Poster Winners! MVTCP 23rd Annual Symposium
Congratulations to the poster winners for their exceptional work. We thank each scholar who submitted their abstracts for competitive review and hope to see new submissions from you for the 24th Symposium!
Student Name
School Affiliation and Level
Poster Title
Wenjun Zhu, 1st Place
Tennessee State University, Doctoral Student
Toll-like Receptors in the Mechanism of Hexabromocyclododecane-induced Production of Pro-inflammatory Cytokines, IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α
Diana Graves, 2nd Place
Vanderbilt University, Doctoral Student
Crosstalk Between Immunostimulatory Head and Neck Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts and CD8+ T Cells Promotes T Cell Activation via PGE2
Oreoluwa Owoseeni, 1st Place
Fisk University, Undergraduate
Artificial Intelligence tool Optellum outperforms traditional lung cancer prediction model BRODERS
Nathaelle Georges, 1st Place
Tennessee State University, Undergraduate
Combined Effects of KDM5 Inhibitor and PPARγ Agonist T0070907 on Prostate Cancer Cells
Aaliyah Flake, 1st Place
Tennessee State University, Undergraduate
Invisible melanin: is it overlooked?
Eseoghene Ogaga, 1st Place
Tennessee State University, Undergraduate
Role of IL-17R Signaling in the Stomach Epithelium During H. pylori Infection
Grace Xu, 1st Place
Vanderbilt University, Medical
Dietary Polyphenols and the Risk of Lung Cancer in the Prospective Southern Community Cohort Study
Matthew Cole, 2nd Place
Vanderbilt University, Medical
Optimizing a novel prostate cancer test for use in the African American population
Tina Chai, 1st Place
Vanderbilt University, Medical
Increasing enrollment of Black women with diagnosed breast cancer in clinical trials with the use of Patient Navigators in a clinic setting
For more information about the Meharry-Vanderbilt-Tennessee State Cancer Partnership (MVTCP), visit mvtcp.org or stopcancertogether.org.
