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Susman Award
Paper 5. TLR4 INDUCED AUTOPHAGY INCREASES BACTERIAL INTERNALIZATION BY ENTEROCYTES
Matthew D. Neal, MD, Chhinder P. Sodhi, PhD, Ward M. Richardson MD, Amin Afrazi, BS, Richard Siggers, PhD, David J. Hackam, MD, PhD - Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Resident Awards
Best Oral Presentations
1) #7. EVIDENCE THAT LETHAL GUT-DERIVED SEPSIS DUE TO CANDIDA ALBICANS IN MICE IS DEPENDENT ON THE LOCAL CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHATE
Kathleen S. Romanowski, MD, Alex Zaborin, PhD, Vesta Valuckaite, MD, Trissa A. Babrowski, MD, David Fink, MD, Irina Morozova, MS, Donald C Liu, MD, PhD, Jeffery B. Matthews, MD, Olga Zaborina PhD, John C. Alverdy, MD - University of Chicago

2) #3 THE ROLE OF DENDRITIC CELLS IN ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII-INDUCED DISRUPTION OF THE EPITHELIAL CELL BARRIER: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF NEC
Claudia N. Emami, MD, Rahul Mittal, PhD, Prasdarao V. Nemani, PhD, Henri R. Ford, MD, MHA - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California

3) #9 VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION MODULES INTESTINAL TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN EXPRESSION THROUGH THE ACTIVATION OF ENTERIC GLIA CELLS?
Todd W. Costantini, MD, Carrie Y. Peterson, MD, James G. Putnam, BS, William H. Loomis, BS, Seok Yong Ryu, MD, PhD, Vishal Bansal, MD, Raul Coimbra, MD, PhD - University of California, San Diego

Best Poster Presentations
1) P32. MACROPHAGE GENETIC REPROGRAMMING DURING CHRONIC PERITONITIS IS AUGMENTED BY LPS PRETREATMENT?
Ziad Kanan, MD, James Peyton, MS, Sarah Gardner, BS, William G. Cheadle, MD - University of Lousville

2) P3. MEASURING SPATIAL DIFFERENCES IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA DISTRIBUTION AND VIRULENCE ACTIVATION RELATED TO INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY?
David Fink, MD, Kathleen Romanowski, MD, Trissa Babrowski, MD, Vesta Valuckaite, MD, Alex Zaborin, PhD, Valeriy Poroyko, PhD, Irina Morozova, MS, Olga Zaborina, PhD, John Alverdy, MD - University of Chicago

3) P62. INCREASED INFECTIONS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH NON-OPERATIVE TRANSFUSIONS IN BURN PATIENTS?
Joseph A. Posluszny Jr., MD, Chindo Hicks, PhD, Ravi Shankar, PhD, Richard L. Gamelli, MD - Loyola University Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

2010 Fellowship Recipients
SIS Foundation Junior Faculty Fellowship (renewal)
Melanie J. Scott, MD, University of Pittsburgh. Mentor: Timothy Billiar, MD

SIS/Pfizer Evaluative Research Junior Faculty Fellowship
Jill Cherry-Bukowiec, MD, University of Michigan. Mentor: Lena Napolitano, MD

SIS Foundation Resident Fellowship
Gina Howell, MD, University of Pittsburgh. Mentor: Matthew Rosengart, MD, MPH

2010 Altemeier lecture
Epigenetic Regulation of the Immune Cell Phenotype during Severe Sepsis
Stephen L. Kunkle, PhD, Endowed Professor of Pathology Research and Co-director of General Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School

New Member Award Finalists
1) ILEAL FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN (I-FABP) A NOVEL BIOMARKER FOR ACUTE INTESTINAL ISCHEMIA AND RESULTANT LUNG INJURY
Rachel G. Khadaroo, MD, PhD, Spyridon Fortis, MD, Cathy Streutker, MD, MSc, Haibo Zhang, MD, PhD - University of Alberta

2) THE INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1 REGULATES THE BALANCE BETWEEN APOPTOSIS AND AUTOPHAGY IN ENDOTOXEMIA
Lemeng Zhang, Pinhua Pan, John Evankovich, Jon Cardinal, Timothy Billiar, MD, Allan Tsung, MD – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

3) PREHOSPITAL INTUBATION FACTORS AND VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA IN TRAUMA PATIENTS
Heather L. Evans, MD, MS, Keir J. Warner, BS, Eileen M. Bulger, MD, Sam R. Sharar, MD, Ronald V. Maier, MD, Joseph Cuschieri, MD - Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington