Pediatrics Research Day 2023

On June 6, 2023, the Department of Pediatrics and Gale and Ira Drukier Institute at Weill Cornell Medicine hosted Pediatrics Research Day 2023, a full day highlighting basic, clinical, translational, quality and education research in children’s health by Weill Cornell Medicine/NewYork-Presbyterian faculty, fellows, residents, postdocs, medical students, and staff.   Please see below for the online abstract guide and agenda.

Abstracts Guide:

PDF icon Pediatrics Research Day 2023 Guide to Abstracts

Agenda: Pediatrics Research Day 2023

Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Belfer Research Building
413 E. 69th Street
2nd Floor (204ABC) and 3rd Floor (302ABCD)

Trainees Special Session

3rd Floor, 302ABCD

Registration and breakfast (Belfer 3rd Fl)

8:30 am – 8:45 am      

Oral Poster Presentations

Moderator: Thanakorn Jirasevijinda, MD

8:45 am – 8:50 am: Introductions
8:50 am - 8:58 am: Brittany Watchmaker Sakhno, MD (Education & QI) 
8:58 am - 9:06 am: Hsuan-Yuan (Sherry) Wang (Translational)               
9:06 am – 9:14 am: Eric Wilsterman, MD (Clinical)
9:14 am – 9:22 am: Sean Cullen, MD, PhD (Basic Science)                      
9:22 am – 9:30 am: Justin Kotliar, MD (Education & QI) 
9:30 am – 9:38 am: Caitlin Williams, PhD (Translational)   
9:38 am – 9:46 am: Katherine Cunnane, BS (Clinical)
9:46 am – 9:54 am: Claire Otero, BS (Basic Science)  
9:54 am – 10:09 am: 
Break  
10:09 am – 10:17 am: Charles Bergman, MD (Education & QI)
10:17 am – 10:25 am: Lauren Robinson, MD (Translational)
10:25 am – 10:33 am: Senayit Demie, MD (Clinical) 
10:33 am – 10:41 am: Siriruk Changrob, PhD (Basic Science)
10:41 am – 10:57 am: Priyanka Narayan, AB (Translational)   
10:57 am – 11:05 am: Jade Matthews (Basic Science) 

Break 

11:05 am - 11:15 am                                                                                                             

P30 Funding Opportunity

11:15 am – 11:25 am                                              
Daniel Fitzgerald, MD
Kyu Rhee, MD, PhD

Closing Remarks 

11:25 am – 11:30 am   
Genevieve Fouda MD, PhD

Pediatrics Research Day 2023 Agenda

3rd Floor, 302ABCD

Registration / Lunch / Exhibitor Tables

11:00 am – 12:00 pm   

Research Resources Exhibitor Tables

  • Staffed 11am-12pm; open for browsing until 5:30p

Posters open for browsing on 2nd Floor, 204ABC                                                               

Welcome Address

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
Virginia Pascual, MD
Sallie Permar, MD, PhD

Research Update and Resources                               

12:10 pm – 12:25 pm
Sujit Sheth, MD

Session 1: Education, QI and Clinical

Moderator: Adin Nelson, MD

12:25 pm – 12:50 pm
Chani Traube, MD (20 min/5 min Q&A)
Beware the Aftermath: Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

12:50 pm - 1:05 pm
Rachel Arnesen, MD (10 min/5 min Q&A)
Factors Influencing the Quality of Narrative Assessments of Medical Students’ Clerkship Performance

1:05 pm - 1:20 pm
Kevin Dore, MD (10 min/5 min Q&A)
Cryoprecipitate Use in Hospitalized Children: A PHIS Database Study

1:20 pm - 1:35 pm
Kimberley Chien, MD (10 min/5 min Q&A)
Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Scoping Review

Break

1:35 pm -1:45 pm        

Session 2: Basic and Translational Sciences

Moderator: Haiying Zhang, PhD

1:45 pm - 2:10 pm
Emilie Grasset, PhD
(20 min/5 min Q&A)
Exploring the Role of Mesenteric Adipose Tissue in Anti-microbial Immunity      

2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Ria Goswami, PhD (10 min/5 min Q&A)
Gastrointestinal Commensal Bacteria Prevent Infection by Metabolizing Tryptophan and Regulating the Host Arylhydrocarbon Receptor

2:25 pm - 2:40 pm
Preetha Balasubramanian, PhD (10 min/5 min Q&A)  
Single Cell Analysis Unravels CD4 T Cell Heterogeneity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

2:40 pm - 2:55 pm
Serena Lucotti, PhD
The Lung Pro-thrombotic Niche Drives Cancer-associated Thromboembolism Via Exosomal ITGB2

Break

2:55 pm – 3:15 pm   

Keynote Address

3:15 pm - 4:15 pm
Moderator: David C. Lyden, MD, PhD
Invited Speaker: Agata Smogorzewska, MD, PhD
Genomic Landscape of Fanconi Anemia Cancers

Career Development Panel

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm 
Moderator: Camilia Martin, MD, MS
Panelists: 
Erika Abramson, MD, MSc
Oleh Akchurin, MD, PhD

Genevieve Fouda, MD, PhD
Jennie Ono, MD

Poster Session & Reception

2nd Floor (204ABC) 

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 

  • 6:50 pm
    Poster Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks
    Virginia Pascual, MD
    Sallie Permar, MD, PhD

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