Poster Presentations and Conferences

Annual Research Symposium

The Garrison Institute on Aging team collaborates with the Center of Excellence for Translational Neuroscience and Therapeutics (CTNT) for our annual Collaborative Research Symposium and Collaborative Lecture Series "Translational Neuroscience and Pharmacology". This symposium features several guest speakers and poster presentations. GIA Faculty and ﾏ羶ｶﾖｱｲ･ students have the opportunity to present their findings.

窶｢ Smriti Iyengar, Ph.D., Program Director,
Preclinical Screening Platform For Pain (PSPP),
Division of Translational Research, NINDS
窶弋ranslating Pain Therapeutics: Examples from Preclinical and Clinical Profiles and Implications"

窶｢ Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director,
Distinguished Keynote Speaker, Alexander D. Kenny Lecturer,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders And Stroke (NINDS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
窶廸INDS and the Taxpayer窶冱 Investment in Neuroscience窶�

窶｢ Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Director,
Division of Neuroscience (DN) National Institute on Aging,
National Institutes of Health
"Progress And Opportunities Towards Advancing The National Plan To Address AD/ADRD By 2025"

ﾏ羶ｶﾖｱｲ･ Faculty Poster Presentations

窶｢ Dysfunctional Mitochondria and Mitophagy in Tau Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease
Author: Maria Manczak, Ph.D.
窶｢ Biopsychosocial Predictors of Mild Cognitive Impairment, the Precursor of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Project FRONTIER Study
Author: Gabriela Ashworth, Ph.D.
窶｢ Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Basic Science Poster Award Winners

窶｢ Regulation of Alpha-Synuclein Biogenesis Through the RAPP Pathway
Author: ﾏ羶ｶﾖｱｲ･ Graduate Student, Sarah Hernandez
窶｢ Structural and Physiological Changes of the Aging Kidney: A Focus on COVID-19
Author: ﾏ羶ｶﾖｱｲ･ Medical Student, Nandini Ray
窶｢ Role of aberrant Wnt/Ca2+ signaling in Alzheimer窶冱 disease and cancer
Author: Post Graduate/Trainee, Isabel Castro-Piedras

Clinical Poster Award Winners

窶｢ Design and Synthesis of Novel KOP Receptor Antagonists, a treatment option for neuropathic pain
Author: Graduate Student, Siavash Shahbaz
窶｢ Incidental Neuroendocrine Tumor in Ileal Conduit Following Ileal Bladder Augmentation
Author: Medical Student, Asher George
窶｢ Associations between Vitamin D Levels, Depression, and Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity among Older Rural West Texans: A Project FRONTIER Study
Author: Post Graduate/Trainee, Ashish Sarangi

Day 1: Across Pain Science & Practice
窶｢ M. Catherine Bushnell, Ph.D., Scientific Director,
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at NIH
"Neurobiological Disease Mechanisms"

Day 2: Combating The Opioid Crisis: Integrative Approaches For Pain Management
窶｢ Margaret A. Chesney, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor,
Past Director of The Osher Center For Integrative Medicine,
University of California San Francisco
"Integrative Health and Medicine: A New Essential Partner in Effective Pain Management"
窶｢ Bruce A. Watkins, Ph.D., Research Professor,
University of California Davis Emeritus Professor, Purdue University
"Natural Products and Chronic Pain

James McNamara, M.D.,
Senior Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience,
Professor of Neurosciences, Duke University School of Medicine
"Neurotrophin Signaling and Epileptogenesis:
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Insights"

Robert W. Gereau, Ph.D.
Director, Washington University Pain Center Chief,
Division of Basic Research, Anesthesiology,
Washington University School of Medicine
"Optogenetic Tools For The Study And Treatment of Pain"

P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology Director,
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
"Meeting The Challenge: Discovery of New Therapeutic Agents
For Treatment of Brain Disorder"

Research Retreats

2021 Research Retreat

窶｢ The Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Garrison Institute on Aging Annual Research Retreat was held Fall 2021 in Lubbock, Texas.

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