Posters & Other Publications 2022-2024
Cytogenetic Technology
Faculty: Ming Zhao, Jun Gu
Staff: Steven Sfamenos
Students: Thanh Mai, Kelly Vu, Khue Doan, Luu Hoang
Mai, T. T., Vu, K., Doan, K. T., Hoang, L. Y. T., Zhao, M., Sfamenos, S., Tang, Z. & Gu, J. (2023, June 26-30). Cytogenetic lab survey for fast hybridization buffer application. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Cytotechnology
Faculty: Catherine Bammert
Mousavi, S., Bammert, C., Brandler, T.C., Gibson, P.C., Rodriguez, R.F., & Liu, X. (2024, June 26-30). Unlocking the potential: The impact of case studies in cytopathology education and training. [Poster presentation]. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Diagnostic Genetics & Genomics
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: Cheyenne Bright, Jinling Wang, Nicole Ciacciofera, Aniruddha Mundhada, Chin-Ting Wu
Bright, C., Wang, J., Ciacciofere, N., Mundhada, A., Wu, C.T., Shropshire, W., Shelburne, S.S., Liu, X., & Kalia, A. (2024, July 8-12). Whole genome sequencing based genotyping of four Streptococcus dysgalactiae subspecies equisimilis isolates causing recurrent infection. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Faculty: Manjunath Nimmakayalu
Students: Luis Rivera, Caitlyn Czinder, Jeon Seoyoung, Bao Nguyan
Rivera, L., Czinder, C., Seoyoung, J., Nguyen, B., Kannan, M.K., Sahu, V., Amin, H.M., & Nimmakayalu, M. (2024, July 8-12). Molecular Cytogenetic characterization of Hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Pittsburth, PA.
Student: Nora Lawson
Lawson, N., Ye, L., Zhao, B., Futreal, A., & Adkemir, K. (2024, April 5-10). Investigating oncogene amplicfications in brain metastasis of esophgeal adenocarcinoma samples. [Poster presentation]. American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Student: Kristina Macakova
Macakova, K., Sinson, J.C., Zhao, S., Dai, H., Rosenfeld, J., Zapata, G.E., Li, S., Ward, P., Wang, C., Qu, C., Maywald, B., Lee, B., Eng, C., & Liu, P. (2024, March 12-16). Clinical validation of transcriptome analysis for the diagnosis of Mendelian Disorders. [Poster presentation]. Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting, Toronto, Canada.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Student: Chin-Ting Wu
Wu, C.T., Shropshire, W., Bhatti, M.M., Cantu, S., Glover, I.K., Liu, X., Kalia, A., Treangen, T., Shelburne, S., & Spallone, A. (2024, January 17-19). Rapid genomic characterization of high-risk, antibiotic resistant pathogens using long-read sequencing to identify Nosocomial outbreaks. [Poster presentation]. Texas Medical Center Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship Conference, Houston, TX.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia, Manjunath Nimmakayalu
Student: Hussain Alcassab
Alcassab, H., Sasaki, K., Hammond, D. E., Bataller, A., Beck, D. B., Kadia, T.M., Montalban-Bravo, G., Chien, K. S., Medeiros, J., Kantarjian, H., Kalia, A., Nimmakayalu, M., Bueso-Ramos, C.E., Garcia-Manero, G., & Kanagal-Shamanna, R. (2023, December 7-10). Characterization of MDS and CMML patients harboring trisomy 8 abnormality: Clinical, autoimmune, and mutational features. [Poster presentation]. American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. Blood 142(Supplement 1): 1881. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2023-190464
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Student: Chin-Ting Wu
Wu, C.T., Shropshire, W., Spallone, A., Bhatti, M.M., Kalia, A., Treangen, T., Liu, X., & Shelburne, S.. (2024, December 6). Rapid genomic characterization of high-risk, antibiotic resistant pathogens using long-read sequencing to identify Nosocomial outbreaks. [Poster presentation]. Nanopore Community Meeting, Houston, TX.
Students: Anjali Vinocha, Michael Le
Vinocha, A. & Le, M.K. (2023, September 21-22). Role of women in cytogenetics. [Poster presentation]. Texas Society for Advancement of Health Professions Annual Conference, Wichita Falls, TX.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia, Manjunath Nimmakayalu
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Student: Ines Martin-Barrio
Martin-Barrio, I., Zhao, B., Ye, L., Liu, X., Hu, P., Kalia, A., Lissanu, Y., Nimmakayalu, M., & Akdemir, K.C. (2023, August 13-16). Insights into the genetic heterogeneity of glioblastoma: Gene amplification in extrachromosomal DNA and homogeneously staining regions. [Poster presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genetics Consortium, St. Louis, MO.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia, Manjunath NImmakayalu
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: Hussain Alcassab, Basant Gamal, Michael Le, Anajali Vinocha
Alcassab, H., Gamal, B., Le, M. K., Vinocha, A., Aradhya, A., Vega Vazquez, F., Liu, X., Hu, P., Kalia, A., & Nimmakayalu, M. (2023, June 26-30). Molecular cytogenetic characterization of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) cancer cell lines. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: Shou-Chueh Cheng, Yixiao Cheng, Nora Lawson, Ping-Sheng Lin, Kristina Macakova, Chi-Ting Wu
Cheng, S.C., Cheng, Y., Lawson, N., Lin, P.S., Macakova, K., Wu, C.T., Hu, P., Shelburne, S., Liu, X., & Kalia, A. (2023, June 26-30). Application of Long-Read and Short-Read Whole Genome Sequencing in Characterizing a Bacterial Nosocomial Outreak. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Student: Josephnie De La Fuente
De La Fuente, J., Kapadia, C., Raveenran, M., Morrison, J.H., Rogers, J., & Goodell, M. (2023, June 26-30). Characterization of clonal hematopoiesis in aged Rhesus Macque. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Faculty: Manjunath Nimmakayalu
Student: Marwa Sadek
Sadek, M., Datar, G., Riback, J., Anand, A., Dollinger, C., Conneelly, S., Nimmakayalu, M., & Goodell, M. (2023, June 26-30). The role of mutant NPM1 condensates in HOX gene regulation in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Providence, RI.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Student: Selvalakshmi Selvaraj Anand
Shropshire, W.C., Song, X., Bremer, J., Rodriguez, S., Selvaraj Anand, S., Konovalova, A., Kalia, A., Shamoo, Y., & Shelburne, S.A. (2023, June 26-30). Identification of increasing ESBL Encoding Gene Copy Number as initial event in experimental evolution of carapenem resistance in Escherichia coli. [Poster presentation]. American Society for Microbiology Microbe, Houston, TX.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Students: Sreyya Raamasamy, Annie Koenig, Randy Chu
Raamasamy, S.S., Koenig, A., Chu, R., Shelburne, S., Hanson, B., & Kalia, A. (2023, June 15-19). Evolutionary genomics of the Streptococcus dysgalatiae subsp. Equismilis SDSE-FCT locus. [Poster presentation]. American Society for Microbiology Microbe, Houston, TX.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: Chin-Ting Wu, Shou-Chueh Cheng, Yixiao Cheng, Nora Lawson, Ping-Sheng Lin, Katarina Macakova
Wu, C.T., Cheng, S.C., Cheng, Y., Lawson, N., Lin, P.S., Macakova, K., Hu, P., Shelburne, S., Liu, X., & Kalia, A. (2023, June 15-19). Complete genome sequences of two Streptococcus dysgalactiae SSp. equisimilis isolates causing bacteremia in cancer patients. [Poster presentation]. American Society for Microbiology Microbe, Houston, TX.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia
Student: Selvalakshmi Selvaraj Anand
Selvaraj Anand, S., Shropshire, W.C., Bremer, J., Kalia, A., Treangen, T., & Shelburne, S.A. (2023, March 16-17). Genomic characterization of ESBL positive Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia at MD Anderson Cancer Center. [Poster presentation]. AMR Conference: Novel Antimicrobials & AMR Diagnostics , Basel, Switzerland.
Faculty: Peter Hu
Aguilar-Garrido, P., Velasco, M., Hernandez Sanchez, M., Navarro Aguadero, M. A., Malaney, P., Aitken, M. J. L., Zhang, X., Young, K. H., Duan, R., Hu, P., Kornblau, S., Fernandez, A., Ortiz, A., Otero-Sobrino, A., de Andres, P. J., Megias, D., Perez, M., Gomez, J., Mata, G., Martinez Lopez, J., Post, S., & Gallardo, M. (2022, August 15). RBPS dystegulation cause hyper-nucleoli and ribosome gain-of-function driving bone marrow failure. [Poster presentation]. European Hematology Association Congress, Vienna, Italy.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awhesh Kalia
Student: Ha Nguyen, Sherin Raju, Diana Rush
Nguyen, H., Raju, S., Ahmed, N., Rush, D., Dubina, M., Bowman, C., Alvarez, H., San Lucas, A., Tang, Z., Barkoh, B.A., Dang, H., Ozenci, J., Puthooran, S., Hu, P., Kalia, A., Luthra, R., Kanagal-Shamanna, R. (2022, July 31-Aug. 3) Homologous recombination DNA repair deficiency in hematological malignancies. [Poster resentation]. Cancer Genomics Consortium Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia, Manju Nimmakayalu
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: HIllary Esplen, Ines Martin, Marwa Sadek, Neelam Vanjari, Linda Tholath
Esplen, H., Martin, I., Sadek, M., Vanjari, N., Tholath, L., Liu, X., Sirito, M., Krahe, R., Hu, P., Kalia, A., & Nimmakayalu, M. (2022, June 26-30). Molecular cytogenetic characterization of cell lines with complex karyotypes. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI.
Faculty: Peter Hu, Awdhesh Kalia
Staff: Xiaojun Liu
Students: Selvalakshmi Selvaraj Anand, Juliana Arias, Josephine De La Fuente, Heba Elgamal, Taylon Prevost
Selvaraj Anand, S., Arias, J. M., De La Fuente, J., Elgamal, H., Prevost, T. M., Rammasamy, S.D.S, Hu, P.C., Liu, X., & Kalia, A. (2022, June 26-30). Genomic characterization of a b-Hemolytic streptococcal outbreak using illumina and nanopore platforms. [Poster presentation]. Joint Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI.
Faculty: Awdhesh Kalia, Peter Hu, Xiaojun Liu
Student: Benjamin Strope
Strope, B., Kalia, A., Hu, P., Liu, X., Shropshire, W. C., Flores, A., Gohel, M., Aitken, S., McDaneld, P., Sahasrabhojane, P., & Shelburne, S. A. (2022, June 9-13). Molecular characteristics of emergent extended-spectrum beta-lactamase escherichia coli infections at MD Anderson Cancer Center. [Poster presentation]. American Society for Microbiology Microbe, Washington D.C.
Health Care Diversity, Disparities & Advocacy
Faculty: Susan Lee
Lee, S. Community assessment part 1: Shoeleather/Windshield survey and key informant interview. (2024). In Elsevier, Inc. (Ed.). Case atudies for clinical judgment in public health nursing (2nd Ed.). Elsevier, Inc.
Other chapters in the same book
Communicty assessment part 2: Using data sources
Community based participartoy research
Adhering to ethical standards
Quality management and improvement
Populations affected with disabilities
Faith community nursing
Occupational health
Faculty: Susan Lee
Lee, S., Cox-Miller, T., Edwards, C., Valerio, J., & Willson, P. (2023). Transition to academia: A toolkit. Texas Team. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.texasnurses.org/resource/resmgr/foundation/texas_team/transition_to_academia_toolk.pdf
Faculty: Susan Lee, Kevin Clark
Lee, S., Clark, K., Willson, P., & Lee, J. (2022, April 5). Human trafficking: Answering hard questions about this hidden crime. [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx7scCe2FbA
Medical Dosimetry
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Students: Daisy Hong, Nada Aimadeddine, Joshua Cherukara, Tyreke Jennis
Hong, D., Aimadeddine, N., Cherukara, J., Jennis, T., Baker, J., Spicer, C., Sutton, J., & Syed, H. (2024, June 9-12). Benefits of 3D optimization on palliative spine cases. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour
Student: Pin Johnson
Johnson, P., Dehghanpour, M., Mobit, P., & Duggar, W.N. (2024, June 9-12). Explore the feasibility of a brachytherapy alternative in the form of radiobiologically optimized stereotactic body radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Students: Quyen Nguyen, Meenu Mathew
Nguyen, Q., Mathew, M., Simmons, L., Hancock, D., Kanke, J., Ning, M., & Balter P. (2024, June 9-12). Insurance 3D plan comparisons using RayStation TPS Automation. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Student: Janet Rodriguez
Rodriguez, J., Baltz, G., & Kirsner, S. (2024, June 9-12). Feasibility of automated VMAT plan creation for GBM treatment using RapidPlan. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Student: Lisa Tran
Tran, L., Pham, D., Simmons, L., & Kovalchuk, N. (2024, June 9-12). A comparison between PET-based biology-guided and linac-basedstereotactic body radiotherapy for bone and lung cases. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour, Jamie Baker
Dehghanpour, M. & Baker, J. (2023, June 4-8). Medical dosimetry virtual clinical education: Mentor's perspective. [Workshop presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Formal Education Committee, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Students: Nhi Do, Huy Huynh, William Gallian
Do, N., Huynh, H., Gallian, W., Quesada, M., Ford, T., Baker, J., & Mackin, D. (2023, June 4-8). Improving the conformity of SSRS treatment plans in lumbar and thoracic spine in RayStation. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour
Student: Melina Pliego
Pliego, M., Dehghanpour, M., Fisher, P., & Mahmoud, O. (2023, June 4-8). Deformable CBCT for daily adaptive radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients: A more reliable and practical approach for improved precision. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Students: Christian Seua, Kanza Shahid, Sankalp Dwivedi
Seua, C., Shahid, K., Dwivedi, S., Baker, J., Gifford, K., Mitchell, M., & Bonetati, T.(2023, June 4-8). Robustness of chest wall plans and setup uncertainties. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour
Student: Abigail Stephens
Stephens, A., Pham, D., No, H.J., Dehghanpour, M., Raja N., Lozko, Y., Binkley, M.S., & Vitzthum, L.K. (2023, June 4-8). Comparison of plan quality metrics after left anterior descending coronary artery sparing in VMAT esophageal radiotherapy. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Student: Logan Woolsey
Woolsey, L. & Simmons, L. (2023, June 4-8). A case study of total marrow irradiation using VMAT. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour, Jamie Baker
Dehghanpour, M. & Baker, J. (2023, March 3-4). Innovation in virtual clinical education for medical dosimetry students. [Poster presentation]. Innovation in Health Science Education Annual Conference, Virtual.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Students: Jose Berlanga, Lillian Bratvedt, Hai Nhu Ho, Yosan Okbamichael
Berlanga, J., Bratvedt, L, Ho, H.N., Okbamichael, Y., Kuruvila, S., Mackin, D, & Simmons, L. (2022, June 19-23). VMAT for SSRS in c-spine cases: Using partial dual arcs and full dual arcs. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Student: Jinu James
James, J., Markovic, A., & Simmons, L. (2022, June 19-23). Skin conformity and reusability of molded silicone boluses for breast cancer patients with expanders. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Students: Dana Martinez Garcia, Armyn Joseph, Billie J. Baker, Tram Hoang, Chang Wang
Martinez Garcia, D., Joseph, A., Baker, B.J., Hoang, T., Wang, C., Castillo, P., Sobremonte, A., Baker, J., & Yang, J.. (2022, June 19-23). Diagnostic CT-based treatment planning of bone metastases for simulation free MR-guided online adaptive radiotherapy. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Student: Tracy Ngo
Ngo, T., Pham, D., & Kovalchuk, N.. (2022, June 19-23). Craniospinal irradiation: Dosimetric comparison between ring-based and gantry-based delivery systems. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Staff: Lori Simmons
Students: Joshua Nguyen, Ashley Valdez, Leanna Ta, Qun Wang
Nguyen, J., Valdez, A., Ta, L., Wang, Q., Hancock, D., Ohrt, J., & Simmons, L. (2022, June 19-23). The impact of arc spacing angles onplan quality in VMAT plans. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Student: Juliana Nguyen
Nguyen, J., Diaz, I., Niska, J., Borghero, Y., Baker, J., & Fetters, D. (2022, June 19-23). Comparison of two craniospinal irradiation techniques and evaluating low dose to critical structures. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehgphanpour
Students: Carlos D. Palomeque, Sarah Basyouni, Whitney E. Gee, Hasan A. Wazir
Palomeque, C.D., Basyouni, S., Gee, W.E., Wazir, H.A., Dehghanpour, M., Sutton, J.R., Hancock, D., Spicer, C.L., & Yu, Z.H. (2022, June 19-23). Evaluation of different gyn pelvic nodal boost planning strategies to determine the optimal planning and treatment approach. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Faculty: Mahsa Dehgphanpour
Student: Maisane Troeung
Troeung, M. Dehghapanour, M., Fisher, P., Shao, X., & Anderson, C. (2022, June 19-23). Utilizing a novel calculator to evaluate the risk of acute cardiac events after breast conserving surgery or mastectomy for patients receiving supine radiation therapy without breath hold techniques. [Poster presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Faculty: Jamie Baker
Staff: Lori Simmons
Simmons, L. & Baker, J. (2022, Summer). It's been a busy summer for medical dosimetry students and educators! AAMD eMonitor, 8. https://pubs.medicaldosimetry.org/pub/B58A312C-BA54-8901-DF25-8D1726EA7BA8
Faculty: Mahsa Dehghanpour, Jamie Baker
Baker, J., Dehghanpour, M., Nyamwanda, J., Pritchard, Hu., Law, C., & Troeung, M. (2022, August). Medical dosimetry clinical education: 360 degrees of discussion. [Conference webiner presentation]. American Association of Medical Dosimetrists NMDD. Webinar. https://edu.medicaldosimetry.org/education/catalog/detail.cfm?id=516
Radiation Therapy
Faculty: Kimberly Hoggatt Krumwiede
Staff: Delores Whiteing
Whiteing, D. & Hoggatt Krumwiede, K. (2023, March 3-4) Building resilience in the School of Health Professions students with (SKY) Sudarhsna Kriya Yoga. [Poster presentation]. Innovations in Health Science Education Annual Conference, Virtual.
Faculty: Shaun Caldwell
Caldwell, S. T. (2022, October ). Defining advanced practice radiation therapy in the United States. [Oral presentation]. Mount Sanai Health System APRT Working Group, New York, NY.
Radiologic Sciences
Faculty: Kevin Clark
Clark, K. R. (2024) Elevating excellence. [Editorial]. Radiologic Science & Education 29(1), 5-6.
Faculty: Kevin Clark
Clark, K. R. (2023, December 11) Strategies to reduce retraumatization in medical imaging and radiation therapy. [Guest presentation]. California State University - Dominguez HIlls Radiation Therapy students, Virtual.
Faculty: Kevin Clark
Clark, K. R. (2023, November) Trama-informed educational practices. [Webinar presentation]. Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences, Virtual.
Faculty: Kevin Clark
Clark, K. R. (2023, October) Sensitive practice for survivors of sexual violence. [Seminar presentation]. Children's of Alabama, Virtual.
Faculty: Kevin Clark
Clark, K. R. (2023) A new beginning. [Editorial]. Radiologic Science & Education 28(1), 1-2.
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