic leukemia subtype

Bisiayo Fashemi, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Entinostat restores responsiveness to olaparib in two in vitro models of homologous recombination proficient ovarian cancer cells

Shana Garza, Undergraduate Student, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Investigating the Role of High Mobility Group Box 3 Protein in Nucleotide Excision Repair

Vijayalaxmi Gupta, PhD, Senior Scientist, Washington University, Olaparib in combination with entinostat, improves tumor immunity in syngeneic murine models of ovarian cancer

John Huber, PhD, MD Student, Washington University, Disentangling the contributions of age, sex, and race to the disparities in monoclonal gammopathy of underdetermined significance and multiple myeloma burden

Kimberly Hwang, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Understanding Cytokine Signaling of Memory-Like Natural Killer Cells

Mari Iwase, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Stabilization of DNA replication forks by pSer784-VCP

Kimberly Johnson, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor, Washington University, Insurance-associated disparities in childhood and adolescent cancer survival: a SEER-Medicaid Linkage Study

Ashwani Kesarwani, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Targeting Siglec-15, a new immune checkpoint improves efficacy of  Zika virus in glioblastoma

Tuo Lan, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Sugar Intake and Premature Aging in Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer in the St. Jude Lifetime (SJLIFE) Cohort

Kyle LaPak, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Functional interrogation of the NRF2 protein proximity network reveals ZNF746 as a novel regulator of NRF2 signaling

William Leidig, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Clinical factors associated with improved survival for recurrent glioblastoma treated with laser interstitial thermal therapy

Shuyang Lin, BA, Research Technician, Washington University, VCP is a Negative Regulator of Steady-State STING Expression

Fadhel Mansoori, BS, Research Technician, Washington University, Examining the Role of the E3 Ligase RNF113A in Linking Alkylation Damage to Replication

Jennifer Morgan, BS, MD Student, Saint Louis University, TBLR1 Maintains Retinoic Acid Resistance in Non-APL Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Inhibiting RARa Recruitment

Shabnam Nejat, BS, MA Student, Saint Louis University, Glioblastoma spheroid growth and chemotherapeutic responses in single and dual-stiffness hydrogels

Sandeep Surendra Panikar, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Modifying FDA-approved antibodies to develop a strategy for targeting multi-RTK in preclinical models that resemble clinical tumor heterogeneity

Natasha Ramakrishnan, BA, PhD Student, Washington University, Replication-driven vulnerabilities in cyclin E1-high cells

Ganesh Raut, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Abrogating chemotherapy-induced senescence driven bone loss to improve quality of life

Shinji Rho, MS, MD Student, Washington University, Bleeding and thrombotic events in bevacizumab-treated patients with colorectal cancer on novel oral anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications

Debanjan Saha, BA, MD/PhD Student, Washington University, Characterizing the lncRNA landscape in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

Minakshi Saikia, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Role of Midkine in molecular targeted therapy to TIP1 for lung cancer treatment

Shayla Shmuel, BS, Postbaccalaureate Student, Washington University, Organotypic cultures to study antibody binding to tumors

Amela Sijecic, Student and Clinical Research Assistant, Washington University, Fertility Preservation: A Systematic Review of Website Quality Dedicated for Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) Populations with Cancer

Theresa Tharakan, MD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Taste Dysfunction After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Oropharyngeal Cancer

Ning Tsao, PhD, Instructor, A YTH domain-containing protein recognizes aberrant RNA methylation to regulate alkylation damage responses

Alexander Vanover, Undergraduate Student, University of Missouri – Columbia, Investigating novel peptide conjugates for imaging multiple myeloma

Lu Xu, MS, PhD Student, Washington University, A neuronavigation-guided sonobiopsy device for the noninvasive genetics diagnosis of brain diseases  for sonobiopsy

Aditya Yelamali, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Streptavidin-drug conjugates streamline identification of optimal toxic payloads for antibody-based hematopoietic stem cell transplantation conditioning

Sarah Zimmerman, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Washington University, Ezh2-Y641F co-operates with Stat3 to regulate MHC Class Ib components and the melanoma tumor immune response

Podium Presentation Award Winner:

Ayda Woldegerima

Linking base damage and replication-repair to improve PARP inhibitor based therapies in BRCA-mutant cancers

Poster Presentation Award Winner:

Fadhel Mansoori

Examining the Role of the E3 Ligase RNF113A in Linking Alkylation Damage to Replication

11:00 AM – 1:00 PM:  Welcome & Trainee Podium Presentations

• Jessica Devenport, BS, MA, PhD Student – Cancer Biology,  APOBEC3A Promotes Ovarian Cancer Metastasis
• Ashenafi Bulle, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Strong Preclinical Efficacy of Combined KRAS-MAPK Pathway Inhibitors and HER2-Directed Drug Conjugate in Pancreatic Cancer Patient-Derived Xenografts
• Jessica Liu, BS, Medical Student, Engaging Patients in Treatment to Improve Healthcare Using Patient Generated Health Data (PGHD) Via The Patient Portal, Mychart
• Krisha Anant, Undergraduate Student – Radiology, Breast Density Assessment Via Deep Learning: Head-To-Head Model Comparisons in Full-Field Digital Mammograms and Synthetic Mammograms
• Ginny Schulz,  PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, Instructor, Internal Medicine – Medical Oncology, Barriers and Facilitators of Youth Decision Making Involvement in Stem Cell Transplantation: Informing a Family-Level Intervention
• Carmen Azevedo, BA, PhD Student – Cancer Biology, Increasing T Cell Residence in the Tumor Microenvironment Using Antibody Click

1:00 – 2:00 PM: Lunch & Panel Discussion

• Crystal Winkeler, PhD, Managing Director, BioGenerator Ventures
• Adetunji Toriola, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgery – Public Health Sciences
• Saiama Waqar, MBBS, MSCI, Associate Professor, Medicine – Oncology

2:00 – 4:00 PM:  Trainee Podium Presentations

• Ryan Day, MD, PhD, Instructor, Internal Medicine – Medical Oncology, The Protein Interactomes of Acute Myeloid Leukemia-Associated Oncogenic Fusion Proteins Predict Potential Mechanisms of Action
• Yuping Li, MD, Resident & Research Fellow, Neurosurgery, Long-Acting Recombinant Interleukin-7, NT-I7, Improves Survival Following Oncolytic Zika Virus Treatment in The SB28 Immunosuppressive and Treatment-Resistant Murine Glioma Model
• John Huber, PhD, Medical Student, Modeling Long-Term Trends in Multiple Myeloma Incidence by Age, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity
• Lauren Pedersen, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Radiation Oncology – Cancer Biology, Congenic Mapping and Dietary Manipulation Suggest that Autophagic Signaling Contributes to Differences in Radiation-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction in Rats
• Mai Dang, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurology – Child Neurology, Immunosuppressive Mechanisms of Irradiated Medulloblastomas
• Bayu Bekele, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Surgery – Public Health, The Impact of Diabetes on Breast Cancer Treatment Among Low-Income Women

4:00 – 5:15 PM:  Poster Session

5:30 – 6:30 PM:  Keynote Address

Pamela K. Woodard, MD

Elizabeth E. Mallinckrodt Professor of Radiology
Chair, Department of Radiology
Director, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology,
Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
Head, Advanced Cardiac Imaging (CT/MR)

Sapana Bansod, M. Pharm, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, The TRIM4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Degrades TPL2 ais Modulated by Oncogenic KRAS

Alexander Benton, BS, PhD Student, Washington University, Using Molecular Imaging to Visualize Changes in PD-L1 After Trastuzumab-deruxtecan Treatment

Pei-Yu Chen, MS, MD/PhD Student, Washington University, The Role of AID1A And ARID1B in Melanoma Progression and Tumor Immune Response

Amanda de Andrade Costa, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Radiation Induces Normal Brain Cell Senescence and Promotes Brain Tumor Pathogenesis

Lojain Elkhidir, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Investigating Differences Between the Short and Long Isoforms of APOBEC3A

Dina Ibrahim, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Immunopet of PD-L1 Shows a Role for N-Glycosylated PD-L1 in Antibody Binding to Gastric Tumors

Ashwani Kesarwani, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Warriors Against Glioblastoma: Siglec-15 and Zika Virus

Iftikhar Ali Khawar, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, TNF-MK2 Signaling Drives Protective Autophagy Following MAPK Pathway Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer

Sebiha Esra Koçak, MsC, PhD Student, Hacettepe University, Immunotherapeutic Targeting of Macrophage Siglec10- Tumor CD24 “Don’t Eat Me” Signaling by 12E9 Monoclonal Antibody

Kollin Kolb, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Characterizing the Role of CCR2+ Macrophages in Models of Radiation-Induced Cardiac Dysfunction with and without Additional Cardiac Insult

Joanna Lempiainen, PhD, Postdoc Research Scholar, Washington University, Parallel Analysis of The Proteome, Histone Ptms and RNA Modifications from FFPE and Frozen Tissue Sections by MS

Xia Liu, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University, Reversal of Senescence and Tolerogenic Function of Dendritic Cells Induced by Treg Cells for Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy

Lorida Llaci, B.S., PhD Student, Washington University, Multiome Analyses to Understand Sex Differences in GBM Outcome

Angelina O’Brien, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Response of The Human ARF Tumor Suppressor to Oncogene-Induced Stress

Sandeep Surendra Panikar, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Bioorthogonal Click Chemistry Enables Dual Receptor Targeting in Tumors for Improved Antibody Therapy

Natasha Ramakrishnan, BA, PhD Student, Washington University, Causes and Consequences of Genomic Instability in Cyclin E1-High Cancers

Irania Santaliz Moreno, MS, PhD Student, Washington University, Hidden Costs: Qualitative Analysis on Prostate Cancer Treatment’s Impact on Black Survivors’ Sexuality

Pratibha Shrestha, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Racialized Economic Segregation Disparities in Late Stage Diagnosis, Non-Adherence to Guidelines Recommended Treatment and Mortality Among Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients

Zhao Sidi, BS, PhD Student, Washington University, Characterization of cell-type specific circular RNAs associated with colorectal cancer metastasis

Zoe Siegel, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, A Novel Role of Chemerin in the Suppression of M2 Pro-Tumor Macrophages

Cristina Simó Costa, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, HER2-Targeted PET Imaging in Tumors of Varying HER2 Expression Levels

Kevin Song, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Connecting Metabolism with PARP Inhibitor Responses in BRCA-Mutant Cancers

Erin Suh, Undergraduate Student, The University of Georgia, Examining the Role of Autophagy Regulator Atg7 on the Tumor Immune Response of Melanoma

Joan Tao, BA, MD Student, University of Missouri – Columbia, Targeted PET Imaging of CD163+ Tumor Associated Macrophages in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas

Andrew Wong, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, A Novel Droplet Digital PCR (DDPCR) Assay for the Detection of Tumor Cells and Predicting Metastasis in Breast Cancer Patients

Faiz Ahmad, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Fibrosis Drive Exhaustion of T-Cell in Lung Cancer

Nora Alexander, BS, MD Student, Washington University, Interobserver Variability in Histopathologic Diagnosis of Melanocytic Neoplasms

Sneha Das Gupta, BSc, PhD Student, Washington University, Beyond Mammographic Density: An Unsupervised Machine Learning Approach to Identify Effects of Early Adulthood Adiposity on Breast Parenchymal Tissue Patterns in Premenopausal Women.

Kaushik Dutta, MS, PhD Student, Washington University, Self-Supervised Learning and Multi-Objective Evaluation Framework for Generating Preclinical Quantitative Standard-Count PET from Low-Count PET Realizations

Nabih Habib, MD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, A Phase 1b Clinical Trial of Cabozantinib and Abiraterone with Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy in Metastatic Hormone Sensitive Prostate Cancer (CABIOS Trial)

Jesus Jimenez, MD, PhD, Instructor, Washington University, Immune Checkpoint Regulator Impairs Left Ventricular Remodeling in Cardiac Injury Mouse Models

Yi Kang, BA, DPT Student, Washington University, Circadian Rhythm Dysregulation with Risk of Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Large-Scale Prospective Analysis

Oam Khatavkar, Undergradute Student, Saint Louis University, Defining Genomic Evolution in CTCL

Yesol Kim, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, The Role of RAMS11 in Lung Cancer

Kevin Kim, BA, Research Technician II, Washington University, Characterization of a Novel, Bifunctional J591-Chemerin Antibody Drug Conjugate

Keshav Kumar, BS, Graduate Student, Washington University, Carbohydrate, Energy, and Peptide Metabolites and Mammographic Breast Density in Premenopausal Women

Suya Li, MS, PhD Student, Washington University, Deep Learning (DL)-Based Kinetic Parameter Estimation of Whole-Body Systems Kinetics using Limited Axial Field-Of-View (AFOV) PET Scanners

Xingyu Liu, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Determining The Role of ZNF687, an Uncharacterized Zinc Finger Transcription Factor, in Lung Adenocarcinoma (LUAD)

Melissa Mavers, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University, Heterogeneity of Human Invariant Natural Killer T Cells, Including Novel Naïve-Like CD8+ and TEMRA-Like CD4-CD8- Populations, Revealed Through Single Cell RNA-Sequencing

Shinghei Mok, MPH, Graduate Student Assistant, Washington University, Objectively-Measured Physical Activity, Sleep Patterns, and Trajectories among Cancer Survivors in the United States

Ema Mosleh, MD, Clinical Fellow, Washington University, Factors Influencing Delayed Clearance of High Dose Methotrexate (HDMTX) in Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult (AYA) Oncology Patients

Ariana Naaseh, MD, Resident, Washington University, Developing a Community-Academic Partnership to Enhance Equity in Cancer Genetics Services: Processes and Progress

Oluseye Oduyale, MD, Resident, Washington University, Aspirin and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug Use and Risk of Precursors of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

Peijie Qiu, MS, PhD Student, Washington University, QCResUNet: Joint Subject-level and Voxel-level Prediction of Segmentation Quality

Muhammad Saeed, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Chemerin Suppresses Prostate Tumor Growth by Positively Modulating the Recruitment of Effector NK And CD8+ T-Cells into the Tumor Microenvironment

Harendra shah, PhD, Postdoc Research Associate, Washington University, Radiation Mediated Modulation of the Complement System in Lung Cancer

Shayla Shmuel, BS, Research Technician, Washington University, Improving DOTATATE-Endoradiotherapy in Tumors that Express Low Levels of SSTR2

Ramkrishna Kumar Singh, MBBS, Graduate Student, Washington University, Circulating Acetylsalicylic Acid levels and Mammographic Breast Density in Premenopausal Women

Vikas Somani, PhD, Staff Scientist, Washington University, CuCN-Ecli-Gem, A Novel Nano-Immunomodulatory Gemcitabine, Effectively Combats Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Inhibiting Tumor and Suppressive Myeloid Cells

George Souroullas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington University, ARID Homologs are Functionally Redundant and Required During Multiple Stages of B Cell Development and Transformation

Yash Thacker, BS, Business & Technology Application Analyst II, Washington University, CT-Derived Textural Analysis Parameters Discriminate High-Attenuation Renal Cysts from Solid Renal Neoplasms

Angie Trammel, BA, Graduate Student, Washington University, Disparities in EHR Patient Portal Utilization Among Patients with Hematological Cancers

Shayna Turbin, Undergraduate Student, Washington University, Role of Integrase-PP2A Interaction in Human T-Cell Leukemia Virus Type-1 Replication and Pathogenesis

Stephanie Crowley, BS, PhD Student, Washington University, Bclaf1 Gene Dosage Regulates AML Initiation and Progression

Podium Presentation Award Winner:

Jessica Devenport, BS, MA

PhD Student, Cancer Biology Program, Washington University

Mentor: Abby Green, MD

Research Title: APOBEC3A Promotes Ovarian Cancer Metastasis

Poster Presentation Award Winner:

Erin Suh

Undergraduate Student, University of Georgia

Mentor: George Souroullas, PhD

Research Title: Examining the Role of Autophagy Regulator Atg7 on the Tumor Immune Response of Melanoma

8:30 – 9:30 AM: Career Development Networking Session

9:45 – 10:00 AM:  Introduction and Overview

10:00 – 11:30 AM: Trainee Podium Presentations

• 10:00 AM – Lindsey Aubuchon, BA, PhD Student – Oncology,  Targeting ALC1 ATPase activity as a new synthetic lethal strategy in BRCA-mutant cancers
• 10:15 AM – Alzina Koric, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scholar – Public Health Sciences, Breast Cancer Risk Prediction for Women Diagnosed with Benign Breast Disease at the Siteman Cancer Center
• 10:30 AM – Xiaoqing (Cathy) Cheng, PhD, Staff Scientist– Oncology, Overcoming resistance to HER2 inhibitors in P53 and HR2 co-mutated cancer
• 11:00 AM – Adrián González González, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Associate – Oncology, Preclinical investigation of PARP inhibition to potentiate trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) anti-tumor activity in HER2-low triple negative breast cancer
• 11:15 AM – Isabelle Seppa, BA, PhD Student – Oncology, Mechanisms of ssDNA Gap Resection in BRCA1-proficient and -deficient cells
  

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Robert Klump Visiting Lecture (Keynote Address)

Gregory Riely, MD, PhD

Ning Zhao and Ge Li Endowed Chair for Lung Cancer Research
Attending Physician, Thoracic Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College

“Failure and Success in Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer”

1:15 – 2:45 PM:  Trainee Podium Presentations

• 1:15 PM – Taylor Malachowski, BS, PhD Student – Cell Biology & Physiology, Chemotherapy induced senescence drive peripheral neuropathy
• 1:30 PM – Julien Lesage, PhD, Staff Scientist – Oncology, DDR2 in Ovarian Tumor CAFs controls Ferroptosis and Response to Olaparib
• 2:00 PM – Ramon Jin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Oncology, The role of SOX2 in Barrett’s esophagus development
• 2:15 PM – Tanner Johanns, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor – Oncology, Immunogenicity of a personalized neoantigen DNA-based vaccine in patients with glioblastoma
• 2:30 PM – Mei Wang, MS, PhD Student – Public Health Sciences, Multiple myeloma burden attributable to modifiable risk factors in US Veterans with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance 

Podium Presentation Award Winner:

Taylor Malachowski, BS

PhD Student, Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University

Mentor: Sheila Stewart, PhD

Research Title: Chemotherapy induced senescence drive peripheral neuropathy

Poster Presentation Award Winner:

Usman Panni, MD

Resident – Surgery

Mentors: David DeNardo, PhD; William E. Gillanders, MD

Research Title: Tumor-associated Fibrosis Leads to an Increase in T-cell Exhaustion and Impairs Tumor Control in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

8:30 – 9:30 AM: Career Development Networking Session
Pre-registration required

9:45 – 10:00 AM, Seminar Room B:  Introduction and Overview

10:00 – 11:30 AM, Seminar Room B*: Trainee Podium Presentations
*Overflow seating available in Seminar Room A

• 10:00 AM – Liang-I Kang, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Pathology/Immunology – Chronic liver injury promotes liver metastases in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
• 10:15 AM – Darya Khantakova, MS – PhD Student, Molecular Oncology – Blockade of LILRB4 promotes tumor control in primary and metastatic models
• 10:30 AM – Xiuli Zhang, MD – Senior Scientist, Pathology/Immunology – From Neoantigen Prediction to TCR Validation: Lessons from Phase 1 Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Trials
• 11:00 AM – Cristina Simó, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Radiology – Enhancing Pancreatic Cancer Imaging and Therapy via Antibody Click Chemistry
• 11:15 AM – Julien Lesage, PhD – Staff Scientist, Oncology – DDR2 confers ferroptosis resistance to cancer-associated fibroblasts and attenuates PARPi sensitivity of ovarian tumor cells

12:00 – 1:00 PM, EPNEC Auditorium: Keynote Panel

“Building Resilience and Collaboration in Cancer Research”

Sheila Stewart, PhD Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology Washington University School of Medicine

Laura Schuettpelz, MD, PhD Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist Professor of Pediatrics, Hematology & Oncology Program Leader, Hematopoietic Development and Malignancy Program Associate Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Washington University School of Medicine

Alex Ramsey, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Washington University School of Medicine

Neha Mehta-Shah, MD, MSCI Medical Oncologist Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology Washington University School of Medicine

1:15 – 2:45 PM, Seminar Room B*:  Trainee Podium Presentations
*Overflow seating available in Seminar Room A

• 1:15 PM – Aantaki Raisa, PhD – Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health – Navigating the U.S. Healthcare System: Barriers to Cancer Screening Among Bangladeshi Immigrants
• 1:30 PM – Steven Tohmasi, MD, MPHS – Resident, Surgical Oncology – Smoking Cessation and Mortality Risk in Cancer Survivorship: Real-world Data from a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center
• 1:45 PM – Harendra Shah, PhD – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Radiation Oncology – Radiation-mediated complement cascade activation within the lung tumor microenvironment diminishes the efficacy of radiation therapy
• 2:15 PM – Donghua Hu, PhD – Instructor, Radiation Oncology – Reprogramming Mitochondrial Function through PTEN-PIK3CA Pathway to Enhance Radiotherapy in Cervical Cancer
• 2:30 PM – Jinyun Yuan, PhD – Senior Scientist, Neurosurgery – Enrichment of Brain Tumor-Derived ctDNAs and MicroRNAs in Blood Circulation in Patients Using Sonobiopsy

3:00 – 5:00 PM:  Poster Session & Reception

• Abel Abebe, MD , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Real-World Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Esophageal Cancer Patients Treated at Siteman Cancer Center
• Sumedha Agashe, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, TET2 loss promotes DNA replication stress and PARP inhibitor sensitivity in hematopoietic neoplasms
• Samarth Aggarwal, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Feasibility of In-vivo Dosimetry for Proton Therapy using a Mobile Point-of-Care (PoC) PET Imaging System
• Ishita Aggarwal, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Analyzing the efficacy of Zika virus expressing GM-CSF as a therapy for glioblastoma
• Nisar Ahmed, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, The Epigenetic Landscape of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Progression
• Mercy Akerele, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Variation in the image quality across the axial FOV of Quadra PET/CT scanner
• Nadia Alamri, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Fusion of extracellular matrix binder motifs to GMCSF for localized cancer immunotherapy
• Mohammad Hesam Alavi, MD, MPH , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, The Big Question in Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer: Can ¹⁸F-Fluoroestradiol (FES)-PET/CT Distinguish Viable Tumor from Radiation Necrosis
• Lindsey Aubuchon, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Targeting ALC1 ATPase activity as a new synthetic lethal strategy in BRCA-mutant cancers
• Sina Azadnajafabad, MD, MPH , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Shifting landscape of cancer risk factors among US children, adolescents, and young adults, 1999-2023
• Sapana Bansod, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, TAK1 blockade induces DNA damage and immunogenic cGAS-STING pathway activation in pancreatic cancer
• Nehla Banu, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Chemerin abrogates the M0 polarization to M2 like phenotype, and promotes antitumor immune response
• Alex Benton, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, PET annotates trastuzumab and trastuzumab-deruxtecan uptake in tumors with variable HER2 expression
• Kanika Bhalla, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Optimizing Transfer Learning for Prediction of Breast Cancer Outcomes: A Multicenter Study
• Whitney Brandt, MD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, The role of DExH-Box Helicase 9 (DHX9) in Squamous Cell Lung Cancer (LUSC)
• Dana Burris, BA, BS , PhD Student, University of Missouri-Columbia, Assessment of oncolytic adenovirus encoding CD137 (4-1BB) agonist in murine TNBC models
• Marlene Campos Guerrero, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Developing a direct non-invasive orthotopic cervical tumor injection approach for studying cervical cancer invasion and metastasis in immunocompetent mice
• Rafael Cancado de Faria, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Chimeric antigen receptor dendritic cells for immunotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
• Ryan Day, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, The recurrent AML-associated CBFBD87GDSY mutation has hypomorphic function and is mechanistically distinct from CBFB:MYH11
• Amanda de Andrade Costa, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Intracranial Injection of Genetically Modified, Mosquito Non-Transmissible, Zika Virus: Safety in Primates and Ramifications for Brain Tumor Treatment
• Charlotte DeGeorge, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, PTPN11 activation and inhibition in EGFR-altered glioblastoma
• Selina Fan, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Investigating the role of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase (UBR5) in MPNST cell survival
• Wenjia Feng, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Mapping Early Dissemination in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer through Integrated Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptomics
• Dane Fernandez, MS , MD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Results of integrated analysis of spatial metabolomic and histologic imaging in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
• Jolene Fu, , Undergraduate Student, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Investigating Dose-Dependent Radiation Effects on Tumor Growth and Immune Cell Dynamics in Cervical Cancer Animal Model
• Sahra Gabure, BS , MD/PhD Student, University of Missouri-Columbia, PAI-1 as a mediator of fibrosis in sclerodermatous chronic graft-versus-host disease
• Trisha Gannu, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis , Evaluating VIT Chemotherapy Efficacy Across NF1-MPNST Subtypes
• Jacqueline Godbe, MD, PhD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Theranostic nanofibers target multiple myeloma via CD38
• Felicia Gomez, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Characterizing The Expression Profile of Hodgkin Reed Sternberg Cells using Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing
• Adrián González González, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Is MEK inhibition the key to overcome Trastuzumab deruxtecan Resistance in MAPK-activated Triple-Negative Breast Cancer pre-clinical models?
• Sridharan Gopalsamy Ramaswamy, MPH/MBA , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Lipid-lowering therapy use among cancer survivors aged 50-80: associated factors and equity gaps
• Isabella Guppy, BS , Research Technician II, Washington University in St. Louis, Developing a multiplexed and quantitative mouse model for glioblastoma multiforme
• Isheeta Gupta, MD , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Smart screening: Towards Efficient Breast Cancer Metastases Detection in Tissue Patches
• Rishab Haldar, BSc , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Automating Trial Eligibility Screening in Multiple Myeloma Using Clinical Notes and Large Language Models
• Jichang Han, BS, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Intraperitoneal Paclitaxel Reprograms the Peritoneal Immune Landscape and Expands Effector T Cells in Gastrointestinal Peritoneal Metastasis
• Juanita Hernandez, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Improved Long-Term Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Through Analysis of Sequential Mammograms Leveraging State-of-the-art AI Model
• Daniel Hong, MD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events after diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers: A nationwide prospective study
• Bojing Jiang, MPhil , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Turn ‘Cold’ Tumor ‘Hot’ – Enhancing Interferon-α Production by TLR7/9
• Reeya Joseph, BA , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Clinical risk prediction tool for successful smoking cessation: Can we identify individuals with difficulty quitting for targeted help?
• Sarah Kelley, BS , Clinical Research Coordinator , Washington University in St. Louis, Automated Abstraction of Treatment Histories in the Multiple Myeloma Tissue Bank using Natural Language Processing
• Mary Claire Kendall, BS , Research Technician , Washington University in St. Louis, Elevated RNF168 in Cancer
• Alexandra Khodadadi, MD, MSPH , Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, A Learning Health System to Reduce Cancer: Closing the Implementation Gap with a Point of Care Tobacco Treatment Model in an Academic Medical Center
• Alzina Koric, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Subsequent breast cancer risk after benign biopsy in racially diverse women undergoing mammogram screening at Siteman
• Aishwarya Krishnan, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Dnmt3a-mutant stem cells have an increased competitive advantage over other frequently mutated CH clones
• Che-Pei (Pat) Kung, PhD , Staff Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, ADAR1-associated Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
• Shannon Landon, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Neuroimmune dysregulation drives bortezomib-induced neuropathy
• Caleb Lines, BA , MD/PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, ADAR1 and DHX9 Represent a Therapeutic Opportunity in p53-mutated Endometrial Cancer
• Maria Ly, MD, PhD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Radiologic-Pathologic Discordance in Breast Lesions Stratified by BI-RADS Assessment: Malignancy Upgrade Rates and Diagnostic Implications
• Liang Ma, PhD , Associate Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Interactions between Androgen and Wnt signaling in Bladder Cancer
• Alex Mabry, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Targeting type I interferon signaling in CDK4/6i resistant ER+/HER2- BC
• Jushawn Macon, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Mapping the Cascade of Participant Attrition to Ensure Representativeness in Reach, Effectiveness, and Uptake of Health Interventions
• Elayna Malak, BA , Research Technician, Washington University in St. Louis, Cisplatin-Induced Mitochondrial Remodeling in Hair Cells: A Cellular Link to Delayed-Onset Progressive Hearing Loss
• Angelena Manova, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Ivermectin enhances the anti-tumor effects of radiation therapy in breast cancer: Mechanistic insights and preclinical evaluation
• Akshay Mehta, BA, BS , MD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, The Ethical Arguments For and Against Race-Specific Reference Ranges in MGUS
• Ziyun Meng, MPH , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Cost-effectiveness analysis of peptide receptor radionuclide therapy and sunitinib sequential therapies in patients with advanced unresectable pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
• Radhika Mishra, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Reprogramming the immune microenvironment through p38 blockade to limit breast cancer metastases
• Shanid Mohiyuddin, PhD , Postdoc, University of Missouri-Columbia, Inflammasome Blockade Prevents Severe Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: Evidence from Murine Allogeneic Transplant Models
• Kizhan Muhammad, MD , Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis, Management of Intraductal Papilloma- A Retrospective Cohort Study
• Meera Muthukrishnan, PhD, MPH , Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis, Bridging the Gap: Community Recommendations Improve Cancer Genetic Research and Clinical Engagement
• Marina Nogueira, AB , MD/PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Interrogating the dominant-negative effect of ∆Np63 in squamous cell carcinoma
• Angel Obiorah, BA , Project Coordinator, Washington University in St. Louis, Examining the Appropriateness and Feasibility of Crowdsourced HPV Vaccination and Cervical Cancer Screening Interventions among Mother-Daughter Pairs
• Nkiruka Obodoechina, MPH , Project Coordinator , Washington University in St. Louis, Exploring Nigerian Women’s Perceptions and Preferences for HPV Self-Sampling: A PEN-3 Cultural Model Study of Women Aged 30-49
• Temitope Ojo, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Bridging the Research-Policy Gap for Vaccine-Preventable Cancers in Nigeria: Insights from Policy Actors
• Nneka Okeke, MPH , Research Coordinator , Washington University in St. Louis, A Pilot Evaluation of Crowdsourced HPV Self-Collection and Vaccination Uptake Among Mother-Daughter Pairs
• Sharon Okeke , BA , Graduate Student, Saint Louis University , Evaluating Organizational Readiness for HPV Self-Sampling Implementation in Nigerian Primary Healthcare Centers: A Baseline Assessment Using the ORCA Framework
• Sandeep Surendra Panikar, PhD , Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis, Enhanced Immune Recruitment and Tumor Suppression in PSMA+ Prostate Cancer Using Anti-PSMA-Immunocytokine
• Shree Pari, BS , MD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Preclinical Modeling of Aggressive Meningiomas Using a Novel Patient-Derived Culture and Organoid System
• Guido Pelaez, MD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Allele-specific CD33-directed CAR-T cells: a novel approach for selectively targeting post-allogeneic relapsed AML
• Lauren Pendergast, BS , Research Technician, Washington University in St. Louis, HMCES prevents Pol theta activity at abasic sites to promote PrimPol-mediated repriming
• Ofejiro Pereye, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, TNFR-MK2 Signaling Drives Autophagy and Resistance to KRAS/MAPK Inhibition in Pancreatic Cancer
• Sai Prem, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Enhancing the efficacy of radiation therapy for lung cancer with the TROP2-targeting antibody-drug conjugate IMMU-132
• Vasantharaja Raguraman, PhD , Postdoc, University of Missouri-Columbia, Low cerebral blood flow is a non-invasive biomarker of CNS injury after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Renata Ramalho-Oliveira, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Limiting metastatic breast cancer progression by targeting MK2 stromal signaling
• Martin Ramos, MD, PhD , Postdoc, University of Missouri-Columbia, Probiotic bacteria L. lactis-iRFP exhibit predilection to target orthotopic colorectal tumors evaluated by advanced molecular imaging
• Rohan Reddy, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Targeting ALC1 expands the therapeutic utility of PARP inhibitors in high grade serous ovarian cancers
• Felipe Ribeiro, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Vagal sensory neurons promote cancer metastasis
• Celia Rouault, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, The p53-Pol iota axis suppresses PARPi response by blocking ssDNA gaps
• Nestor Rubio-Infante, PhD , Postdoc, University of Missouri-Columbia, Developing probiotic L. lactis as contrast agent and molecular probe for the in vivo study of the gastrointestinal tract using multispectral optoacoustic tomography
• Muhmmad Azeem Saeed, PhD, MPhil, DVM , Senior Scientist , Washington University in St. Louis, Chemerin augments antitumor immunity in prostate cancer via enhanced antigen presentation and NK/CD8⁺ T cell recruitment
• Ginny Schulz, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC , Instructor, Washington University in St. Louis, Preliminary efficacy of Let’s Get REAL on youth involvement in stem cell transplant and cellular therapy decision making
• Shayla Shmuel, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis , Using click chemistry to increase antibody internalization and survival in HER2-low tumors
• Abhishek Singh, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Neuroimmune Crosstalk in Multiple Myeloma
• Michael Slade, MD, MSCI , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy with radiation-based lymphodepletion for patients with relapsed myeloma and advanced chronic kidney disease
• Justin Sofia, BA , MD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, The Obesity Paradox Across Eight Solid Tumors: Temporal Trends and Prognostic Impact
• Vikas Somani, PhD , Senior Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, Therapeutic Reprogramming Of Tumor-Associated Macrophages In Pancreatic Cancer Using CCR2-Targeted Nanotheranostic
• Henna Soneta, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Investigating the role of senescent microglia in glioblastoma progression following cranial irradiation
• Luisangely Soto Torres, BSc , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Targeting dsRNA sensing pathways in triple negative breast cancer
• Bhargavi Sovani, MD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Imaging Beyond Disease: Understanding White Adipose Uptake in the Individual on 18F-FDG PET/CT
• Tyler Sudlow, BS , MS Student, Washington University in St. Louis, An Investigation of the Clinical Impact of the Dosimetric Leaf Gap in Enhanced Leaf Modeling
• Yichen Sun, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Molecular Profiles of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
• Vladislav Sviderskiy, MD, PhD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Transcriptomic Analysis of a Tumor Microarray of Breast Cancers with BRCA1 versus BRCA2 Mutations.
• Reenu Singh Tanwar, PhD , Staff Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, PD-L1 PET imaging in a Tet-on system of caveolin-1 knockdown
• Mithila Tennakoon, PhD , Postdoc, Washington University in St. Louis, Role of RAD51 in ssDNA gap processing and repair
• Sanskar Thakur, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Non-Invasive, High-Resolution Subsurface Imaging of the Endometrial Cavity for Cancer Detection Using Optical Coherence Tomography
• Vishnuvardhan Thotakura, MBBS, MPH, CPH , Clinical Research Study Assistant II, Washington University in St. Louis, Timing Matters in Glioblastoma: Sampling at Recurrence Predicts Worse Early Survival
• Madeleine Turner, BA , MD/PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Dual Targeting of FAK/MAPK Signaling to Unlock Radiation Efficacy in PDAC
• Reethika Veluri, BS , MD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, A Participatory Bootcamp Model to Enhance Vaccine Uptake for Cancer Prevention in Nigeria: Strengthening among Early and Mid-Career Investigators
• Gagan Vijay, BS , Graduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Assessment of Regional Disparities in Early-Onset Cancer Incidence (Ages 20-44): Missouri and the United States, 1999-2022
• Sierra Wallace, BS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Defining the Early Replication Stress Signatures of BRCA1 Mutant Ovarian Cancers
• Lukai Wang, MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Assessment of Endometrial Cancer Microvascular Features using Optical Resolution Photoacoustic Microscopy
• Max Wattenberg, MD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Interferon Regulatory Factor 1 is a niche-specific genetic dependency in pancreatic cancer
• Jade Weber, MS BME, BS BME , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Hypoxia and collagen density regulate breast tumor cell invasion
• Alyssa Weinstein, BS,MS , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Dendritic cell alterations at the primary and metastatic sites of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
• Victoria Xie, MD , Resident, Washington University in St. Louis, Retrospective analysis of complex sclerosing lesions managed with imaging surveillance compared to surgical excision
• Kuangying Yang, MS, BS, BEng , PhD Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Multiomic analyses at single-cell and spatial resolution reveal distinct evolution patterns and immune composition in PRC2-loss versus PRC2-retained MPNST
• Yan Yin, PhD , Senior Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, Deciphering the Role of SALL1 in Endometrial Cancer
• Seraphim You, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Loss of CREBBP Facilitates Liver Metastasis and Immune Adaptation in Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Melinda Zhang, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, Inducing Activation of NK Cells to Target MHC Class I-Deficient Tumor Cells
• Xiandong Zhao, PhD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Self-Powered Perovskite Detectors for Flexible Real-time Dosimetry
• Kate Zhao, , Undergraduate Student, Washington University in St. Louis, The NRF2 pathway as a therapeutic predictive biomarker of radiation response in larynx squamous cell carcinoma
• Paul Zolkind, MD , Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, Association of NRF2 Pathway Activation with Response to Radiation in Larynx Cancer

Poster Presentation Award Winner:

Jacqueline Godbe, MD, PhD

Resident – Radiology, Washington University

Mentor: Monica Shokeen, PhD

Research Title: Theranostic nanofibers target multiple myeloma via CD38

Podium Presentation Award Winner:

Steven Tohmasi, MD, MPHS

Resident – Surgery, Washington University

Mentors: Li-Shiun Chen, MD, MPH, ScD; Graham A. Colditz, MD, DrPH; Laura J. Bierut, MD

Research Title: Smoking Cessation and Mortality Risk in Cancer Survivorship: Real-world Data from a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center