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Educational Activites - Scholarly Exchange Day

Scholarly Exchange Day

GME Scholarly Exchange Day is an annual research poster session for residents and fellows that occurs in late spring. This interactive, interdisciplinary day showcases Buffalo research and provides residents with experience in poster presentation. A major component of the day is the structured feedback residents receive on their work from Buffalo research faculty. Another highlight is the annual keynote address by a senior faculty member on "Research Lessons Learned: Sustaining the Momentum", where career advice and personal stories are passed along to the next generation of medical researchers. The online application for poster submission is available on the GME website in late fall, along with helpful information on resources for poster preparation. Awards are presented to the top posters.


2008 Poster Award Winners

1st Place Winner

Jiping Wang, MD, PhD - PGY IV in Surgery
Log odds of positive lymph nodes in the prognosis of node-positive breast cancer
Faculty Mentor: James Hassett, Surgery


2nd Place Winner

Nicholas R Yu, MD - PGY 2 in Dept of Surgery
Characterization of CD8 T cells activated by intact urokinase plasminogen activator bone marrow derived dendritic cells
Faculty Mentor: Drs. P Shrikant and J Gibbs, Immunology and Surgical Oncology, RPCI


3rd Place Winners (Tie)

Jesse Affonso, MD - PGY 3 in Orthopaedics
LCP Condylar Plates: Does filling the screw hole at the fracture site alter plate biomechanics?
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Lawrence Bone, Orthopaedics

Naheed Alam, M.B.B.S - PGY III, Internal Medicine, SOCH
Targeting BH3-Domain Anti-Apoptotic Proteins with GX15-070 Decreases DNA Synthesis, Induces Cell Death and Sensitizes Rituximab-Sensitive and Resistant Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Cell Lines to the Anti-Tumor Activity of Chemotherapy Agents
Faculty Mentor: Francisco J. Hernandez-Ilizaliturri, Roswell Park Cancer Institute