Screenshot of a ZOOM presentation, awarding a 1st place tie to Dr Debbie Lee & Dr. Akash Bhakta

Congratulations on Dr Debbie Lee’s Winning Sarah Baskin Presentation!

Posted By Dom D'Andrea

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Congratulations are in order to Dr. Debbie Lee, who received a 1st place Sarah Baskin 嫩B研究院 Award for her presentation today! Dr. Lee, along with other fellows and residents at Shirley Ryan 嫩B研究院, conducted remote Zoom presentations today (June 10th, 2020) for this annual tradition showcasing residents’ and fellows’ scientific contributions at SRALab and Feinberg School of Medicine.

Screenshot from Northwestern PM&R twitter, announcing winners of the 2020 Sarah Baskin 嫩B研究院 Day

Dr. Lee presented work she performed in the Franz Lab of Regenerative Neurorehabilition, using different cell lines of human stem cell-derived neurons to model neurotrauma in vitro. She found that, as in human patient populations, different patient’s neurons showed distinctive and disparate outcome trajectories in response to identical trauma. These findings highlight the need for personalized and specific approaches to neurotrauma patients, and for careful attention to genetic factors when conducting neurotrauma research.

Dr Leung, Dr Ruiz, Dr Franz, and Dr Lee stand together at a conference podium

(photo from February ISPRM meeting in Orlando, as coronavirus safety measures prevented in-person presentations today)