First Faculty Club Focuses on Innovation in Basic Science and Clinical Research
Over 100 School of Medicine faculty members gathered at Joslyn Art Museum for the first Faculty Club event entitiled, "Innovation in Basic Science and Clinical Research" on Thursday, October 25, 2007.
This reception gave faculty the opportunity to review 61 poster presentations regarding their peers' research and helped them become familiar with the work of their Creighton colleagues.
Stephen Lanspa, M.D., Senior Associate Dean for Academic and Clinical Affairs, School of Medicine, said, "The Faculty Club is a way to gather the community of scholars that is Creighton University School of Medicine. This event focused on our research efforts to 
foster further collaboration between our clinical and basic science investigators."
Attendees were asked to vote for the Top Three Research Poster Exhibits. Awards were presented to the primary author of the research projects receiving the most votes. The following are the winning projects.
Click on each to review a PDF of the project's abstract:
- Margaret Scofield, Ph.D. - #43 - The Role of Native Signal Peptides in Trafficking RAMP2 to the Plasma Membrane
- Laura Armas, M.D. - #5 - The Effects of UV-B Light on Serum Vitamin D Levels in Humans
- Kristen Drescher - #20 - Development of a Model of Demyelination that Permits the Study of Early Phases of Lesion Development
Two of the winners were at the reception and are in the photo to the left. From left to right: Kristen Drescher, Ph.D., Stephen Lanspa, M.D., and Margaret Scofield, Ph.D.
To view the full abstract book from this Faculty Club event, click here: Innovation in Basic Science and Clinical Research Abstracts (PDF). Please Note: a Table of Contents is included, which is arranged by primary researcher name.
Another Faculty Club event is planned for Spring 2008.
For more School of Medicine News, please click here. October 29, 2007
