Poster Presentations and Conferences

• Smriti Iyengar, Ph.D., Program Director,
Preclinical Screening Platform For Pain (PSPP),
Division of Translational Research, NINDS
“Translating Pain Therapeutics: Examples from Preclinical and Clinical Profiles and Implications" 

• Walter Koroshetz, M.D., Director,
Distinguished Keynote Speaker, Alexander D. Kenny Lecturer,
National Institute of Neurological Disorders And Stroke (NINDS),
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
“NINDS and the Taxpayer’s Investment in Neuroscience”

• Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Director,
Division of Neuroscience (DN) National Institute on Aging,
National Institutes of Health
"Progress And Opportunities Towards Advancing The National Plan To Address AD/ADRD By 2025"

TTUHSC Faculty Poster Presentations

• Dysfunctional Mitochondria and Mitophagy in Tau Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease 
Author:  Maria Manczak, Ph.D.
• Biopsychosocial Predictors of Mild Cognitive Impairment, the Precursor of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias: Project FRONTIER Study 
Author:  Gabriela Ashworth, Ph.D. 
• Deciphering Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Basic Science Poster Award Winners

• Regulation of Alpha-Synuclein Biogenesis Through the RAPP Pathway
Author:  TTUHSC Graduate Student, Sarah Hernandez
• Structural and Physiological Changes of the Aging Kidney: A Focus on COVID-19
Author:  TTUHSC Medical Student, Nandini Ray
• Role of aberrant Wnt/Ca2+ signaling in Alzheimer’s disease and cancer
Author:  Post Graduate/Trainee, Isabel Castro-Piedras

Clinical Poster Award Winners

• Design and Synthesis of Novel KOP Receptor Antagonists, a treatment option for neuropathic pain  
Author: Graduate Student, Siavash Shahbaz 
• Incidental Neuroendocrine Tumor in Ileal Conduit Following Ileal Bladder Augmentation 
Author:  Medical Student, Asher George
• Associations between Vitamin D Levels, Depression, and Hispanic/Latino Ethnicity among Older Rural West Texans: A Project FRONTIER Study 
Author:  Post Graduate/Trainee, Ashish Sarangi

Day 1: Across Pain Science & Practice
• M. Catherine Bushnell, Ph.D., Scientific Director,
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health at NIH
"Neurobiological Disease Mechanisms"

Day 2: Combating The Opioid Crisis: Integrative Approaches For Pain Management
• Margaret A. Chesney, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor,
Past Director of The Osher Center For Integrative Medicine,
University of California San Francisco
"Integrative Health and Medicine: A New Essential Partner in Effective Pain Management"
• Bruce A. Watkins, Ph.D., Research Professor,
University of California Davis Emeritus Professor, Purdue University
"Natural Products and Chronic Pain

James McNamara, M.D.,
Senior Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience,
Professor of Neurosciences, Duke University School of Medicine
"Neurotrophin Signaling and Epileptogenesis:
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Insights"

Robert W. Gereau, Ph.D.
Director, Washington University Pain Center Chief,
Division of Basic Research, Anesthesiology,
Washington University School of Medicine
"Optogenetic Tools For The Study And Treatment of Pain"

P. Jeffrey Conn, Ph.D.
Lee E. Limbird Professor of Pharmacology Director,
Vanderbilt Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery
"Meeting The Challenge: Discovery of New Therapeutic Agents
For Treatment of Brain Disorder" 

2021 Research Retreat

• The Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Garrison Institute on Aging Annual Research Retreat was held Fall 2021 in Lubbock, Texas.