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PA - 01 Exploration of the Chemistry Phosphates, Borates, Molybdate, Molydbate -

Phosphate Gels

Zaniqua N. Bullock,1 Alicia Blanton,2 Xianchun Zhu,3 Saiful M. Islam1

1Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson,

MS 39217 2CSET/Environmental Science PhD Program, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217 3Department of Civil Engineering, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217

PA - 02 The Neurogenerative and Neuroprotective Role of Stat3 after Focal Ischemic in Mice Models

Christa Corley1, Dymonn Johnson1, Tammi Taylor,

Department of Biology, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University,

1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, MS, USA

PA - 03 Vernonia Amygdalia Anti-Cancer Agents on Colorectal Cancer Cells

Tiffany D. Davis

Jackson State University

PA - 04 Single Molecule Crispr Imaging on the Chromatin

Tsige Gidey Gebretsadek

Jackson State University

PA - 05 The Role of Stat3 on Focal Ischemic Mice Models: Fuctional and Behavioral

Recovery

Dymonn Johnson ¹, Christa Corley ¹, and Dr. Tammi Taylor ¹

1Breast Cancer and Stroke Research Laboratory, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology,

Biology Department, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39206

PA - 06 Bioavailability of Depleted Uranium in Us Army Shooting Range

Markie’Sha James, Dr. Fengxiang Han

Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

PA - 07 Molecular Quantitative Trait Loci Analyses on the Interplay of Environmental and Genetics Factors Associated With Prostate Cancer

Duber Gomez-Fonseca1,3, Antnesha Hollman1,2, Richard A. Alό4, and Hung-Chung Huang1,2

1NIH/NIMHD RCMI Center for Environmental Heath, College of Science, Engineering, and

Technology (CSET), Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 2Department of Biology, CSET, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 3Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) PhD program, CSET,

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 4College of Science and Technology, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA

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PA - 08 Bioinformatics Analysis of Gene-Environment Interactions in Lung Cancer

Antoinesha L. Hollman1,2, Duber Gomez-Fonseca1,3, Paul B. Tchounwou1,2, and Hung-Chung

Huang1,2

1NIH/NIMHD RCMI Center for Environmental Heath, College of Science, Engineering,

and Technology (CSET), Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 2 Department of Biology, CSET, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 3Computational and Data-Enabled Science and Engineering (CDS&E) PhD program, CSET,

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

PA - 09 Treatment of Vernonia Amygdalina (VA) to Human Cervical Cancer Cell Lines

Dierra House¹, Carolyn Howard¹, Tammi Taylor¹

1Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Group, College of Science, Engineering and Technology,

Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson, Mississippi

PA - 10 Decomposition and Adsortion of Antibiotics from Polluted Waters Using

Biocarbon

Giselle Lima; M.D. Barbosa, Marcio R.

Student in Graduating of Chemical Engineering of Oswaldo Cruz School/Sao Paulo -

Brazil

Coordinator of Institute Center of Teaching and Research (CEP) of Santa Cruz Hospital -Sao

Paulo-Brazil

PA - 11 Environmental Problems in Rankin County Mississippi

Veronica de Los Angeles Hernandez Morales ¹

1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health Jackson State

University,350 West Woodrow Wilson Avenue, Jackson, MS 39213 USA

PA - 12 Breaking Barriers: A Food Assessment for Food Justice in West Jackson, Mississippi

Elizabeth Jones1, Briana McField1, Lakeria Simpson1, Oberia Williams1, Jennifer N. Sims1,

Sophia S. Leggett1, Corey Proctor2

1Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Jackson State

University, 350 West Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 320, Jackson, MS 39213,

USA 2Forrest County Planning Department, P.O. Box 1310, Hattiesburg, MS 39403-1310, USA

PA - 13 Exploring Unconventional Risk-Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases: Has

Long-Term Opioid Therapy Overlooked?

Oluwabunmi V. Ogungbe1, Luma Akil1, and Hafiz A. Ahmad2

1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University; 2Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217

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PA - 14 Comparing Measured and Self-Reported Hypertension by Race/Ethnicity

among Major Depressed Individuals: The National Health and Nutrition

Examination Survey

Azad R Bhuiyan1, Nusrat Kabir,2 Afifa Adiba3, Marinelle Payton4

1Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS. 2Graduate Student, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson

State University, Jackson, MS.3 3Chief Resident, 3rdyear Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 4Chair and Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health,

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

PA - 15 Association of HCV Infection and Its Risk Factors with C-Reactive Protein:

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (Nhanes), 2009-2010

Azad R. Bhuiyan1*, Amal K. Mitra1, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe1, Nusrat Kabir1

1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Jackson State University,

Jackson MS 39213,

PA - 16 Potential Toxic Effects of Graphene Oxide on the Japanese Medaka Fish

Larvae

Anitha Myla1, Doris K Powe1, Shareena TP Dasari1, Asok K Dasmahapatra1, and Paul B.

Tchounwou1

1RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College of Science Engineering and Technology, Jackson

State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

PA - 17 Assessment of Accumulation and Toxicity of Agnps on Rats Through

Topical Exposure

Jeremy White1, Zikri Arslan1

1Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson,

MS 39217

PA - 18 An Analysis of Dna Damage Induced by Xanthohumol

Mary Womack, Hope Miller, Maricica Pacurari

Biology Department, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Jackson State University,

Jackson, MS, 39217

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PA - 19 Investigating Bacterial Cytotoxicity of Powder and Aqueous Forms of

Nanosilver

Denise Yancey-Gray1, Shalom Dasari1, and Zikri Arslan1

1Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson,

MS 39217

PA - 20 Epidemiologic Survey for Congenital Cardiac Malformations of Sao Paulo

State in Cities with High Atrazine Levels in Drinking Water from 2012 to 2016

Ricardo N. Isayama¹; Pâmela P. Dourado¹; Renata Q. Saltão¹; Carolina Shimada¹; Gabriel E.

Meira¹; Camila O. Macedo¹; Sérgio F. R. Zanetta¹ and Telma C. S. Nery²

¹University Center S. Camilo, Sao Paulo-SP;

²Heart Institute of the Clinics Hospital - FCMUSP, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil

PA - 21 Epidemiologic Survey and Perinatal Outcomes in Sao Paulo State Cities with

High Atrazine Levels in Treated Water During 2012-2016

Pâmela P. Dourado¹; Ricardo N. Isayama¹; Renata Q. Saltão¹; Carolina Shimada¹; Gabriel E.

Meira¹; Camila O. Macedo¹ and Telma C. S. Nery²

¹University Center S. Camilo, Sao Paulo, Brazil;

²Heart Institute of the Clinics Hospital - FCMUSP, Sao Paulo, Brazil

PA - 22 Toxicity Characterization and the Treatment of Hazardous Metal in Pickling and Passivation Sludge Generated from Stainless Steel Production in China

Peidong Su1, Junke Zhang1 and Yadong Li1

1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jackson State University Jackson, MS, 39217,

USA

PA - 23 Discovery of New Gels and Their Use in Sorption of Toxic Metals and

Radionuclides

Alicia Blanton1, Kennedy Smith2, Avijit Pramanik2, Xianchun Zhu3, Qinku Zhang2, Rong

Zhang3, Paresh Ray2, Fengxiang Han2, Paul Tchounwou1, and Saiful M. Islam2

1CSET/Environmental Science PhD Program, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217 2Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson,

MS 39217 3Department of Civil Engineering, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217

PA – 24 Uranium Induced Oxidative Stress and Its Transcriptional Gene Regulation in

Brassica Juncea

Jing Nie, Muhammad Saiful Islam, and Fengxiang X. Han

Jackson State University, Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Atmospheric Sciences

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PA - 25 Effects of Tall Fescue and Landscape Slopes on Mercury Flux into Surface

Water Inform Soils in Oak Ridge, Tennesee

Linchun Wu, Qinku Zhang, Liangmei Chen, Jiangxia Li, Zikri Arlsan and Fengxiang X. Han

Jackson State University, Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Atmospheric Sciences

PA - 26 Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study of Uranium Adsorption on Three Different Hydroxyapatites and Their Carbonate Effects

Precious D. Cooper, Fengxiang X. Han, Qinku Zhang, Ziki Arslan

Jackson State University, Department of Chemistry, Physics, & Atmospheric Sciences

PA - 27 Homoditopic Supramolecular Hosts for Uranyl Ion

Dexin Liu1, Yongfeng Zhao1 and Fengxiang Han1

1Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology,

Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, Jackson, Mississippi, USA

PA - 28 Corrosion and Transport of Uranium Metal in Soil Environments

Qinku Zhang1,2, Fengxiang Han1

1Department of Chemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 2School of Civil Engineering, Yulin University, Yulin, Shaanxi, 719000, China

PA - 29 Electro-Kinetic Remediation Combined with Phytoremediation to Remove Uranium from Contaminated Soil

Liangmei Chen1, 2, Qinku Zhang1, Linchun Wu1, 2, Youhua Ma2, Zikri Arslan1 and Fengxiang

Han1

1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, 1400 J. R. Lynch Street,

P.O. Box 17910, Jackson, MS 39217, USA. 2College of Resource and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Anhui 230000, China

PA - 30 Colorimetirc Detection of Oxalate in Water by Indicator Displacement Assay at

Neutral PH

Amber Gardner, Md Mhahabubur Rhaman and Md Alamgir Hossain

Department of Chemistry, Physics & Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University

PA - 31 Microbiological Risk Assessment in the Main Inflows to La Vega Dam, in

Jalisco, Mexico

Celia De La Mora-Orozco1, Marisol Gutierrez-Zavala2, Edgardo Martinez-Orozco2, Hector

Rubio-Arias3, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero4 and Juan Napoles-Armenta5.

1Environmental health and water resources, National Research Institute for Forestry, Agriculture

and Animal Production. Km 8 Tepatitlán-Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco. Tepatitlán de Morelos,

Jalisco, México. 2Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez. Campus Arandas. Guadalupe

Tejeda Vázquez 557, Hacienda Palomino, Arandas, Jal. Mexico.

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3Ecology Department, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Periferico Francisco R.

Almada. Km. 1. Colonia Zootecnia, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexico. 4Environmental health and water resources, National Research Institute for Forestry, Agriculture

and Animal Production. Km. 33.3 Carr. Chihuahua-Ojinaga, Cd. Aldama, Chihuahua,

Mexico. 5Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Pedro de Alba S/N, San Nicolas de los Garza,

Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

PA - 32 Carbon Sequestration in Soils Cultivated with Agave Azul (Agave Tequilana Weber), in Jalisco, México

Celia de la Mora-Orozco1, Lucia Monserrat Vega-Ramírez2, Irma Julieta Gonzalez-Acuña3,

Hector Rubio-Arias4, Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero5 and Edgardo Martínez-Orozco2

1National Research Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Production, Environmental health

and water resources., Jalisco, Mexico. 2Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez. Campus Arandas. Guadalupe

Tejeda Vázquez 557, Hacienda Palomino, Arandas, Jal. Mexico. 3National Research Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Animal Production. Carretera

Internacional Mexico - Nogales Km. 6, Centro, 63300 Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit. 4Ecology Department, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico. Periferico Francisco R.

Almada. Km. 1. Colonia Zootecnia, Chihuahua, Chihuahua. Mexico. 5Environmental health and water resources, National Research Institute for Forestry, Agriculture

and Animal Production. Km. 33.3 Carr. Chihuahua-Ojinaga, Cd. Aldama, Chihuahua, Mexico.

PA - 33 Growth Inhibition in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells in Response to

Treatment with Vernonia Amygdalina Aqueous Extracts Alone or in Combination

with Taxol, Carboplatin, or Doxorubicin

Sharolyn Slater, D. Christy, C. Howard

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217

PA - 34 Evaluation of Urban Heat Island Effect Using Satellite Derived Estimates of Impervious Surface Area and LST

Destiny Crockettˡ, Ranjani W. Kulawardhanaˡ and Paul B. Tchounwouˡ

1Department of Biology, Jackson State University, 1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217

PA - 35 The Therapeutic Effects Of Veronia Amgdalinia On The Inhibition Of Growth of Cervical Cancer (HELA) Cells

Katelyn Irons , Cayla Harris, Carolyn Howard, and Tammi Taylor

Department of Biology, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

PA - 36 Assessment of the Role Receptor Tyrosine Kinase-Axl on Aspartame Induced

Toxicity in Glioblastoma Cells

Tomeka Nailer1,2, Paul B. Tchounwou1, 2 and Kenneth Ndebele Duma1,2

1NIH/NIMHD RCMI Center for Environmental Heath, College of Science, Engineering,

and Technology (CSET), Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA 2Department of Biology, CSET, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217, USA

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PA - 37 Cytotoxic and Genotoxic Effects of Graphene Oxide Nanoparticles (GONPs)

on Human Kidney Proximal Tubule Epithelial (HK-2) Cells

Taiquitha Robins, Shaloam Dasari, Kenneth Ndebele Duma, Paul B. Tchounwou

Environmental Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-RCMI Center for Environmental Health,

College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University; Jackson, MS, USA

PA - 38 Cisplatin Inhibits Cell Proliferation and Induces Oxidative-Stress in KG1a Cells

Andrea K. Brown 1, Sunjay Kumar 1, and Paul B. Tchounwou 1

1Molecular Toxicology Research Laboratory, NIH-Center for Environmental Health, College of Science,

Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540, Jackson,

Mississippi, USA

PA - 39 A Computational Study of Ionized Bulk Water

Olivia Humphrey1, Takia Smith1, Kimberly Madison1, Wojciech Kolodziejczyk1,2, Glake Hill1

1Interdisciplinary Center for Nanotoxicity, Jackson State University,

2Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Physical Chemistry, Wroclaw, Poland

PA - 40 Selective Binding Studies of Anions with a Nitrophenyl-Based Tripodal Urea

Corey R. Johnson, Alyssa E. Johnson, Amber Gardner, Maryam Emami Khansari, and Md.

Alamgir Hossain

Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Atmospheric Sciences, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS

39217 USA

PA – 41 Effects of Seed Mix Diversity on the Abundance and Diversity of Pollinators in Restored Prairies

Jessica Webb, Sean Griffin

Jackson State University, REU Kellogg’s Biological Station- Haddad Lab

PA - 42 Changes in Glutamate Receptors after 1H+16O Particulate Irradiation

Kamai Patterson1, Frederico Kiffer2,3, Jing Wang2,3, Marjan Boerma2,3, Antiño R. Allen 2,3,4*,

1Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 39217

2Division of Radiation Health, 3Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

4Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock,

AR 72205

PA - 43 Desalination of Water through Organic Matrix Nanocomposite Membranes

Jesus Manuel Ochoa-Rivero1, Beatriz Adriana Rocha-Gutierrez2, Hector O. Rubio-Arias3,

Luis Alfredo Villanueva-Solis2 & Maria de Lourdes Ballinas-Casarrubias2

1Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias (INIFAP).

2Facultad de Ciencias Químicas-Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.

3Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología-Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua.

PA - 44 Advance Treatment Based on Membrane Technologies to Use Reclaimed Water in the Industry

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Gerardo Aguilar1, Mario A. Olmos Márquez2, Ma. Lourdes Ballinas-Casarrubias1, Ma. Rosario

Peralta-Perez1, Javier Zavala Díaz-de la Serna1, Noé Ortega-Corral3, Héctor Rubio-Arias2, Beatriz

A. Rocha-Gutierrez1*

1 Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Campus.Universitario #2,

Circuito Universitario, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, México, C.P. 31125. 2facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Periférico. R. Almada, Km.1.

Chihuahua,Chihuahua, México C.P. 31453. 3Festa-Hidrogel S. A. de C.V. República de Colombia No. 219 Col Panamericana, Chihuahua,

Chihuahua, México, C.P. 31107

PA - 45 Case Study of Storm Surge for Hurricane Irma

Talor Black1, Duanjun Lu1, Latrice Maxie2 and H. R. shih1

1Jackson State University 2NWS Jackson, NOAA

PA - 46 Aflatoxins Contamination: Implication on Food Security and Human Health

Nelson F. Chitoh, Clement G. Yedjou

Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory, NIH-RCMI Center for Environmental Health, College

of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O. Box 18540,

Jackson, MS, USA.

PA - 47 Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of Bitterleaf towards the Prevention of Neuroglioma

Michael Shivers, Clement Yedjou, and Paul B. Tchounwou

Natural Chemotherapeutics Research Laboratory, NIH-RCMI Center for Environmental Health College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Jackson State University, 1400 Lynch Street, P.O.

Box 18540, Jackson, MS, USA

PA - 48 The Synergistic Effects of Veronia Amygdalina (VA) and Cisplatin on Hela

E6/E7 Proteins Cells

Cayla Harris1, Jessica Gilbert1, Quaniece Young1, Katelyn Irons1, Carolyn Howard1 and Tammi M

Taylor 1

Jackson State University, Department of Biology, Jackson, MS 392171,USA

PA - 49 Bayesian Dose Response Analysis for Categorical Responses

Whitney Brakefield

Department of Mathematics, Jackson State University

PA - 50 Ditopic Binding of Halides by a M-Nitrophenyl-Functionalized Hexaurea Receptor

Bobby Portis,1 Ali Mirchi,1 Mohammad H. Hasan,2 Corey R. Johnson,1 Amber Gardner,1 Jerzy Leszczynski,*1 Ritesh Tandon*2 and Md. Alamgir Hossain*1

1Department of Chemistry, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

39216, USA

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