CASH-KY Research Day
August 14, 2026
150 HKRB & Lobby
8:45am Coffee and light refreshments
Session 1
9:00 AM Dr. Julie Pendergast, Department of Biology
CASH-KY Overview & Progress
9:30 AM Dr. Ioannis Papazoglou, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Glucose-Gated Arousal: Lateral Hypothalamic Circuits Linking Hypoglycemia to Wakefulness
9:50 AM Dr. Clare Rittschof, Department of Entomology
Seasonal resource dynamics shape risk perception and communication in honey bees
Poster session 10:15 AM - 11:35 AM
Session 2
11:35 AM Dr. Matt Thomas, Department of Biology
Late Sleep Timing is Associated with Metabolic Risk in Postmenopausal Women
11:55 PM Vincent Zheng, Department of Biology
Characteristics of Circannual Rhythm in Locomotor Activity of a North American Songbird, Dark-Eyed Junco
Lunch 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Session 3
1:20 PM Dr. Sara Pasha, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Sleep Disorders Center: An introduction to sleep from a clinician’s perspective
| Poster Presentations (10:15 AM - 11:35 AM) | |
| Poster # | Name |
| 1 | Lara Amaral |
| 2 | Mason Boone |
| 3 | Leke Bytyqi |
| 4 | Landon Casey |
| 5 | Riley Irmen |
| 6 | Graycen Hall |
| 7 | Amunet Jacobs |
| 8 | Sajeev Kaur |
| 9 | Wei-Hsien (Joe) Liu |
| 10 | Thomas Lockhart |
| 11 | Kaisha Meyer-Acosta |
| 12 | Gabriella Morillo |
| 13 | Courtney Murray |
| 14 | Shrishti Naidu |
| 15 | Sofia Novoa |
| 16 | Samuel Nwadialo |
| 17 | Abhilash Prabhat |
| 18 | Sarah Stasel |
| 19 | Hannah Vorndran |
| 20 | Olivia Waldrige |