RECENT Poster AND ORAL PRESENTATION Abstracts:

  1. Pawelec K, Whipple M, Ferrier R, Lauver DA, Shapiro E. A Novel Biocompatible Iodinated Polymer Enabling Longitudinal Monitoring of Radiopaque Biomedical. World Molecular Imaging Congress. Salt Lake City, 2026

  2. Sadko K, VandenBussche A, Bailie M, Lauver A. Validation of Pharmacokinetic Simulation Prediction of Rofecoxib and Torcetrapib for Use as Positive Controls in Drug-Induced Hypertension Studies. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2026

  3. Sadko K, Leishman D, Bailie M, VandenBussche A, Garver H, Fink G, Lauver A. Addressing the Confounding Influence of Activity on Heart Rate Measurements in Conscious Rats. Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting. Utrecht, Netherlands, 2025

  4. Lauver DA, Garver H, Mahlmeister M, Kram R, Hix J, Watts SW, and Fink GD. Semaglutide Attenuates High-Fat Diet-Induced Hypertension in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  5. Grabowski V, Lockwood B, Thompson J, Kung T, Contreras GA, Wabel E, Lauver DA, Terrian L, Nault R, and Watts SW. Gap Junction Communication Facilitates Perivascular Adipose Tissue Function; Loss in Hypertension? Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  6. McClintock D, Hakun M, Fular M, Vega Rodriquez O, Sather L, Lauver DA, Fink G, Watts SW, Tykocki NR, and Roccabianca S. Biomechanical Analysis of Adiposity-Driven Hypertension: The Role of PVAT and Sex Differences in Dahl-SS Rats. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  7. Rendon CJ, Lefkowitz B, Garver H, Lauver DA, Fink GD, Krieger-Burke TR, Watts SW, and Contreras GA. Blood Pressure Intensity as a Modulator of Perivascular Adipose Tissue Fibrotic Response. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  8. Gomes VCL, Kim LG, Lopez KM, Gilbert BM, Bailey VN, Marques B, Garver H, Mahlmeister M, Lauver DA, Watts SW, and Fink GD. Adverse Maternal and Offspring Outcomes in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat Pregnancies: Impact of a Maternal Hypertensive High-Fat Diet. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  9. Kim LG, Yaw AM, Lopez KM, Nduwimana LA, Gilbert BM, Garver H, Lauver DA, Hoffmann HM, Watts SW, Fink GD, Gomes VCL. Blood Pressure Circadian Rhythm and Pregnancy Outcomes in High-Fat Diet-Fed Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rat. American Physiology Summit, Baltimore, Maryland, 2025

  10. Hranacova L, Onunkun A, Mahlmeister M, Christian B, Lauver A. Effect of Clopidogrel on Endothelial Tight Junction Proteins in Hypertensive Mice. University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), East Lansing, Michigan, 2025

  11. VandenBussche A, Sadko K, Garver H, Fink G, Lauver A. Impact of Treatment on Detecting Blood Pressure Changes in Rats. Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF), East Lansing, Michigan, 2025

  12. Onunkun A, McCoy M, Rabanus T, Dorrance A, Lauver A. Clopidogrel Increases Blood Brain Barrier Permeability by A P2Y12-Independent Mechanism. American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Annual Meeting. Portland, Oregon, 2025

  13. Sadko K, Vargas H, Bailie M, Lauver A. Impact of Thermoneutrality on Sensitivity to Detect Drug-Induced Changes in Blood Pressure in Rats. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, 2025

  14. McCoy M, Onunkun A, Garver H, Lauver A. Evaluating the Cerebrovascular Effects of P2Y12 Antagonists in the Context of Hypertension. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, 2025

  15. Sadko K, Leishman D, Garver H, Fink G, Bailie M, Lauver A. Are Current Rat Studies Sensitive to Detect Blood Pressure Changes per the New FFDA Draft Clinical Blood Pressure Guidance? Safety Pharmacology Society Annual Meeting. San Diego, California, 2024

  16. Chirivi M, Rendon J, Lauver A, Fink GD, Watts SW, Contreras A. Abdominal Aortic Perivascular Adipose Tissue Lipolysis Is Activated in Hypertensive Dahl SS Rats Fed a High-Fat Diet. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, 2024

  17. McClintock D, Bush S, Sather L, Tykocki NR, Lauver A, Watts SW, Roccabianca S. Sex-Dependent Effects of Perivascular Adipose Tissue on Arterial Stiffness in Hypertensive. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, 2024

  18. Rendon J, Rondini E, Garver H, Lauver A, Fink GD, Krieger-Burke T, Granneman J, Watts SW, Contreras A. Elevated Blood Pressure Promotes Perivascular Adipocyte Progenitor Proliferation and Alters Their Spatial Distribution. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, 2024

  19. Demireva EY, Mallett CL, Watts SW, Jackson WF, Flood ED, McClusky B, Lauver A, Christian B, Xie H. Characterization of a Constitutive Adiponectin-Cre Rat Reveals Expression in Adipocyte, Endothelial and Neuronal Lineages. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, 2024

  20. Rockwell C, Dattmore D, McDonald P, Chowdhury A, Awali S, Boss A, Sather L, Lauver A. Activated T cells from Bph/2 Mice Have an Attenuated Cytokine Response to a Polyclonal T Cell Activator Compared to T cells from Bpn/3 Mice. Hypertension Scientific Sessions. Chicago, Illinois, 2024