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College of Pharmacy Research Day
Research Day is an annual College-wide event that brings together our trainees, alumni, faculty members, and staff as well as industry and academic colleagues from the Chicago area.
Organized in the fall, the event showcases the research of our students and postdoctoral trainees, with nearly 100 posters presented. We invite exciting keynote speakers whose cutting edge research appeals to campus-wide audiences. The day concludes with award ceremonies and reception. We recognize our outstanding students, faculty members, and alumni as well as top poster presenters.
SAVE THE DATE: The 15th Annual Research Day will be held on Friday, November 1, 2024.
2023 Poster Award Winners Heading link
2023 Poster Award Winners
| Category | Place | Authors | Title | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology: Molecular & Cell Biology; Mechanism of Action | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 1st Place | Manead Khin, Manuel Rangel-Grimaldo, Huzefa A. Raja, Ziwei Zhang, Julia Ekiert, Nicholas H. Oberlies, Yu Gao, Joanna E. Burdette | Wheldone, a Fungal Secondary Metabolite, Downregulates HNRNPD, a DNA Damage Repair Protein |  |
| Biology: Molecular & Cell Biology; Mechanism of Action | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 2nd Place | Kasra Alizadeh, Nora Vazquez-Laslop, Shura Mankin | Developing a Fully Orthogonal Translation System in Bacteria |  |
| Biology: Molecular & Cell Biology; Mechanism of Action | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 3rd Place | Cory Matsumoto, Xinhao Shao, Marko Bogosavljevic, Chris Grams, Ziwei Zhang, Liang Chen, Yu Gao | Automated Container-less Cell Processing System for Single-cell Multiomics |  |
| Chemistry: Discovery, Modeling, Design & Evaluation of Novel Drugs; Detection & Delivery Systems | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 1st Place | Lisa E. Rusali,Andrew P. Riley | Efforts Toward a Biomimetic Synthesis of the Aristotelia alkaloids |  |
| Chemistry: Discovery, Modeling, Design & Evaluation of Novel Drugs; Detection & Delivery Systems | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 2nd Place | John Sloan, Irina Gaisina, Ryan Bott, Saad Alqarni, Ryan Bott, Laura Cooper, Lijun Rong, Terry W. Moore | Development and Pharmacokinetic Evaluation of Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines as Novel Influenza A Entry Inhibitors Targeting Group Two Hemagglutinin |  |
| Chemistry: Discovery, Modeling, Design & Evaluation of Novel Drugs; Detection & Delivery Systems | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 3rd Place | Elizabeth Kaweesa, Jaqueline Bazioli, Herma Pierre, Daniel Lantvit, Samuel Kulp, Kasey Hill, Mitchell Phelps, Christopher Coss, James Fuchs, Cedric Pearce, Nicholas Oberlies, Joanna E. Burdette | Verticillin Cytotoxic Activity in High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer in Preclinical In vitro and In vivo Models |  |
| Clinical, Social, and Applied Sciences | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 1st Place | Brooke N. Curry, Nidhi Singh, Arunkumar Karunanidhi, Osayamen Obanor, Nene Bah, Alan Gross, Zackery P. Bulman | Assessing Antibiotic Combinations for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Providencia stuartii Isolates to Aid Clinical Decision Making |  |
| Clinical, Social, and Applied Sciences | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 2nd Place | Arunkumar Karunanidhi, Nidhi Singh, Brooke N. Curry, Zackery P. Bulman | Optimizing Combination Dosing Strategies for Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Does Timing of Antibiotic Administration Matter? |  |
| Clinical, Social, and Applied Sciences | UIC College of Pharmacy Award for Excellence in Research 3rd Place | Yifan Wang, Rodrigo Burgos, Larry H. Danziger, Emily N. Drwiega | Clinical Outcomes of Candida auris Infections at an Academic Medical Center |  |
| Innovate@UIC Innovation Award | 1st Place | Chih-Jia Chao, Zongmin Zhao | Antigen Capturing Nanoparticle Transformed Dendritic Cell Therapy (ACT-DC) for Cancer Immunization |  |
| Innovate@UIC Innovation Award | 2nd Place | Dahee Jung, Wonkyung Oh, Seung-Oe Lim, Steve S.-Y. Lee | Engineered Anti-CD40 Agonist Antibody as a Novel Cancer Neoantigen Vaccine Delivery System |  |
| UI Cancer Center Cancer Science Prize | 1st Place | Monica A. Haughan, Tova M. Bergsten , Hannah J. Lusk, Aloysius J. Klingelhutz, Laura M. Sanchez, Joanna E. Burdette | Probing the Molecular Crosstalk Between Ovarian Cancer and Omentum |  |
| UI Cancer Center Cancer Science Prize | 2nd Place | Joohyun Im, Yi-Chien Wu, Dan D. Lantvit, Steve S.-Y. Lee, Barbara C. Vanderhyden, Joanna E. Burdette | The Critical Role of PAX8 in High-Grade Serous Cancer Survival and its Therapeutic Implications |  |
| American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Student Chapter Choice Award | 1st Place | Deanna Aman, Diandra Vaval Taylor, Nancy E. Freitag | Characterizing the pPplA Peptide Pheromone that Contributes to both Listeria monocytogenes Vacuole Escape and Bacterial Fitness |  |
| ISPOR Student Chapter Choice Award | 1st Place | Sodam Kim,Kibum Kim, Przemysław B. Radwański, Mark A. Munger | Riluzole Mitigates the Risk of Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study |  |
| ISPE Student Chapter Choice Award | 1st Place | Abdullah Abdelaziz, Charles E. Gaber, Todd A. Lee | High Throughput Screening for Roflumilast Adverse Effects in Real-World Settings |  |
Judges Quote Heading link
Setting aside the challenges of things being virtual…I am, again, overall impressed with the research work thoughtfully conceived and then carried out there at UIC COP. The students, both grad and PharmD, are receiving a measurably better education now than in the past, because of your efforts. You should all go home at night, virtually!, knowing that you are training and educating future leaders in pharmacy and the health care professions.
| 2018 UIC College of Pharmacy Alumnus of the Year, commenting on the success of the Virtual Program