2024 OVSOT Awardees & Presenters
Congratulations to the 2024 Ohio Valley Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (OVSOT) award winners and presenters! OVSOT holds an annual meeting to network with members and contribute to the development of future toxicologists by interacting with students and trainees. Below are the 2024 CIEHS awardees and presenters (members names bolded).
Postdoctoral Poster Presentations
1st Place: Frederick Ekuban
Mentor: Matthew Cave, MD
PhD Poster Presentations
2nd Place: Gabrielle Griffin
Mentor: Jamie Young Wise, PhD
Masters Poster Presentations
1st Place: Paxton Ames
Mentor: Walter Watson, PhD
2nd Place: Ashley Chavez
Mentor: J. Christopher States, PhD
Undergraduate Poster Presentations
2nd Place: Rehan Kahloon
Mentor: John Wise, Jr, PhD
Early-Stage Investigator Platform Presentations
Winner: John Wise, Jr, PhD
“Drinking Water Hexavalent Chromium Exposure Targets the Hippocampus: Implications for Population Health Using a Toxic Aging Coin Approach”
PhD Platform Presentations
Winner: Samuel Vielee
Mentor: John Wise, Jr, PhD
“Rounding Up the Worms: Characterizing C. elegans as a Model for Cr(VI) Neurotoxicity and Investigating a Novel Mechanism for Cr(VI)-Induced Neurodegeneration”
Oluwanifemi Esther Bolatimi
Mentor: Banrida Wahlang, PhD
“Low Dose Exposure to Dioxins Alters Hepatic Energy Metabolism and Steatotic Liver Disease Development in a Sex-Specific Manner”
Big Picture Science Presentations
1st Place Graduate: Quentin Wise
Mentor: John Wise, Jr, PhD
“Chromium Distribution and Essential Metal Dyshomeostasis After 90-Days Exposure to Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Cr(VI) in Drinking Water”
1st Place Undergraduate: Gavin Phillips
Mentor: Banrida Wahlang, PhD
“Sex-specific effects on the mouse liver proteome with exposure to a mixture of persistent organic pollutants”
2nd Place Undergraduate: Liam Buchanan
Mentor: John Wise, Jr, PhD
“Low Concentrations of Hexavalent Chromium in Drinking Water Induce Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction: Using a Toxic Aging Coin Approach to Assess Hexavalent Chromium Neurotoxicity”
Pierce Bergin
Mentor: Daniel Conklin, PhD
“Combined Impact of Hypertension and Air Pollution Exposure on Aortic Structure and Function in Mice: Role of TRPA1”
Spencer Roof
Mentor: John Wise, Jr, PhD
“Low Concentration Hexavalent Chromium [Cr(VI)] Induced Astrocyte Activation in Rats after 90 Days Drinking Water Exposure”
Benjamin Horsman
Mentor: Walter Watson, PhD
“Activation of Triglyceride Synthesis by EtOH is Dependent on α4 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor (α4 nAChR)”