Schedule of Events

Research Day enhances the awareness of research being undertaken in the biomedical field within the EVMS community. It gives student investigators the opportunity to exchange ideas and information with peers and colleagues. Download the full Research Day 2022 Program (PDF).

The Opening Remarks, Keynote Speaker and Platform Presentations were held in Waitzer Hall and streamed on the Research Day homepage. Following the Platform Presentations, two in-person poster sessions were held in Waitzer Hall.

Attendees were encouraged to view recorded versions of each participant’s poster presentation on the Research Day homepage prior to the event and develop questions for presentations of interest to bring to the in-person poster session.

EVMS Research would like to thank Fisher Scientific for participating in Research Day 2022. The Brickell Medical Sciences Library celebrates scholarly output from faculty who published, presented at a conference, or provided a poster session in 2021. 

Oral presentations

• Location: Waitzer Hall 300
• Overflow/remote viewing: Waitzer Hall 989 and 1031
• Virtual: BlueJeans link or Research Day homepage

Opening Remarks: 12 p.m. to 12:15 p.m.

• Eva Forgacs-Lonart, PhD, Research Advisory Committee Co-Chair
• Alfred Abuhamad, MD, President, Provost & Dean of the School of Medicine

Keynote Speaker: 12:15 p.m. to 1:15 p.m.

Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Paul T. Harrell, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics: Community Health and Research, 
EVMS Research Advisory Committee Co-Chair

Subject: "Discovering New Medicines for the Future"

Milton Brown, MD, PhD, FNAI
Professor, Internal Medicine and Vice Dean for Research
Prudence and Louis Ryan Chair of Research

Platform Presentations: 1:15 p.m. to 2:29 p.m.

Esther Jones, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Student: 1:15 p.m. to 1:29 p.m.

• Title: "Glycosylated RNA - A Potential Marker for Prostate Cancer"
• Mentor: Aurora Kerscher, PhD

Camille Williams, MD 2025 Student: 1:30 p.m. to 1:44 p.m.

• Title: "Corticotroph hyperplasia caused by NR3C1 germline variants in patients
  with ACTH-dependent hypercortisolism"
• Mentor: Ana Paula Abreu, MD, PhD

Taylor Drake, MD 2025 Student: 1:45 p.m. to 1:59 p.m.

• Title: "Stratifying high-risk patients, quantifying therapy efficacy, and detecting
  treatment/racial disparity in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) at
  Sentara-EVMS-VOA"
• Mentor: Amy Tang, PhD

Emily Pilc, MD 2025 Student: 2 p.m. to 2:14 p.m.

• Title: "Trochlear Dysplasia and Anterior Knee Pain after ACL Reconstruction: A
  Sex-Based Comparison"
• Mentor: Miho Tanaka, MD

Kanishk Sharma, MBBS Internal Medicine Fellow: 2:15 p.m. to 2:29 p.m.

• Title: "Impact of heart failure education on knowledge and comfort of healthcare
  Staff in a Skilled Nursing Facility"
• Mentor: Marissa Galicia-Castillo, MD, MSEd, CMD, FACP, AGSF, FAAHPM

Short Break: 2:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.

Poster Presentations

Location: Waitzer Hall 200 and 2nd floor lobby 

• Poster Session A: 2:40 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Short Break; Take Down A Posters, Display B Posters: 3:30 p.m. to 3:40 p.m.
• Poster Session B: 3:40 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

View the full list of participants for the Poster Sessions.

Poster Awards and Closing Remarks: 4:45 - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Waitzer Hall 200

Awards from the Vice Dean for Research and Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

• Presenter: Eva Forgacs-Lonart, PhD, Research Advisory Committee Co-Chair
• Presenter: Paul Harrell, PhD, Research Advisory Committee Co-Chair

EVMS Biomedical Sciences Programs Poster Awards

• Presenter: David Taylor-Fishwick, PhD, Director, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Programs

Closing Remarks

• Presenter: Eva Forgacs-Lonart, PhD, Research Advisory Committee Co-Chair