Michael M. Nguyen, PharmD, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Medication utilization, health services utilization, and healthcare expenditures of children with persistent asthma in Oklahoma Medicaid: 2016-2023
Date and Time: March 4, 2024 at 9:00 AM, Location: Robert M. Bird Library Auditorium (LIB 299) and Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Grant H. Skrepnek, Ph.D., M.Sc., R.Ph.; Kevin C. Farmer, Ph.D., R.Ph.; Michael J. Smith Ph.D., R.Ph.; R. Chris Rathbun, Pharm.D.; Janis E. Campbell, Ph.D., M.Sc.
Kyla B. Tooley, Physiology
Unraveling the role of DNA modifications in cell type-specific genome regulation during aging
Date and Time: February 22, 2024, 10:00am, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC) Room 109 & Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Willard Freeman, Ph.D. (Chair), Michael Beckstead, Ph.D., Sanjay Bidichandani, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Michael Elliott, Ph.D., and Benjamin Miller, Ph.D.
Victor A. Ansere, Physiology
Reversing age-related epigenetic patterns
Date and Time: January 29th, 2024, 11:00 AM CST, Location: Biomedical Research Center (BRC), Room 109 and Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Willard Freeman, Ph.D., Chair; Benjamin Miller, Ph.D.; Amanda Sharpe, Ph.D.; Tommy Lewis, Ph.D.; Patrick Gaffney, M.D.
Mariana T. Mendez, Pathology
ROLE OF MER RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE IN CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA CELL SURVIVAL
Date and Time: January 18, 2024, 01:00PM, Location: Biomedical Research Center, BRC 109
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Asish K. Ghosh, PhD, Joe Zhao, PhD, Maria Ruiz-Echevarria, PhD, Jennifer Holter-Chakrabarty, MD, Wei-Qun Ding, PhD
Justin Daniel Dvorak, Biostatistics
A Concordance Index for Censored Bivariate Survival Times and a Multivariance-Based Index for Multidimensional Time Series
Date and Time: December 7, 2023, 03:00PM, Location: Hudson College of Public Health, Room 204
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Kai Ding, PhD, Laura A. Beebe, PhD, Sixia Chen, PhD, Evan L. Floyd, PhD, Ying Zhang, PhD, Yan Daniel Zhao, PhD
Joshua Mettlach, Microbiology & Immunology
Regulatory Mechanisms of Salmonella Enterica Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis
Date and Time: December 7, 2023, 01:00PM, Location: BRC 109
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Zachary Dalebroux, PhD, Darrin Akins, PhD, Lauren Zenewicz, PhD, Kevin Brown, PhD, Augen Pioszak, PhD
John Grady Heller, Epidemiology
DISEASE SEVERITY, LOCATION, AND WASTEWATER BASED EPIDEMIOLOGY IN OKLAHOMA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date and Time: December 01, 2023, 09:00 AM, Location: Hudson College of Public Health, room 144
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Katrin G. Kuhn, Ph.D., Aron M. Wendelboe, Ph.D., Mary Williams, Ph.D., Michael P. Anderson, Ph.D., David Ebert, Ph.D.
Christopher Dunn, Microbiology & Immunology
Modeling Osteoarthritis Progression with DNA Methylation Patterns from Peripheral Blood Immune Cells
Date and Time: November 28, 2023, 12 pm CST, Location: Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Wileman Auditorium, 825 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Matlock Jeffries, M.D. (Committee Chair), Mary Beth Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D. (Committee Co-Chair), Mark L. Lang, Ph.D., Kevin Brown, Ph.D., Robert Axtell, Ph.D., Sanjay Bidichandani, M.B.B.S, Ph.D.
Ameera Hasan, Microbiology & Immunology
Comparative Analysis of Thymic Involution and Conserved Thymic B Cell Dynamics in Zebrafish and Humans
Date & Time: September 18, 2023, 2:00 PM, Location: BRC 109 and Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: J. Kimble Frazer, MD, PhD, William Hildebrand, PhD, Lauren A. Zenewicz, PhD, Jose Alberola-Ila, PhD, Chris Sansam, PhD
Janet Faakye, Neuroscience
Age-Related Cerebral Microhemorrhages: Morphologies and Prevention
Date & Time: September 14, 2023, 11:00 AM CST, Location: Bird Library Auditorium
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Anna Csiszar, PhD, Jody Summers, PhD, Martin-Paul Agbaga, PhD, Maureen Cox, PhD, Shannon Conley, PhD, Zoltan Ungvari, MD, PhD
Hannah Bowen, Microbiology & Immunology
The Identification and Characterization of a Novel Transport System in Borrelia burgdorferi Orthologous to the Lipopolysaccharide Transport System
Date & Time: August 23, 2023, 2:00 PM CST, Location: BRC 109 and Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Darrin Akins, PhD, David Dyer, PhD, Maureen Cox, PhD, Zachary Dalebroux, PhD, Paul DeAngelis, PhD
Saurabh Gawde, Microbiology & Immunology
Identification of Clinically-Relevant Biomarkers of Two Neuro-Inflammatory Diseases: Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder
Date & Time: August 9, 2023, 10:00 AM CST, Location: BRC 109 and Zoom
COMMITTEE IN CHARGE: Robert Axtell, PhD, Lauren Zenewicz, PhD, William Hildebrand, PhD, Jose Alberola-Ila, MD, PhD, Scott Plafker, PhD