John A. Burns School of Medicine
Biomedical Sciences and Health
Disparities Symposium

ANTIBIOFILM ACTIVITY OF ANTIMICROBIAL DRESSINGS IN A PORCINE EX VIVO SKIN WOUND POLYMICROBIAL BIOFILM MODEL
Liang, Bao Xin (Hailey) - Tripler Army Medical Center Department of Clinical Investigations, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF BULK RNA-SEQ AND SINGLE-CELL RNA-SEQ UNRAVELS THE INFLUENCES OF SARS-COV-2 INFECTIONS TO CANCER PATIENTS
Chen, Yu MS - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

LIFESTYLE, CULTURE FACTORS, AND AD-ASSOCIATED GENE INVOLVED IN COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN HISPANIC/LATINO POPULATION IN RGV
Lee Avila, Manuel - Health and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

 

INVESTIGATING THE ETIOLOGIES OF SEIZURES IN HAWAII'S ETHNICALLY DIVERSE POPULATION UNDERGOING VIDEO-EEG EPILEPSY MONITORING
Jahansooz, Julia MS - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INTEGRATION OF STRUCTURAL MRI AND EPIGENETIC ANALYSES HINT AT LINKED CELLULAR DEFECTS OF THE SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE AND INSULAR CORTEX IN AUTISM: FINDINGS FROM A CASE STUDY
Allan, Nina PhD - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CHROMATIN READER, PRKCBP1, REGULATES HYPOXIC SIGNALING FOLLOWING MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Kuraoka, Kiralee - Dept. of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

CHEMOGENETIC ACTIVATION OF HYPOTHALAMIC OXYTOCIN NEURONS IS CARDIOPROTECTIVE IN TYPE 2 DIABETES
Nilsson, Anna - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

PRECISION OF DXA-DERIVED VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE MEASURES IN CHILDREN
Cataldi, Devon PhDc - Kinesiology Rehabilitation Science, UH Cancer Center

 

SEX AND RACIAL/ETHNIC DISPARITIES FOR THYROID CANCER SURVIVAL: THE MULTIETHNIC COHORT STUDY
Abe, Janine Ph.D. - Epidemiology, UH Cancer Center

 

THORACIC AORTA CALCIFICATION AND LEFT VENTRICULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION RELEVANT TO HEART FAILURE: THE MULTI-EHTNIC STUDY OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS (MESA)
Watanabe, Kelly BA - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DELINEATING IMMUNE RESPONSES IN SARS-COV-2 VACCINATED AND/OR INFECTED INDIVIDUALS
Kim, Mary-Magdalene - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology and Pacific Center For Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i At Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

ADVERSE MEDICAL TREATMENT EFFECTS AND MORTALITY IN THE OLDER US POPULATIONS: A 30-YEAR TREND ANALYSIS
Leibovitch, Emily BA - John A Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

ACCURACY OF DERMATOLOGIST LISTINGS IN HAWAII'S MEDICAID PHYSICIAN DIRECTORIES
Tran, Amity BA - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

A PECULIAR PICKLEBALL PATHOLOGY OF THE KNEE
Lawton, Dylan BS - Bone & Joint Center: Straub Medical Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND BURDEN OF INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASE IN OLDER ADULTS
Roberts, Alyssa BS - Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN GENETICALLY PREDICTED LEVELS OF BLOOD METABOLITES AND PANCREATIC CANCER RISK
Zhong, Hua Ph.D. - Epidemiology, UH Cancer Center

 

ALTERATIONS IN COMPLEMENT PROTEINS IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Subia, Natalie MS of Tropical Medicine - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF PIGGYBAC TRANSPOSASE AS A PROGRAMMABLE GENOME INSERTION TOOL
Tran, Christopher PhD - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MEDICAL IMAGING MEASUREMENT OF VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE THRESHOLDS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE
Bennett, Jonathan MS, ABD - Epidemiology, UH Cancer Center

 

PATIENT EXPERIENCES WITH TELEMEDICINE AND HISTORY-BASED SCREENING FOR MEDICATION ABORTION
Pang, Michelle - Obstetrics and Gynecology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

AN SCFV-FC PLATFORM FOR RAPID MAB EXPRESSION AND SCREENING
Peppers, Austin - Math and Science, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

DATA STANDARDIZATION OF CLINICAL, REAL-WORLD BREAST ULTRASOUND IMAGING DATA
Bunnell, Arianna BS - Information & Computer Sciences, UH Manoa

 

HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX 1: A PREDICTIVE BIOMARKER OF ABERRANT HUMORAL RESPONSES IMPLICATED IN POST-ACUTE SEQUELAE OF SARS-COV-2
Rubas, Noelle MS - MBBE, UH Manoa

 

ENGAGING PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS TO INCREASE PATIENT SAFETY EVENT REPORTING AT KAPIOLANI MEDICAL CENTER FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN (KMCWC)
Orite, Seo Yeon MMSc - Pediatric, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

EVOLUTION OF SELENOCYSTEINE LYASE: EMERGENCE OF THE SELENOCYSTEINE DECOMPOSING TRAIT IN ORGANISMS
Brenner, Noa - Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HELP RECEIVED FOR SUBSTANCE USE BY ETHNICITY AND GENDER OF YOUTH IN HAWAI'I
Gunther, Maya BA - Department of Psychiatry, JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

EFFECTS OF STRESS INDUCED BY EASTERN-BOUND TIMEZONE CHANGES ON WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL ATHLETES FAT DISTRIBUTION
Williams, Haley - Kinesiology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

NEW DSRNA FORMULA USING SYMBIONT MEDIATED RNAI OF HONEY BEES TARGETING VARROA MITE FOUNDRESS MAY IMPROVE RNAI MEDIATED KILLING OF PARASITIC VARROA DESTRUCTOR
Guillermo, Mari BS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

LOW PREVALENCE OF VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY IN 2-17 YEAR OLDS WITH MULTIPLE FRACTURES
Villanueva, Nathaniel BS - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CHANGES IN FENTANYL AND CONCURRENT ILLICIT SUBSTANCE USE AMONG OPIOID USERS IN A HAWAII METHADONE CLINIC BEFORE AND AFTER THE START OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Peters, Selena MD - UH Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

PERCEPTIONS AND PRECONCEPTIONS RELATED TO AGEING FACIAL APPEARANCES
Yamamoto, Marcus BS - Geriatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DEVELOPMENT OF LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION FOLLOWING SPOUSAL LOSS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LONGITUDINAL STUDIES ON WIDOWHOOD
Niino, Kerri BS - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

PRE-ECMO FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE BLEEDING ON ECMO
Wong, Krystin BA - Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

IMMUNOLOGICAL NON-RESPONDERS AMONG PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Sunio, Bernadine - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

RELEVANCE OF ACE SCORES IN TEENS WITH DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY
Wong, Sharon - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

ORC 1 IS REQUIRED FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF DNA SYNTHESIS IN THE ZYGOTE
Nguyen, Hieu phD - Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

OOCYTE-SPECIFIC DELETION OF EXOC5 RESULTS IN FOLLICULOGENESIS DEFECTS, COMPROMISED EGG QUALITY, AND ACCELERATED OVARIAN AGING
Wu, Hongwen - Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DETERMINING THE TIMING OF BOOSTER DOSE BASED ON THE HALF-LIVES AND NEUTRALIZATION TITERS AGAINST SARS-COV-2 VARIANTS OF CONCERN IN INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING MODERNA OR PFIZER VACCINE
Dai, Yu-Ching - Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE CHARACTERIZATION OF MICE LACKING THE GENE FOR SELENOCYSTEINE LYASE IN BROWN ADIPOCYTES
Santiago, Princess Jena - Pacific Bioscience Research Center, UH Manoa

 

STUDYING THE INVOLVEMENT OF CENTROSOMAL PROTEINS DURING MULTIPOLAR SPINDLE FORMATION IN CULTURED CANCER CELLS: ANALYZING PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF HUMAN CENTRIN DURING EARLY CELL DIVISION
Maluyo, Elizabeth Jane BAS Health Professions, Pre-Medicine - Mathematics, Natural and Health Sciences Division, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

PERFORMANCE IS REGAINED WITHIN 2 SEASONS AFTER QUADRICEPS TENDON TEARS IN NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS
Morikawa, Landon MA - Orthopedic Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CHARACTERISTICS OF A PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA BACTERIOPHAGE ISOLATED FROM THE ALA WAI CANAL
Hara, Ryan BA - Biology, Windward Community College (INBRE)

 

GENOTYPING MICE FOR CONDITIONAL DELETION OF GENES IN OOCYTES
Furuya, Dacsi - Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Manoa

 

PRODUCTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PRE-FUSION EBOLA VIRUS GP2 EXPRESSED IN DROSOPHILA S2 CELLS FOR ANALYSIS OF VACCINE-INDUCED IMMUNE RESPONSES
Ding, Yuewen - Kapiolani Community College, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF GARCINIA XANTHOCHYMUS
Anderson, Katherine - Pharmaceutical Science, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

GENERATION OF ANTIBODIES AGAINST CENTRALSPINDLIN, A KEY TARGET FOR CANCER TREATMENT
Nguyen, Cindy - Biology, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

SEASONAL INFLUENZA VACCINATION RATES OF PREGNANT WOMEN 2010-2022
Kobayashi, Deborah BA - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

AN UNEXPECTED DIAGNOSIS IN A COLLEGE ATHLETE: A CASE REPORT OF NAUSEA
Sonnleitner, Mikayla BS - UH; Straub Bone & Joint Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

GASTRIC ADENOCARCINOMA LOCATION AND POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION RATES IN ASIAN PATIENTS: A 2014-2019 NSQIP ANALYSIS
Lew, Rachel BA - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

IMPROVING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONGST CLINICIANS THROUGH FORMAL EVIDENCE BASED TRAINING
Sylvester, Gerri MD - UH Geriatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CHARACTERIZING THE VENOM OF CONUS RETIFER - THE FIRST STEP IN PEPTIDE MOLLUSCICIDE DEVELOPMENT
Wong, Justin - MBBE, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

DOES PREVENTING THE PHYSICAL INTERACTION OF POSTMORTEM BACTERIA AFFECT VOC PROFILES?
Ngo, Amy - Laboratory of Forensic and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

AN EXTENDED REALITY MODEL OF CELIAC TRUNK AGENESIS WITH AN ANEURYSM OF THE SPLENIC ARTERY FOR RAPID ELECTRONIC DISSEMINATION
Hu, Roxana BS - Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

RISK FACTORS OF ADVERSE OUTCOMES FOLLOWING BILATERAL TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY
Delos Reyes, Chloe BS - John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DEEP LEARNING FURTHERS THE UNDERSTANDING OF LOCAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF FAT AND MUSCLE ON BODY SHAPE AND HEALTH USING 3D SURFACE SCANS
Leong, Lambert - Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering, UH Manoa

 

ANALYSIS OF REASONS FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION DUE TO SPINAL CORD STIMULATOR
Kejriwal, Sameer BS - Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Loma Linda University, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DESIGNING AND CREATING A BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES
Pascual, Frances Elisha BS in Biotechnology Engineering - Biotechnology Engineering, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF N LOBE, C LOBE, AND C TAIL SEGMENTS OF ARC PROTEIN TO PREPARE FOR ¹⁵N NMR ANALYSIS
Ledford, Angel - Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

EVALUATING THE PREVALENCE OF HUMAN TOXOPLASMOSIS
Chun, Cody BS - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

IN VITRO EVIDENCE AGAINST PRODUCTIVE SARS-COV-2 INFECTION ON HUMAN TESTICULAR CELLS: BYSTANDER EFFECTS OF INFECTION MEDIATE TESTICULAR INJURY
Giannakopoulos, Stefanos PhD - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION FOLLOWING OSTEOTOMY IN ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Weldon, Edward BS - Department of Orthopedic Surgery At Loma Linda, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

2012-2021: INCREASING LENGTH OF STAY FACTORS FOR 33 WEEK GESTATION PRETERM INFANTS
Muraoka, Lauren BS - Kapiolani Medical Center For Women and Children, John A. Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INVESTIGATING THE NEUROPATHIC ELECTROMYOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS
Kim, Nathan BS - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE IMPACT OF COMMENSALITY GROUPS ON PHYSICIAN COLLEGIALITY AND RESILIENCE
Seto, Jason - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

TRANSGENDER PATIENTS AND THE MELD SCORE FOR END-STAGE LIVER DISEASE
Hayashi, Jeffrey BS - Family Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE IN HAWAII
Shin, Erica BS - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE EFFECT OF EASTERLY FLIGHT TRAVEL ON HORMONE PRODUCTION IN COLLEGIATE FEMALE VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS
Wetter, Daniel BA - Therapeutic Exercise, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

A COMPARISON OF A LABORATORY-DEVELOPED MICROSPHERE IMMUNOASSAY AND A COMMERCIAL LUMINEX XMAP ASSAY FOR DETECTION OF QUANTITATION OF SARS-COV-2 ANTIBODIES
Murty, Maansi BS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

PUIPUIA LE OLA: INCREASING EDUCATION AND UPTAKE OF COVID-19 TESTING AMONG NON-NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS
Joseph, Binasia - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

IMPACT OF METFORMIN ON CD4 T CELL NEGATIVE CHECKPOINT RECEPTORS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC HIV
Awamura, Thomas MS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

RARE KNEE INJURY IN A YOUNG VOLLEYBALL PLAYER
Borrello, Kirra BS - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CPAP ADHERENCE AMONG OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS IN HAWAII
Huo, Theodore BS - John A. Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

AVID HIKER AND AMPUTEE MISSING MORE THAN A LIMB
Fukuyama, Tama BA, MS - JABSOM MS1, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE VIRULENCE OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS IN SUSCEPTIBLE MICE
Kamaka, Elisabeth GCERT - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

A UNIVERSAL PURIFICATION METHOD FOR PURIFYING SARS-COV-2 SPIKE ANTIGENS
Eiser, Isabelle - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LITIGATION OF BURST FRACTURE AND COMPRESSION FRACTURE OF THE SPINE
Agonias, Keinan BS - JABSOM, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CAPABILITIES OF A MULTIPLEX IMMUNOASSAY PLATFORM TO CHARACTERIZE ANTIBODY RESPONSES IN SARS-COV-2 VACCINATED AND CONVALESCENT SERA
Odo, Troy PhD - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

SEROSURVEILLANCE OF VIRAL PATHOGENS CIRCULATING IN LIBERIA
Kamara, Varney PhD - Tropical Medicine, UH Cancer Center

 

A METAGENOMIC ANALYSIS OF HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS MEP/DOXP PATHWAY ENZYMES FOR TERPENOID BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE MICROBIOME OF HEAT-INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESSED POULTRY
Kuehu, Donna Lee - Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Bioinformatics Core Facility, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MULTIPLEX ASSAY PERFORMANCE ACROSS VARIED GEOGRAPHICAL AND RESOURCED SETTINGS: DRC, LIBERIA, AND HAWAII
Smith, Olivia MPH - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, & Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DISCOVERY OF SELECTIVE NANOBODIES AGAINST MARBURG VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN USING A YEAST NANOBODY LIBRARY
Mayerlen, Ludwig MS - DTMMMP, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

USING CRISPR CAS-9 TO ABERRANT GENE IGKV KNOCKOUT IN MYELOMA CELLS
Gomez, Adrian BS - Microbiology, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

EXPRESSION OF HANTAVIRAL GLYCOPROTEINS IN DROSOPHILA SCHNEIDER 2 CELLS FOR HANTAVIRUS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
Suechting, Bryan PhD - Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE EXOCYST TRAFFICKING COMPLEX AT THE CROSSROADS OF CARDIOMYOCYTE METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY AND CARDIAC ISCHEMIA
Ha, Herena PhD - Anatomy, Biochemistry, & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

SLICK MUTATION IDENTIFICATION IN HAWAII BEEF CATTLE
Mitchell, Jacey - UH Manoa HNFAS, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

EXTRACTING DNA FROM PAPAYA LEAVES TO SEX PAPAYA TREES WITHOUT THE USE OF CHLOROFORM
Tamayo, Eiren Phoebe - Microbiology, Leeward Community College

 

INVESTIGATING THE USE OF PSYCHOBIOTICS AS A TREATMENT METHOD FOR ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER
Carroll, Sarah BS - Data Science, Chaminade University

 

AGE-DEPENDENT SEROREACTIVITY OF SARS-COV-2 AND COMMON COLD HUMAN CORONAVIRUSES BLOOD COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Aguilar, Tatiana BS - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

META-ANALYSIS OF LARGE LUNG CANCER COHORT DERIVED FROM SECONDARY DATA REVEALS RACIAL DISPARITY IN THE LANDSCAPE OF SOMATIC MUTATIONS
Mohd Ibrahim, Isam MS - Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE EFFECT OF GLUCOCORTICOIDS ON HIPPOCAMPAL SELENOPROTEINS
Nicholson, Jessica - Cell and Molecular Biology & Pacific Biosciences Research Center, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

POTENTIAL PHARMACOLOGICAL INHIBITORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS
Rios, Bryan BS - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

ANALYSIS OF ANTIOXIDANT AND ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS OF PLECTRANTHUS AMBOINICUS
Gaines, Gloria - Windward Community College, Windward Community College (INBRE)

 

NEW SYNTHESES AND CHEMISTRY OF DIAZO COMPOUNDS.
Reil, Finn - Chemistry, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

DIRECTED EVOLUTION OF PHIC31 AND BXB1 INTEGRASES TO INTEGRATE LARGE DNA SEQUENCES IN MAMMALIAN CELLS WITH TWIN PRIME EDITING
Sato, Ryuei PhD - DRB, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MODERATE TO SEVERE HEPATIC STEATOSIS ON CT IMAGING: PREVALENCE IN OBESE PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND ASIANS
Thomas, Bradley BA - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CRACKING THE GENETIC CODE OF SARS-COV-2: DECIPHERING THE COMPLEX PUZZLE OF MISSENSE MUTATIONS
Mahmanzar, Mohammadamin MS - Quantitative Health Sciences, Bioinformatic, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

EXERCISE INTOLERANCE FOLLOWING COVID-19: A COMPARATIVE REVIEW OF LIKE-ILLNESSES REGARDING MECHANISM AND SEVERITY
Hong, Bradon BS - Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

A STUDY OF POI MICROBIOME
Luat, Kawailani BS - School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

A REVIEW OF VACCINE IMMUNOGENICITY COMPARING INTRAMUSCULAR AND SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION ROUTES
Fujii, John Edward BBA - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

CANCER CARE COORDINATION IN RURAL HAWAII: A FOCUS GROUP STUDY
Chang, Shin BS - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MELLA™ MUSHROOM CULTIVATOR - A KICKSTARTER THAT FAILED TO DELIVER.
DeSimone, Kulani - MBBE, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

ELUCIDATING THE TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT IN ASIANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIANS/PACIFIC ISLANDERS WITH TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER
Nguyen, Edward BA - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

EFFECTS OF BETA-AGONIST TREATMENT IN DIFFERENTIATED PAZ6 BROWN ADIPOCYTES
Swanson, Sydonie BS - PBRC, UH Manoa

 

THE INTERACTION BETWEEN NS3 AND NS2B DENGUE PROTEINS.
El-Orm, Bashir - Mathematics and Natural Sciences Division, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

MECHANISM OF ACTION OF KAVAIN ON THE ENZYMATIC KINETICS OF ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE
Patton, Zoe - Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

EFFECT OF ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ON FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL OVARIAN TISSUE CULTURE
Kitazumi, Kaelyn BA - Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTION OF BIOEFFECTS IN NOVEL NANOMATERIALS
Luna, Armando (AJ) BS - Data Science, Analytics, and Visualization, Chaminade University

 

TELEHEALTH UTILIZATION IN TRAUMA CARE: THE EFFECTS ON EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT LENGTH OF STAY AND ASSOCIATED OUTCOMES
Wright, D-Dré - N/A, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

FUNGICULTURE WITH A SMART BIOTECHNOLOGICAL GROWTH CHAMBER - A FOCUS ON IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY
Lin, Kenneth - Department of Molecular Biosciences & BioEngineering, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

RGD-MODIFIED DEXTRAN HYDROGEL PROMOTES FOLLICLE GROWTH THROUGH INTEGRINS αVβ3/αVβ5 IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL OVARIAN TISSUE CULTURE.
MATSUSHIGE, CASSANDRA - Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DEEP LEARNING PREDICTS ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY FROM LONGITUDINAL TOTAL-BODY IMAGING
Glaser, Yannik BS, MS - Information & Computer Sciences, UH Manoa

 

EVALUATING AN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERVENTION TO REDUCE PULMONARY NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA EXPOSURE RISK IN HAWAI'I - A PILOT STUDY
Koch, Tiana BS - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INVESTIGATING THE DIFFERENT MACRO-ALGAE COMMUNITIES FOUND IN KA'ALAWAI
Lopez, Kieren Environmental Science - Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

A NSQIP ANALYSIS OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN OUTCOMES AMONGST THORACIC SURGERIES
Lee, Anson BS, BA - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INVESTIGATING THE ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC ANTIBODY REPERTOIRE IN SARS-COV-2 OMICRON RBD IMMUNIZED MICE
Choy, Claudia - Microbiology and Biotechnology, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

INCIDENCE OF MESH INFECTION AFTER ROBOTIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY WITH CONCOMITANT HERNIA (INGUINAL/VENTRAL) REPAIR WITH MESH, A SINGLE SURGEON'S EXPERIENCE
Lee, Benjamin MA - Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EBOLA VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN TARGETS, ANTIBODY FUNCTION, AND PROTECTIVE EFFICACY INDUCED BY A RECOMBINANT SUBUNIT VACCINE
Ball, Aquena - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

ENGAGEMENT IN CULTURALLY-RELEVANT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (PADDLING, HULA, SURFING, AND SPEARFISHING) IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I BY AGE, ISLAND, RACE/ETHNICITY, AND GENDER
Thompson, Mika MS - office of Public Health Studies, UH Manoa

 

PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR AGONISTS AS COVID-19 VACCINE ADJUVANTS
Tokunaga, Darcy BS - Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

EFFECTS OF FOOD PRESERVATIVES ON HUMAN RECOMBINANT LYSOZYME IN TURBIDIMETRIC AND FLUORESCENT ASSAYS.
Spellman, Jenna - STEM, University of Hawaii Maui College (INBRE)

 

150 MINUTES OF SWEAT YOU WON'T REGRET
Kalehuawehe, Kalāwena - Ivision of Mathematics, Natural and Health Sciences, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

OPTIMIZATION OF A SIMPLE METHOD OF EXTRACTING DNA FROM HUMAN CHEEK CELLS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PCR
Camacho, Kariann - Math and Science, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

SCENARIO BASED LEARNING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNIQUES
Grove, Kayla - Math and Sciences Division, Leeward Community College

 

IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY ON VIBRIO VULNIFICUS
Andrist, Emily - Department of Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN PREVALENCE OF ALCOHOL-RELATED DIAGNOSES IN AN URBAN PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICE
Myers, Keely Sue BS - Department of Psychiatry, John A. Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DETECTION OF HERPESVIRUS IN STRANDED HAWAIIAN CETACEANS
Thompson, Amelia - Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

GREEN SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES USING PHYSALIS PERUVIANA L. FRUIT EXTRACT AND ITS ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
Kam, Alyssa BA - Pharmaceutical Science, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy

 

META-ANALYSIS OF CLAUDIN GENE FAMILY MRNA EXPRESSION IN ULCERATIVE COLITIS
Beals, Ian BS - Department of Natural Science, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

CLAUDIN 2 MAY REGULATE WATER FLUX DURING INFLAMMATION
Bechthold, Kristina - Department of Natural Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

PRODUCTION AND ASSESSMENT OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE LETHAL MARBURG VIRUS
Iwatani, April BS - Microbiology and Biotechnology, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

INVESTIGATING PREVALENCE OF CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE IN NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS
Trinh, Michelle BS - Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

STABILIZING KAVALACTONE DISPERSIONS UTILIZING COMMON EMULSIFIERS
Williams, Stryder - Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, UH Manoa (INBRE)

 

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF OPIOID EXPOSURE ON HUMAN PLACENTA
Howe, Connor - Cellular and Molecular Biology, Chaminade University (INBRE)

 

OUTRIGGER CANOE PADDLING: A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF CULTURALLY RELEVANT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAWAI'I
Schmid, Simone PhD - office of Public Health, UH Manoa

 

CLONING, EXPRESSING, AND PURIFYING A HIS TAGGED FUSION PROTEIN
Zampaga, Zandra - Science, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

THE ROLE OF PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE 5 IN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
Fernando-Alonzo, Christian Biology and Psychology - Cell and Molecular Biology At John Burns School of Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

OPTIMIZATION OF MOLECULAR DETECTION OF BANANA BUNCHY TOP VIRUS USING BANANA LEAVES
Ramos, Reyson-Jase - Microbiology, Leeward Community College

 

CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DERIVED ULTRASOUND BREAST DENSITY PROVIDE COMPARABLE BREAST CANCER RISK ESTIMATES TO DENSITY DERIVED FROM MAMMOGRAMS?
Valdez, Dustin BA - HNFAS, UH Cancer Center

 

EVALUATION OF ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY AGAINST SARS-COV-2 FOUND IN NATURAL HAWAIIAN MARINE EXTRACTS
Wilson, Mallory MS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

DEVELOPMENT OF A NON-TARGETED ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS FOR RAINWATER CATCHMENTS USING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY
Villafuerte , Kaitlin - Chemistry, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

THE ROLE OF PHOSPHOGLUCOMUTASE 5 IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
Wright, Ryan MS - CMB, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

OPTIMIZATION OF A MULTIPLEXED INHIBITION TEST (MINT) FOR AN EFFICIENT SARS-COV-2 TARGETED ANTIBODY SCREENING
Caranchini, Amber - Immunology, Kapiolani Community College (INBRE)

 

ANALYZING THE MICROBIAL COMMUNITY CHANGES IN SOIL DURING NATIVE HAWAIIAN PLANT RESTORATION
Albores, Ashley - Math and Science, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

MASS SPEC ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE COMPOUNDS FOUND IN MAMAKI
Rajagopal Switzer, Kieran - UH Hilo Department of Chemistry, Lab Supervisor Is Mazen Hamad, UH Hilo (INBRE)

 

EVALUATING THE VIABILITY OF THE SARS-COV-2 ENVELOPE PROTEIN AS A POTENTIAL VACCINE TARGET
Mattison, Jaden - Math and Sciences, Leeward Community College (INBRE)

 

DNA CONCENTRATION IS A BETTER PREDICTOR FOR SUBMISSION OF SARS-COV-2 WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCES TO GENBANK
Salomon, Renn Silve BS - Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INVESTIGATING HYDROTHERMAL VENT MICROBIAL TAXONOMY AND FUNCTION USING A METAGENOMIC APPROACH
Davis, Lucah - Hawaii Pacific University: College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

MAB TAP: UTILIZING A THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODY PREDICTION TOOL TO SCREEN ANTIBODY SEQUENCES
Ha, Jacob BS - Microbiology, Kapiolani Community College

 

VALIDATING AI DERIVED CRANIOFACIAL MODELS FOR USE IN VIRTUAL REALITY NEURONAVIGATION
Slane, Kylah - Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry & Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine (INBRE)

 

METABOLITE PROFILING OF FRASS AND HEMOLYMPH IN A MODEL OF DYSBIOSIS-INDUCED OBESITY
Garcia, Kristin Liana - Pacific Biosciences Research Center, UH Manoa

 

ABERRENT LIPID CONTENT AND IMPAIRED BALANCE AND MOTOR COORDINATION IN KNOCKOUT OF SELENOPROTEIN I IN MURINE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
NUNES, LANCE GREGORY BS, MS - ANATOMY, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND PHYSIOLOGY, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

MULTIPOLAR SPINDLE FORMATION IN CANCER CELLS: ANALYZING THE ROLE OF A CENTROSOMAL PROTEIN, YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (YFP)-TAGGED HUMAN CENTRIN, EXPRESSED IN TISSUE CULTURED CELL LINES
Gaoiran, Lynette BAS - Mathematics, Natural and Health Sciences Division, UH West Oahu (INBRE)

 

UNDERSTANDING THE PATHOGENIC EFFECTS OF SARS-COV-2 PROTEINS INDEPENDENT OF ACTIVE REPLICATION IN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
Teppang, Jobert B.S Biology - Microbiology and Tropical Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine

 

INVESTIGATION OF INTERFACIAL PROPERTIES OF CIRCULATORY LIPIDS AS BIOMARKER FOR CERVICAL CANCER
Margo, Connor - Biotechnology Engineering, Hawaii Pacific University (INBRE)

 

EVALUATION OF ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY AGAINST SARS-COV-2 FOUND IN NATURAL HAWAIIAN MARINE EXTRACTS
Harms, Stanley - Department of Chemistry, Hawaii Pacific University