The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a poster session in concert with the workshop on The Role of Companion Animals as Sentinels for Predicting Environmental Exposure Effects on Aging and Cancer Susceptibility in Humans. Poster presenters recorded 3-5 minute presentations that can be found here: https://bit.ly/3Dq9hca.
Virtual Poster Session
The virtual poster sessions took place during the workshop lunch breaks.The poster presenters were available in breakout rooms that virtual attendees were able to join to ask any questions.
In-Person Poster Session
The in-person poster sessions took place during the workshop receptions in the E Street Conference Room at the Keck Center.
Poster Presenters and Poster Titles:
Ekaterina Andrianova and Andrei Gudkov, Vaika, Inc.: A systemic multidisciplinary approach to study aging in retired sled dogs
Chieko Azuma, Kansas State University: Canine Nasal Tumors as a Sentinel for Environmental Exposure and Human Cancer Risk in Kansas and Surrounding States
Emily E. Bray, University of Arizona: Once-daily feeding is associated with better cognitive function and health in companion dogs: Results from the Dog Aging Project
Megan Dillon, North Carolina State University: Dogs of Chernobyl: A model for human health effects arising from chronic exposure to radiation, heavy metals, and other environmental toxins
Timothy Holder and Emily Summers, North Carolina State University: A Study of Citizen Science Supported Wearable and Non-Contact Systems for Quantifying Canine Behavioral and Physiological Response Profiles to Potential Risk Factors of Cancer and Aging in Humans
Julia Labadie, Morris Animal Foundation: Golden Retriever Lifetime Study: progress and prospects
Brianah M. McCoy, Arizona State University: The Link Between Environment, Age, and Health in a Large Cohort of Companion Dogs from the Dog Aging Project
Freya Mowat, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Subjective assessment of companion dog vision shows an age-related decline: preliminary findings
Yunbi Nam, University of Washington: Dog Size and Patterns of Disease History Across the Canine Age Spectrum
Ashley Paynter, University of Washington: Detecting low-frequency precancerous mutations in companion dogs using Duplex Sequencing technology
Michele Salzman, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Dogs and humans share unique gene expression signatures in the macular and peripheral retina
Stephen Schwartz, Fred Hutch: Lifetime prevalence of malignant and benign tumors in companion dogs: analysis of Dog Aging Project (DAP) baseline survey
Lauren Trepanier, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Environmental chemical exposures in the urine of dogs and people sharing the same households
Robert Turesky, University of Minnesota: Canine fur: an underutilized specimen to advance companion animals as sentinels for monitoring environmental exposure and disease susceptibility in humans
Tracy Webb, Colorado State University: Cats as Canaries? Exploring the Connection Between Genetics, Environment, IBD, and GI Lymphoma
Michelle White, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard University: Community-partnered study utilizing passive environmental sampling and blood biopsy to evaluate risk factors for cancer in pet dogs
Catherine Wise, North Carolina State University: Analysis of PBDEs in Canine Placental Tissues: Pet Dogs as a Model for Diseases of Developmental Origin; Canaries in the Coal Mine, Canines on the Couch - A Model for Investigating Contaminant Exposures to Support Human Health Research; Using Silicone Passive Samplers to Evaluate Pesticide Concurrent Exposures in People and Their Pet Dogs