ARCS Forward: Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates
Thursday, February 16, at 12:00 PM ET/11:00 AM CT/10:00 AM MT/9:00 AM PT/7:00 AM HT
ARCS Forward events are personal and intimate conversations between members, current scholars, and other outstanding scientists in all STEM fields. These events are held virtually over Zoom. This month's speakers are ARCS Scholars Stephanie Helman (Pittsburgh Chapter) and Omar Troubat (Los Angeles Chapter).
Stephanie Helman is a fifth year PhD student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. She has over 16 years of pediatric critical care nursing experience. Stephanie is the recipient of the F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Fellow Award. Under this award Stephanie has garnered research support from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her program of research is focused on predictive analytics applied to large-volume electronic health record and data registry data to identify evolving temperature patterns in neonates with congenital heart defects (CHD) after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. Such information will enable a better understanding of the biological underpinnings of unintentional hypothermia.
Omar Toubat is an MD/PhD student at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Prior to medical school, Omar completed his undergraduate studies in the Baccalaureate/MD program at USC. He graduated with a degree in biological sciences in three years and received cum laude honors. Omar’s career goal is to become an academic cardiac surgeon-scientist. His current research aims to (1) understand the genetic and molecular mechanisms that give rise to congenital heart disease and associated developmental abnormalities, and (2) leverage these developmental insights to inform treatment decisions and improve clinical outcomes in this population. To date, his research efforts have led to over 80 scientific abstracts, presentations, and peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as extramural funding from the National Institutes of Health. He has received multiple honors and awards for his academic and scholarly achievements, including the Norman E. Shumway Award from the Western Thoracic Surgical Association, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Looking to the Future Scholarship, the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Member for a Day Scholarship, and the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation Biomedical Research Essay Award.
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