7:30-8:00am

Registration (Lower Lobby)

7:30-8:00am

Breakfast (Upper Taylor Hall [UTH])

8:00–8:15am

Official group photograph of participants (UTH)

8:15–8:45am

Welcome – Joe Childers (Provost) (UTH)
Research at SGU – Calum Macpherson (Director of Research) (UTH)
SOM Research update- Marios Loukas (Dean of Basic Sciences)(UTH)
The role of IRB in Research – Maira Du Plesis (IRB Chair)(UTH)
IACUC Report – Karin Kalchofner Guerrero (IACUC Chair)(UTH)

8:45–9:05am

Plenary 1 (UTH)
Chair: Calum Macpherson
“Pseudo-Journals: Diagnosis, Treatment and Prevention of a Predatory Disease”
Paul J. Fields, PhD

9:05–9:25am

Plenary 2 (UTH)
“Zoonoses: Our Blind Spot of One Health One Medicine”
Satesh Bidaisee, DVM, MPH, Ed.D, Richard Kabuusu, BVM, MPH, PhD, Andrea Easter Pilcher PhD, Calum Macpherson, PhD

9:25–9:40am

Coffee Break (UTH)

9:40–12:00pm

Breakout Sessions 1A & 2A (Red East Wing)
Breakout Sessions 1B & 2B (Blue West Wing)

12:00–1:30pm

Lunch/Plenary 4 (UTH)

12:30–1:20pm

Plenary 4 (UTH)
Chair: Diana Stone
“One Health as a Driver to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”
Guy Palmer, DVM, PhD

1:25–4:00pm

Breakout Sessions 3A & 4A (Red East Wing)
Breakout Sessions 3B & 4B (Blue West Wing)

4:00–4:15pm

Coffee Break (UTH)

4:15–5:10pm

Plenary 6 (UTH)
Chair: Antonia McDonald
“Obesity Prevention: Health vs Non-Health Solutions”
Fitzroy Henry, MSc, PhD

5:10–7:00pm

Poster Session (UTH): Electronic Posters should have contributors by their posters during this time.  A wine and cheese reception will accompany the poster session in the UTH

7:00pm

Research Day 1 Close

7:30–8:00am        

Registration (Lower Lobby)

7:30-8:00am         

Breakfast (UTH)

8:00–8:50am

Plenary 7 (UTH)
Chair: Walter Kolbinger
“Abuse of Legal Substances for Recreational Purposes: a transcultural phenomenon”
Chulathida Chomchai, MD, MPH

8:50–11:20am

Breakout Sessions 5A & 6A (Red East Wing)
Breakout Sessions 5B & 6B (Blue West Wing)

11:20–12:10pm    

Plenary 8 (UTH)
Chair: Brian Pilcher
“Entomophagy-associated histamine poisoning: an under-recognized threat from our future food”
Summon Chomchai, MD, MPH

12:10–1:30pm      

Lunch/Plenary 9 (UTH)

12:35–1:30pm

Plenary 9 (UTH)
Chair: Brian Butler
“One Health: understanding interactions, informing interventions”
Sarah Cleaveland, OBE, VetMB, PhD, FRS

1:30–1:45pm

Research Day:  Closing remarks – Calum Macpherson.
Award of door prizes – Joe Childers
Closing ceremony song – Satesh Bidaisee

Breakout Session 1A

Chair: Melinda Wilkerson
Rapporteur: Alfred Chikweto

• 9:40–10:00am Plenary 3  “One Health – One Medicine In Action” – Neil C. Olson, DVM, PhD
• 10:00–10:15am Preliminary results of the Grenada Ehrlichia prevention study. A Fall 2017 update- Anne Corrigan, Marta Lanza-Perea L. Keim, S. Quinn, N. Always, F. Ivaldi, L. Peters, Bhumika Sharma, Kathryn Gibson, and Arend H. Werners
• 10:15–10:30am     Grenada Gone Viral:  Dengue V, Chikungunya V and Zika V- Paul J. Fields, Trevor P. Noël, Satesh Bidaisee,  George Mitchell, Todd E. Myers, William M. Nelson,  Nishanth Parameswaran, Kodumudi Venkateswaran , Katherine Yearwood,  Veronica Mapp-Alexander,  Desiree LaBeaud, Calum N. L. Macpherson
• 10:30–10:45am Chikungunya Infection during Gestation: Impact on Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes- Randall Waechter, Priyanka Suresh, Amy Krystosik, Nikita Cudjoe, Toni Murray,Rashida Isaac, George Mitchell, Trevor Noël, Barbara Landon, A. Desiree LaBeaud

Breakout Session 2A

Chair: Kathryn Gibson
Rapporteur: Victor Amadi

• 10:45–11:00am Disparities between morphological and genetic identification of bats captured in Grenada from 2016-2017”- Sonia Cheetham, Marcy Kanuka, Amanda Bevans,  Kathleen Parker, Cassandra Tang Wing, Christine Cornish and Dan Fitzpatrick
• 11:00–11:15am     Molecular Screening of Zika and Dengue Viruses in Bats (Artibeus spp., Glossophaga longirostris and Molossus molossus) from Grenada, West Indies.- Marcy Kanuka, Ashley Malmlov, Christine Cornish, Kathleen Parker, Cassandra Tang Wing, Diana Stone, Tony Schountz, Brian Butler and Sonia Cheetham
• 11:15–11:30am  Tick-borne rickettsial pathogens’ detection in dogs, cattle, sheep and goats in Grenada- Andy Alhassan, Bhumika Sharma, Marta Lanza-Perea Alok Desai, Vanessa Mathew, Arend H.Werners, Inga Karesk, Kathryn Gibson, Melinda Wilkerson and Roman Ganta
• 11:30–11:45pm  PCR-based bloodmeal analysis of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in St. George Parish, Grenada- Daniel Fitzpatrick, Lindsey Hattaway, Andy Hsueh, Andrew Kushnir, Maria Ramos-Nino, Sonia Cheetham
• 11:45-12:00pm PCR-based identification of Trypanosoma cruzi and host-feeding preferences of triatomine bug vectors caught in Trinidad- Alexandra Eakes, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Rod Suepaul, Jennifer K. Peterson

Breakout Session 1B

Chair: Wendy Crawford
Rapporteur: Annie Gill

• 9:40–9:55am  Aesthetics and National Identity: Grenada’s 19th-century bricks?- Oliver Benoit
• 9:55–10:10am Evaluation of ‘Alternatives’: A program providing an option to the incarceration of male Juveniles in Grenada – Wendy Romain
• 10:10–10:25am     Momento Mori -Remember you must die Morbidity in England and Celebration in Grenada – June Douglas
• 10:25–10:40am “No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move”: An Analysis of the State Funeral of Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott-Antonia MacDonald

Breakout  Session 2B

Chair: Ian Baptiste
Rapporteur: Damian Greaves

• 10:40–10:55am The lessons from the Caribbean, the dichotomy & duality of anti-globalism and globalization – Reccia Charles & Nazly Nardi
• 10:55–11:10am A Study of Perceived Value in App-Based Ride-Hailing in Emerging Markets- Alexander Wollenberg, Lidia Waty
• 11:10–11:25am  Personal Wealth and Perceptions of Barriers to Women Entrepreneurship in the State of Alabama: Mediating Effects of Affordable Child Care- Ravi Chinta, Anthony Andall, Shawn Best
• 11:25–11:40am Evidence- Based Management of Caribbean Health Systems: Barriers and Opportunities- Damian E. Greaves

Breakout Session 3A

Chair: Sonia Cheetham
Rapporteur: Ian Murray

• 1:25–1:45pm Plenary 5 “School of Arts and Sciences: Research Overview”- Andrea Easter-Pilcher, Oliver Benoit, Thompson Cummings, Lucy Eugene, Cristofre Martin, Jennifer Solomon
• 1:45–2:00pm Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)  and  X-Ray Spectral Analysis (EDAX) of hillside consolidated soils and rocks from True Blue, Grenada- Ramsey Saunders, David Hinds, Alec St. Bernard
• 2:00–2:15pm Fractionation of Pb in contaminated calcareous sediments amended with biosolids and biochar- Kerry Mitchell, Francisco Avelar-González, Alma Guerrero-Barrera, Magdalena Ramos-Gómez and Laura Yamamoto-Flores
• 2:15–2:30pm   The public health impacts of the influx of Sargassum seaweed on the residents of Soubise, Grenada in 2015 – Idis Mark-George, Hugh Sealy, Jezelle McLawrence, Kerry Mitchell, Jerry Enoe
• 2:30–2:45pm  Incidence and risk factors of wildlife-associated human injuries in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda: a retrospective cohort study- Richard M. Kabuusu, Donna F. Stroup, John B. Amuno, Yusuf Maseruka, Calum N.L. Macpherson

Breakout Session 4A

Chair: Cristofre Martin
Rapporteur: Leon Radix

• 2:45–3:00pm  Coral Reef Monitoring in Grenada: a decade of data, collaboration and student success- Clare Morrall, Robert Anderson, Robert Balzer
• 3:00–3:15pm  Status of Diadema antillarum populations in Grand Anse Bay, Grenada 30 years after mass mortality- Stephen Nimrod, Andrea Easter-Pilcher, Karl Aiken, Dayne Buddo & Chiara Franco
• 3:15–3:30pm   Methods And Applications For Marine Turtle Disease Surveillance in Grenada- Jonnel Edwards, Kate Charles, Kester Charles, Brian Butler, Clare Morral, Dave Marancik
• 3:30–3:45pm  Micro-plastic in commercially exploited fish from Grenada, West Indies- Michelle Taylor, Denzel Adams, Emily Vogler, Clare Morrall
• 3:45–4:00pm A Comparison of Eight Country Plans for the Invasive Indo-Pacific Lionfish in the Wider Caribbean-Roxanne E. Graham

Breakout Session 3B

Chair: Glen Jacobs
Rapporteur: Sara Rabie

• 1:30–1:45pm  Can You Cross Over Safely?: Crafting Robust Research Purpose Statements – Ian Baptiste
• 1:45–2:00pm  Student Attention Span of 10 Minutes During Lectures: Myth or Reality?? – Jason Ghandi, Roni Manyevitch, Blake Bauer, Marisa Deliso,  Shaobo Guan, Ruobing Xia, Aleksandr Myllari, Duncan Kirkby,  Kesava Mandalaneni, and Ian V.J. Murray
• 2:00–2:15pm Spatio-temporal dynamics of multisensory speech processing: Recordings from human brain implants- Kristen Berry, Valerie Nunez, Werner Doyle, Callah Boomhaur, Lucia Melloni, Daniel Friedman, Patricia Dugan, Orrin Devinsky, Eric Halgren, & Thomas Thesen
• 2:15–2:30pm    The Best Learning Space Fit for Active Learning in the Teaching and Learning of Information Technology Courses at the Tertiary Level- Teah Cummings, Thompson Cummings
• 2:30–2:45pm   The Influences of Student Success and English Skill Modality on the Metacognitive Judgments of EFL Students – Sharon Hannigan

Breakout Session 4B

Chair: Diane Salter
Rapporteur: Heather Brathwaite

• 2:45–3:00pm  Preparing English Language Learners to Succeed in Medical School – Emily Harms
• 3:00–3:15pm  Language and Culture Training for Peace Corps Volunteers in Grenada- Jill Paterson
• 3:15–3:30pm    Considerations on Giving Feedback on CVs and Personal Statements – Halina Stolar, Karina Daniel, Oxana Aghaei
• 3:30–3:45pm   3D Printing in the Teaching and Learning of Culinary Arts at the Tertiary level in Grenada using a systems approach- Thompson Cummings, Akima Ventour, Brionni Banfield
• 3:45–4:00pm The effects of pet ownership on academic performance of students at St. George’s University- Maya Lantz and Satesh Bidaisee

Breakout session 5A

Chair: Arno Werners
Rapporteur: Rhonda Pinckney

• 8:50–9:05am  The Elimination of the Soil Transmitted Helminths from Grenada and Beyond- Trevor P. Noel, Paul Fields, Satesh Bidaisee,Joanna Rayner,  Rhonda Pinckney, Calum N L Macpherson
• 9:05-9:20am Puppies pooing in paradise: parasites & public health – Regan Schwartz, Satesh Bidaisee, Calum Macpherson
• 9:20–9:35am Molecular detection of zoonotic Leptospira species in bats in Grenada, West Indies- Amanda Bevans, Diana Stone, Sonia Cheetham
• 9:35–9:50am      Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp in asymptomatic pigs in Grenada, West Indies -Alfred  Chikweto, Harry Hariharan, Claude DeAllie, Keshaw Tiwari, Maxime Derre, Leo Colin, Ravindra Sharma
• 9:50–10:05am  Taenia taeniaeformis in brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Grenada, West Indies- Tiwari Keshaw, Sharma Ravindra, Birmingham Kristen, Armstrong Elan, Montanez Andrea, Guy Reneka

Breakout Session 6A

Chair: Joanna Rayner
Rapporteur: David Marancik

• 10:05–10:20am  Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in dogs in Grenada- Josephine A. Afema, Diana Stone, Victor Amadi, Brian Butler, Kathryn Gibson, Devendra H. Shah, Narayan C. Paul, Lisa P. Jones, Margaret A. Davis
• 10:20–10:35am Serovars and antimicrobial resistance of non-typhoidal Salmonella isolated from non-diarrheic dogs in Grenada -Victor A. Amadi, Harry Hariharan, Gitanjali Arya, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Roxanne Nicholas-Thomas, Rhonda Pinckney, Ravindra Sharma, Roger Johnson
• 10:35-10:50am  Effect of non-typhoidal Salmonella infection on risk of malaria parasite transmission in a mouse coinfection model- Lattha Souvannaseng, Rashaun Potts, Gregory Walker, Annica Stull-Lane, Brian P. Butler, Shirley Luckhart, Renee M. Tsolis
• 10:50-11:05am  Comparison of methadone and morphine on regurgitation, gastroesophageal reflux and postoperative analgesia in dogs undergoing ovariohysterectomy- Mercedes Miccio, Andrea Schwarz, Emily Turitto, Rodolfo Bruhl-Day, Paul Fields, Karin Kalchofner
• 11:05-11:20 am  A Secondary Analysis of Drug Treatment Data in Grenada, to Describe the Characteristics of Treatment Seekers and List the Main Drugs Driving Treatment – Elizabeth Japal

Breakout Session 5B

Chair: Theresa McCann  
Rapporteur: Mary Maj

• 8:50–9:05am  G-Split: When and why cognition bifurcates in neurotypical child development- Karen Blackmon, Mariam Azam, Sara Lee, Thomas Thesen
• 9:05–9:20am       Assessing Empathy in the Basic Science Years at St. George’s University and Further Critiques of the Jefferson Empathy Scale- Nagasudha L. Chigurupati, Orrin Main, Yasmeen Mansour, Barbara Landon
• 9:20–9:35am     Agreement Between Revised Brunet-Lézine and INTERGROWTH-21st Neurodevelopmental Assessments- Ashlee Watts, Randall Waechter, Gerard St. Cyr
• 9:35–9:50am  Can Auricular acupuncture (AA) significantly reduce waist circumference and BMI in subjects over and above the placebo effect- Felicity Lillingston
• 9:50-10:05am  Are we poisoning our older patients? The unrecognized risk of polypharmacy and drug-drug interactions in older Emergency Department attenders in Trinidad and Tobago – Utku Ekin, Judy Wong, Satesh Bidaisee, Darren Dookeeram

Breakout Session 6B

Chair: Andrew Sobering
Rapporteur: Alfred Chikweto

• 10:05–10:20am The whey and casein protein powder consumption:  The implications for public health- Aisha Bowen, Vanessa C Denny, Iman Zahedi, Satesh Bidaisee, Emmanuel Keku
• 10:20-10:35am  Atypical Antipsychotics as an adjuvant therapy for Glioblastoma- Justin Assioun, Jessica Wein, Sarah Samuels, Steven Vanni, Emmanuel Keku, Regina Graham
• 10:35–10:50am “ABCs of HPV”: A novel investigation for cervical screening and HPV genotyping in Grenada- Avί Bahadoor-Yetman, Marisa Deliso, Amar Mehta, Nikita Sahadeo, Grant Lambert, Orchid Allicock, Christine Carrington, Frances McGill
• 10:50-11:05am  Self Pap as a Method of Cervical Screening and HPV Testing in Grenada- Frances McGill, MD, Aví Bahadoo-Yetman, MSc, Grant Lambert, MT, Erin Salter Kimen Balhotra, Ijanae Holman, Hae-Sun La, Jessica Lendore, MBBS, Katherine Yearwood
• 11:05-11:20am  Grenadian CTVT: Data from Mitochondrial Genetic Diversity, Selection and Recombination in a Canine Transmissible Cancer- Anne Corrigan, Marta Lanza Perea, Andrea Strakova, Maire Ni Leathlobhair and Elizabeth Murchison

Poster 1

Establishing Writing Resources for Graduate Students at SGU- Maribel Greene, Emily Harms, Lauren Musgrove

Poster 2

Conception, Piloting and Evaluation of a Certificate Program in University Teaching Designed for a Special Purpose Institution in the Caribbean- Diane Salter, Paul J. Fields, Shannon Rushe

Poster 3

Building Collaboration and Resolving Conflict through “Gridwork”- Gwen Burbank

Poster 4

Comparative Study of Artificial Neural Network Models with Different Training Functions for Classification Problems- Somasundaram Senthilkumar

Poster 5

The Whiteboard as a Learning Tool – Strategies for Meaningful Learning- Michele Woolley, Lauren Orlando

Poster 6

Symbolic Dynamics in the Equal Mass Free-Fall Three-Body Problem: Analysis of Ergodic Components- Aleksandr Mylläri, Nikolay Vassiliev, Tatiana Mylläri, Anna Myullyari

Poster 7

The Relationship between Second Language Acquisition and the Extraversion-Introversion Dimension of Personality- Dorcina Noel, Heather Brathwaite

Poster 8

Undergraduate “Buzz Groups” in Anatomy & Physiology: Implementation and Assessment- Deepak Sharma, Peter Slinger, Mondel George

Poster 9

The Importance of Acknowledging Outstanding Facilitators- Donella Telesford, Tandy James, Asha Lessey-Charles, Jutta Sylvester, Sara Rabie,  Bevalin Alexander, Golda Mahesh,  Kimanii Daniel,  Aklemia Lucas

Poster 10

Selection of A New Video Management System to Facilitate Medical Education- Donna Walker, Dari Twum-Barimah, Kellidon Niles

Poster 11

Video recording studios for production of asynchronous content in support of medical education- Donna Walker, Jonathan Modica, Andrew Sobering

Poster 12

Computer Algebra Systems for Simulating Modern Art: Enforcing “Fractal” Structure- Maria Myllari, Donna Walker, Jurell Benjamin, Tatiana Myllari

Poster 13

HOW TO TRAIN A DOCTOR 2? Merging Clinical Reasoning with Physiological Concepts.- Gabrielle Walcott-Bedeau, Juanette McKenzie, Roxann Lewis-Roberts, Richard Ajuyah, John Speake, Theresa J. McCann

Poster 14

Applicability of Pairwise Separations Methods in Astronomy: Influence of Noise in Data- Jurell Benjamin, Donna Walker, Aleksandr Mylläri, Tatiana Mylläri

Poster 15

Haptic Simulation Geared Towards Medical Students for Integrated Clinical Preparation: Cardiopulmonary Scenarios- Jina Horton, Samantha Dickson, Erica Jacobson , Betty-Ann Sandy, Karina Valenzuela, Chris Quick, Meghan Jacobsen, Rachel Bozeman, Trent Wildman, John Speake, Theresa J. McCann

Poster 16

Using Workshops to Deliver and Enhance Learning Strategies:  Review and Evaluation- Peter Slinger, Joanne Buckland, Sara Rabie, Andrea Blair, Marsha Nicholson

Poster 17

Origin of ammonium in Woburn Bay, Grenada West Indies, 12.0°N 61.6°W- McCain, M., Karla Farmer, Kraus, A., Bartholomew, N.  Lin, A. , Barranco, J., Makeda Matthew and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 18

Sea Turtles in Grenada, West Indies: A summary of nesting data 2005-2017- Kate Elizabeth Charles, Clare Emma Morrall, Kester Lennin Charles, Carl Lloyd

Poster 19

Teaching Safety and Health using Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Best Practices enhanced by Pictorial Case Study- Paul Pounder, Kerryann Jaggassar

Poster 20

Global Effects of Latex Gloves in Healthcare: Reflections on Ethics and One Health- Anam Purewal, Andrew Kossack, Satesh Bidaisee, CC Macpherson

Poster 21

Aetiology and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of blood culture isolates from Grenada General Hospital (2009-2013)- Daniel P High, Rupudaman Joshi, Grant A Lambert, & Zara M Ross

Poster 22

Diversity in nursing in Grenada compared to the USA and UK – implications for recruitment- Jennifer Solomon, Otis Lewis, Sameem Rahaman, Keishia Pascall

Poster 23

Care giver role strain in Carriacou – does it exist? A report on the findings of the Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI) and implications for interventions- Jennifer Solomon, Dorian Batson, Moida St Louis, Lantoria Heuston, Aleshia Lewis

Poster 24

The SGU Interest Group in Genomics: Promoting genetics and outreach to a resource-limited community- Oleksandra Petryna, Shruthi Rethi, Beverly Nelson, Tyhiesia Donald, Andrew K. Sobering and the SGU Interest Group in Genomics

Poster 25

Alcohol, Aviation and Aeronautical Decision Making Among Caribbean Pilots- Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 26

Incidence and five year survival rate for head and neck cancers in Grenada compared to the African American population over the period 1991-2010- Maira du Plessis, Robert Hage

Poster 27

Validation of a rapid RT-PCR Chlamydia test, and evaluation of Copan ESwab ® and Aptima specimen collection kit for the transport of Chlamydia specimens- Maria E. Ramos-Nino, Karla Farmer, Grace Dolphin-Bond, Christine Wojewoda,  Ivo Boudakov, Grant Lambert,and Joanna Rayner

Poster 28

Cornelia de Lange Syndrome: A Developmental Disorder- Wayne Thompson, Patrick Carey, Andrew K. Sobering

Poster 29

Evaluation of the Neuroprotective Effect of Hypothermic Total Liquid Ventilation in a Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Model- Micheline Anne Beaulieu

Poster 30

Structural and Non-structural Protein Similarity among Dengue and Zika Flaviviridae In silico hybridization of the genomes- Tisha King Ondoua, Munachiso Egbo Vishnu Singh, Shayne Sharpe, Alex Bissessar,Alexander Mold, Christian Hadeed, Christopher Gil Johnson, Dawnlyn George, Drezelle Mills, Keghan Dookhran, Kelsey Dowers, Lorraine Chong Tai, Lystra Williams, Meshach Pillai, Nadine Joseph, Phenyo Phuu, Radha Shah, Sime Maharaj, Karla Farmer-Diaz and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 31

Variation of Ammonium in Coastal Water of Southeastern Grenada, West Indies- Makeda Matthew, Sarah Tabin,  Samantha Jenkins, Lauren Smith, Peter Giesler, and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 32

Females in Veterinary Medicine: Why the Choice?- Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 33

Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions on genetically modified mosquitoes: Case for sterile mosquito release in Grenada- Anjali Ghodasara, Marisa Deliso, Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 34

Validation of a Luminex xMAP MultiFLEX Vector-borne Panel for canine blood-derived pathogens in Grenada- Alok Desa, Bhumika Sharma, Andy Alhassan, Roman Ganta, Kathryn Gibson, Melinda Wilkerson

Poster 35

Field surveillance of Aedes aegypti in Grenada, West Indies- Daniel Fitzpatrick, Andy Hsueh, Lindsey Hattaway, Andrew Kushnir, Maria Ramos-Nino, Sonia Cheetam

Poster 36

Exposure to Alphaviruses and Flaviviruses in bats of Grenada, West Indies – Diana Stone, Amy C. Lyons, Yan-Jang S. Huang, Dana L. Vanlandingham, Stephen Higgs, Bradley J. Blitvich, Abiodun A. Adesiyun, Sharlene E. Santana, Leith Leiser-Miller, Sonia Cheetham

Poster 37

Morphological and Genetic Characterization of Intestinal Flukes of the Caribbean Hawksbill Sea Turtle, Eretmochelys imbritica- Monica Tetnowski, Daniel Fitzpatrick, Graham Rosser, Rhonda Pinckney, David Marancik, Brian Butler

Poster 38

Identification and characterization of Grenadian freshwater fish species through DNA Barcoding- Chris J. McMonagle, David P. Marancik, Vanessa C. Matthews-Belmar, Priscilla C. Barger, Joseph C. Newton

Poster 39

In-house PCR-based ×MAP oligonucleotide assay for vector borne diseases in dogs: development and comparison with a commercial kit- Bhumika Sharma, Melinda J. Wilkerson, Roman R. Ganta, Alok Desai, Diana Stone, Kathryn Gibson

Poster 40

Seroprevalence of antibodies to astrovirus in chickens in Grenada, West Indies- Keshaw Tiwari, Ravindra N Sharma, Claude DeAllie, Connell KO, Dufayet R, Maufras T

Poster 41

Contribution of inflammatory monocytes to the pathogenesis of Salmonella-induced colitis- Patrick A. McLaughlin, Julie A. Bettke, Jason W. Tam, Joanna D. Luke, Jesse Leeds, James B. Bliska, Brian P. Butler, Adrianus W.M. van der Velden

Poster 42

A Comparison of Butterfly Abundance and Diversity Across Different Habitat Types in Grenada, West Indies- Quincy Augustine, Jenese Roberts, Robyn Browne, Calum Noël, Ariel Church, Saditha Benjamin, Shanell Cyrus, Leon Radix, Andrea Easter-Pilcher

Poster 43

Animal sentinels for human injury and environmental conditions a new look at hardware disease in Grenada- Satesh Bidaisee, Samantha A. Cook

Poster 44

MLST genotype of Campylobacter spp. isolated from indigenous chickens in Grenada, West Indies- Sharma Ravindra, Tiwari Keshaw, Amadi Victor , Mor Sunil Kumar , Goyal Sagar M., Belmar Vanessa Matthew, Avendano Estefania, Hariharan Harry

Poster 45

Campylobacter species isolated from pigs in Grenada exhibited novel clones: genotypes and antimicrobial resistance profiles of sequence types -Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Charmarthy Subbarao, Isaac Kashoma, Gireesh Rajashekara, Ravindra Sharma, Harry Hariharan, Diana Stone

Poster 46

Gram negative bacteria associated with the gastrointestinal tracts of bats and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pnuemoniae- Victor A. Amadi, Vanessa Matthew-Belmar, Sonia Cheetham, Ravindra Sharma and Harry Hariharan

Poster 47

Phenotypic Diversity and Antibiotic Resistance of Clinical and Non-Clinical Bacterial Isolates from Drinking Water in Grenada, West Indies- Jerika Brooks, Hannah Burchette, Alina Sanin, Makeda Matthew and Svetlana Kotelnikova

Poster 48

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: A Genetic Disorder of Altered Collagen Structure- Amr Wardeh, Tyson Jackson, Mary Maj, Beverly Nelson, Andrew K. Sobering

Poster 49

Vector-borne Diseases and Public Health: 1986-2010- Sundus Ahmed, Nagasudha Chigurupati, Satesh Bidaisee

Poster 50

Retrospective study of Oestrus Ovis larvae infestation in small ruminants in Grenada, W.I- Sarah McConnell, Abigail Taylor, Nicole Beals, Caroline Frank, Alfred Chikweto

Poster 51

Seroepidemiology of leptospirosis in pigs in Grenada- Elān Armstrong, Kathryn Gibson, Keshawn Tiwari and Ravindra Sharma

Poster 52

Do You Know How To Swim?The Grenada Youth Adventurers’ breaks barriers with its new initiative, The National Learn to Swim Week (NLTSW)- Gabrielle Walcott-Bedeau, Madonna Phillip, Shirleen Robertson, Petal Rush, Neil Atmaram, Fernando Mora

Poster 53

The percentage of Nurses in Grenada with Baccalaureate Degrees. Implications for Patient outcomes and Education- Jennifer Solomon, Shante Marryshow, Lindy Jackasa

Poster 54

Medical Humanities in the Medical School Curriculum- Kimberly Pham, Cheryl Cox Macpherson

Poster 55

Gatekeepers’ perceptions of the quality and availability of services for breast and cervical cancer patients in the English-speaking Windward Islands: an exploratory investigation- Kamilah  B. Thomas-Purcell, Will L. Tarver,  Christine  Richards, Marva  Primus-Joseph

Poster 56

Respiratory health outcomes associated with living around a diesel power plant- Jerry Enoe, Gerad St Cyr, Adetoun Ilesanmi, Dianne Roberts, Omur Cinar Elci

Poster 57

Examination of insectivorous bats (Molossus molossus) in Grenada for trematodes and Neorickettsia DNA- Amber L. Lee, Kathryn E. Gibson