Translational Research Fellowship Program event showcases innovative work of postdoctoral fellows
Research posters lined the walls and windows of the 4th floor of the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research (DOR) in Plesanton, Calif., on December 16 as colleagues gathered to celebrate DOR’s research fellows and get a glimpse into the innovative work they are conducting.
The symposium included posters by 4 translational research fellows and 6 other DOR postdoctoral research fellows. All 10 posters had been presented earlier this year at academic conferences.
“Our 2-year Translational Research Postdoctoral Fellowship is a multidisciplinary program designed to train the next generation of researchers interested in conducting translational and population sciences research while embedded within an integrated health care delivery system,” said DOR Research Scientist Lyndsay Avalos, PhD, MPH, director of the Translational Research Fellowship program. “We wanted to host this symposium for all DOR postdoctoral fellows so that our DOR colleagues could learn more about their current research.”
A judging panel composed of DOR investigators Marilyn Kwan, PhD, Mary Reed, DrPH, and Julie Schmittdiel, PhD, spoke with each fellow about their research and used a formal rubric to award honors to the top 3 posters.
The posters reflected a body of translational and population sciences research in areas including epidemiology, outcomes and intervention research, disease prevention, and care evaluation and improvement.
“Our goal was to showcase the work done by DOR fellows in a way that brings people from different research fields together,” said DOR Research Scientist Paola Gilsanz, ScD, associate director of the Translational Research Fellowship program. “We hope to have similar events in the future. It’s exciting to see how much interdisciplinary work was done by DOR postdoctoral fellows in the past year!”
The judges awarded Translational Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Poster Symposium certificates to:
First place: Anlan Cao, PhD, for her poster, “Could dosing on muscle mass optimize adherence to chemotherapy and improve chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy?” The poster was initially presented at the American Society of Preventive Oncology annual meeting. [Poster]
Second place: Dima Chaar, PhD, for her poster, “Novel cataract risk loci identified from a large-scale multi-ethnic genome-wide association meta-analysis.” The poster was initially presented at the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting. [Poster]
Third place: Shalmali Bane, PhD, for her poster, “Temporal trends in rates of pregnancy, live birth, and gestational outcomes (2012-23).” The poster was initially presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology Conference. [Poster]
The additional poster presenters were:
Luke Grosvenor, PhD. His poster “Sex- and gestational timing-specific associations between exposures of prenatal glucose intolerance and neurodevelopmental disorders” was initially presented at the International Society for Autism Research annual meeting. [Poster]
Bethany Hallenbeck, PhD. Her poster “Gestational weight gain status associated with device assessed physical activity and sedentary behavior at 6-months postpartum?” was initially presented at the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology annual meeting. [Poster]
Kendria Kelly-Taylor, PhD. Her poster “Racial residential segregation and prenatal depression among US-born and non-US-born pregnant individuals” was initially presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research annual meeting. [Poster]
Molly LaPoint, PhD. Her poster “Occupational complexity and brain volume in an older multiethnic sample” was initially presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference. [Poster]
Shannon Ogden, PhD. Her poster “Experiences of violence and unsafe living situations and associations with cannabis use during early pregnancy” was initially presented at the College on Problems of Drug Dependence annual scientific meeting. [Poster]
Cynthia Ramirez, PhD. Her poster “Availability of sexual orientation and gender identity data in a cohort of transgender and gender diverse people: An analysis of electronic health records” was originally presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research annual meeting. [Poster]
Ana Rosen Vollmar, PhD. Her poster “Central obesity measures in early pregnancy and the risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and postpartum chronic hypertension” was initially presented at the Society for Pediatric and Perinatal Epidemiologic Research annual meeting. [Poster]
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