The eighth annual Neurosciences Research Day will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 17th and 18, 2018, highlighted by a poster session and reception on Tuesday evening, and followed by platform presentations on Wednesday morning. This year's keynote speaker was Robert H. Miller, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean of Research, George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences who spoke on the “Mechanisms of CNS White Matter Injury.” He is an internationally recognized expert in the field and was the former Chair of the Neurosciences Department at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Fourth year CWRU medical student, Louisa Onyewadume, won an award for her platform presentation on 3D MR Fingerprinting in adult brain tumors.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
A descriptive analysis of spine surgeries performed by the premier spine specialist surgeon in Botswana: Louisa Onyewadume, Berje Shammassian, Chukwuamaka Onyewadume, Margareta Nordin, Stefan Eberspaecher, Tiro Mmopelwa, Alia Hdeib
Anterior-Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysms: A Modern Approach and Case Series Review: Jonathan Pace, Karam Atli, Mickey Smith, Nicholas Bambakidis, Yin Hu
Force and Aspiration on Catheters Utilized in the ADAPT Technique in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Bench Top Analysis: Mickey Smith, MD; Jonathan Pace, MD; Connie Ju, BS; Yin Hu, MD
PLATFORM PRESENTATION
RADIOMIC ANALYSIS OF 3D MR FINGERPRINTING IN ADULT BRAIN TUMORS: Louisa Onyewadume, Ozden Kilinc, Satyam Ghodasara, Debra McGivney, Samuel Frankel, Dan Ma, Sara Dastmalchian, Jeffrey Sunshine, Marta Couce, Mark Griswold, Vikas Gulani, Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, Andrew E. Sloan, Chaitra Badve