Scholars Deliver Flash Talks, Earn Recognition for Research and Presentation Skills During Virtual Professional Development Workshop
, by CRCHD Staff
CURE Diversity Supplement Scholar
Dr. Kofi Deh
More than 250 scholars attended the 2021 Professional Development Workshop and Mentored Mock Review (PDW & MMR), which was hosted virtually by the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) on July 19-22, 2021. In keeping with the theme of this year's workshop—Transitioning to Independence: Charting Your Course to a Cancer Research Career—attendees learned skills, tips, and techniques to prepare them for a successful independent research career, acquired tools to build resilience, and gained insights on establishing meaningful mentor-mentee relationships. Additionally, attendees obtained actionable skills and techniques for writing effective grant proposals and high-impact manuscripts.
One of the highlights at the annual PDW & MMR is the opportunity for scholars to present flash talks. This year's flash talks were delivered by Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE) and Intramural Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (iCURE) scholars and were accompanied by virtual poster presentations.
This blog post recognizes the scholars for their terrific presentations and demonstrates their broad range of research interests. At the conclusion of the flash talk session, attendees were asked to vote for the flash talks that featured the most engaging presentations and that presented the most innovative research. Congratulations to those who scored the highest in these categories:
Most Engaging Presentation
- Jade Moore, PhD, University of California at San Francisco - Modeling TNBC as a Function of Obesity in African American Women
- Karen Riggins, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine - Epigenetics in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
- Mirna Perusina Lanfranca, PhD, University of Virginia - Role of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines on Expression of Homing Receptor Ligands in Tumor-associated Endothelial Cells
Most Innovative Research
- Jade Moore, PhD, University of California at San Francisco - Modeling TNBC as a Function of Obesity in African American Women
- Amanda King, PhD, National Cancer Institute - PIONEER: Computational Probing of Differences in Symptoms and Function of Diverse Brain Tumor Populations
- Karen Riggins, MD, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine - Epigenetics in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
Basic Research
Stress Hormones Promote Inflammation, Immunosuppression and Tumor Growth in Ovarian Cancer
Guillermo Armaiz-Peña, PhD, R21
Ponce School of Medicine
Transposable Elements and Immunogenicity - Understanding Genomic Dark Matter
Aguirre de Cubas, PhD, K01
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Increasing the Resolution and Coverage in Hyperpolarized 13C MRI for Improved Metabolic Imaging
Kofi Deh, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Modeling TNBC as a Function of Obesity in African American Women
Jade Moore, PhD, Diversity Supplement
University of California at San Francisco
Role of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines on Expression of Homing Receptor Ligands in Tumor-associated Endothelial Cells
Mirna Perusina Lanfranca, PhD, Diversity Supplement
University of Virginia
Identifying Key Oncogenic Transcription Factors and Enhancers Using TENET2.0
Suhn Kyong Rhie, PhD, K01
University of Southern California
KSHV Uses Viral IL-6, a Human IL-6 Homolog, to Exploit Monocyte Inflammatory Response
Michiko Shimoda, PhD, Diversity Supplement
University of California at Davis
Basic/Translational Research
Epigenetics in Early Onset Colorectal Cancer
Karen Riggins, MD, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Baylor College of Medicine
Behavioral/Population Research
Health Literacy in Parents of Children with Cancer: Comparison of Hispanics and Non-Hispanic Whites
Paula Aristizabal, MD, MAS, K08
University of California San Diego
Automating CT Segmentation to Bring Body Composition Into Oncology Practice
Elizabeth Cespedes Feliciano, ScD, SM, K01
Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
Improving Identification of Determinants of Evidence-based Practice Implementation
Salene Jones, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Church Factors Across the Social, Physical, and Organizational Environment Associated with Latinos' Physical Activity
Lilian Perez, MPH, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Rand Corporation
Smartphone Ownership and Use Among Older Adult New York City Housing Authority Residents
Jamilia Sly, PhD, K01
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Provider Acceptability of Innovative Ablative Treatments for High-Grade Cervical Pre-Cancer
Montserrat Soler, MPH, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Cleveland Clinic
Clinical Research
PIONEER: Computational Probing of Differences in Symptoms and Function of Diverse Brain Tumor Populations
Amanda King, PhD, iCURE
NIH/NCI
Translational Research
Biological Validation of Candidate Myeloma Driver Genes
Anthony Zamora, PhD, Diversity Supplement
Medical College of Wisconsin
For more information about CURE and iCURE, please visit the CRCHD website.