Research Day
Phi Zeta Research Day 2019
March 16, 2019
Event details TBA. For a sample of the event format and breakout sessions, please see the details below for Research Day 2017.
“One Health One Medicine Symposium in Celebration of SGU’s 40th Anniversary”
Incorporating the 17th Research Day and 6th Phi Zeta Research Emphasis Day
October 21 and 22, 2017
Day 1 Schedule—Saturday, October 21, 2017
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
Day 2 Schedule—Sunday, October 22, 2017
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
Day 1 Breakout Sessions
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
Day 2 Breakout Sessions
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
Posters
Poster 1
Poster 2
Poster 3
Building Collaboration and Resolving Conflict through “Gridwork”- Gwen Burbank
Poster 4
Poster 5
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Poster 7
Poster 8
Undergraduate “Buzz Groups” in Anatomy & Physiology: Implementation and Assessment- Deepak Sharma, Peter Slinger, Mondel George
Poster 9
Poster 10
Poster 11
Poster 12
Computer Algebra Systems for Simulating Modern Art: Enforcing “Fractal” Structure- Maria Myllari, Donna Walker, Jurell Benjamin, Tatiana Myllari
Poster 13
Poster 14
Poster 15
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
Poster 18
Poster 19
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Poster 21
Poster 22
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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
Poster 27
Poster 28
Poster 29
Evaluation of the Neuroprotective Effect of Hypothermic Total Liquid Ventilation in a Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Model- Micheline Anne Beaulieu
Poster 30
Poster 31
Poster 32
Females in Veterinary Medicine: Why the Choice?- Satesh Bidaisee
Poster 33
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Poster 36
Poster 37
Poster 38
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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
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
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Poster 54
Medical Humanities in the Medical School Curriculum- Kimberly Pham, Cheryl Cox Macpherson