Summer Experience 2022 Posters
The MD Anderson Summer Experience is an umbrella program of the various academic summer programs at MD Anderson. The umbrella program provides activities such as lectures, seminars, workshops, poster presentation and networking events. This is in addition to the hand-on research training they receive from their faculty mentors. Research posters presented in this collection are a summary of the research activities of our students during their internship at MD Anderson.
- CPRTP Summer Research Experience
- CPRIT-CURE Summer Undergraduate Program
- First Year Medical Student Program
- ITERT Undergraduate Summer Research Training Program
- King Foundation High School Summer Program
- Partnership for Careers in Cancer Science and Medicine
- Radiation Oncology Medical Student Summer Research Program
- Summer Imaging Research Program
- Summer Undergraduate Research Program
- U54 Partnership for Excellence in Cancer Research Summer Training Program
- University Outreach - Augustana College
- University Outreach - Baylor University
- University Outreach - Bryn Mawr College
- University Outreach - Nova Southeastern University
- University Outreach - University of Notre Dame
- University Outreach - University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley
- UPWARDS Summer Program
- Non-Affiliated Summer Students
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2022 Summer Experience Program Abstracts
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
The mission of the MD Anderson Summer Experience Program is to eliminate cancer, through training of high School, undergraduates and first year medical students to make a lasting impact on training the next generation of scientist and physicians through research and education.
The MD Anderson Summer Experience is an umbrella program that comprises 18 summer academic programs at MD Anderson.
The summer research program is an 8-10 week program that offers hands-on experience in biomedical, translational or clinical research. In this program, students are matched with a mentor from MD Anderson’s research or clinical faculty. Participants work alongside the mentor in a lab or clinic, on projects designed by faculty to reflect current research. Workshops and lectures provide opportunities to connect with faculty, residents, postdoctoral and clinical fellows, and other participants. Through the program, students assess goals related to careers in oncology research and patient care. The program culminates with a symposium in which participants present talks and posters on their research projects to peers and faculty.
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A Cancer Gene-Drug Connectivity Map for DrBioRight
Varshini Vakulabharanam, Hu Chen PhD, Yitao Tang, Jun Li PhD, and Han Liang PhD
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Analyzing Body Fat in Participants from Project TONE: An Exercise and Diet Intervention to Improve Body Composition in Postmenopausal Women with Normal BMI but Higher Body Fat
Anne Xiaolong Gao; Karen Basen-Engquist PhD, MPH; and Miranda Leigh Baum
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An Analysis of Post-Radiation Therapy and Clinical Disease Predictors in the Development of Xerostomia and Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Patient
Christine C. Okoro; Moamen Abobakr PhD; Abdallah Sherif Radwan Abdallah MD, PhD; and Clifton Fuller MD, PhD
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An Examination of Patients’ and Providers’ Communications about De-escalating Testing for Prostate Cancer
Chi Bich Vu and Lisa Marie Lowenstein PhD, MPH
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Angiogenesis as a Mechanism of Resistance to CAMKK2 Inhibition in Prostate Cancer
Thomas Pulliam and Sanju Senthilkumar
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ApoA-I binding protein (AIBP) decreases mechanical hypersensitivity after plantar incision in a rat model of post-operative pain
Jessica K. Lin, Yan Li, Megan L. Uhelski, Juliana M. Navia-Pelaez, Claudio Esteves Tatsui, Robert Y. North, Christopher B. Bankston, German Corrales, Juan P. Cata, Luke B. Farson, Graham Beaton, Kathleen McDonough, Tony L. Yaksh, Yury I. Miller, and Patrick M. Dougherty
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APR-246 induces ferroptosis and overcomes cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer
Ana Hernandez, Codi Mai, Shady Tantawy, Mary Ayres, Zahid Siddik, and Varsha Gandhi
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Association Between Rare TP53 variants and Cancer Predisposition in Colorecta, Melanoma, Ovarian, Pancreatic, and Prostate Cancer
Tatyana M. Childs-Jolivette, Yao Yu, Michael Cao, Ryan J. Bohlender, and Chad D. Huff
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Barriers to Cervical Cancer Screening for Hispanic/Latinx Women in the Harris Health Safety Net System
Domenica Gomez; Susan L. Parker MPH; Trisha L. Amboree PhD, MPH; Jane R. Montealegre PhD; and Elizabeth Y. Chiao MD, MPH
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Barriers with Implementing the Federal Smoke-Free Public Housing Rule at Cuney Homes, Houston’s Largest Public Housing Site
Antara Gupta, Surendranath S. Shastri, Loren Bryant, and Edna Paredes
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Biomechanical Modeling of Brain Shift During Neurosurgery
Ali Reza Nilforoush, Anne-Cecile J. Lesage PhD, Melissa Chen MD, Guillaume Cazoulat PhD, Jeffrey S. Weinberg MD, and Kristy K. Brock PhD
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Biomechanical Processes of the Müllerian Duct During Sex Development of Mice
Ariah M. Richards, Diana A. Machado, Rachel D. Mullen, and Richards R. Behringer
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CCR4 Antagonists in Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL)
Cheryl Lee, Wei Han, Xiaohong Wang, Loka R. Velatooru, and Xiao Ni
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CCR7 Immune Cell Receptor Expression in Inflammatory Breast Cancer
Alison N. Lawrence, Wendy A. Woodward, Savitri Krishnamurthy, Wintana Balema, Richard Larson, Megan M. Rodriguez, Natalie Fowlkes, and Naoto T. Ueno
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Cell Differentiation: The Case of Turning THP-1 Cells into M1 Macrophages
Kyle E. Bledsoe; Maria-Ancuta Jurj; and George A. Calin MD, PhD
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Characterization of Glioblastoma Stem Cells
Joelly Cortes, DiAngelo Gonzalez, Sam McLeod, Aadhya Tiwari, and Sadhan Majumder
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Characterizing Novel Kras/p53 Derived NSCLC Cell Lines
Quincyn Perry, Jared Fradette, and Don Gibbons
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Chemical Synthesis of Astatine Labelled ASCT2 Inhibitor Analogue (HA01) as a Radiotherapeutic Agent for Theranostics
Hawk Azordegan, Cong-Dat Pham, and Henry Charles Manning
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Cigarette smoking and its impact on the survival outcomes and molecular features of metastatic colorectal cancer patients
Ri Chen, Kristin Alfaro, Catherine K. Luo, and Scott Kopetz
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Clinical Implementation of DIGEST as an Evidence Based Practice Tool to Assess Pharyngeal Dysphagia Using Videoflouroscopy in Oncology: A Six-year Single Institution Implementation Evaluation
Ella F. Aldridge, Sheila N. Buoy, and Katherine Hutcheson
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Colorectal Cancer: How Does an Existing Tool Perform in Predicting Risk in Young, High-Risk Patients?
Allison P. Janak and Y. Nancy You
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Combined Drug Efficacy of EGFR and ASCT2 Inhibitors in Preclinical Models of Colorectal Cancer
Ayushi Mohanty, Seong-Woo Bae, Cong-Dat Pham, and Henry Charles Manning
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Combined inhibition of IGF-1R pathway and HDAC blocks Uveal Melanoma cell survival and induces apoptosis.
Joshua A. Abebe and Chandrani Chattopadhyay
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Continuing the Development of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer PDXs
Vincent Nguyen, Ying Henderson, Yunyun Chen, Nikhil Chari, and Stephen Lai
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COPD-like Inflammation Induces Neutrophil Invasion and NETosis via the C5a Pathway
Emily Lu, Michael J. Clowers, Atul Sharma, Ashwin Kumar Ramesh, Samantha Rose Garcia, Jyotika Sharma, and Seyed Javad Moghaddam
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Cytotoxic Potential of MIthramycin against DIPG cell lines
Habibatou Diallo, Sandeep Singh, Shinji Maegawa PhD, Donghang Cheng, and Vidya Gopalakrishnan PhD
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Defective Homologous Recombination in Aged Mice
Vindhya Kilaru, Lakshmi Paniker, Maria Sandoval, Suhani Bhakta, and Francesca Cole
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Delineating Structure-Function Relationships in FANCA Using Chaperones
Nikitha Kota, Brant R. Gracia, Natalia J. Condic, and Georgios I. Karras
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Detecting and Intervening on Rare Pre-Existing Resistant Subclones to BRAF/MEK Inhibitors in Melanoma
Maria Bao-Loc-Trung, Michael Nakazawa, and Lawrence Kwong
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Determining the Growth Rate of Various Escherichia coli Cell Lines in Different Broths
Sandra Diaz and Troy Johnson PhD
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Developing an IF panel to examine Cyclin and CDK interactions in a Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Patient Derived Xenograph.
Nathalie A. Garza, Ethan D. Marszalek, Alyssa M. Machado, Booke A. Meyers, and Annette A. Machado
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Development of a “Universal” Phantom for Standardization of Chemical Exchange Saturation Transfer (CEST) MRI
Alexander M. Quach, Erin P. Snoddy, Emily A. Thompson, Jingfei Ma PhD, and Mark D. Pagel
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Disparities in Health-Related Quality of Life among Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors
Midhat Jafry, Goldy George, J. Andrew Livingston, Michelle Hildebrandt, and Michael Roth
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Dissecting the role of Muc5ac in K-RAS Mutant Lung Cancer Progression
Melvin Zarghooni, Walter Velasco Torrez, Michael Clowers, Linda Phan, and Seyed Moghaddam
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Does TP53 increase the sensitivity of CA125 in early detection of ovarian cancer?
Peiton Jarmon; Wei-Lei Yang; Chae Young; Zhen Lu MD; Robert C. Bast, Jr. MD; Jing Guo; Joseph Celestino; Anna E. Lokshin; and Karen H. Lu MD
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Dose Accumulation with CBCT Conversion in Head and Neck and Prostate
Olubunmi C. Lebimoyo, Androniki Mitrou, Emma McCollum, Caleb OConnor, Guillaume Cazoulat PhD, and Kristy K. Brock PhD
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Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer by Hyperpolarized MRI
Kasen R. Hutchings, José Santiago Enriquez, Prasanta Dutta, Florencia McAllister, and Pratip K. Bhattacharya PhD
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Effects of Education, Income, Gender, and Age on Intention to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Arnelle Pender; Nga Nguyen; Alba Calzada; Belen Villanueva; and Lorna McNeill PhD, MPH
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Effects of PARP inhibitors, SGLT2 inhibitors, and Colchicine on Doxorubicin-induced Premature Senescence Induced-Phenotype
Michelle Xiaoyi Lu, Jun-ichi Abe, Sivareddy Kotla, Kyung Ae Ko, and Samanthapudi K. Venkatasubrahman
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Elucidating the Role of Microbiome in Low- and High-Grade Glioma
Aditi Manjrekar, Golnaz Morad, Matthew Wong, Ashish Damania, Pranoti Sahasrabhojane, Sarah Johnson, Sherise D. Ferguson, Nadim J. Ajami, and Jennifer A. Wargo
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Enhancing Anti-Tumor Immunity through High-LET Radiation and Immunotherapy
Sachita Guthula, David Martinus, Scott J. Bright, Simona Shaitelman, and Gabriel Sawakuchi
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Evaluating patient engagement with a digital intervention for adolescent and young adult (AYA) stem cell transplant survivors
Kellie E. Krohn, Maria Camero, Andrea K. Galvan, Martha A. Askins, Jeffery McLaughlin, Demetrios Petropoulos, Partow Kebriaei, and Susan K. Peterson
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Evaluating the Reproducibility of Gene Regulatory Networks Construction Using Biological Replicates
Taylor Carpenter, Daniel Osorio PhD, Stephen Yi, and Nidhi Sahni PhD
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Evaluation of newly generated LRP1 antibodies in different cell types: THP1 cancer cell line, human and mouse immune cells
Scott Daniel Semelsberger, Olga Sizova, Dan Li, Qing Ma, Lisa St. John, Gheath Al Atrash, and Jeffrey Molldrem
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Exploring the Effects of Oncolytic Viruses on the NK Cell Killing of Solid Tumors
Oluwatosin Banjo; Xin Ru Jiang; and Katy Rezvani MD, PhD
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Exploring the Use of a Restoration Step to Detect Mosaic Chromosomal Alterations in Prostate Samples
Ayanna N. Woodberry, Justin W. Wong, and Paul A. Scheet
Department of Epidemiology
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Feasibility Study of Neoadjuvant Olaparib for Frontline BRCA Mutant Ovarian Cancer
Victoria Michael, Shannon N. Westin, Michaela Onstad-Grinsfelder, Larissa A. Meyer, Nicole Fleming, and Yin Yuan
