Abstracts & Posters by Lab Technicians, Research Assistants, Fellows & Students (selected)
Anya Steinhart, Emily Ali, Brittany Small, Xiaotong Li, Kaitlin Lampson, Lindsay Amann, Jun Mao, and Irene Orlow. Comparative Evaluation of Immunoassays for BDNF testing in Epidemiological Studies. Poster presented at the New York City Epidemiology Forum 2025, Hempstead, NY. PDF
Brittany Small, Anya Steinhart, Jessica Kenney, Emily Cioppa, Monika Laszkowska, Xiang Shu, and Irene Orlow. Multiplex Immunoassay for Assessing Risk Factors of Gastric Cancer. Poster presented at the New York City Epidemiology Forum 2025, Hempstead, NY. PDF
Isam Mina, Li Luo, Emily Ali, Miranda Qing, Uma Patel, Colin Begg, Marianne Berwick, Nancy Thomas, and Irene Orlow, for the GEM Study Group. Impact of Inherited Polymorphisms in Chemokines and their Receptors on the Immunogenicity of Primary Cutaneous Melanomas. Poster presented at the New York City Epidemiology Forum 2025, Hempstead, NY. PDF
Emily Ali, Isidora Autuori, Li Luo, Jessica Kenney, Gbemisola E. Ilelaboye, Marianne Berwick, Nancy Thomas, and Irene Orlow for the GEM Study Group. Chemokine and Chemokine Receptor Variants as Genetic Modifiers of Multiple-Melanoma Risk. Oral presentation at the New York City Epidemiology Forum 2022, New York, NY. PDF
Sadeghi K, Kenney J, O’Connell K, Lezcano MC, Busam K, Autuori I, Viale A, and Orlow I. Identifying QA/QC Parameters Affecting Success in Downstream Applications for DNA Extracted from FFPE. (Abstract accepted for Slides Submission; in person meeting cancelled due to mandatory COVID-related social distancing) Research Professional Day at MSK, 2020. PDF
Kenney J, Sadeghi K, O’Connell K, Autuori I, Busam K, Lezcano MC, Arora A, Viale A, Berwick M, Thomas N, and Orlow I.Integration of Clinical and Molecular Biomarkers for Skin Melanoma Survival: Challenges and opportunities identified through the Biospecimen Core at MSK. Clinical Research Professionals Week at MSK, Jul 2019. PDF
Autuori I, Jain M, Everett N, Sadeghi K, Kenney J, Marchetti M, Prow T, Halpern A, and Orlow I. A minimally-invasive collection technique for the assessment of molecular signatures in cutaneous melanocytic lesions: a pilot study. Clinical Research Professionals Week at MSK, Jul 2019. PDF
Corrales-Guerrero S; Sadeghi K; Leong S; Busam K; Gerstenblith M; Thompson C; Gorlov I; Hernando E; Luo L; Amos C; Shen R; Begg C; Thomas N; Berwick M; and Orlow I, for InterMEL. Histology-guided co-extraction of nucleic acids from archived tissues with limited tumor content: implementation in integrative epidemiologic studies. New York City Epidemiology Forum 2018, Newark, NJ. PDF
McNeal K, Carr C, Corrales S, Leong S, Fatovic R, Fishman M, Sadeghi K, Ryan E, Root J, Demirjian C, Napolitano S, Orlow I, Hurria A, Ahles T. Inflammation marker levels and performance on cognitive tests in breast cancer survivors and healthy controls. Clinical Research Professionals Week at MSK, May 2018. PDF
Corrales Guerrero S, Crowe, Leong S, Carr, Mavinkurve V, McNeal K, Ahles T, and Orlow I. Effect of APOEpolymorphisms, smoking status, and chemotherapy on cognition in breast cancer survivors. New York City Epidemiology Forum 2017, New York, NY. PDF
Mavinkurve V, Crowe M, Leong S, Corrales S, McNeal K, Carr C, Ahles T, and Orlow I. Investigation of multi-systemic biomarkers and cognitive decline among long-term breast cancer survivors. New York City Epidemiology Forum 2017, New York, NY. PDF
Leong S, Reiner A, Liang X, Comen E, Bernstein B, Brooks J, and Orlow I, for the WECARE Study Collaborative Group.CYP2D6 genotype and the association between tamoxifen treatment and risk of contralateral breast cancer in the WECARE Study. New York City Epidemiology Forum 2017, New York, NY. PDF
Dedhia N, Tsao A, Orlow I, Zauderer M. Evaluating the Association between BMI, Chemotherapy Toxicity, and Sarcopenia in Lung Cancer Patients. MSK Summer Fellowship Poster Presentation, Jul 2017. PDF
Genovese T, Orlow I, Mao J. Precision Medicine in Supportive Oncology: Identifying Candidate Genetic Variants. MSK Summer Fellowship Poster Presentation, Jul 2017. PDF