Rush Mentoring Programs

Fifth Annual SymposiumWednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 • Noon - 5:30 p.m. • Searle Conference Center

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Fifth Annual SymposiumNoon - 12:05 p.m. Introductory Remarks

Susan Chubinskaya, PhD Vice Provost, Office of Faculty Affairs

12:05 - 12:35 p.m Keynote SpeakerCarole Browe Segal Trustee of Rush University Medical Center, Chair of the Board of Governors at Rush University

2019 Cohn Fellow Presentations12:35 - 12:50 p.m. Adapting a Family Based Intervention to Decrease Risk Factors for Sexual

Exploitation in Homeless Youth: The Chicago STRIVE ProjectDawn Bounds, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC Assistant Professor, Department of Community, Systems and Mental Health Nursing, College of Nursing, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Section of Population Behavioral Health, Rush Medical College

12:50 - 1:05 p.m. A Multimodal Lifestyle Intervention to Prevent Memory Loss in Older Women With Cardiovascular Disease: Feasibility and Fidelity Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN Assistant Professor, Department of Community, Systems and Mental Nursing, College of Nursing

1:05 - 1:20 p.m. Targeting the Gut for Bone HealthMeghan Moran, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Medicine, Rush Medical College

1:20 - 1:35 p.m. Spectroscopic Imaging of Periprosthetic and Remote Organ Tissue of Joint Replacement PatientsRobin Pourzal, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College

1:35 - 1:50 p.m. Award Announcements: 2019 Mentee, Mentor and Postdoctoral Mentor of the Year Giselle Sandi, PhDDirector, Mentoring Programs

1:50 - 2 p.m. Break

Mentee Presentations – Abstract Winners2:00 - 2:15 p.m. KICK OUT PD: Mobility, Quality of Life and Feasibility Outcomes in a Pilot

Study of a PD-Specific Karate InterventionJori Fleisher, MD, MSCE Assistant Professor, Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Medical College

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Functional Connectivity Changes in Emotion Processing Network Following Social Cognitive Training in Individuals with PsychosisKristen Haut, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. Macrophage Response to CoCrMo Wear and Corrosion Debris Freshly Generated In-SituSimona Radice, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Medical College

2:55 - 5:30 p.m. Poster Presentations and ReceptionBest Poster Award Announcements at 5:30 p.m.

Class of 2019 Cohn Fellows (from left): Shannon Halloway, PhD, RN; Meghan Moran, PhD; Robin Pourzal, PhD; Dawn Bounds, PhD, APRN, PMHNP-BC

2019 Mentee of the YearAllison Wainer, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical College

Awarded by the Rush Mentoring Programs in recognition of excellence in scholarly work, leadership and involvement in the Mentoring Program

From nominator Niranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD:Allie was in the Rush Mentoring Program and then transitioned to a KL2 from the ITM. As she finished her KL2, she is now successfully moving into a full funded year of research that she developed. She is a great example of the success of Rush’s Mentoring Program.

She has a true commitment to children on the West Side and brings evidence-based practices for autism to families. She also applied to the Fulbright Specialist Program and has traveled to the Ukraine several time to help them learn evidence-based interventions for autistic youth.

2019 Mentor of the YearT. Celeste Napier, PhD Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical CollegeDirector, Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction

Awarded by the Rush Mentoring Programs in recognition of outstanding contributions to mentees success, commitment and involvement in the Mentoring Program

From nominator Amanda L. Persons, PhD:It is an honor and privilege to work with Dr. Napier as my mentor. She is highly invested in all aspects of my career, as well as the careers of other junior faculty. Dr. Napier has provided outstanding research training through her “Research Teams” concept, where the mentees learn ingredients of outstanding collaborative research — experimental design, data interpretation, and communication. This type of process fosters the development of scientific networks for her mentees and guides them to be well-rounded scientists that enhances the quality of their research.

Dr. Napier uses her vast experience to help us navigate the highs and lows of the research experience — cheering our successes and providing sound advice for how to turn a perceived failure into a success (which can be very hard). She has always pushed her mentees to think outside of the box and challenge themselves to reach their fullest potential. Thanks to her mentorship, I am a more confident research scientist, educator and leader.

I’ve never met a mentor who is more invested in a mentee’s career than Dr. Napier. From the time that I was appointed as an instructor, we engaged in several activities that put me on the path to promotion, and we spent numerous nights and weekends working together in pursuit of this goal. We collaborated on several grant

Rush Mentoring Programs Award Winners

proposals that were funded by the NIH, industry or non-profit organizations. – on these proposals, I was named as a multi-PI, PI or co-I on these proposals. This put me on the radar of funding organizations like the National Center for Responsible Gaming, which funded a collaborative project of ours, invited me to be a plenary speaker at their annual meeting and later asked me to review Seed Grants. First author research manuscripts were published based on our collaborative research, and we’ve authored multiple invited reviews together on complex pharmacological topics and the opioid use in adolescents. Through these efforts, my written and oral communication skills have greatly improved.

2019 Postdoctoral Mentor of the YearNiranjan S. Karnik, MD, PhD The Cynthia Oudejans Harris, MD, Professor of PsychiatryAssociate Dean for Community Behavioral Health, Rush Medical CollegeVice Chair for Innovation, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesDirector, Great Lakes Node, National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network

Awarded by the Rush Postdoctoral Mentoring Program in recognition of outstanding contributions to the postdoctoral fellow’s success, commitment and involvement in the Mentoring Program

From nominator Dominika A. Winiarski, PhD:Dr. Karnik has gone above and beyond in his support of my development as an independent researcher. He is able to identify projects for me to work on that help propel my research trajectory forward, and he is always eager to help me establish collaborations with others in the city. This has been invaluable as I am trying to build up a team to serve on my K-Award mentorship committee.

In addition, Dr. Karnik was incredibly supportive of me when I experienced some challenges with a grant that I had received. He truly went above and beyond to advocate for me, and it was a humbling experience that really illustrated just how incredibly important having a supportive mentor can be when you are in a junior position trying to jump-start your career. He supported my application for the Cohn Fellowship, which helped me secure protected time to continue my research and apply for a K award this upcoming academic year. In addition to my Cohn Award, Dr. Karnik built additional protected research time into my schedule for me so that I can dedicate myself to developing my research program.

Since 2017, Dr. Karnik has involved me on six manuscripts/book chapters, most of which were first-author. He meets with me regularly to check in on my progress and holds me accountable for meeting my writing goals.

When I found out that I had not received two major grants I applied for this spring, Dr. Karnik sent me an incredibly supportive email reminding me of the importance of perseverance in academia. I had been preparing to bring up my grant rejections and a plan for resubmitting to other organizations at our next meeting, but Dr. Karnik knew to check in ahead of time. This kind of encouragement is exactly what is needed, especially when there is so much pressure to publish and obtain grants, but the return is often so low on the incredible emotional investment that goes into this process. It really is critical to have a mentor who understands that and can identify the right time to jump in and help you stay the course.

Every year the Cohn Family Foundation provides grant support to junior faculty at Rush University who are mentees in the Rush Research Mentoring Program. The Cohn Fellowship allows mentees to gather preliminary data for research proposals and for their continued engagement in research activities.

The following mentees were selected as the Class of 2020 Cohn Fellows after a competitive review process:

Rush Mentoring Programs Class of 2020 Cohn Fellows

Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Digestive Diseases within the Department of Internal Medicine. His research is on the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal malignancies, particularly colon and pancreas cancers, and focuses on how factors in our environment predispose to cancer formation via promoting a chronic inflammatory condition. His Cohn research will examine the potential role of opioid pathways in fibroinflammatory responses in the pancreatic tissue, which could lead to the formation and progression of pancreas cancer.

Lionel C. Clement, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. He is studying the role of Angiopoietin-like 4, or ANGPTL4, and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9, or PCSK9, in animal models of human kidney diseases. He showed that ANGPTL4 plays opposite roles in kidney disease depending of which organ it is secreted from, and it is implicated in the development of high levels of plasma triglyceride during the development of the disease. His Cohn research will study the role of PCSK9 expressed in the kidney in the initiation of hypercholesterolemia in kidney disease.

Kristen Haut, PhD, was an instructor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and became an assistant professor in the department in July 2019. Her research aims to promote behavioral health and reduce the burden of chronic psychiatric disorders by identifying disrupted neural connections and developing treatments designs to alter these neural functions.

Her research uses functional and structural neuroimaging to evaluate cognitive training interventions in people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and people at risk for psychosis. Her Cohn research will focus on testing a newly developed computerized training paradigm addressing cognitive control of emotion in people with recent-onset bipolar disorder. The goal is to measure structural changes in the underlying neural network.

Kevin C. Jones, PhD, is a medical physics instructor in the Department of Radiation Oncology. His research focuses on developing novel imaging techniques to guide radiation therapy delivery. His Cohn research will help him build and characterize an X-ray imaging system to track lung tumor positions during radiation treatment.

Lauren M. Little, PhD, OTR/L, is an assistant professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy. Her research focuses on innovative service delivery models for families of young children with developmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorders, or ASD. Her Cohn Fellowship leverages funding from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation to expand a telehealth intervention aimed at increasing adaptive behavior (i.e., toilet training, mealtime behaviors) among children with ASD. Specifically, her work will test the efficacy of individualized versus group-based services delivered online.

Dominika A. Winiarski, PhD, was an instructor and postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and became an assistant professor in the department in July 2019 following the completion of her one-year TL1 Fellowship Award through the Institute of Translational Medicine. Her research focuses on improving access to mental health care among homeless and unstably housed youth. She has collaborated with a multisite research team to examine the feasibility of a fully automated cell phone-based mental health intervention for homeless youth in Chicago.

Her Cohn research will expand on her technology-based work to find novel ways of engaging youth to address emotion regulation difficulties. She will also explore the mediating role that emotion dysregulation plays in the relationship between early life adversity and externalizing behavior in high-risk homeless youth.

Class of 2020 Cohn Fellows (from left)

Lauren M. Little, PhD, OTR/LAssistant Professor, Department of Occupational TherapyCollege of Health Sciences

Lionel C. Clement, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Internal MedicineRush Medical College

Kristen Haut, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush Medical College

Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Internal MedicineRush Medical College

Dominika A. Winiarski, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesRush Medical College

Kevin C. Jones, PhDInstructor, Department of Radiation Oncology Rush Medical College

Amber S. Kujath, PhD, RN, ONCAssociate Professor

Department of Adult Health and Gerontological Nursing College of Nursing

Jen’nea Sumo, PhD, RNAssistant Professor

Department of Women, Children and Family Nursing College of Nursing

Elizabeth A. McAninch, MDAssistant Professor

Department of Internal Medicine Rush Medical College

Marilyn M. Hallock, MD, MSAssistant Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine Rush Medical College

Anne Hoffmann, PhD, CCC-SLPAssistant Professor

Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences College of Health Sciences

Lisa LaGorio, PhD, MPHAssistant Professor

Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences College of Health Sciences

Gian D. Pal, MD, MSAssistant Professor

Department of Neurological Sciences Rush Medical College

Tochukwu M. Okwuosa, DOAssociate Professor

Department of Internal Medicine Rush Medical College

Director Cardio-Oncology Services

College of Health Sciences OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY 1. Little, L. et al. Tele-SCOPE: A Telehealth Intervention to Impact Adaptive Behavior Among Children with Autism

College of NursingCOMMUNITY, SYSTEMS AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING2. Bounds, D. et al. Adapting a Family Intervention to Prevent Sexual Exploitation of Homeless Youth

WOMEN, CHILDREN AND FAMILY NURSING3. Sumo, J. et al. Mothers’ Perspectives on Co-Parenting: Preliminary Findings

Rush Medical CollegeINTERNAL MEDICINE 4. Agarwal, P. et al. Race Differences and Race Specific Sex Differences in the Association of Diet with Cognitive

Decline

5. Agarwal, P. et al. Vitamin C and Bioactive in Strawberries Associated with Reduced Alzheimer’s Dementia Risk

6. Agarwal, P. et al. Western Diet May Attenuate the Beneficial Effect of Adherence of Mediterranean Diet on Cognitive Decline

7. Bishehsari, F. et al. Alcohol Effects on Colon Epithelium Are Time Dependent

8. Devanesan, M. et al. Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor Levels Rise in Response to Cardiotoxic Chemotherapy Independent of Global Longitudinal Strain

9. Greenberg, J. et al. Associations Between Prognostic Estimates and Decisions Regarding Life-Sustaining Interventions Among Surrogates and Physicians of Mechanically Ventilated Patients

10. Holland, T. et al. Dietary Intake of Flavonols Associated with Less AD Neuropathology

11. Mohamed, M. et al. The Secreted Effector Protein ExoT Promotes Virulence of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa By Dampening Inflammatory Responses During Infection

12. Molina-Jijon, E. et al. Role of Renal PCSK9 in the Rrm2b Mouse Model of Nephrotic Syndrome

13. Varadani, R. et al. Resistance to Antihypertensive Drugs Targeting the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System in Cancer Patients: A Case Series

NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES 14. Fleisher, J. et al. Share the Care: Supporting Parkinson’s Disease Caregivers Through Peer Mentoring

15. Pal, G. et al. Cognitive Outcomes of STN-DBS in GBA Mutation and Non-Mutation Carriers With PD

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY16. Gustafson, J. et al. Effect of Assembly Method — One vs. Multiple Strikes — on Modular Taper Mechanics in

Total Hip Arthroplasty

Rush Mentoring Programs 2019 Graduating Mentees

Rush Mentoring Programs Poster Presentations by Colleges

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE17. Crane, M. et al. Small Changes for Weight Loss in African American Churches: Initial Results of the HEAL

Program

18. Lange-Maia, B. et al. Physical Function Limitations Among Midlife and Older Adults Participating in Health Screenings in African American Churches

19. Mathew, A. et al. Trauma Exposure, PTSD Symptoms and Tobacco Use: Does Church Attendance Buffer Negative Effects?

PSYCHIATRY AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES20. Ariel-Donges, A. et al. Patients’ Barriers/Facilitators of Adherence to Behavioral Recommendations After

Bariatric Surgery

21. Miller, M. et al. Psychobiological Processes of Traumatic Stress in Pregnancy

22. Stiles-Shields, C. et al. A Lot of People Have Told Me That the Pain Is in My Head: Pediatric Surgical Patient Perspectives of Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment for Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome

23. Stiles-Shields, C. et al. Do We Need to Reinvent the mHealth Wheel? Design Adaptation Implications for Specialty Pediatric Populations

24. Winiarski, D. et al. Examining Presenting Complaints of Homeless Youth in a Shelter-Based Mental Health Clinic

RADIATION ONCOLOGY25. Jones, K. et al. An Initial Report of Scatter Imaging During Lung Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy

SURGERY26. Seu, M. et al. Comparing Effectiveness and Safety of Load-Sharing Miniplate Versus Load-Bearing Plate Fixation

in Atrophic Edentulous Mandibular Fractures

27. Seu, M. et al. From Abstract to Publication: A Bibliometric Analysis of Plastic Surgery the Meeting (PSTM) Presenters From 2015 -2017

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Rush Mentoring Programs Special Thanks

Abstract Review CommitteeLisa Boggio, MDSusan W. Buchholz, PhD, RN, FAANPRima Dafer, MD, MPH, FAHAAmir H. Dorafshar, MBChB, FACS, FAAPMaribeth Flaws, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm SM, SISharon Foley, PhD, RD, LDNChristopher Forsyth, PhDTanya R. Friese, DNP, RN, CNLKajal Gupta, PhDPhilip Held, PhDSayona John, MDAli Keshavarzian, MDAlan L. Landay, PhDMichael Lin, MD, MPHHannah J. Lundberg, PhDMasako Mahyahara, PhD, RNEce Mutlu, MD, MS, MBATochukwu M. Okwuosa, DONicole Russo-Ponsaran, PhDSasha H. Shafikhani, PhDValeriy Shafiro, PhDRaj C. Shah, MD

Poster Review CommitteeGail M. Basch, MD, FASAMLisa Boggio, MDSusan W. Buchholz, PhD, RN, FAANPCathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, FAANMaribeth Flaws, PhD, MLS(ASCP)cm SM, SISharon Foley, PhD, RD, LDNChristopher Forsyth, PhDTanya R. Friese, DNP, RN, CNLKajal Gupta, PhDMegan Hood, PhDYixiang Liao, PhDHannah J. Lundberg, PhDSasha H. Shafikhani, PhDRaj C. Shah, MDLatha Soorya, PhDRick Sumner, PhDAllison Wainer, PhD

Susan Chubinskaya, PhDVice Provost, Faculty Affairs (312) 942-6306susanna_chubinskaya@rush.edu

Giselle Sandi, PhDDirector, Mentoring Programs(312) 563-3146

giselle_sandi@rush.edu

Jeannette Hui, MPHProject Coordinator, Mentoring Programs(312) 563-3130

jeannette_hui@rush.edu

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