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The eighth annual symposium hosted by ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ’s Cardiovascular Research Institute highlighted the innovative research being done in the field of cardiovascular research by faculty and trainees from across the Texas Medical Center. Seventy abstracts were submitted and over 60 of them were featured in virtual poster presentations by graduate students, postdocs, junior faculty members, and clinical fellows.

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Recipients from each category are listed below. 

Best Poster Winners

Mohit Hulsurkar, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ
Atrial Specific LKB1 Knockdown Represents A Novel Mouse Model of Arial Cardiomyopathy With Spontaneous Atrial Fibrillation 

Heidi Krause, medical student, ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ
A 23 Year Experience with the Reversed Elephant Trunk Technique for Stage Repair of Extensive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Jiao Lu, graduate student, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ
Role of Junctophilin-2 in The Cardiac Conduction System

Vicente Orozco-Sevilla, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ
Spinal Cord Deficit After 1114 Extent to Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repairs

Reem Shawar, M.D., clinical fellow, Department of Pediatrics-Cardiology, ÔÚÏߺÚÁÏÃÅ
Fasting Blood Glucose And Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Hispanic Youth With Obesity