What's the Buzz? November/December 2023

November/December 2023

Honors & Awards - November

Yen-Pei Christy Chang, PhD, MS, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, was honored with the UMB 2023 Founders Week Educator of the Year Award in October 2023. Dr. Chang, an 18-year veteran recognized for her passion for teaching and mentoring, holds secondary appointments in UMSOM’s Departments of Epidemiology & Public Health as well as Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.

Seema Deshpande, MBBS, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Women in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology (WICTA) and was also elected to serve on three committees for the American Society of Anesthesiologists – the Committee on Residents and Medical Students, the Committee on Professional Diversity, and the Committee on Academic Anesthesiology.

Reha Erzurumlu, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, is now the new Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Somatosensory & Motor Research, published by Taylor and Francis, London, UK.

Samuel Galvagno, DO, PhD, MBA, FCCM, Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, was promoted to a general officer position in the United States Air Force Reserve. Colonel Galvagno was appointed Mobilization Assistant to the Command Surgeon, Headquarters Air Combat Command, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA. Col. Galvagno will assist with organizing, training, and maintaining the health of 81,000 active-duty and civilian personnel located at 11 bases and more than 300 operating locations worldwide. Col. Galvagno will also serve as the liaison and adviser for all medical matters regarding the mobilization, training, and equipping of more than 1,100 medics from 31 Air Combat Command USAF Reserve Squadrons.

Jeffrey Hasday, MD, the Dr. Herbert Berger Professor of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Medicine, along with Paul Shapiro, PhD, Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy, were awarded a patent from the Government of India on September 5, 2023, for their “p38 MAPK” invention that focused on treatments for inflammatory diseases. These two co-inventors and the research team of “Non-ATP/Catalytic Site P38 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase Inhibitors” discovered an innovative class of drugs called kinases – specifically ERK mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK). Drs. Hasday and Shapiro were also recognized with the David J. Ramsay Entrepreneurs of the Year Award presented during UMB’s Founders Week celebration, which was held October 16-19, 2023.

Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), was awarded the 2023 Bailey K. Ashford Medal for Distinguished Work in Tropical Medicine by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) on October 18, 2023, during its annual meeting.

Hangfan Liu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was named as one of seven fellows of the 2023 Inaugural Cohort of the William H. Gates Sr. Fellowship from the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative, which was established to support a new generation of researchers who have novel approaches to end Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).

Kirsten Lyke, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), was elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in October 2023 during the NAM’s annual meeting. Dr. Lyke was recognized for her pivotal research in emerging infections and human challenge models that have informed and shaped global vaccine and public health policy.

Samhati Mondal, MBBS, Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, was invited to the test writing committee for the National Board of Echocardiography, where she will help develop the test for basic perioperative transesophageal echocardiography, as well as the program for Maintenance of Certification, Echocardiography (MOCE). Dr. Mondal was also named as a member of the Scientific Program Committee for the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists (SCA).

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor in Vaccinology and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), was named the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) 2023 Researcher of the Year during the Founder’s Week celebration. Dr. Neuzil and her CVD colleagues led several vaccine trials and coordinated with multiple research sites across the country in work that ultimately led to U.S. Food and Drug Administration emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines. During her career, Dr. Neuzil has conducted clinical and epidemiologic studies on vaccines for infectious diseases and has been instrumental in the global implementation of vaccine programs, most recently for typhoid fever. Her research on influenza virus is extensive and includes pivotal epidemiologic studies of disease burden, clinical trials of vaccine candidates, and human challenge studies.

Adam Puche, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Neurobiology, was selected by the Academy Fellows of Pass and Susel and the MELA Executive Board to receive the 2023 Babak J. Jamasbi, MD ’89 Award for Medical Educator of the Year. This award recognizes faculty who have made a demonstrated impact on advancing medical education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine over the prior academic year. His work focuses on the complexities of curriculum and logistical implementation of anatomy and occurred during a major teaching facility renovation.

Honors & Awards - December

Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the recipient of the 2023 Taplin Memorial Lecture Award at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI). The award was presented at the Western Region annual meeting held November 3-5, 2023, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, where Dr. Dilsizian was recognized for his significant scientific contributions and outstanding achievements in the field of cardiac imaging.

Rebecca Lorsung, an MD/PhD student in Dr. Asaf Keller’s lab, Department of Neurobiology, recently received two awards: the Best Poster Award, which was presented at the annual symposium of the Center to Advance Chronic Pain Research (CACPR), as well as a travel fellowship to attend the 2024 Winter Conference on Brain Research to be held at Beaver Run in Breckenridge, CO.

Miguel Luján, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Joseph Cheer’s lab, Department of Neurobiology, won the 2023 Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence in Research Award, which is presented by the Cheer Lab.

Alexandros Poulopoulos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & UM-MIND, was elected to the Medical Education Continuous Quality Improvement (MECQI) committee for a two-year term.

William F. Regine, MD, the Isadore & Fannie Schneider Foxman Chair of Radiation Oncology and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was honored by the American Cancer Society (ACS) at “An Evening of Hope: A Celebration Dedicated to the Hope Lodge Capital Campaign,” which was held on November 9, 2023, at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. Dr. Regine is Campaign Chair for the effort to raise funds to create a new and expanded Hope Lodge, serving the needs of cancer patients who travel to Baltimore for their treatment.

Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, received the Future Leader in Education Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians’ Emergency Ultrasound Section, which was presented at the ACEP Scientific Assembly in Philadelphia, PA, on October 11, 2023.

Samuel Tisherman, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, and Nick Morris, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Program in Trauma, developed an educational game titled “Distress!” with Grendel Games. The game won a Gold Prize at the International Serious Play Awards in the Healthcare / Medical / Pharmaceutical / Nursing category. This was part of their UMMC Innovation grant titled “In-situ, Interprofessional Simulation to Improve the Response to Rapidly Deteriorating Patients.”

Marco Venniro, PhD, Assistant Professor, and Thomas Jhou, PhD, Associate Professor, both with the Department of Neurobiology, were elected as members of the School of Medicine Research Council (SRC), which advises the dean on all matters related to research at our school.

Appointments - November

Michy Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, was elected to the Faculty Senate as a representative for the School of Medicine.

Marcel Bahia Lanza, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, has been selected to join the Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion Committee for the International Society of Electrophysiology & Kinesiology.

Amit Sawant, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Medical Physics, Department of Radiation Oncology, announced on October 10, 2023, that the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs had granted initial accreditation to the new Graduate Certificate Program in Medical Physics. Narottam Lamichhane, PhD, Director, and Michael MacFarlane, PhD, Associate Director, will lead the program, which is intended to provide nontraditional degree holders (e.g., computer science, nuclear engineering, biomedical engineering) a pathway to eligibility for a medical physics residency. This is the first such program in the state of Maryland and is already enrolling students.

Appointments - December

Roy Film, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was sworn in as the 41st President of the American Physical Therapy Association Maryland after completing two terms as the chapter's Vice President. The ceremony took place during the American Physical Therapy Association DC and Maryland 2023 Annual Conference, which was held at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD, on November 4, 2023.

Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, has been appointed as the department’s first Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. In this role, she will be the primary contact for faculty, residents, and staff with DEI concerns and will collaborate with stakeholders on inclusive and equitable recruitment, mentoring, career development, and wellness. Dr. Murali was also recently elected to the UMB Faculty Senate.

In the News - December

Magali Fontaine, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Pathology, was interviewed by AABB News for an October 2023 news article that focused on working to improve transfusion medicine and biotherapies practices. The article spotlighted Dr. Fontaine’s career in transplant immunology and the blood and biotherapies field.

Emerson Wickwire, PhD, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, conducted a virtual interview with Fox 45 News on November 3, 2023, titled “Fall Back Extra Hour This Weekend Could Come with Health Risks.” That same day, he also conducted a virtual interview with CBS News titled “How Can You Prepare for the Health Impacts of Clocks Falling Back Asleep?” and a virtual interview with NPR News titled “Fall Clock Changes Could Bring Mental Health Challenges.”

Grants & Contracts - November

Samuel Barlow, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, has been awarded the 2023 Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation. As a finalist, Dr. Barlow received $5,000 as well as an invitation to participate in an in-person competition. As the winner of the prize, he received a $50,000 award. Dr. Barlow is a fellow in the laboratory of Thomas Blanpied, PhD.

Erika Davies, PhD, PI, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was awarded a one-year $3,549,010 contract from the HHS/BARDA Nonclinical Development Radiological and Nuclear Network (RTOR RADNUC 2201) for “Performance Verification of Institutional Radiation Dose Response for Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) Animal Models.”

Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, has received one-year funding from the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC) Pilot Funding Program for his proposal entitled "Identifying Unmet Needs for Successful Aging in Place Among Older Adults with Severe Diabetes Complications in Low-Income Neighborhoods."

Daniela Franco, Graduate Student in Mary Kay Lobo's laboratory in the Department of Neurobiology, was awarded an F99/K00 to study the role of vitronectin in neuron-microglia interactions in the context of social stress. The F99/K00 is a Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award, designed to encourage and retain outstanding graduate students who have demonstrated potential and interest in pursuing careers as independent researchers. The award will facilitate Daniela's transition into a successful research postdoctoral appointment.

Katie Kruk, BS, Department of Pharmacology, received a three-year F30 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for “A Role for the Orphan Receptor, GPR37, in Estradiol-induced Changes in Sleep-Wake States.”

Anna Maximova, BS, MD, PhD Student, Department of Pharmacology, was awarded a two-year $80,438 F30 training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIH/NIMH) for "A Unique Peri-hippocampal Mast Cell Population Drives Neurodevelopment."

Sui-Seng Tee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was awarded $50,000 in the Catalyst Phase of the National Academy of Medicine’s Healthy Longevity Global Competition for “The Liver Protects Against Aging-Related Dementia.”

Grants & Contracts - December

Marianne Cloeren, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACP, Associate Professor, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, is the PI of a 3.5-year, $495,000 award from the Maryland Department of Health, titled “Workplace PROSPER (Partnering to Reduce Opioid Stigma and Promote Employment in Recovery).” This effort will continue work on developing and disseminating a toolkit to help employers manage opioids in the workplace, in collaboration with the UM School of Social Work.

David Dreizin, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was awarded a four-year, $1,256,982 NIH R01 grant to study “Human-centered CT-based CADx Tools for Traumatic Torso Hemorrhage.”

Kevin Kim, MD, MHS, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was awarded a five-year, $2,455,000 grant from AstraZeneca to conduct a clinical trial to study “Concurrently with Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Compared to TACE Alone in Patients with Locoregional Hepatocellular Carcinoma (EMERALD-3).”

Dirk Mayer, Dr rer nat, and Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD, both with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were awarded a two-year, $424,875 NIH R21 grant to study “Hyperpolarized 13C Metabolic Imaging in an Endovascular Swine Model of Ischemic Stroke.”

Sui-Seng Tee, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, and Jun Seok Son, PhD, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, were awarded a three-year, $618,000 NIH R21 grant to study “Longitudinal Imaging of Maternal Exercise and Exerkine Effects on Offspring Metabolism.”

Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, received a one-year, $19,858 subaward with NRG Oncology Foundation, Inc., from NIH U10CA180868, for “Evaluating Response to Moderate Hypofractionation vs. SBRT in NRG GU-005 Based on Decipher Genomic Classifier Integrated Biomarker.”

Presentations, Events, Lectures & Workshops - November

Michael Benitez, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, presented a Grand Rounds conference on October 5, 2023, to the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California on the “Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.”

Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, delivered a presentation at West Virginia University for the Department of Physical Therapy on September 8, 2023, as part of its Visiting Lecture Series. His presentation was titled "Towards Disability Justice: Optimizing Recovery and Resilience for Older Adults after Serious Illnesses and Injuries."

Dr. Falvey also was a Co-Chair on the American Physical Therapy Association's Economic Value of Physical Therapy in the United States Work Group, which produced the landmark economic study "The Economic Value of Physical Therapy in the United States – A Report from the American Physical Therapy Association."

Kimberly Marter, CMD, MS (R)(T)(R), Senior Dosimetrist, Department of Radiation Oncology, presented “Intensity-Modulated Radiation Treatment Tips and Tricks” to a virtual audience of more than 70 radiation oncology clinicians, therapists, and physicists, the majority from countries in Africa, on October 14, 2023. The presentation was part of a workshop sponsored by RAD-AID, an international organization committed to improving and optimizing access to medical imaging, radiology, and radiotherapy in low-resourced regions of the world.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine was well represented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), held October 1-4, 2023, in San Diego, CA. Faculty members, residents, postdoctoral students, and others from the Department of Radiation Oncology gave 37 presentations. These included podium and poster presentations of scientific research, as well as invited lectures and service as session moderators and on discussion panels.

Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiation Oncology, was recognized by ASTRO with its 2023 Mentorship Award.
Two residents received awards: Alexander Allen, MD, the Resident Clinical/Basic Science Research Award; and Hua-Ren Cherng, MD, the Resident Recognition Award/Poster Viewing.

Remarkably, two of the presentations selected from more than 2,000 for the ASTRO media webcast were associated with work from the department:

Søren Bentzen, PhD, DMSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, for “Randomized Controlled Trial of Hypofractionated vs. Normo-fractionated Accelerated Radiation Therapy with or without Cisplatin for Locally Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HYPNO).”
Dr. Allen for “A Precision Medicine Navigator can Mitigate Inequities Associated with Utilization of Genomic Tests in Black Men with Prostate Cancer.”

Presentations, Events, Lectures & Workshops - December

Omer Awan, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was asked to moderate a panel discussing “Rebuilding Trust: Combating Misinformation in the Digital Age” at the Milken Institute Future of Health Summit, which was held in November 2023 in Washington, D.C.

Howard Dubowitz, MB,ChB, MS, FAAP, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, presented a remote plenary on “Neglected Children: Challenges and Controversies” at the XXVIII Congreso de Prevencion y Atencion del Maltrato Infantil del lado de las Ninas held in Bogota, Colombia, on August 29, 2023; a remote plenary on “Addressing Child Neglect: Supporting Children and Families” at the 4th International Child Protection Congress in Izmir, Turkey, on October 4, 2023; and Pediatric Grand Rounds on “Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect” at NYU Langone Medical Center on November 7, 2023.

Linda Horn, PT, DScPT, MHS, GCS, NCS, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was a co-presenter of an educational session at the American Physical Therapy Association DC and Maryland 2023 Annual Conference, which was held at Howard Community College in Columbia, MD, on November 4, 2023. The session title was “Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome.”

Amal Mattu, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, and Mike Winters, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine, presented lectures on several topics in advanced emergency cardiology, cardiac ischemia, and critical care at COR: The Conference in Rome on September 21-23, 2023.

Rachel Skolky, PT, MSPT, DPT, Assistant Professor, and Megan Ortega, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor, both with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, presented a poster titled "Utilization of a Weekly Assessment Form as an Early Detection Tool in the Clinical Environment" at the 18th Annual Physical Therapy Education Leadership Conference (ELC), which was held in Philadelphia, PA, on October 13-15, 2023.

Samuel Tisherman, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, served as the Chair of the Program Committee for the Maryland Critical Care Conference. This year’s conference title was “Organ Failure Dominoes.” Ram Subramanian, MD, Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, an internationally recognized expert on liver failure, was the keynote speaker. The conference was held on October 19, 2023, at the SMC Campus Center.

Mike Winters, MD, Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine and Vice Chair of Clinical and Administrative Affairs, presented “The Perfect Code: A Play-by-Play Analysis” at the American College of Emergency Physicians Scientific Assembly held in Philadelphia, PA, on October 10, 2023.

The Department of Emergency Medicine presented its 13th annual conference on “The Crashing Patient: Resuscitation and Risk Management” on campus and to a global online audience on November 8-9, 2023. Amal Mattu, MD, Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs, organized the conference and facilitated panel Q&A sessions on both days. Faculty members’ presentations on November 8 included:

Leen Alblaihed, MBBS, MHA, Assistant Professor, who presented “Navigating the Mechanical Heart: Must-Know Emergency Management of LVAD Patients.”
Michael Bond, MD, Professor, who presented “High Risk Wounds, Fractures, and Other Orthopaedic Emergency Pearls.”
Laura Bontempo, MD, MEd, Associate Professor, who presented “Tracheostomy Terror.”
Kenneth Butler, DO, Professor, who presented “Enhancing Pharmacotherapy for Rapid Sequence Intubation: Where Are We Today?”
Sarah Dubbs, MD, Associate Professor and Residency Director, who presented “The Crashing Chemo Patient.”
Cheyenne Falat, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “From Rescue to Revival: Resuscitating Drownings.”
J. David Gatz, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Guardians of the Graft: ED Evaluation and Intervention for Transplant Recipients.”
Brent King, MD, MMM, Professor, who presented “Small Hearts, Big Problems.”
Bobbi-Jo Lowie, MD, Instructor, who presented “Diagnostic Deep Dive into Dirty Dishwater Fluid.”
Rohit Menon, MD, Clinical Instructor and Cardiology Fellow, who presented “Run Towards RV Failure Instead of Away From It: The Crashing Pulmonary Hypertension Patient.”
Gabriella Miller, MD, Chief Resident and Faculty Development Fellow, who presented “Small But Mighty: When Adrenal Glands Cause Chaos.”
Siamak Moayedi, MD, Associate Professor, who presented “Saving Lives and Sight: Lateral Canthotomy, Resuscitative Hysterotomy & Cricothyrotomy.”
Bennett Myers, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Thyroid Gland Mayhem.”
Rachel Wiltjer, DO, Instructor, who presented “Just Like Riding a Bike: Handlebar Injuries.”
Mike Winters, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine, who presented “Catastrophic Cases in Critical Care.”

Faculty members’ presentations on Nov. 9, 2023, included:

Mike Abraham, MD, MS, Associate Professor, who presented “Neurology Case Law: You Could Be Surprised at What the Lawyers Know!”
Jason Adler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, who presented “Bypassing the Avoidable Malpractice Allegation: Documentation Pearls and Pitfalls of the High-Risk Encounter.”
Afrah Ali, MBBS, Assistant Professor, who presented “Care of the Psychiatric Patient Boarding in the Emergency Department.”
Robert Flint, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Are We Headed in the Right Direction? Emergency Management of Head-Injured Patients in 2024.”
Dan Gingold, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, who presented “Keeping Your Cool: Tips and Tricks for the Agitated Patient.”
Jenny Guyther, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Llama Llama No More Drama: How to Expertly Manage Pediatric Cardiac Arrest.”
Priya Kuppusamy, MD, Compliance Officer and Physician Risk Manager, who presented “Watch Your Step! Legal Landmines.”
Ben Lawner, DO, EMT-P, Associate Professor, who presented “Hyperinflation and Suffocation: The Struggle to Exhale.”
Neeraja Murali, DO, MPH, Assistant Professor, who presented “Aorto-Enteric Fistula: A Can’t-Miss Cause of Catastrophic GI Bleed!”
Valerie Pierre, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “POCUS No-No’s in Clinical Documentation for the Crashing Patient.”
Lauren Rosenblatt, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Mastering the Bariatric Trauma Resuscitation.”
Alexis Salerno, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Is There a Difficult Airway? POCUS for Airway Evaluation.”
Stephen Schenkel, MD, MPP, Professor, who presented “The Doctor Who Was Bleeding.”
Sarah Sommerkamp, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Ultrasound in Codes: Enhancing Efficiency.”
Ryan Spangler, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Don’t Fail the Failed Kidney: High-Risk Renal Cases.”
Kathleen Stephanos, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “The Highest Pressures in the Littlest Humans.”
Mark Sutherland, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “Tips and Tricks for the Hypotensive Patient.”
Semhar Tewelde, MD, Associate Professor, who presented “DFO: Critical Aortic Stenosis.”
T. Andrew Windsor, MD, Assistant Professor, who presented “What’s All the Commotion? Blunt Cardiac Injury.”

The Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science (PTRS) was well represented at the 33rd annual American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT) conference, which was held in St. Louis, MO, on October 25-29, 2023.

Poster presentations from faculty included:

"Contribution of Lumbosacral Radiculitis to Bilateral Plantar Fasciitis Pain in an 18-Year-old Lacrosse Player: A Case Report."

Nelson Almeida, DPT, OCS, CSCS, Adjunct Instructor
Roy Film, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Ethan Feder, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Alisa Pravdo, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Peter Bowman, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor

"Rehabilitation after Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty for a 37-Year-Old Woman with Progressive Rheumatoid Arthritis."

Alisa Pravdo, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Emily Sing, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Instructor
Peter Bowman, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Ethan Feder, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Roy Film PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor

"Differential Diagnosis for a 53-Year-Old Female Patient with Greater Trochanteric Pain."

Ethan Feder, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor
Peter Bowman, PT, DPT, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor

"Why Does Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter in Physical Therapy?"

Roy Film PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, Assistant Professor

The Department of Radiation Oncology was well represented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Particle Therapy Cooperative Group—North America (PTCOG-NA), held October 28-30 in Seattle, WA.

More than 25 faculty and staff were authors and presentations and posters, including:

Rehna Zarinshenas, MD, Resident, Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, and Matthew Ferris, MD, Assistant Professor, were among the authors of “Superiority of Proton Beam Therapy for a Modern Cohort of Patients with Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Involving the Parotid Gland.”
Nrusingh Biswal, PhD, Assistant Professor; Bao Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor; Jenna Jatczak, Associate Chief of Proton Dosimetry; Elizabeth Nichols, MD, Associate Professor; and Weiguang Yao, PhD, Associate Professor, were among the authors of “Evidence of LET-Dependent RBE on Acute Radiation Dermatitis in Caucasian and African-American Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Proton Beam Therapy.”
Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, and Sina Mossahebi, PhD, Associate Professor, were among the authors of “Dosimetric Benefits of Breath-Hold Technique in Intensity-Modulated Proton Therapy: Evaluating Target Motion Mitigation and Organ Dose Reduction.”
Dina Cusatis, Associate Chief Therapist; Kara Lehman, Dosimetrist; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; and Sina Mossahebi, PhD, Associate Professor, were among the authors of “Dosimetric Disparities Between Single-Energy and Dual-Energy CT in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy.”
Sina Mossahebi, PhD, Associate Professor; Jenna Jatczak, Associate Chief of Proton Dosimetry; Bao Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; and Byong Yong Yi, PhD, Professor, were among the authors of “Clinical Implementation of Robust Proton Lattice Planning Strategy.”
Dina Cusatis, Associate Chief Therapist; Kara Lehman, Dosimetrist; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; and Sina Mossahebi, PhD, Associate Professor, were among the authors of “Comparative Dosimetric Analysis of Dual-Energy CT and Single-Energy CT in Pelvis IMPT Patients: Assessing Target Coverage and Organ Dose Accuracy.” The same authors presented “Quantifying Dosimetric Differences Between SECT and DECT in Brain Malignancy Patients Undergoing IMPT: Mitigating Proton Range Uncertainties.”
Nrusingh Biswal, PhD, Assistant Professor; Sina Mossahebi, PhD, Associate Professor; Weiguang Yao, PhD, Associate Professor; William Regine, MD, Professor; Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor; Mark Mishra, MD, Professor; Dan Kunaprayoon, MD, Assistant Professor; Young Kwok, MD, Professor; Zaker Rana, MD, Assistant Professor; Matthew Ferris, MD, Assistant Professor; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; Elizabeth Nichols, MD, Associate Professor; Byong Yong Yi, PhD, Professor; and Mark Zakhary, PhD, Assistant Professor, were among the authors of “Streamlining Treatment Plan Evaluations on QACTs in Adaptive Proton Radiotherapy Using Standardized Review Criteria.”
Zaker Rana, MD, Assistant Professor; Daniel Redell, Senior Dosimetrist; and David Alicia, Senior Dosimetrist, were among the authors of “Toxicity and Outcomes from Intensity Modulated Proton Therapy for Thymic Malignancies.”

Community Service - November

Faculty and DPT students from the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science participated in the Baltimore County Department of Aging's 17th Annual "Get Ready! Get Set! Get Fit! 5K Run/Walk and One-Mile Walk" event, which is held to support older adult health and fitness. Ten PTRS students from the Class of 2025 conducted community fall risk screenings on September 18, 2023, using the CDC STEADI functional assessments.

Participating students were Rachel Amick, Sara Beauchamp, Emily Christ and John Huchrowski, Micah McMillan and Kenneth Nolasco, Zachary Obcamp, and Natalie Perez-Rodriguez, along with Sonali Shah and Nikhil Sonthi. The students successfully screened 46 older adults. Faculty representatives included Rachel Skolky, PT, MSPT, DPT, Assistant Professor, and Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor.

Community Service - December

The Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology hosted a picnic for children with sickle cell disease and their families at Patterson Park on October 28, 2023. The event provided an opportunity for families affected by sickle cell disease to connect with community resources, share their experiences, and support one another. The event was supported by volunteers from UMSOM and donors including Dunkin' Donuts, Kamryn Lambert Foundation, William E. Proudford Sickle Cell Fund, Camryn Williams, Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, and the Maryland Sickle Disease Association.

Members of the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science (PTRS) volunteered at the finish line of the Baltimore Running Festival on October 14, 2023. Michael Zarro, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor; Vincent Conroy, PT, DScPT, Assistant Professor; Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Resident Dr. Jeremy Vanduluitgaarden; and DPT students Zoé Six, Klahe Butty, Maile Johnson, Nicholas Tower, Ayanna Neal, and Julianne Knoblett spent time in the finish line medical tent and recovery zone evaluating and treating musculoskeletal injuries and assisting with post-race recovery.

Members of the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science DPT Class of 2025, along with Vincent Conroy, PT, DScPT, Assistant Professor, and Elizabeth Parker, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, participated in the 2023 Pikesville Volunteer Fire Company Open House held on October 15, 2023. Students created an “Anatomy of Sport and Function Station” utilizing their surface anatomy skills. They painted medical illustrations on each other to teach the public about anatomical structures and injury prevention.

Publications - November

Odessa Addison, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor; Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor; and Elizabeth Parker, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, all with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Associations Between Social Isolation and Diet Quality among U.S. Adults with Disability Participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013–2018," which was published in the journal Preventive Medicine Reports on September 12, 2023.

Gregory Alexander, MD; Rebecca Krc, DO; and James Assif, MD, Residents, along with Kai Sun, PhD, Statistician; Jason K. Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor; Zaker Rana, MD, Assistant Professor; and Mark Mishra, MD, Professor, all with the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “Conditional Risks of Biochemical Failure and Prostate Cancer-Specific Death in Patients Undergoing External Beam Radiotherapy: A Secondary Analysis of 2 Randomized Clinical Trials,” which was published in JAMA Network Open on September 5, 2023.

Dr. Alexander and Ariel Pollock, MD, Residents, along with Matthew Ferris, MD, Assistant Professor; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; and William F. Regine, MD, Professor, all in the Department of Radiation Oncology, also were among the authors of “Post-Treatment PET/CT for p16-Positive Oropharynx Cancer Treated with Definitive Proton Therapy,” which was published in the Journal of Clinical Imaging Science on September 29, 2023.

Izzet Altun, MD, PGY 3, and Nariman Nezami, MD, Associate Professor, both with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “Single Specialty Operated Renal Stone Removal: Initial Experience from Three Interventional Radiology Centers,” which was published in the Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology on September 12, 2023. Epub ahead of print. Dr. Altun was the first author and Dr. Nezami was the last author.

Dr. Altun, along with Yuanlong Zhao, MD, PGY 4; Aislynn Raymond, MD, PGY 5; Adam Fang, MD, Assistant Professor; and Nariman Nezami, MD, Associate Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, along with Suresh Basnet, MBBS, Assistant Professor, with the Department of Medicine, were the co-authors of “The Role of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with Unilateral Lung Transplant and Atrial Septal Defect,” which was published in September 2023 in the Journal of Endovascular Therapy. Epub ahead of print. Dr. Altun was the first author and Dr. Nezami was the last author.

Omer Awan, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the last author of “Humility as a Quintessential Characteristic for Educators,” which was published in September 2023 in Academic Radiology. Epub ahead of print.

Eileen Barry, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, and Director of Education for the Center of Vaccine Development & Global Health (CVD), was among the co-authors of “Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Phenotypic Differences among Archetype Shigella flexneri Strains of Serotypes 2a, 3a, and 6,” which was published in mSphere on October 13, 2023.

Andrea Berry, MD, Associate Professor, first author, and DeAnna Friedman-Klabanoff, MD, MS, Assistant Professor, both with the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, were among the co-authors of “Persistence of Antibody Responses to COVID-19 Vaccines among Participants in the COVID-19 Community Research Partnership,” which was published in Vaccine X on August 11, 2023.

Dr. Berry also was among the co-authors of “Identifying and Preventing Fraudulent Responses in Online Public Health Surveys: Lessons Learned during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” which was published in PLOS Global Public Health on August 23, 2023, as well as “Parents' Trust in COVID-19 Messengers and Implications for Vaccination,” which was published in The American Journal of Health Promotion on September 27, 2023.

Rianne Campbell, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Mary Kay Lobo, PhD, Professor, both with the Department of Neurobiology, authored a new publication titled “Neurobiological Mechanisms Underlying Psychostimulant Use,” which was published in the Current Opinion in Neurobiology on September 28, 2023.

Bonghwan Chon, PhD, Research Scientist, and Vikas Kundra, MD, PhD, Professor, both with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “Indocyanine Green (ICG) Fluorescence is Dependent on Monomer with Planar and Twisted Structures and Inhibited by H-Aggregation,” which was published in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences on August 22, 2023. Dr. Chon was first author and Dr. Kundra was last author.

Lauren Cohee, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Barriers to Accessing Malaria Treatment amongst School-age Children in Rural Malawi,” which was published in Malaria Journal on September 6, 2023.

Lynda Coughlan, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Chimeric Hemagglutinin Split Vaccines Elicit Broadly Cross-reactive Antibodies and Protection against Group 2 Influenza Viruses in Mice,” which was published in Science Advances on September 15, 2023.

Emily Deichsel, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Minimizing Error in Estimates of the Effect of Interventions by Accounting for Baseline Measurements: A Simulation Study Analyzing Effects on Child Growth,” which was published in Maternal Child Nutrition on October 19, 2023.

Gianpaolo Del Mauro, MS, Research Fellow, and Ze Wang, PhD, Professor, both with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were the co-authors of “Associations of Brain Entropy Estimated by Resting State fMRI With Physiological Indices, Body Mass Index, and Cognition,” which was published in the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging on August 14, 2023. Epub ahead of print.

Separately, Dr. Wang was the last author of “Common Hyper-entropy Patterns Identified in Nicotine Smoking, Marijuana Use, and Alcohol Use based on Uni-drug Dependence Cohorts,” which was published in Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing on September 18, 2023. Epub ahead of print.

Amanda Driscoll, PhD, MHS, Assistant Professor, first author, along with Milagritos Tapia, MD, Professor; Emily Deichsel, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Jason Bailey, PhD, Faculty Research Associate; Meagan Fitzpatrick, PhD, Assistant Professor; Dilruba Nasrin, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor; Samba Sow, MD, MSc, Professor; and Karen Kotloff, MD, Distinguished Professor, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), were among the co-authors of “Antenatal, Intrapartum and Infant Azithromycin to Prevent Stillbirths and Infant Deaths: Study Protocol for SANTE, a 2×2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial in Mali,” which was published in BMJ Open on August 30, 2023.

Jason Falvey, PT, DPT, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was a co-author of the publication titled "Public Transit Stop Density is Associated with Walking for Exercise Among a National Sample of Older Adults," which was published in BMC Geriatrics on September 26, 2023.

Dr. Falvey was also a co-author of the publication titled "Changes in Older Adult Trauma Quality When Evaluated Using Longer-Term Outcomes vs In-Hospital Mortality," which was published in the journal JAMA Surgery on October 4, 2023.

Adam Fang, MD, Assistant Professor; Fereshteh Khorshidi, MD, Visiting Research Fellow; Vahid Etezadi, MD, Associate Professor; and Nariman Nezami, MD, Associate Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “New Developments in Image-Guided Percutaneous Irreversible Electroporation of Solid Tumors,” which was published in September 2023 in Current Oncology Reports. Epub ahead of print. Dr. Nezami was the last author.

Meagan Fitzpatrick, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Cost-Effectiveness of Prefusion F Protein-Based Vaccines Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease for Older Adults in the United States,” which was published in medRxiv on August 16, 2023.

Dr. Fitzpatrick, along with Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor in Vaccinology and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD); and Justin Ortiz, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Medicine, also were among the co-authors of “Report of the WHO Technical Consultation on the Evaluation of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Prevention Cost Effectiveness in Low- and Middle-income Countries, April 7-8, 2022,” which was published in Vaccine on September 28, 2023.

Elizabeth Hammershaimb, MD, Instructor, and James Campbell, MD, MS, Professor, both with the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, were among the co-authors of “Awareness of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Among U.S. Parents: A Cross-Sectional Survey,” which was published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases on September 21, 2023.

Kim Hankey, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Immune-Mediated Facial Nerve Paralysis in a Myeloma Patient Post B-Cell Maturation Antigen-Targeted Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cells,” which was published online on September 7, 2023, ahead of print in Haematologica.

Hana Haver, MD, PGY 5; Paul Yi, MD, Assistant Professor; and Jean Jeudy, MD, Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “Evaluating ChatGPT's Accuracy in Lung Cancer Prevention and Screening Recommendations,” which was published in July 2023 in Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging. Dr. Haver was the first author and Dr. Jeudy was the last author.

Marcel Bahia Lanza, PhD, Research Associate, and Carolina de Souza, Clinical Research Assistant, both with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Pectoralis Major and Triceps Brachii Cross-sectional Area Measured on Different Planes: The Effect on the Muscle Size-strength Relationship," which was published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness on September 7, 2023.

Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Sporozoite Immunization: Innovative Translational Science to Support the Fight against Malaria,” which was published in Expert Review of Vaccines on August 11, 2023.

Dr. Laurens also was among the co-authors of “Can Incorporating Genotyping Data into Efficacy Estimators Improve Efficiency of Early Phase Malaria Vaccine Trials?” which was published in Research Square on September 22, 2023.
Dr. Laurens and Karen Kotloff, MD, Distinguished Professor, Department of Pediatrics, also were among the co-authors of “Risk of COVID-19 after Natural Infection or Vaccination,” which was published in eBioMedicine on September 20, 2023.

Myron Levine, MD, DTPH, Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicine, and Michael Sikorski, MD/PhD Candidate, both with the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, were among the co-authors of “Global Diversity and Antimicrobial Resistance of Typhoid Fever Pathogens: Insights from a Meta-analysis of 13,000 Salmonella Typhi Genomes,” which was published in eLife on September 12, 2023.

Mark Mishra, MD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Single Fraction vs. Fractionated Preoperative Radiosurgery for Resected Brain Metastases: A PROPS-BM International Multicenter Cohort Study,” which was published on September 15, 2023, ahead of print in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.

Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor in Vaccinology and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), and Kirsten Lyke, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, were among the co-authors of “Comparison of Bivalent and Monovalent SARS-CoV-2 Variant Vaccines: The Phase 2 Randomized Open-label COVAIL Trial,” which was published in Nature Medicine on August 28, 2023.

Dr. Neuzil also was among the co-authors of “Efficacy of a Bivalent (D614 + B.1.351) SARS-CoV-2 Recombinant Protein Vaccine with AS03 Adjuvant in Adults: A Phase 3, Parallel, Randomized, Modified Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial,” which was published in The Lancet: Respiratory Medicine on September 13, 2023, and was among the co-authors of “Stochastic Interventional Vaccine Efficacy and Principal Surrogate Analyses of Antibody Markers as Correlates of Protection against Symptomatic COVID-19 in the COVE mRNA-1273 Trial,” which was published in Viruses on September 29, 2023.

Triet Nguyen, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Jin Hee Chang, Lab Technician; Shreya Jagtap, Veterinary Research Assistant; Yang Song, Senior Bioinformatic Analyst; Amol Shetty, PhD, Lead Bioinformatics Software Engineer; Francesca Carrieri, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Jason Molitoris, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; Lei Ren, PhD, Professor; Amit Sawant, PhD, Professor; Audrey Lafargue, PhD, Research Associate; and Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor, all with the Department of Radiology, were among the authors of “TP53 Structure-Function Relationships in Metastatic Castrate-Sensitive Prostate Cancer and the Impact of APR-246 Treatment,” which was published on October 9, 2023, ahead of print in Prostate.

Justin Ortiz, MD, MS, Professor, Department of Medicine, first author, and Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor in Vaccinology and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), were among the co-authors of “A Multicenter, Controlled Human Infection Study of Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in Healthy Adults,” which was published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases on August 11, 2023.

Marcela Pasetti, PhD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, and Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, FIDSA, the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor in Vaccinology and Director of the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD), were among the co-authors of “COVID-19 Booster Vaccination during Pregnancy Enhances Maternal Binding and Neutralizing Antibody Responses and Transplacental Antibody Transfer to the Newborn,” which was published in Vaccine August 14, 2023.

Dr. Pasetti, along with Dr. Neuzil and Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, were among the co-authors of “Durable anti-Vi IgG and IgA Antibody Responses in 15-month-old Children Vaccinated with Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine in Burkina Faso,” which was published in the Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases on September 27, 2023.

Yannick Poirier, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Commentary: Minimum Reporting Standards Should Be Expected for Preclinical Radiobiology Irradiators and Dosimetry in the Published Literature,” which was published online on September 11, 2023, ahead of print in the International Journal of Radiation Biology.

Alexandros Poulopoulos, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and UM-MIND, was the last author of "Enhancing Precision and Efficiency of Cas9-Mediated Knockin Through Combinatorial Fusions of DNA Repair Proteins," which was published as the cover article of the October 2023 issue of The CRISPR Journal.

Guanda Qiao, MD, PhD, and David Gulisashvili, MD, Postdoctoral Fellows, along with Anna Jablonska, PhD, Research Associate; Miroslaw Janowski, MD, PhD, Associate Professor; Piotr Walczak, MD, PhD, Professor; and Yajie Liang, MB, PhD, Assistant Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “3D Printing-based Frugal Manufacturing of Glass Pipettes for Minimally Invasive Delivery of Therapeutics to the Brain,” which was published in Neuroprotection on September 1, 2023. Dr. Qiao was the first author and Dr. Liang was the last author.

Sanjit Roy, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Nrusingh Biswal, PhD, Assistant Professor; and Hem Shukla, PhD, Assistant Professor, all with the Department of Radiation Oncology, were among the authors of “Multimodal Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer Microenvironment in Response to an Antiglycolytic Drug,” which was published online on September 14, 2023, ahead of print in Advanced Healthcare Materials.

Drs. Roy, Shukla and Biswal also were among the authors of “Docetaxel Radiosensitizes Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer by Downregulating CAV-1,” which was published online on September 15, 2023, ahead of print in the International Journal of Radiation Biology.

Emily Smith, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, first author, and Eileen Barry, PhD, Professor, Department of Medicine, and Director of Education for the Center of Vaccine Development & Global Health (CVD), were among the co-authors of “The Role of the Minor Colonization Factor CS14 in Adherence to Intestinal Cell Models by Geographically Diverse ETEC Isolates,” which was published in mSphere on October 3, 2023.

Milagritos Tapia, MD, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, was among the co-authors of “Meningococcal Vaccine in Mali and Gambia. Reply,” which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on August 10, 2023.

Madison Tewey, BS, first author, along with Johnathan Lawton, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Emily Stucke, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Albert Zhou, MD, 2nd-year resident; Andrea Berry, MD, Professor; Amed Ouattara, PhD, MSc, PharmD, Assistant Professor; Kirsten Lyke, MD, Professor; Matthew Laurens, MD, MPH, Professor; Shannon Takala-Harrison, PhD, Professor; and Mark Travassos, MD, MSc, Associate Professor, all with the Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, were among the co-authors of “Natural Immunity to Malaria Preferentially Targets the Endothelial Protein C Receptor-binding Regions of PfEMP1s,” which was published in mSphere on October 4, 2023.

Phuoc Tran, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was among the authors of “Ablative Radiation Alone in Stage I Lung Cancer Produces an Adaptive Systemic Immune Response: Insights from a Prospective Study,” which was published online ahead of print in the Journal for Immunotherapy for Cancer.

Dr. Tran also was among the authors of “Metastasis-Directed Therapy: A Moving Target Advancing Progress Forward,” which was published online on September 25, 2023, ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Stefanie Vogel, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, was senior author of a paper that will appear in mBio. The first author, Alexandra Vlk, whose PhD dissertation research comprised the basis for this paper, recently returned to her third year of medical school.

Jill Whitall, PhD, FNAK, Professor Emerita; Nesreen Alissa, PT, MS, PhD Student; and Kelly Westlake, PT, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, all with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Age-related Differences in Lower Limb Muscle Activation Patterns and Balance Control Strategies While Walking Over a Compliant Surface," which was published in Scientific Reports on October 2, 2023.

Dali Xu, PhD, Research Associate; Sang Hoon Kang, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor; Giovanni Oppizzi, BS, Visiting Research Fellow; and Li-Qun Zhang, PhD, Professor, all with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Multi-joint Assessment of Proprioception Impairments," which was published in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation on September 14, 2023.

Li-Qun Zhang, PhD, Professor, and Dali Xu, PhD, Research Associate, both with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Biomechanical Comparison of Four- versus Six-Strand Transosseous Suture Repair for Patellar Tendon Rupture," which was published online in April 2023, ahead of print in the Journal of Knee Surgery.

Publications - December

Odessa Addison, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was a co-author on the publication titled "An Exercise Stress Test for Contrast-enhanced Duplex Ultrasound Assessment of Lower Limb Muscle Perfusion in Patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease," which was published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery on October 14, 2023.

Omer Awan, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the last author of “Mentorship: Its Importance and Why it’s Needed to Succeed,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of Academic Radiology. Epub ahead of print.

Rianne Campbell, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Mary Kay Lobo, PhD, Professor, both in the Department of Neurobiology, were the sole authors of a new publication titled “Pallidal Circuits Drive Addiction Behavior,” which was published in Trends in Neurosciences on October 26, 2023.

Vasken Dilsizian, MD, Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the senior author of an editorial entitled “Shining a Radiant Light on Cardiac Amyloidosis with Novel 124I-Evuzamitide PET Imaging,” which was published in the November 2023 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Jessica Downing, MD, Assistant Professor, and Quincy Tran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, both with the Department of Emergency Medicine, were among the authors of “Etomidate as an Induction Agent for Endotracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials,” a letter published in the Journal of Critical Care on September 11, 2023.

Howard Dubowitz, MB,ChB, MS, FAAP, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, was the lead author of “Seeking a Balanced View of Child Protective Services," which was published in JAMA Pediatrics on July 31, 2023, as well as “Documenting Psychosocial Problems in Children's Electronic Health Records,” which was published in JAMA Pediatrics on July 24, 2023.

Melike Harfouche, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, was among the co-authors of “How I Do It: Endovascular Management of Acute Nonvariceal Gastrointestinal Bleeding,” which was published in Seminars in Interventional Radiology on November 2, 2023.

Dr. Harfouche was also among the co-authors of “Geospatial Analysis of Firearm Injuries in an Urban Setting: Individual Rather than Community Characteristics Affect Firearm Injury Risk,” which was published in the American Journal of Surgery as an epub on January 16, 2023.
Dr. Harfouche, along with David Feliciano, MD, Assistant Professor; Rosemary Kozar, MD, Clinical Professor; and Thomas Scalea, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, was also among the co-authors of “A Cautionary Tale: The Use of Propensity Matching to Evaluate Hemorrhage-Related Trauma Mortality in the American College of Surgeons TQIP Database,” which appeared in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons as an epub on February 27, 2023.
Dr. Harfouche, along with Navpreet Dhillon, MD, Clinical Instructor; Kristy Hawley, MD, Clinical Instructor; Rosemary Kozar, MD, Professor; David Feliciano, MD, Clinical Professor; and Thomas Scalea, MD, Professor, Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, was also among the co-authors of “Time to Splenic Angioembolization Does not Impact Splenic Salvage Rates,” which was published in American Surgeon as an epub on March 6, 2023.

Kristy Hawley, MD, Clinical Instructor; Navpreet Dhillon, MD, Clinical Instructor; Rosemary Kozar, MD, Professor; Thomas Scalea, MD, Professor; and Melike Harfouche, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Program in Trauma, were among the co-authors of “Surveillance Imaging Associated with Delayed Splenectomy in High-Grade Blunt Splenic Trauma,” which was published in American Surgeon as an epub on February 17, 2023.

Brian Herb, PhD, Research Associate, Department of Pharmacology, and Seth Ament, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, both members of the Institute for Genome Sciences at UMSOM, published the article "Single-cell Genomics Reveals Region-specific Developmental Trajectories Underlying Neuronal Diversity in the Human Hypothalamus" in Science Advances on November 9, 2023. Dr. Herb was first author, and Dr. Ament was last author.

Simon Ho, PT, DPT, Assistant Professor; Vicki Gray, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor; Odessa Addison, DPT, PhD, Associate Professor; and Victoria Marchese, PT, PhD, the Jane Kroh Satterfield Endowed Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science and Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, all with the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, were co-authors on the publication titled "Muscle Properties, Gross Motor Performance, and Quality of Life in Children With Sickle Cell Disease," which was published in Pediatric Physical Therapy on September 2, 2023.

Rydhwana Hossain, MD, Assistant Professor; Jean Jeudy, MD, Professor; and Charles White, MD, Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “Lung-Reporting and Data System 2.0: Impact of the Updated Approach to Juxtapleural Nodules During Lung Cancer Screening Using the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial Data Set,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Imaging. Epub ahead of print. Dr. White was the last author.

Michy Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, was among the authors of “First Optimization of Novel, Potent, Selective PDE11A4 Inhibitors for Age-Related Cognitive Decline,” which was published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry on November 9, 2023. This work forms the basis for Dr. Kelly’s second International Patent Application No. PCT/US2023/071289, which was filed by UMB's OTT.

Victoria Marchese, PT, PhD, the Jane Kroh Satterfield Endowed Professor of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science and Chair of the Department of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, was a co-author of the publication titled "Parent Satisfaction Survey in a Pediatric Ambulatory Care Clinic Utilizing an Interprofessional Education Model," which was published in the June 2023 issue of the Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice.

Istvan Merchenthaler, MD, PhD, DSc, Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health and Division Director of Translational Toxicology, was among the co-authors of “Maternal Age and Gonadotrophin Elevation Cooperatively Decrease Viable Ovulated Oocytes and Increase Ootoxicity, Chromosome-, and Spindle-misalignments: ‘2-Hit’ and ‘FSH-OoToxicity’ Mechanisms as New Reproductive Aging Hypotheses,” which was published in Molecular Human Reproduction on August 29, 2023. It has been selected as Editor’s Choice for September and October and is listed as the most-read paper.

Andrea Meredith, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology, authored the invited review “BK Channelopathies and KCNMA1-Linked Disease Models,” to be published in the February 2024 issue of the Annual Review of Physiology. Review in Advance.

Dr. Meredith, along with Ria Dinsdale, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, also authored the study "Disease-associated KCNMA1 Variants Decrease Circadian Clock Robustness in Channelopathy Mouse Models,” which appeared in the Journal of General Physiology on November 6, 2023.

Timothy Miller, MD, Associate Professor; Dheeraj Gandhi, MBBS, Professor; and Gaurav Jindal, MD, Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “Peri-procedural Decrease in Hemoglobin Following Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of Interventional Neuroradiology. Epub ahead of print. Dr. Jindal was the last author.

Separately, Dr. Gandhi was the last author of “Intravenous Thrombolysis Prior to Endovascular Thrombectomy in Elderly Stroke Patients: An Analysis of the National Inpatient Sample Database,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of the Journal of the Neurological Sciences. Epub ahead of print.

Anam Nazir, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, and Ze Wang, PhD, Professor, both with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were the co-authors of “A Comprehensive Survey of ChatGPT: Advancements, Applications, Prospects, and Challenges,” which was published in the September 2023 issue of Meta-radiology.

Lei Ren, PhD, Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, was the senior author of “Radiation-Induced Acoustic Signal Denoising Using a Supervised Deep Learning Framework for Imaging and Therapy Monitoring,” which was published on October 11, 2023, ahead of print in Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Quincy Tran, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, along with colleagues in the Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, were the authors of “Peri-procedural Decrease in Hemoglobin Following Mechanical Thrombectomy for Ischemic Stroke,” which was published in Interventional Neuroradiology on October 5, 2023.

Wenjie Yang, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow; Zhongqing Huang, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow; and Bruce A. Wasserman, MD, Professor, all with the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, were among the co-authors of “A Novel Window into Human Vascular Remodeling and Diagnosing Carotid Flow Impairment: The Petro-Occipital Venous Plexus,” which was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association on October 17, 2023. Dr. Yang was the first author and Dr. Wasserman was the last author.

Separately, Dr. Wasserman was among the authors of “Carotid Plaque-RADS, a Novel Stroke Risk Classification System,” which was published in the October 2023 issue of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging. Epub ahead of print.

Paul Yi, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, was the last author of “Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? Learning Curve of a Chest Radiograph Semantic Labeling Deep Learning Model,” which was published online in October 2023 ahead of print in the Journal of Thoracic Imaging.