2009 Participants: Delta Omega Scientific Poster CompetitionRamya Ambikapathi Global Disease Epidemiology and Control Whitney Austin Seeking Help for Intimate Partner Violence through Employee Assistance Programs: Understanding Women’s Experiences Geral Baldeviano Interleukin-17 is dispensable for myocarditis but essential for the progression to dilated cardiomyopathy in a murine model Lori Bash Defining Incident Chronic Kidney Disease in the Research Setting: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Simina Boca Analyzing the contribution of growth-promoting pathways by patient-oriented gene set analysis. Katherine Bowerss Glutathione genes and risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders Allison Brown In utero exposure to maternal schistosomiasis modulates both acute and memory cellular and humoral immune responses of their offspring Brandon Brown Acceptability Survey of HPV Vaccine Among Female Sex Workers in Lima, Peru Brandon Brown Peruvian FSWs: understanding HPV and barriers to vaccination Talia Chalew Development of Assay to Assess Environmental Impacts of Engineered Nanoparticles on Chesapeake Bay Oysters Carolyn Chang Predictive Value of Cord Blood Allergen-Induced T Cell Proliferation on Childhood Atopy: A Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study Luke Chen Outbreak of Klebsiella Pneumoniae Carbapenemase Producing Organisms in a Community Hospital in Virginia Yu-Jen Cheng Cox Models with Smooth Functional Effect of Covariates Measured with Error Judy Choi Silica-based nanoparticle uptake and cellular response in primary microglia. Carol Christensen Organophosphate pesticides and sex steroid hormones in NHANES III Michael Coronado Alternative, Th2 pathway drives chronic heart disease in males following viral infection Deidra Crews Race, Poverty and Chronic Kidney Disease: The HANDLS Study Kristina Das Non-Communicable Disease in Latin America and Caribbean Region Sandrah Eckel Surrogate measures of the low physical activity criterion of frailty in the Cardiovascular Health Study Horacio Ruisenor Escudero Research Consortium on HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Research Agenda on HIV/AIDS Lindsey Garver A single molecule controls an immune response influencing susceptibility of several mosquito species to human malaria parasites. Lauren Gibbon Neighborhood Incivilities, Perceived Neighborhood Safety and Walking Behavior among Urban-Dwelling Children Jeff Goldsmith Fitting Tubes to Medical Images Lori Grover Measuring the Degree of Consensus Among Vision Rehabilitation Care Providers in Their Estimation of Patient Rehabilitation Potential Elizabeth Hammond Health Disparities and Marginalization in Bosnia-Herzegovina Christopher Harvey Nrf2- A novel target to improve host antibacterial defenses in high risk populations Yea-Jen Hsu The role of hospital ownership in an era of emerging infectious diseases -- Taiwan’s experience during the SARS epidemic Yea-Jen Hsu Components of physician satisfaction with care for chronically ill older patients Chandra Jackson A Pilot Study for Neighborhoods and Health Research in Urban and Rural Chile Chandra Jackson Correlates of Medication Non-adherence among urban African-Americans with Type 2 diabetes Bryan James Association of Social Engagement with Brain Volumes Assessed by Structural MRI Miranda Jones Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Exposure in Motor Vehicles Sarah Kessler Do HIV-infected women want to discuss fertility plans with providers; and are those discussions occurring? Elizabeth Kinter Can Patients with Schizophrenia Complete a Conjoint Analysis? Evidence from Germany Elizabeth Kinter Identifying patient-relevant Endpoints among Individuals with Schizophrenia: An Application fo Patient CenteredHealthTechnology Elizabeth Kinter A patient-centered approach to evaluating treatment outcomes among patients with schizophrenia in Germany: A conjoint analysis Gabriel Lai Association of leptin with sex steroid hormones, insulin, and CRP among adult men in NHANES III Ji Li The influence of growth patterns on risk of overweight during early childhood among a population-based longitudinal cohort in China Wen-Hsuan Lin Influence of the Route of Administration on Humoral, Cellular and Protective Immunity Induced in Rhesus Macaques by Live Attenuated Measles Vaccine Deepti Malhorta Decline in Nrf2-dependent proteasomal activity results in greater Endoplasmic Reticulum stress in advanced COPD lungs Rayna Matsuno Population profiles of extra-ovarian and ovarian serous adenocarcinomas: comparisons with grade stratification Jessica Myers Learning from near misses in medication errors: a Bayesian approach Rebecca Nachman Use of Ambient Concentrations of PM2.5 as Surrogates for Personal Exposure in Baltimore, MD April Neal Lead disrupts developing hippocampal neuron synapses via NMDA receptor inhibition. Atieh Novin Risk Factors Associated with MDR-TB at the Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran, Iran Amritha Ramakrishnan Serum Cytokine Profiles after Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Dilini Ranatunga hIL10BAC mice: A novel in vivo model for evaluating Regulation and Function of human IL-10. Nicholas Reich Estimating incubation period distributions with coarse data Dionne Robinson Sex Differences in Response to Influenza Raydel Valdes Salgado An inter-laboratory comparison of nicotine in air determinations using passive nicotine monitors assembled in Mexico and the US. Sara Schonfeld Hormonal factors and breast cancer risk in nulliparous women Dorry Segev Age and Comorbidities Are Effect Modifiers of Gender Disparities in Renal Transplantation Prabu Selvam Determing Potential Infectiousness using Cough Plates in Tuberculosis Endemic Settings in Peru Kathryn Shaw The essential role lectin-glycan interactions play in the transmission biology of the malaria parasite Shuzhen Sim Aedes aegypti cell line responses to dengue virus infection Maroya Spalding Lipoate synthesis and lipoate scavenging are essential to P. falciparum survival Vivian Towe Street life and drug risk behaviors associated with exchanging sex among male street children in Lahore, Pakistan</p> Colleen Wheeler Influence of School Closure on the Incidence of Influenza among School-age Children in Arizona Jinchun Yan Expression of stemness genes in the epithelial cells of Brown-Norway rat prostate isolated by laser capture microdisection Hannah Yang Genetic variation in five estrogen metabolizing genes and risk of endometrial cancer Anjie Zhen Sole copy of Z2-type human cytidine deaminase APOBEC3H has inhibitory activity against retrotransposons and HIV-1 Hong Zhu Understanding progression of ovarian cancer in US from SEER data: a semiparametric joint model for bivariate survival distribution with interval sampling 2008 Participants in Delta Omega Scientific Poster CompetitionLaura Baldassar Predictors of progression from HIV-associated minor cognitive-motor disorder to HIV-associated dementia Lori Bash Inflammation, Hemostasis and the Risk of Kidney Function Decline in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Nagesh Borse Childhood Drowning in Developing Countries _ A Neglected Research Priority Allison Brown In utero exposure to maternal Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice modulates immune responses to vaccines in their offspring Raquel Charles Low Adherence to Guidelines in the Laboratory Evaluation of CKD Among U.S. Physicians Liwei Chen Alcohol Consumption and the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a systematic review Victoria Chou Elevated Risk of Prolonged Labor with Increasing Maternal Age Among Nulliparous Women in Rural Nepal Deidra Crews Determinants and Outcomes of Inpatient Dialysis Initiation: The CHOICE Study Jennifer Deal Anemia and 9-Year Domain-Specific Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Women Lindsey Garver Silencing of an immune pathway negative regulator renders mosquitoes resistant to the human malaria parasite Cesar Gavidia Evaluation of Nitazoxanide and Oxfendazole efficacy against Cystic Echinococcosis in naturally infected Gabriel Lai Association of C-peptide concentration with prostate cancer incidence in a prospective cohort Sara Lowther Use of an Oral Fluid Survey to Assess Population Immunity to Measles Virus and the Impact of HIV-1 Infection Cynthia McOliver Recreational water contact as a risk factor for cryptosporidium exposure among persons with HIV/AIDS in Baltimore, Marlyand Jennifer Moïsi Enhanced diagnosis of pneumococcal meningitis using the Binax NOW® S. pneumoniae immuno-chromatographic test: a multi-site study. Alison Mondul Statin drugs and prostate specific antigen (PSA) concentration in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001 _ 2004 April Neal Effects of Long Term Lead Exposure on Pre- and Post-Synaptic Protein Markers John Pisciotta Novel antimalarial properties of an FDA approved epithelial growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase Anna Pollack The impact of polychlorinated biphenyl exposure on the incidence of infertility and pregnancy loss Stephanie Richard The 1918 Influenza Pandemic Experience in Japan: Age and Geographic Mortality Patterns Hilary Schwandt Adverse Childhood Experiences and Age at First Sex in Cebu, Philippines Tariq Shafi Thiazide-Induced Diabetes is Mediated by Potassium Depletion David Sintasath Identification of a Novel Simian T-lymphotropic virus (STLV) Lineage in Two Monkey Species from Cameroon: High STLV Diversity at the Hunter-Primate Interface Stephen Sozio Statins Do Not Increase Stroke Risk in Patients Initiating Dialysis: The Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for End Stage Renal Disease (CHOICE) Study Bruce Swihart The Lasagna Plot: A saucy new alternative to the Spaghetti Plot James Williams Identifying Domain Specific Associations between Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL) Disability, Cognition, & Mobility Stella Yi Correlates of N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptides (NT-proBNP) in African Americans without heart failure: the African-American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) | 
