Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural Research Track Faculty Symposium will be held on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023. 

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Best Abstract Award Winners

Andrea Alford, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Paracrine Effects of Masquelet’s Induced Membrane on Gene Expression in Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Prabesh Kanel, M.S., Ph.D.
Research Investigator, Radiology
Cholinergic subtyping in Parkinson disease: a biology-driven approach using [18F]-FEOBV PET

Yoshihiro Morishima, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist, Pharmacology
Dynamic Cycling with a Unique Hsp90/Hsp70-Dependent Chaperone Machinery and GAPDH Is Needed for Heme Insertion and Activation of Neuronal NO Synthase

Joseph Potkay, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Surgery
Toward 3D Printed Microfluidic Artificial Lungs

Alvaro Rojas-Pena, M.D.
Assistant Research Scientist, Surgery
Successful Resuscitation of Porcine Hearts after 12 and 24h of Cold Ischemia with Normothermic Ex Vivo Normothermic Perfusion

Yaqing Zhang, M.B., Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor, Surgery
CCR1 Expression Defines Pancreatic Tumor Associated Macrophages and Drives Their Immunosuppressive Properties

Research Recognition Award Winners

Wenjun Ju, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Internal Medicine
Michigan Kidney Translational Core Center Deputy Director

Ananda Sen, Ph.D.
Lee A. Green Collegiate Research Professor
Research Professor, Family Medicine and Biostatistics

Thank you to our Partners!

• ADVANCE Office
• CSCAR - Consulting for Statistics, Computing & Analytics Research
• Faculty Senate
• Innovation Fast Forward Medical Innovations (FFMI)
• Medical School Office of Research
• MHealthy
• Michigan Alzheimer’s Disease Center
• Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR)
• Office for Health Equity and Inclusion
• Rogel Cancer Center
• Taubman Health Sciences Library
• Tech Transfer / Innovative Partnerships
• UROP
• Weil Institute for Critical Care Research