Celebrating Annual Symposium Awardees and Co-Chairs

At the 24th Annual MVTCP Symposium students, faculty, trainees, residents & post-docs from local universities were welcome to submit abstracts in a poster competition. Congratulations to all the symposium awardees, including:

Undergraduate:

1st Place: Ellie Griner of Lipscomb University, Elucidating the Mechanism of Neprilysin-Regulated Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Invasion

2nd Place: Keenyn Bradley of Oglethorpe University, Matrix metallopeptidase (MMP) gene expression levels significantly differ in HPV-negative oropharyngeal cancer for African Americans and White Americans

3rd Place: Cameron Bennett of Tennessee State University, Exploring the Role of ZAR2 in Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation and Migration

Masters/Doctoral:

1st Place: Latoya Daniels of Tennessee State University, Role of toll-like receptors in tributyltin stimulation of tumor necrosis factor-a production by human immune cells

2nd Place: Wenjun Zhu of Tennessee State University, Toll-like Receptors in the Mechanism of Hexabromocyclododecane-induced Production of Pro-inflammatory Cytokine TNF-α

3rd Place: Karla Robles of Tennessee State University, Environmentally conscious electrospray fabrication of PLGA microparticles for biomedical applications: the role of polymer composition and solvent properties

Medical:

1st Place: Allison Morris of Vanderbilt University, Disparities in patient-reported awareness of potential early-onset cancer-related infertility risk

2nd Place: Arshiya Dhiman of Meharry Medical College, Tumor Dormancy within the Lymphovascular Embolus is Regulated by Multiple Metabolism Signaling Pathways

T-3rd Place: Mallory Dunphy of Meharry Medical College, Dietary Risk Factors Associated with Colorectal Polyp Risk and Potential for Progression to Malignancy

T-3rd Place: Melissa Goldlin of Vanderbilt University, Dietary Risk Factors Associated with Colorectal Polyp Risk and Potential for Progression to Malignancy