UB CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program Clinical and Translational Research Colloquium

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.
Welcoming Remarks, History and Overview of the CTSI Translational Pilot Studies Program
Timothy F. Murphy, MD
SUNY Distinguished Professor
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB
Director, UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)                          

Introduction to Translational Pilot Studies Program
Brahm Segal, MD
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Director, UB CTSI Pilot Studies Program

12:30 - 12:45 p.m. 
Development of Smartphone-based Family Planning Intervention for African
Refugee Women With Low Literacy
Kafuli Agbemenu, PhD, MPH, RN
School of Nursing, UB                                                                                                                                 
              

12:45 - 1:00 p.m. 
Examining the Feasibility of a Community Health Worker Program Embedded in
Western New York Pharmacies to Address Social Determinants of Health
David Jacobs, PharmD, PhD
Department of Pharmacy Practice
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UB

1:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Functional MRI Improves Clinical Outcome Prediction After Acute Stroke
Amit Kandel, MD, MBA
Department of Neurology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB

1:15 - 1:30 p.m. 
Classifying Sports-related Concussions by Symptom Profiles
Jeffrey Miecznikowski, PhD
Department of Biostatistics
School of Public Health and Health Professions, UB
                                                                                   

1:30 - 1:45 p.m. 
Integration of Cancer Survivorship Into the Rural United States (ICaRUS)
Ekaterina Noyes, PhD, MPH
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions, UB
Director, UB CTSI Team Science Core and Workforce Development Core

1:45 - 2:30 p.m.
Break — Posters Viewing
2022 Pilot Studies Awardees

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Role of NANOG in Improving Function After Peripheral Nerve Injury
Kirkwood Personius, PT, PhD
Department of Rehabilitation Science
School of Public Health and Health Professions, UB

2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
A Framework for Fusing Histopathology and Genomics Features for Diabetes
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Pinaki Sarder, PhD
Department of Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
                                 
    

 

3:00 - 3:15 p.m.
Home-based Dual-task Exercise for Older Adults With MCI
Nikhil Satchidanand, PhD, MS
Department of Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB
                                                                                     

3:15 - 3:30 p.m.
GsMTx4-D As an Exon-skipping Gene Therapy Adjuvant in Duchenne Muscular
Dystrophy
Thomas Suchyna, PhD
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB   

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Targeting Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction to Treat Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Brian Weil, PhD
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB

3:45 - 4:00 p.m.
Introduction to CTSI Community Partnership Development Seed Grant Program 
Laurene M. Tumiel-Berhalter, PhD
Director of Community Translational Research
Department of Family Medicine
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, UB
Director, UB CTSI Community Engagement Core
 

4:00 - 4:15 p.m. 
Creating a Novel Outreach Program for Mental Health Needs in the Black Buffalo Community: Witnessing for Mental Health Smoking Cessation and Breastfeeding 
Rebecca Ashare, PhD
Department of Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences, UB
Detric “Dee” Johnson
The National Witness Project

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.
Screening for Dental Homes: Supporting Dental Health Navigation Utilizing a Social Work Community Collaboration Approach
Sharlynn Daun-Barnett, LMSW
School of Dental Medicine, UB
Joseph Gambacorta, DDS, MPH
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
School of Dental Medicine, UB

4:45 p.m.
Adjournment

Contact Senior Research Administrator Erin Carnes (O'Byrne) for more information.

This program is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under award number UL1TR001412 to the University at Buffalo, as well as: UB’s Office of the Provost, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, and Office of the Vice President for Health Sciences; Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; and the deans of UB’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, and School of Nursing.