Meet the presenters and learn about the focus of their research.

Research Topics & Presenters

Name: Jeffrey N. James, MD, DDS, MBA, FACS, FAACS (LSU Health) & Syed Asghar MD, DMD (LSU Health)

Contact Info: jjame1@lsuhsc.edu & sasgha@lsuhsc.edu

Background:

  • Website began as a personal surgical reference and has since expanded for use by other LSU & outside residents/fellows. Site includes stepwise procedure photos & descriptions, procedure-specific op notes & postop instructions.

Name: Justine Moe, MD, DDS (University of Michigan):

Contact Info: jusmoe@med.umich.edu

Background:

  • Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) significantly trails behind other cancers in biomarker research.
  • OSCC survival falls behind other head and neck cancer sub-sites.
  • OSCC is increasing among nonsmokers
  • Estrogen receptor signaling modulates cell proliferation in many cancer types

Name: John Zuniga, DMD, PhD (UT Southwestern Medical Center):

Contact Info: john.zuniga@utsouthwestern.edu

Stages:

  • STAGE 1: Collation and reduction of barrier items from the literature and creation of a draft measure
  • STAGE 2: Expert panel revising measure
  • STAGE 3: Cross-sectional survey repeated for test-retest reliability
  • STAGE 4: Finalization of measure based on psychometric findings from the survey for testing