Feb. 22 Lecture Surveys Medical Education Research

The next lecture in the 2010-2011 Translational Research Lecture Series is scheduled on Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall. The series is presented by the WSU Medical Student Research Club. All BSOM faculty and students are invited to attend.

The lecture will survey “Medical Education Research at WSU” with a panel of faculty and medical student investigators led by Nicole Borges, Ph.D. (above left), associate professor of community health and assistant dean of medical education research and evaluation.  Faculty presenters also include Gary Nieder, Ph.D., professor of neuroscience, cell biology and physiology; and Brenda Roman, M.D., professor and director of medical student education in psychiatry. Student presenters include Micah Prochaska (M4), Heather Rodabaugh (M4), and Adam Deardorff (M.D./Ph.D. student). Download the agenda (MS Word).

Dinner will be provided on Feb. 22. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

“Framing Answerable Research Questions” is the theme of the 2010-2011 Translational Research Lecture Series. Visit the Research Learning Community on MedU for the series schedule and links to videos and related reading for the lectures.

Dec. 2 Translational Research Lecture Explores Year-Out Research Experiences for Med Students

The next lecture in the 2010-2011 Translational Research Lecture Series is scheduled on Thursday, Dec. 2, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall. The series is presented by the WSU Medical Student Research Club. All BSOM faculty and students are invited to attend.

The featured speaker will be Kristine Busse, an M4 student at WSU who spent the past academic year in a year-out research program at the Psoriasis and Skin Treatment Center at the University of California-San Francisco. She was sub-investigator in 6 clinical trials in psoriasis and eczema, working under the mentorship of John Koo, M.D., a key opinion leader in the psoriasis field. Busse’s talk will discuss clinical trials as well as the process of putting together a year-out research experience during medical school.

Dinner will be provided on Dec. 2. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

“Framing Answerable Research Questions” is the theme of the 2010-2011 Translational Research Lecture Series. Visit the Research Learning Community on MedU for the series schedule and links to videos and related reading for the lectures.

Translational Research Lecture Series Begins Sept. 30

“Framing Answerable Research Questions” is the theme of the 2010-2011 Translational Research Lecture Series presented by the WSU Medical Student Research Club. The first lecture is scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 30, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall. All BSOM faculty and students are invited to attend.

The faculty speakers will be Timothy Cope, Ph.D. (above left), professor and chair, and Mark Rich, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, in the WSU Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology. Last year they gave a dynamic talk to the Research Club about building careers based on the scientific method and asking measurable research questions. It inspired the theme for this year’s lecture series, so we have asked them for a repeat performance. You can read more about their neuroscience research collaborations in Vital Signs (PDF).

Dinner will be provided on Sept. 30. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

April 22 Lecture Surveys Practice-Based Research

The Medical Student Research Club will present the fifth lecture in its series, “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside,” on Thursday, April 22, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speakers conduct office-based research through SOARnet, the Southwestern Ohio Area Research Network. They include John Pascoe, M.D., M.P.H.; William Spears, Ph.D.; Miryoung Lee, Ph.D.; Wm. Cameron Chumlea, Ph.D.,  and Caroline McNicholas, M.A. They will be joined by medical student Jessica Zagory, who has participated in SOARnet research.

SOARnet is a new and growing group of pediatricians and family medicine physicians associated with Wright State University and the Children’s Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. Its mission is to support its members to design and carry out office-based clinical research of importance and interest to its members, to other primary care providers, and to those involved in formulating health policy. The research network facilitates the formulation of clinical questions and provides support in study design and statistical analysis of data. Read more.

Dinner will be provided on April  22. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Jan. 27 Lecture Explores Translational Research in Neuroscience

The Research Club will present the fourth lecture in its series, “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside,” on Wednesday, January 27, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Room 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speakers will be Timothy Cope, Ph.D. (above left), professor and chair, and Mark Rich, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, in the WSU Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology. Read more about their research collaborations in Vital Signs (PDF).

Lunch will be provided on Jan. 27. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Dec. 3 Lecture Explores Translational Research in Orthopaedic Surgery

The Research Club will present the third lecture in its series, “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside,” on Thursday, December 3, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speakers will be Richard Laughlin, M.D. (left), professor and chair of the WSU Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and Matthew DiPaola, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Laughlin was a featured speaker at the Boonshoft School of Medicine’s 2007 Central Research Forum. See the slide presentation (PDF download) for a preview of his talk to the Research Club.

Dinner will be provided on Dec. 3. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Translational Research Lecture Probes Role of Human Gut Microflora in Pediatric Disorders

Translational research by Sonia Michail, M.D. (above left), and Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., examines clinical problems in pediatric gastroenterology using gene-array technology. [Photos by Will Jones/WSU Center for Teaching and Learning]

The Research Club will present the second lecture in its series, “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside,” on Tuesday, November 3, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. in Room 101 White Hall (Gandhi Auditorium) on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speakers will be Sonia Michail, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, and Oleg Paliy, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology. They will be joined by Matthew Durbin, a medical student on their research team. An introduction to the speakers will be provided by Arthur Pickoff, M.D., chair of WSU’s Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health.

Drs. Michail and Paliy are collaborating on a series of projects that explore the role of microflora in gastrointestinal disorders of children. Their translational research is funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more in Vital Signs (PDF).

Dinner will be provided on Nov. 3. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.

Research Club Meets Thursday, Sept. 24

The Research Club will present a series of meetings this fall exploring the theme of “Translational Research: From Bench to Bedside.” The first meeting in the series is scheduled on Thursday, Sept 24,  from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Room 120 White Hall on the WSU main campus.

The faculty speaker will be Steven Berberich, Ph.D. (left), professor and interim chair of biochemistry and molecular biology. He will provide an overview of translational research at Wright State and discuss his lab’s translational work with tumors and the p53 oncogene. Joining him in the presentation will be research team members Rebecca Tuttle, M.D. resident instructor of surgery, and M.D./Ph.D. students Kelly Miller and Kevin Kelley.

Dr. Berberich was the keynote speaker last March at the Boonshoft School of Medicine’s 2009 Central Research Forum. See the slide presentation (PDF download) for a preview of his talk to the Research Club.

Lunch will be provided on Sept. 24. Please RSVP to Adam Deardorff (deardorff.2@wright.edu) if you plan to attend.