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Research Day

Each year, Research Day celebrates innovative research conducted in the College of Pharmacy.

General Registration:

If you plan to join us as an attendee, please complete the registration form below:


Research Day Registration

Deadline: March 13, 2026

 

April 2, 2026  
The Fawcett Center   
2400 Olentangy River Rd.    
Columbus, OH 43210

Research Day Agenda

  • 8-8:45 a.m. – Poster Presenter Check-in and Setup
  • 8-8:45 a.m. – Breakfast

Session 1

  • 8:45-9:00 a.m. – Welcome from Dr. Jim Fuchs and Dr. Clement Lin
  • 9:00-9:15 a.m. – Trainee Talk 
    Featuring: Aliza Klein will present, “Identification of Novel Alpha Helix on the Clathrin Assembly Lymphoid Myeloid Leukemia (CALM) Protein”
  • 9:15-10 a.m. – National Taiwan University Faculty Talk - Professor Wan-Tseng Hsu

Session 2 (Poster Presentations)

  • 10-11:30 a.m. – Poster Judging
  • 11:30 a.m.-12 p.m. – Poster Session Continues
  • 12 p.m.-1 p.m. - Lunch

Session 3

  • 1-1:15 p.m. – Trainee Talk
    Featuring: Regina Nechi will present, “Disability and Adherence to GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and SGLT2 Inhibitors Among U.S. Adults with Diabetes: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Analysis”
  • 1:15-1:40 p.m. – Dean’s Innovation Award Presentation
    Featuring: Keli Hu, MD, PhD will present “Role of transporters in drug-induced cardiotoxicity”.
  • 1:40-2:25 p.m. – Keynote Speaker - TBD
  • 2:25-2:40 p.m. - Break (SNACK)

Session 4

  • 2:40-2:55 p.m. – Trainee Talk
    Featuring: Mike Boeckman will present, “The Novel OCT3 Inhibitor Peficitinib Attenuates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity”
  • 2:55-3:20 p.m. – Dean’s Innovation Award Presentation
    Featuring: Victoria L. Williams, PharmD, BCCCP will present, “Pharmacokinetics of Cefepime in Critically Ill Adults Undergoing Prolonged Intermittent Renal Replacement Therapy”
  • 3:20-4:05 p.m. – Keynote Speaker
    Featuring: Chenglong Li, PhD will present, “AI-enabled/Structure-based Drug Design: Case Studies”
  • 4:05-4:30 p.m. – Research Award Presentations

Poster Competition

The following categories will be judged and receive awards at Research Day. Cash awards will be given to the top abstracts in each category. In addition, the Ohio State Clinical and Translational Science Institute provides an award for the Best Clinical and Translational Science Abstract.

Please note, if a category has fewer than five entrants, it is not eligible for a cash award. It is up to the discretion of the judges to award prizes or combine categories.

  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate (MS, PhD) Students
  • PharmD Students
  • Resident / MS Resident / Fellow
  • Post Doctoral Researchers
  • Research Staff