Research Day

Every year, the Department of Pediatrics sponsors a Spring Research Day at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC).

This event spotlights current research work from Department of Pediatrics residents, fellows, faculty, and staff, plus health sciences students from the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH).

The event consists of an all-day poster presentation in the HSLC Atrium, a keynote address by a pediatrics faculty member, and a series of oral presentations on select topics.

Although many of the presentations have already been given at regional or national meetings, the event is a great way to share our department’s work with the SMPH community.

2011 Research Day Presentations

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Keynote Address

• A Spirit of Inquiry (David Allen, MD)

Oral Presentations

• The Impact of a Parent‐Child Preoperative Preparation Program on Preoperative Anxiety in Children (Jen Mosher, MD – PL‐3)
• Creation of an IBD Transition Clinic: A Baseline Survey of Patients and Parent Knowledge, Preferences, Challenges, and Behavioral Practices (Valentina Shakhnovich, MD – PL‐3)

David B. Allen, MD David Allen, MD, gave the keynote address, “A Spirit of Inquiry,” at the 2011 Spring Research Day.

• Expression of MixL1, Hematopoiesis, and the Posterior Embryo (Adam D. Wolfe, MD, PhD – PL‐3; oral presentation at PAS).
• Award Winner: Fatty Liver Disease in Overweight Adolescent Girls Measured with Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy (Jennifer Rehm, MD – Fellow, Pediatric Endocrinology; oral presentation at PAS)
• Award Winner: Trends in Blood Lead Levels Among Wisconsin Children: Development of a Lead Poisoning Nomogram (Mateusz Karwowski, MD – Fellow, Primary Care Research; oral presentation at PAS)
• Endoplasmic reticulum stress regulates the transcription factor IRF3 and synergistically induces IFN‐b during oxygen‐glucose deprivation (Judy Smith, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Allergy, Immunology, Rheumatology; oral/poster presentation at AAI 2011)
• Yes, IRBs are Seriously Outmoded (Norman Fost, MD – Professor, Child Abuse and Bioethics; oral presentation at PAS)
• Use of Synteny Conversion in Identification of Candidate Genes for Congenital Vertebral Malformations in Humans (Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD – Professor, Genetics and Metabolism; oral Presentation at PAS)

Jennifer L. Rehm, MD Award Winner: Fatty Liver Disease in Overweight Adolescent Girls Measured with Quantitative MRI and MR Spectroscopy Matt Karwowski, MD Award Winner: Trends in Blood Lead Levels Among Wisconsin Children: Development of a Lead Poisoning Nomogram Valentina Shakhnovich, MD Creation of an IBD Transition Clinic: A Baseline Survey of Patients and Parent Knowledge, Preferences, Challenges, and Behavioral Practices Adam D. Wolfe, MD, PhD Expression of MixL1, Hematopoiesis, and the Posterior Embryo

Feedback Poster Presentations (Fellows, Faculty, and Staff)

• Maternal Obesity at Delivery: A Risk Factor for Newborn Iron Deficiency (Alyssa Phillips – Associate Research Specialist, Kling Lab; poster presentation at PAS)
• Cell Lines Commonly Used as Models for Inflammation Contain Genetic Variation in Toll‐Like Receptor Genes (Jessica DeValk – Research Assistant, Pillers Lab; Sara Tokarz, PhD – Research Associate; Pillers Lab; poster presentation at PAS)
• Waist Circumference Predicts MRI‐measured Visceral Adiposity and Metabolic Syndrome Markers Better than BMI and CVF in Adolescent Girls (Vanessa Curtis, MD — Fellow, Endocrinology and Diabetes; poster presentation at PAS)
• Accuracy of Quantitative MRI in Assessing Non‐Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in an Adolescent with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (Jennifer Rehm, MD – Fellow, Endocrinology and Diabetes; poster presentation at NASPAG)
• Preceptors’ Perceptions of Use of an Evaluation Tool for Medical Students in Routine Clinical Encounters with Real Patients (Caroline Paul, MD – Assistant Professor, GPAM; poster presentation at PAS)
• Evaluation of a Pediatrics Otoscopy Curriculum (Caroline Paul, MD – Assistant Professor, GPAM; poster presentation at PAS)
• Religion and Sex in College Freshman: A Longitudinal Study of Facebook (Kerry Gannon — Medical Student, Research Honors Program; poster presentation at PAS)
• Human Kir7.1 Channel Mutation (R162W), Associated With Snowflake Vitreoretinal Degeneration (SVD), Renders Non‐functional Channel due to a Dominant‐Negative Effect (Bikash Pattnaik, PhD –Associate Scientist; Retina Research Foundation; Rebecca Meyer Brown – Professor, UW‐Eye Research Institute; Pillers Lab; poster presentation at ARVO)

Attendees discuss a poster at the 2011 Spring Research Day.

Review-Only Presentations (Residents)

• Thrombotic Stroke and Intracranial Hemorrhage During Therapy with L‐Asparaginase for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (Jennifer Mosher, MD – PL‐3; Rachel Ershler, MD – PL‐3)
• Creation of an IBD Transition Clinic: A Baseline Survey of Patients and Parent Knowledge, Preferences, Challenges, and Behavioral Practices. (Valentina Shakhnovich, MD – PL‐3)
• MixL1 Expression Identifies Putative Hematopoietic Stem Cells in the Murine Allantois (Adam Wolfe, MD, PhD – PL‐3)
• Social Networking and the Female College Student: Privacy Setting Attitudes (Megan Lederer, MD – PL‐3; Sarah Rastogi, MD – PL‐3)
• Self‐Promoters and Stalkers: Gender Differences in Adolescents’ SNS Use (Megan Lederer, MD – PL‐3)
• Relationship of Weight References to Depression and Stress References on College Freshmen’s Facebook Profiles (Emily Kolpa – PL‐3)
• Childhood Obesity: What’s My Role? (Jennifer Hartwell, MD – PL‐3)
• Breastfeeding Rates in Infants Discharged from the Meriter NICU: Birth to 6 Months (Julie West, MD – PL‐3)
• Examining the Refusal of Newborn Eye Prophylaxis and Vitamin K in Wisconsin (Benjamin Hanisch, MD – PL‐3)
• 11-Year-Old with Fever and Hemoptysis (Katherine Baker, MD – PL‐3)
• Infant with Mandibular Fractures: When to Consider Abuse (Kerri LeBlanc, MD – PL‐3)

Review-Only Presentations (Fellows, Faculty, and Staff)

• Alcohol on Undergraduate Males’ Facebook Profiles (Katie G. Egan – Student Research Assistant, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at SAHM)
• Internet Safety Education (Katie G. Egan – Student Research Assistant, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at SAHM)
• Please ‘Drink Responsibly’: Older Adolescents’ Recollection of Alcohol Health Marketing Messages (Rosalind N. Koff – Research Intern, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at SAHM)
• “Girls’ Night Out!’: Older Adolescents’ “Favorite” Alcohol Advertisements (Rosalind N. Koff – Research Intern, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at URS)
• Fitness on Facebook: Advertisements Generated in Response to Profile Content (Hope Villard – Student Research Assistant, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at SAHM)
• Drinking to Make Friends: A Mixed‐Methods Approach to Exploring the Links Between Alcohol Use and Social Motives in College Freshmen (Allison Grant – Graduate Student, Adolescent Health Research Team; poster presentation at SAHM)
• Bim is Responsible for the Inherent Sensitivity of the Developing Retinal Vasculature to Hyperoxia (Christine Sorenson, PhD – Senior Scientist, poster presentation at ARVO)