CCTSI CU-CSU Summit XIII Presentations
Chronic Disease Frontiers: Colorado Approach to Causes and Treatment
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
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| Presentation | Speaker |
| Introductions and Goals | Ronald Sokol, MD, FAASLD |
| Unravelling the Links Between Plastic Exposure and Disease Risk | Tanya Alderete, PhD |
| In Defense of Carbs: Challenging the Low Carbohydrate Diet for Gestational Diabetes --Implications for Long-Term Metabolic Health | Teri Hernandez, PhD, RN, FAAN |
| Disrupted Sleep: Bad to the Bone? | Christine Swanson, MD, MCR |
| New Tricks for Old Dogs: Using Natural Animal Models and Comparative EMR Data to Fetch Solutions for Chronic Disease | Tracy Webb, DVM, PhD, FNAP |
| Shining Light on Organoids: A Phototunable Biomaterial Platform to Study Tissue Homeostasis and Disease | Kaustav Bera, PhD |
| Unraveling Age-Related Neuroinflammatory Mechanisms Using a Guinea Pig Model of Spontaneous Neurodegeneration | Julie Moreno, PhD |
| A Pelvic Ganglia-Bladder Ex Vivo Model for Studying Neural Control of Micturition | Alison Xie, PhD |
| Diabetic Retinopathy is Associated with Biomarkers of Neural Damage in Type 1 Diabetes | Meghan Pauley, DO |
| Investigating Fetal Pancreatic β-cell NFκB Signaling as a Novel Pathway Linking Early Metabolic Dysfunction to Type 2 Diabetes Later in Life | Alicia White, MD |
| Incorporation of Pattern Recognition Receptor Agonists into Immune Instructive Hydrogels to Stimulate Healing in Rotator Cuff Tendon | Sam Winston, PhD Candidate |
| Building Community Capacity for Healthy Aging Programming and Research in Northeast Colorado | Tim Stahley |
| Canine to Human: Translating Novel Immunotherapy Treatments for Osteosarcoma | Dan Regan, DVM, PhD |
| Novel Therapeutic Biomaterials to Promote Regeneration | Stephanie Bryant, PhD |
| Cartilage Regeneration – from Pediatric Growth Plate Injuries to Osteoarthritis | Karin Payne, PhD |