258th Scientific meeting, the 2021 Research Staff Awards.
The Otago Medical School Research Society 258th Scientific meeting, the 2021 Research Staff Awards, was held on 23rd June 2021.
Five speakers were selected:
From left to right:
- Zhaoyang Xu (Dept. of Anatomy) – Three-dimensional somatotopic mapping of human trigeminal ganglion neurons in situ.
- Shabah Shadli (Depts of Psychological Medicine & Psychology) – Right frontal anxiolytic-sensitive EEG ‘theta’ rhythm in the stop-signal task is a theory-based anxiety disorder biomarker.
- Teodora Georgescu (Depts of Anatomy & Physiology) – Prolactin modulates maternal aggression through action on neurons in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus.
- Kristina Smiley ((Depts of Anatomy & Physiology) – A novel role for prolactin in paternal behaviour.
- Paulo Pelicioni (School of Physiotherapy & Dept of Medicine) – Gold standard postural, balance and gait measures are reliable and valid to assess healthy older adults remotely.
We congratulate Kristina Smiley on winning the $1000 prize for the best presentation of the evening.
Pictured: Kristina Smiley receiving her award from OMSRS President Assoc. Professor Gisela Sole.
Thanks go to the Otago Postgraduate Medical Society for donating the prize fund.
