Cigarette Smoking and Body Image in Latino Men and its Association with Weight Status and Latino Background: Results from the Latino Men’s Health Initiative

Diante Johnson, “Cigarette Smoking and Body Image in Latino Men and its Association with Weight Status and Latino Background: Results from the Latino Men’s Health Initiative” Mentor: Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen, MCW Cancer Poster #86 The purpose of this presentation is to…… Read More

Focus on Power: A Qualitative Analysis for the Development of a Lifestyle Behavior Prehabilitation Program for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Patients

Zechariah Cummings, “Focus on Power: A Qualitative Analysis for the Development of a Lifestyle Behavior Prehabilitation Program for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Patients” Mentor: Whitney Morelli, MCW Cancer Center Poster #88 Common treatments of soft-tissue (ST) localized extremity and trunk sarcoma include…… Read More

Reconstituting Full-Length Mitochondrial Fission Protein 1, Fis1, and Assessing Its Inhibitory Role in Pancreatic Cancer

Florin Saitis, “Reconstituting Full-Length Mitochondrial Fission Protein 1, Fis1, and Assessing Its Inhibitory Role in Pancreatic Cancer” Mentor: Blake Hill, MCW Cancer Center Poster #83 Mitochondrial fission is the process by which mitochondria divide and is necessary for organelle segregation…… Read More

Single-Cell Transcriptomes of NK Cells Responding to MCMV Infection Reveal a Distinct Ly49HHi Memory Subset Emerging 7 Days Post-infection

Ali Ishaq, “Single-Cell Transcriptomes of NK Cells Responding to MCMV Infection Reveal a Distinct Ly49HHi Memory Subset Emerging 7 Days Post-infection” Mentor: Subramaniam Malarkannan, MCW Cancer Center Poster #87 Natural Killer (NK) cells play a crucial role in the early…… Read More

The Influence of Practice Effects during Neuropsychological Testing of Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment

Lillian Hassan-Thomas, “The Influence of Practice Effects during Neuropsychological Testing of Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment” Mentor: Adam Greenberg, Medical College of Wisconsin Poster #91 Patients being treated for cancer with chemotherapy often experience Cancer-Related Cognitive Impairment (CRCI) which can cause a…… Read More