On Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences hosted its 21st annual College Research Day.

Filling the Student Commons and lower level hallways were nearly 100 student and faculty posters across the spectrum of WSU Applebaum programs, with teams on hand to discuss their work with attendees. View the complete Flickr photo album (download and share your favorite shots!) and watch the inspirational and informative keynote by Dr. Joshua Raub, PharmD '09, who serves as Senior Medical Science Liaison for Pfizer was presented with the inaugural Alumni Research Award.

Following Dr. Raub’s talk, Research Committee Chair Kyle Burghardt presented Outstanding Research Awards to:

Samuel Barrett              
Spinal Cord Injury Hand Function and Mild Intermittent Hypoxia

Michelle Binder
Effects of Anxiety on High Stakes Exams

Michael Sexton
Review of Research on Quality of life and Sensory Processing of people with Intellectual Disabilities​

Ali Abed
Oral Switch vs. Intravenous Treatment in Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Missed Opportunity?

Sabrina Adragna
Evaluating the Impact of a Middle School Education Program on Promoting Appropriate Antibiotic Use

Kayla Craig
#PlanA trivia events to assess the reproductive knowledge gap among college students

Shannon Habba
From Classroom to Community: Student Pharmacists Utilize Mental Health First Aid Training in a Depression Screening Program

Marisa Marcath
Impact of #PlanA Reproductive Health Seminars on College Students’ Contraception and Safe Sex Knowledge

Sadaf Dorandish
Targeting USP10 to Enhance Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in NSCLC

Morgan Minjares
The Impact of Heterogeneity on Endothelial Function Under Hyperglycemia

Arifur Rahman
AI-Powered Computational Modeling of PNPLA3 Mutants in Decoding the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Souvik Roy
Application of ATH434 as a fluorescent probe for high-throughput screening of transition metal chelators

Siva Sankari Sivasoorian
Heart homing nanoparticles containing CRISPR payload mediated cardiac-selective abrogation of allogenic MHC I and II for extended graft survival

Callan Bleick
Shifting Susceptibility: MIC Assessment in RPMI versus MHB against Daptomycin Non-Susceptible MRSA Isolates

Tanya Kulish
Effects of Daily Mild Intermittent Hypoxia on Breathing and Blood Pressure Plasticity in Individuals with SCI

Aditi Kulkarni
Characterization of a Cadmium-Specific Hexapeptide Chelator for Detoxification of Cadmium

Hannah Shaffer
Dog Bites: Potential Human Infection

Capping off the event, Interim Associate Dean of Research Christine Rabinak presented the following Faculty Research Awards:

Dr. Nora Fritz – Health and Behavioral Sciences

Dr. Wanqing Liu – Basic Sciences

Dr. Brittany Stewart – Clinical Sciences

College Research Day is organized by the WSU Applebaum Research Committee:

• Kyle Burghardt, chair
• Jennifer Dickson
• Aloke Dutta
• Nora Fritz
• Arun Iyer
• Paul Kilgore
• Sara Lolar
• Anna Moszczynska
• Christine Rabinak
• MaryAnne Stewart

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An anchor in urban health care

The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is built on more than 100 years of tradition and innovation in the heart of Detroit. We have grown deep roots in our city, harnessing its powerhouse hospital systems and community service organizations as vibrant, real-world training grounds for students, with an ongoing focus on social justice in health care. And our research at all levels — from undergraduates to veteran faculty members — translates into creative solutions for healthier communities.

Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering approximately 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 24,000 students.