Congratulations to the Winners of the Poster Competition at the Extravaganza!

Thanks to all who participated in this year’s Psychiatry Research Extravaganza! It was a great success and with a lot of fantastic science presented. The results for both our Traditional poster competition and the People’s Choice competition are in:

See Traditional Poster Competition Results
Thank you to our anonymous poster judges who each year tell me how tough it is to rank presenters. This year was no exception and scores were very, very close! A hearty congratulations to the winners listed below. Please get in touch to claim your prize.

 First place
Angie Georgaras, Graduate student
“Role of cognition, recovery time, and antidepressant receptor profiles in late-life depression” Angie Georgaras, BS; Olusola Ajilore, MD, PhD
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 Second place
Karl Bosque-Cordero, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow 
“Changes in temporal firing patterns in the lateral habenula during acute withdrawal from chronic intermittent ethanol” Karl Y Bosque-Cordero, PhD; Shikun Hou, BS; Elizabeth J Glover, PhD
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 Third place
Hooriyah Rizavi, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow
“Epigenetic mechanism of transcriptomic changes in rat and human amygdala during chronic ethanol exposure” Hooriyah Rizavi, PhD; Kumar Kotlo, PhD; Huaibo Zhang, PhD; Harish R Krishnan, PhD; Dennis R Grayson, PhD; Elizabeth J Glover, PhD; Mark Maienschein-Cline, PhD; Subhash C Pandey, PhD
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People’s Choice Awards
Thank you to all attendees who participated in our first-ever People’s Choice competition! This was a bit of an experiment, but I am pleased to announce that there was a clear winner in each category. Congrats to the following presenters who have been chosen by their colleagues for best poster at this year’s Extravaganza! Please get in touch to claim your prize.

 Best Basic Science Poster
Hyerim Yang, PhD, Graduate student
“The role of RMTg-projecting lateral habenula neurons in mediating symptoms of withdrawal from chronic ethanol” Hyerim Yang, PhD; Joseph R Pitock, BS; Karl Y Bosque-Cordero, PhD; Dianni N Kinarasri, BS; Abby Hernandez, BS; Elizabeth J Glover, PhD
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 Best Clinical Poster
Emily Jones, BA, Graduate student
“Effects of delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol on neural reward anticipation among young adult cannabis users” Emily Jones, BA; Natania Crane, PhD
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 Best Community Research Poster
Gabriella Bobadilla, BA, Research assistant
“Adapting monolingual digital mental health tools for multilingual families: Insights from the TeACH System deployment” Gabriella Bobadilla, BA; Naomi Quezada, BA; Erika Gustafson, PhD; Colleen Stiles-Shields, PhD
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On behalf of the Extravaganza Organizing Committee,
Olu Ajilore, MD, PhD, Elizabeth Glover, PhD, Perry Tsai, MD, PhD