UNE COM Fall Research and Scholarship Forum – Friday, October 13, 2023 | Innovation Hall, UNE Portland Campus

Clinical Research Awards:

1^st place: Olivia Esteireiro 

Use of Group Ketamine-Assisted Therapy for Promoting Treatment-Resistant Mental Health

Mentor: Selma Holden, MD, MPH, MS

2^nd place: Vasiliki Patsiogiannis

Emergency Department in Home: A Novel Approach to Delivering Acute Care to Patients in the Home

Mentor: Evan Berg, MD

3^rd place: Grace Simonson

Alleviating Worries of Dementia Among Older Adults Who Attend an Aging Brain Seminar
Mentor: Dr. Susan Wehry, M.D.

Basic Science Research Awards:

1^st place: Siddhant Sharma

Bile Acids Partially Mediate the Bone Reduction and Marrow Adiposity Loss Caused by Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy in Mice
Mentor: Ziru Li PhD

2^nd place: Jeyrie Ramos Aponte

Gastric X/A-Like Cells Mediate Effects of Gut-Bone Axis on Skeletal Homeostasis
Mentor: Ziru Li, PhD

3^rd place: Gabriel DeOliveira

Transection of the Saphenous Nerve Results in Denervation of the Tibia with Modest Changes in Cortical Bone Mineral Density in Female Mice
Mentor: Kathleen Becker, PhD