Research!Louisville 2021
September 18, 2025Year 01 CIEHS ITEMFC/IHSFC Research Voucher Program Awardees and Pilot Project Program Awardees will be presenting at R!L at the following sessions to present their results. This is a hybrid event, if you are unable to join us in person please join via MS Teams (MS Teams link included under R!L schedule).
ITEMFC/IHSFC Research Voucher Presentations: October 26, 2021 from 1-3PM in CTRB 124
| Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00- 1:15 PM | Michael Merchant, PhD/Professor of Medicine/ITEMFC Director Matt Cave, MD/Professor of Medicine/IHSFC Director | CIEHS Facility Core Voucher Programs ITEMFC Presentation IHSFC Presentation |
| 1:15-1:30 PM | Loretta Jophlin, MD/Assistant Professor of Medicine/MOT RIG member | Mechanisms of hepatic stellate cell activation and liver fibrosis in toxicant associated steatohepatitis |
| 1:30-1:45 PM | Chris States, PhD /Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology/CIEHS Director | miRNA186 Impact on Differential Gene Expression, mRNA Splicing and Gene Fusions |
| 1:45-2:00 PM | Timothy O'Toole, PhD/Associate Professor of Medicine/MOT RIG member | Microplastics Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease |
| 2:00-2:15 PM | Calvin Kuokam/Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology/Cancer RIG member | The inflammatory response in human lung cells after exposure to particulate hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], a key event in Cr(VI) carcinogenesis |
| 2:15-2:30 PM | Carrie Klinge/Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics/Cancer RIG Leader | Polychlorinated biphenyls and high fat diet modify the global epitranscriptomic landscape in male C57Bl/6J mouse liver |
| 2:30-2:45 PM | Madhavi Rane, PhD/Associate Professor of Medicine/MOT RIG member | Proteogenomic effects of acrolein on mouse kidneys |
| 2:45-3:00 PM | Jiapeng Huang, MD/Professor of Anethesiology/MOT RIG member | Metallomics in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients |
Pilot Project Program Presentations: October 28, 2021 from 1-4PM in CTRB 124
| Time | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1:00-1:10 PM | Amanda Jo LeBlanc, PhD/Associate Professor of Physiology/PPP Director | Pilot Project Program Overview and Update |
| 1:10-1:35 PM | Qunwei Zhang, PhD/ Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences/Cancer RIG member | Mechanisms underlying the susceptibility of diabetics to air pollution |
| 1:40- 2:05 PM | C. Tyler Ellis, MD /Assistant Professor of Surgery/Cancer RIG member Natalie Dupré, ScD / Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health/ Cancer RIG Member | Identifying Geographic Clusters and Environmental Correlates of Colorectal Cancer (CRC) in Kentucky |
| 2:10-2:35 PM | Venkatakrishna Jala, PhD/Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology/Cancer RIG member | Microbial metabolites protect against arsenic induced gut barrier dysfunction |
| 2:40-3:05 PM | Mayukh Banerjee, PhD/Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology/Cancer RIG member | APC11 is a novel target for arsenic-mediated zinc displacement leading to cell cycle disruption |
| 3:10-3:35 PM | Edrisa Sanyang, PhD/Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health/Western Kentucky University | Firefighter Practices and Exposure in Response to Covid-19 in Northwestern Kentucky |