Join us to celebrate the research of MD-PhD students, and CTSI trainees, scholars and pilot awardees representing multiple departments and colleges across the University of Florida.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Eric Nelson, MD, PhD, FAAP
Dr. Nelson is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UF College of Medicine. He is also the director of the Nelson Lab which seeks to medical, scientific and technology skill-sets to discover new approaches to combat infectious disease outbreaks.

Agenda
location
George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building
The Harrell Medical Education Building serves as a national model, providing a dynamic environment for training UF medical students and physician assistant students to practice safe, effective and compassionate clinical care.
11:00 a.m.
Welcome and opening remarks
Duane Mitchell, MD, PhD, is the Phyllis Kottler Friedman Professor in the Department of Neurosurgery. UF Assistant Vice President for Research, Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences at the UF College of Medicine, and Director of the UF Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI).
Mark Segal, MD, PhD, Director, MD-PhD Training Program
Master of Ceremonies, Amy Peiper, MD-PhD Trainee
11:15 a.m.
Keynote speaker
Eric Nelson, MD, PhD, FAAP
HMEB Learning Studio #135
12:30 p.m.
Private lunch for students
MD-PhD & TL1 to interact with Dr. Nelson
2:00 p.m.
Open poster session & reception
2:30 p.m.
Interactive poster session
The MD-PhD Training Program is at the interface of discovery and development where we are transcending individual disciplines for the “team science” paradigm. Here, enthusiastic and interactive researchers, creative minds, and cutting-edge technology work together to apply and advance science. The goal of the MD-PhD Training Program is to enable scholars to obtain the best training in their intended research areas while working closely with an outstanding faculty.
The CTSI TL1 Training Program provides predoctoral trainees with the skills required to develop a career in multidisciplinary clinical and translational research. TL1 Teams are comprised of two or more PhD students from different degree programs in different colleges. Teams collaborate to develop new team-specific aims that expand the scope of their individual dissertation projects based on a common research interest, e.g., a human disease being investigated at different levels (molecular to population), with different experimental approaches or data analysis methods, and/or at different parts of the T0-T4 continuum.
The KL2 Program is a multidisciplinary program for junior faculty, that provides two years of financial support and research training to develop the skills necessary to build a well-funded, collaborative career in clinical/ translational research.
3:30 p.m.
Conclusion
End of the symposium
MD-PhD Presentations
presenter name | mentor | presentation title |
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Frederick Ashby, MPHP | Coy Heldermon, MD, PhD | Quantification of AAV Delivery Methods by Next Generation Sequencing |
Miles Cameron | Andrew Judge PhD | |
Leanne Dumeny | Larisa Cavallari, PharmD; Julio Duarte, PharmD, PhD | HR-Based Prediction Model in ARA-Prescribed Heart Failure Patients |
John Figg | Benjamin Canales. MD, MPH | Refractory Nephrolithiasis Ameliorated with Qsymia: A Case Report |
Aditya Mahadevan, BS | Helen Jones, PhD | Transcriptional Associations Between Diabetes, Congenital Heart Defects, and the Human Placenta |
Amy Peiper | Stephanie Karst, PhD | MNV-WU23 as a new tool for studying norovirus-induced gastrointestinal disease |
Daniel Stribling | Rolf Renne, PhD | Containerized CUT&RUN Analysis Allows Characterization of Histone H3.3 Deposition in Kaposi’s Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Infection |
CTS TL1 presentations
PRESENTER NAME | MENTOR | PRESENTATION TITLE |
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Karen Awura Adjoa Ronke Coker | Sarah McKune, MPH, PhD | Black Womens Mental Wellbeing and Trust in their Reproductive Environment : the case of Alachua County Florida |
Tyler Nesbit, MA, MS | Larry Forthun, PhD | Black Womens Mental Wellbeing and Trust in their Reproductive Environment : the case of Alachua County Florida |
Jacqlyn Yourell, MS | David Fedele, PhD | A TL1 Team Approach: Physician Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Youth with Comorbid Asthma and Overweight/Obesity |
Natalie Koskela-Staples, MS | Jennifer Doty, PhD | A TL1 Team Approach: Physician Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Youth with Comorbid Asthma and Overweight/Obesity |
Andrew Rainey, MPH | Mariola Edelmann, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Gainesville, FL. |
Lisa Emerson | Anthony Maurelli, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Wastewater-Based Epidemiology of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella in Gainesville, FL. |
Courtney Wilkinson | Lori Knackstedt, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to immune signatures of PTSD susceptibility |
Phil Mackie | Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to immune signatures of PTSD susceptibility |
Jennifer Applebaum | Barbara Zsembik, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Assess the Impact of Pet Ownership on Allostatic Load Trajectories |
Carlyn Ellison | Sherrilene Classen, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Assess the Impact of Pet Ownership on Allostatic Load Trajectories |
Hannah Anderson | Libin Rong, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Modeling Migration and Suppression of CCR2+/CX3CR1+ Myeloid Cells in Glioblastoma |
Greg Takacs | Jeffrey Harrison, PhD | A CTS Team Approach to Modeling Migration and Suppression of CCR2+/CX3CR1+ Myeloid Cells in Glioblastoma |
Natalie Koskela-Staples | David Fedele, PhD | A TL1 Team Approach: Physician Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Youth with Comorbid Asthma and Overweight/Obesity |
Jacqlyn Yourell | Jennifer Doty, PhD | A TL1 Team Approach: Physician Strategies to Promote Physical Activity Among Youth with Comorbid Asthma and Overweight/Obesity |
KL2 Presentations & Pilot Awards
2022 Research Day: CTSI and MD-PhD
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