Research on immunology and cancer conducted by Shahid Ahmed, MBBS, M.D., assistant professor of medicine, as well as commentary on treating patients and continuing important cancer research during COVID-19, was recently highlighted in Oncology Times.
Read the Oncology Times article.
Other Accolades
Amreen Mughal, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate working with mentor Mark Nelson, Ph.D., UVM Distinguished Professor and chair of pharmacology, won first place in the Cardiovascular Research Institute’s second annual Viridis Montis Early Career Investigator Challenge in Cardiovascular Disease for her project, titled “PIP2 supplementation improves cerebral blood flow in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.”
The virtual event, which took place February 3, is a merit-based scientific abstract competition designed to highlight the best cardiovascular research conducted by early career scientists at UVM and the UVM Health Network.
Other finalists included: Samuel Short, a Class of 2023 medical student working with mentor Neil Zakai, M.D., associate professor of medicine, who received second place for his presentation, titled “D-Dimer and death in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019;” Zhaojin “Scarlett” Li, M.S., a doctoral student working with mentor Marilyn Cipolla, Ph.D., professor of neurological sciences and obstetrics, gynecology & reproductive sciences and pharmacology, who received third place for her presentation, titled “Flow-induced shear stress causes endothelium-dependent vasodilation of leptomeningeal anastomoses from normotensive rats;” Abbie Johnson, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurological sciences; and Nicholas Klug, Ph.D., postdoctoral associate in pharmacology. Serving as guest judges were faculty members Joseph Brayden, Ph.D., Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., Martin LeWinter, M.D., Nels Olson, Ph.D., and Alisa Wolberg, Ph.D.