"Expression of R345W-Fibulin-3 Leads to Loss of RPE Cell Differentiation" will be presented by Mi Zhou, PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Jeffrey Sundstrom is the adviser. "Cellular and genetic substrates underlying Parkinson's MRI" will be presented by Ernest Wang, PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Mohamed Trebak is the adviser.

"Investigating Prolonged Preference for Drug-Associated Contexts" will be presented by Greer McKendrick, PhD student in the Neuroscience graduate program. Dr. Nicholas Graziane and Dr. Sue Grigson are the co-advisers.

"Atg2-Mediated Autophagosome Biogenesis: Molecular and Therapeutic Implications" will be presented by Zhenyuan "Zach" Tang, PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. H.G. Wang is the adviser.

"Post-transcriptional Regulation of the Intestinal Epithelium by Tristetraprolin" will be presented by Melanie Eshelman, PhD candidate in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Gregory Yochum is the adviser.

"Ultra-High-Risk Neuroblastoma Displays Reduced Sensitivity to Inhibition of the Mevalonate Pathway" will be presented by Michelle Green, PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Jeffrey Neighbors is the adviser. "Targeting IDH1 as a Pro-Senescent Therapy in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer" will be presented by Erika Dahl, PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Katherine Aird is the adviser.

Bernice Hausman, PhD, Chair, Department of Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine, will present her inaugural lecture, "Literature and Otherness: What Reading Teaching Us." Dr. Hausman joined the College of Medicine from Virginia Tech, where she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in medical humanities and medical rhetoric, as well as courses on women writers and literary theory. She also convened the Vaccination Research Group, leading a group of undergraduate and graduate student researchers investigating vaccination controversy in the U.S. and…

"Identifying the Role of Surfactant Protein A in Attenuating Influenza Infection in Macrophages" will be presented by Eric Yau, PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Zissis Chroneos is the adviser. "Clinical and Genetic Factors Impact Time to Surgical Recurrence after Ileocolectomy for Crohn’s Disease" will be presented by Bryan Kline, MS student in the Biomedical Sciences graduate program. Dr. Walter Koltun is the adviser.

Richard S. Legro, MD, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Penn State College of Medicine, and co-director, Hub Resource Capacity Core, Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, will present his inaugural lecture, "Clinical Trials in Women and Their Tribulations." Dr. Legro has been on the faculty at the College of Medicine since 1993 and is recognized internationally for his research in polycystic ovary syndrome, including the diagnosis, treatment and genetic/environmental causes, as well as on improving infertility diagnosis and…

MD/PhD student Monica Manglani will present research from the McGavern lab at the National Institutes of Health.

MD/PhD students Poom Khunsriraksakul, Jordan Krebs and Carson Wills will present.