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Thai KH, Thathireddy A, Hsieh MH (2010) Transurethral induction of mouse urinary tract infection. Journal of visualized experiments JoVE: 6–9.

Fu C-LL, Apelo CA, Torres B, Thai KH, Hsieh MH (2011) Mouse bladder wall injection. Journal of visualized experiments JoVE.

Fu C-L, Odegaard JI, Herbert DR, Hsieh MH (2012) A Novel Mouse Model of Schistosoma haematobium Egg-Induced Immunopathology. PLoS Pathog 8: e1002605.

Payne RP, Hsieh MH: Reinforcements Arrive for the War Against Chronic Cystitis and Bladder Cancer. British Journal of Urology International, 2012.

Ray D, Nelson TA, Fu CL, Patel S, Gong DN, Odegaard JI, Hsieh MH: Transcriptional Profiling of the Bladder in Urogenital Schistosomiasis Reveals Pathways of Inflammatory Fibrosis and Urothelial Compromise. PLOS Negl Trop Dis 6(11):e1912.

Odegaard JI and Hsieh MH: Immune responses to Schistosoma haematobium infection. Parasite Immunology, 2014.

Boyett D and Hsieh MH: Wormholes in Host Defense: How Helminths Manipulate Host Tissues to Survive and Reproduce. PLOS Pathogens, 2014.

Le T, Sokolow S, Hammam O, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. Pathogenesis of Human Schistosomiasis. Emerging and Re-Emerging Human Infections. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 481–504.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. Helminth-Induced Interleukin-4 Abrogates Invariant Natural Killer T Cell Activation-Associated Clearance of Bacterial Infection. Infection and Immunity, 2014.

Shin K, Lim A, Odegaard JI, Honeycutt JD, Kawano S, Hsieh MH, Beachy PA. Cellular origin of bladder neoplasia and tissue dynamics of its progression to invasive carcinoma. Nature Cell Biology, 2014.

Richardson ML, Fu CL, Pennington LF, Honeycutt JD, Odegaard JL, Hsieh YJ, Hammam O, Conti SL, Hsieh MH. A New Mouse Model for Female Genital Schistosomiasis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014.

Honeycutt J, Hammam O, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. Controversies and challenges in research on urogenital schistosomiasis-associated bladder cancer. Trends in Parasitology, 2014.

Wang JH, Singh R, Benoit M, Keyhan M, Sylvester M, Hsieh M, Thathireddy A, Hsieh YJ, Matin AC. Sigma S-dependent antioxidant defense protects stationary phase Escherichia coli against the bactericidal antibiotic gentamicin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2014.

Fu CL, Odegaard JI, Hsieh MH. Macrophages are Required for Host Survival in Experimental Urogenital Schistosomiasis. FASEB J. 2015.

Rinaldi G, Young ND, Honeycutt JD, Brindley PJ, Gasser RB, Hsieh MH. New Research Tools for Urogenital Schistosomiasis, J Infect Dis. 2015.

Conti S, Honeycutt J, Odegaard JI, Gonzalgo ML, Hsieh MH. Alterations in DNA Methylation may be the Key to Early Detection and Treatment of Schistosomal Bladder Cancer. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015.

Huth ME, Han KH, Sotoudeh K, Hsieh YJ, Effertz T, Vu AA, Verhoeven S, Hsieh M, Greenhouse R, Cheng AG, Ricci AJ. Designer aminoglycosides prevent cochlear hair cell loss and hearing loss. J Clin Invest. 2015.

Hsieh MH, Brotherton J, Siddiqui A. Hepatitis B vaccines and HPV vaccines have been hailed as major public health achievements in preventing cancer – could a schistosomiasis vaccine be the third? PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015.

Xue J, Sharma V, Hsieh M, Chawla A, Murali R, Pandol S, Habtezion A. Alternatively activated macrophages promote pancreatic fibrosis in chronic pancreatitis. Nat Commun. 2015.

Le TL, Boyett DM, Hsieh MH. Hamster Weight Patterns Predict the Intensity and Course of Schistosoma haematobium Infection. J Parasitol. 2015 Oct;101(5):542-8. doi: 10.1645/14-600. Epub 2015 Jul 17. PMID: 26186584.

Mach K*, Mohan R*, Patel S, Wong PK, Hsieh MH, Liao JC. Development of a biosensor-based rapid urine test for detection of urogenital schistosomiasis. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2015. *These authors contributed equally.

Sokolow SH, Huttinger E, Jouanard N, Hsieh M, Lafferty KD, Kuris A, Riveau G, Senghor S, Thiam C, N’Diaye A, Fay DS, DeLeo G. Reduced transmission of human schistosomiasis after restoration of a native river prawn that preys on the snail intermediate host. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015.

Honeycutt J, Hammam O, Hsieh MH. Schistosoma haematobium Egg-Induced Bladder Urothelial Abnormalities Dependent on p53 are Modulated by Host Sex. Experimental Parasitology, 2015.

Ittiprasert W, Miller A, Knight M, Tucker M, Hsieh MH. Evaluation of cytosine DNA methylation of the Biomphalaria glabrata heat shock protein 70 locus after biological and physiological stresses. Journal of Parasitology and Vector Biology. 2015, 7(10), 182-193. DOI: 10.5897/JPVB2015.0207

Mentink-Kane M and Hsieh MH. Smallpox and Dracunculiasis: The Scientific Value of infectious Diseases That Have Been Eradicated or Targeted for Eradication. Is Schistosomiasis Next? PLOS Pathogens, 12(1): e1005298. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat. 1005298. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26741130.

Soares Silveira AM, Dutra Costa EG, Ray D, Suzuki BM, Hsieh MH, de Oliveira Fraga LA, Caffrey CR. Evaluation of the CCA Immuno-Chromatographic Test to Diagnose Schistosomiasis mansoni in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Jan 11;10(1):e0004357. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004357. eCollection 2016. PMID: 26752073.

Groah SL, Pérez-Losada M, Caldovic L, Ljungberg IH, Sprague BM, Castro-Nallar E, Shah NJ, Hsieh MH, Pohl HG. Redefining Healthy Urine: A Cross-Sectional Exploratory Metagenomic Study of People at Low- and High-Risk for Urinary Tract Infection. Journal of Urology, 2016 Jan 22. pii: S0022-5347(16)00127-0. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.01.088. PMID: 26807926.

Yuan X, Lu Y, Hsieh MH, Liao JC, Wong PK. A microfiltration device for urogenital schistosomiasis diagnostics. PLOS One, 2016 Apr 28;11(4):e0154640. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154640. PMID: 27124499.

Wood CL, Jones IJ, Swartz SJ, Lopez M, Hsieh MH, Lafferty, KD, Kuris AM, DeLeo, GA. Global Assessment of Schistosomiasis Control Over the Past Century Shows Targeting the Snail Intermediate Host Works Best. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Jul 21;10(7):e0004794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004794. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27441556.

Matz EL and Hsieh MH. Review of Advances in Uroprotective Agents for Cyclophosphamide and Ifosfamide-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis. Urology. 2016 Aug 23. pii: S0090-4295(16)30458-7. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2016.07.030. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 27566144.

Cody JJ, Ittiprasert W, Miller AN, Henein L, Mentink-Kane MM, Hsieh MH.The NIH-NIAID Schistosomiasis Resource Center at the Biomedical Research Institute: Molecular Redux. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2016 Oct 20;10(10):e0005022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005022. eCollection 2016. PMID: 27764112. PMCID: PMC5072641.

Le L and Hsieh MH. Diagnosing Urogenital Schistosomiasis: Dealing with Diminishing Returns. Trends Parasitol. 2017 Jan 13. pii: S1471-4922(16)30231-8. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.12.009. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28094201.

Henein L, Cody J, Hsieh MH. An Enduring Legacy of Discovery: Margaret Stirewalt. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 Aug 17;11(8):e0005714. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005714. eCollection 2017 Aug. PMID: 28817582.

Pennington LF, Alouffi A, Mbanefo EC, Ray D, Heery DM, Jardetzky TS, Hsieh MH, Falcone FH. H-IPSE is a pathogen-secreted host nucleus infiltrating protein (infiltrin) expressed exclusively by the Schistosoma haematobium egg stage. Infect Immun, 2017 Sep 18. pii: IAI.00301-17. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00301-17. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 28923894.

Sokolow SH, Wood CL, Jones IJ, Lafferty KD, Kuris A, Hsieh MH, De Leo GA. To reduce the global burden of human schistosomiasis, use ‘old fashioned’ snail control. Trends in Parasitology, 2017 Nov 7. pii: S1471-4922(17)30258-1. doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2017.10.002. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29126819.

Morimoto T, Cerrolaza JJ, Hsieh M, Cleary K, Okamura A, Linguraru MG. Design of Patient-Specific Concentric Tube Robots Using Path Planning from 3D Ultrasound. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 017 Jul;2017:165-168. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8036788. PMID: 29059836.

Gerber D, Forster CS, Hsieh M. The Role of the Genitourinary Microbiome in Pediatric Urology: a Review. Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Feb 22;19(1):13. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0763-6. PMID: 29468401.

Mbanefo EC, Le L, Pennington LF, Odegaard JI, Jardetzky TS, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. Therapeutic Exploitation of IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Modulatory Protein, for Chemotherapy-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis. FASEB J. 2018 Apr 3:fj201701415R. doi: 10.1096/fj.201701415R. PMID: 29613835.

Bayne CE, Farah D, Herbst KW, Hsieh MH. Role of urinary tract infection in bladder cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. World Journal of Urology, 2018 Aug;36(8):1181-1190. DOI: 10.1007/s00345-018-2257-z. PMID: 29520590.

Morimoto T, Greer J, Hawkes E, Hsieh M, Okamura A. Toward the Design of Personalized Continuum Surgical Ann Biomed Eng. 2018 Oct;46(10):1522-1533.

May 31. doi: 10.1007/s10439-018-2062-2. PMID: 29855755. PMCID: PMC6150790.

Tunnessen NOZ, Hsieh MH. Eating Worms to Treat Autoimmune Diseases?. Frontiers Young Minds 2018. 6:32. doi: 10.3389/frym.2018.00032

Jenkins TP, Peachy LE, Ajami NJ, MacDonald AS, Hsieh MH, Brindley PJ, Cantacessi C, Rinaldi G. Schistosoma mansoni infection is associated with quantitative and qualitative modifications of the mammalian intestinal microbiota. Sci Rep. 2018 Aug 13;8(1):12072. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-30412-x. PMID: 30104612.

Ishida K and Hsieh M. Understanding urogenital schistosomiasis-related bladder cancer: an update. Front. Med., 10 August 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2018.00223.

Nally E, Groah SL, Perez-Losada M, Caldovic L, Chandel NJ, Sprague B, Hsieh MH, Pohl HG. Identification of Burkholderia fungorum in the urine of an individual with spinal cord injury and augmentation cystoplasty using 16S sequencing: copathogen or innocent bystander? Spinal Cord Series and Cases 2018 4:85. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-018-0115-2. PMCID: PMC6155001 [Available on 2019-09-21]. PMID: 30275977. Editors Choice October 2018.

Le L, Mbanefo E, Khludenev G, Lamanna O, Banskota N, Hsieh MH. Schistosoma haematobium Cercarial Infection Alters Subsequent Systemic Immune Responses to Eggs But Has Minimal Impact on Immune Responses to Egg Injection of the Bladder. Parasite Immunology, in press. Parasite Immunol. 2018 Nov 11:e12602. doi: 10.1111/pim.12602. PMID: 30417508.

Mbanefo EC, Le L, Zee R, Banskota N, Ishida K, Pennington LF, Odegaard JI, Jardetzky TS, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived immunomodulatory protein, ameliorates ifosfamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis through downregulation of pro-inflammatory pathways. Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 7;9(1):1586. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38274-z. PMID: 30733505.

Zee RS, Mbanefo EC, Le LH, Pennington LF, Odegaard JI, Jardetzky TS, Alouffi A, Akinwale J, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. IPSE, a parasite-derived host immunomodulatory protein, is a promising therapeutic for hemorrhagic cystitis. Am J Phys Renal Phys. 2019 Feb 20. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00468.2018. PMID: 30785353.

Forster C, Hsieh MH, Perez-Losada M, Caldovic L, Pohl H, Ljungberg I, Sprague B, Stroud C, Groah S. A Single Intravesical Instillation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG is Safe in Children and Adults with Neuropathic Bladder: A Phase Ia Clinical Trial. J Spinal Cord Medicine, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/10790268.2019.1616456. PMID: 31100050.

Valli-Pulaski H, Peters KA, Gassei K, Steimer SR, Sukhwani M, Hermann BP, Dwomor L, David S, Fayomi AP, Munyoki SK, Chu T, Chaudhry R, Cannon GM, Fox PJ, Jaffe TM, Sanfilippo JS, Menke MN, Lunenfeld E, Abofoul-Azab M, Sender LS, Messina J, Klimpel LM, Gosiengfiao Y, Rowell EE, Hsieh MH, Granberg CF, Reddy PP, Sandlow JI, Huleihel M, Orwig KE. Testicular tissue cryopreservation: 8 years of experience from a coordinated network of academic centers. Hum Reprod. 2019 May 21. pii: dez043. doi: 10.1093/humrep/dez043. PMID: 31111889.

Nacif-Pimenta R, da Silva Orfano A, Mosley IA, Karinshak SE, Ishida K, Mann VH, Coelho PMZ, da Vosta JMC, Hsieh MH, Brindley PJ, Rinaldi G. Differential responses of epithelial cells from urinary and biliary tract to eggs of Schistosoma haematobium and S. mansoni. Scientific Reports, in press.

Gasiorek M, Hsieh MH, Forster CS. The Utility of DNA Next Generation Sequencing and Expanded Quantitative Urine Culture in the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic or Persistent Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. J Clin Microbiol. 2019 Oct 16. pii: JCM.00204-19. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00204-19. PMID: 31619534.

Mbanefo EC, Fu CL, Ho CP, Le L, Ishida K, Hsieh MH. Interleukin-4 signaling plays a major role in urogenital schistosomiasis-associated bladder pathogenesis. Infect Immun. 2019 Dec 16. pii: IAI.00669-19. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00669-19. PMID: 31843965. PMCID: PMC7035943.

Pohl HG, Groah SL, Perez-Losada M, Ljungberg I, Sprague BM, Chandal N, Caldovic L, Hsieh M. The urine microbiome of healthy men and women differs by urine collection method. Int Neurourol J. 2020 Mar;24(1):41-51. doi: 10.5213/inj.1938244.122. Epub 2020 Mar 31. PMID: 32252185.

Forster CS, Panchapakesan K, Stroud C, Banerjee P, Gordish-Dressman H, Hsieh MH. A cross-sectional analysis of the urine microbiome of children with neuropathic bladders. J Pediatr Urol. 2020 Feb 19. pii: S1477-5131(20)30027-9. doi: 10.1016/j/jpurol.2020.02.005.

Lamanna O, Hsieh M, Forster C. Novel Catheter Design Enables Transurethral Catheterization of Male Mice. Am J Phys Renal Phys, 2020 May 28. doi: 10.1152/ajprenal.00121.2020. PMID: 32463724.

Carson JP, Robinson MW, Hsieh MH, Cody J, Le L, You H, McManus DP, Gobert G. A comparative proteomics analysis of the egg secretions of three major schistosome species. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2020 Sep 19:111322. doi:10.1016/j.molbiopara.2020.111322 PMID: 32961206. PMCID: PMC8059868

Ishida K, Mbanefo E, Le L, Lamanna O, Pennington L, Finkel J, Jardetzky T, Falcone F, Hsieh M. IPSE, a Parasite-Derived, Host Immunomodulatory Infiltrin Protein, Alleviates Resiniferatoxin-Induced Bladder Pain. Mol Pain. 2020 Jan-Dec;16:1744806920970099. doi: 10.1177/1744806920970099. PMID: 33342372. PMCID: PMC7756320.

Mbanefo E, Agbo CT, Zhao Y, Lamanna O, Thai KH, Karinshak S, Khan M, Fu C-L, Odegaard J, Saltikova I, Smout M, Pennington L, Nicolls M, Jardetzky T, Loukas A, Brindley P, Falcone F, Hsieh M. IPSE, an Abundant Egg-Secreted Protein of the Carcinogenic Helminth Schistosoma haematobium, Promotes Proliferation of Bladder Cancer Cells and Angiogenesis. Infect Agent Cancer. 2020 Oct 22;15:63. doi: 10.1186/s13027-020-00331-6. eCollection 2020. PMCID: PMC7578584 PMID: 33101456.

Wang Q, Malyavko A, Yan D, Lamanna O, Hsieh M, Sherman J, Keidar M. A comparative study of cold atmospheric plasma treatment, chemical versus physical strategy. J Physics D: Appl Physics, 54 095207. doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/abc6d5

Forster CS, Hsieh MH, Cabana MD. Perspectives from the Society for Pediatric Research: Probiotic use in urinary tract infections, atopic dermatitis, and antibiotic-associated diarrhea: an overview. Pediatr Res 2020 Dec 7. doi: 10.1038/s41390-020-01298-1. PMID: 33288875.

Mbanefo EC, Le L, Pennington LF, Hsieh Y-J, Odegaard JI, Lapira K, Jardetzky TS, Falcone FH, Hsieh M. IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Immunomodulatory Molecule, Suppresses Bladder Pathogenesis and Anti-Microbial Peptide Gene Expression in Bacterial Urinary Tract Infection. Parasit Vectors. 2020 Dec 9;13(1):615. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04490-8. PMID: 33298153. PMCID: PMC7724859

Xie S, Shalaby-Rana E, Hester A, Honeycutt J, Fu C-L, Boyett D, Jiang W, Hsieh MH. Macroscopic and microscopic imaging modalities for diagnosis and monitoring of urogenital schistosomiasis. Adv Parasit, 2021;112:51-76. doi: 10.1016/bs.apar.2021.01.001. Epub 2021 Mar 11. PMID: 34024359.

Hill EB, Hsieh MH, Prokesch BC. New direct-to-consumer UTI tests: are we ready? J Urol, in press.

Kam M, Saeidi H, Hsieh MH, Kang JU, Krieger A. A Confidence-Based Supervised-Autonomous Control Strategy for Robotic Vaginal Cuff Closure. IEEE Int Conf Robot Autom. 2021 May-Jun;2021:10.1109/icra48506.2021.9561685. doi: 10.1109/icra48506.2021.9561685. Epub 2021 Oct 18. PMCID: PMC8612028 PMID: 34840856.

Saeidi H, Opfermann J, Kam M, Wei S, Leonard S, Hsieh M, Kang J, Krieger A. Autonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis. Sci Robot. 2022 Jan 26;7(62):eabj2908. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.abj2908. Epub 2022 Jan 26. PMID: 35080901.

Lee AS, Lamanna OK, Ishida K, Hill E, Nguyen A, Hsieh MH. A novel propidium monoazide-based PCR assay can measure viable uropathogenic E. coli in vitro and in vivo. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2022 Feb 1;12:794323. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.794323. eCollection 2022. PMCID: PMC8844370 PMID: 35178354.

Osakunor DNM, Ishida K, Lamanna OK, Rossi M, Dwomoh L, Hsieh MH. Host tissue proteomics reveal insights into the molecular basis of Schistosoma haematobium-induced bladder pathology. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022 Feb 15;16(2):e0010176. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010176. eCollection 2022 Feb. PMCID: PMC8846513. PMID: 35167594.

Wei S, Kam M, Wang Y, Opfermann JD, Saeid H, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Deep point cloud landmark localization for fringe projection profilometry. Journal of the Optical Society of America A, in press.

Wang Y, Wei S, Opfermann JD, Kam M, Saeidi H, Hsieh MH, Krieger A, Kang JU. Automated OCT A-line abdominal tissue classification using a hybrid MLP-CNN classifier during ventral hernia repair. SPIE Digital Library, Proceedings of the 11963 Conference. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2609103.

Abstracts

Hsieh MH, Knudsen GM, Suzuki B, Lim KC, Thathireddy A, Thai KH, Caffrey CR, McKerrow JH. Proteomics-Enabled Discovery of Candidate Urine Biomarkers for Schistosomiasis. Stanford Biosciences Graduate Student Applicant Reception, 2010, Stanford CA.

Hsieh MH, Knudsen GM, Suzuki B, Lim KC, Thathireddy A, Thai KH, Caffrey CR, McKerrow JH. Proteomics-Enabled Discovery of Candidate Urine Biomarkers for Schistosomiasis. Symposia of Undergraduate Research and Public Service, 2010, Stanford CA.

Apelo C, Thathireddy A, Lim JY, Cegelski L, Hsieh MH. The Effects of Curcumin on the Virulence of UTI89. Symposia of Undergraduate Research and Public Service, 2010, Stanford CA.

Hsieh MH, Benoit MR, Sylvester MD, Keyhan M, Rheems MS, Kim J, Lim Y, Thathireddy A, Xie S, Matin A. The Role of rpoS and Related General Stress Response Genes in the Antibiotic Resistance of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli In Vitro and In Vivo. Symposia of Undergraduate Research and Public Service, 2010, Stanford CA.

Hsieh MH, Knudsen GM, Suzuki B, Lim KC, Thathireddy A, Thai KH, Caffrey CR, McKerrow JH. Proteomics-Enabled Discovery of Candidate Urine Biomarkers for Schistosomiasis. Bay Area International Health Interest Group Conference, 2010, San Francisco CA.

Hsieh MH, Knudsen GM, Suzuki B, Lim KC, Thathireddy A, Thai KH, Caffrey CR, McKerrow JH. Proteomics-Enabled Discovery of Candidate Urine Biomarkers for Schistosomiasis. Stanford Bio-X Symposium, 2010, Stanford, CA.

Fu CL, Thathireddy A, Knudsen G, Caffrey C, McKerrow J, Herbert D, Thai K, Xie S, Hsieh MH. A Novel Mouse Model of Bladder Schistosomiasis Indicates That Th2 Responses May Control Inflammatory Smooth Muscle Fibrosis. Stanford University Postdoctoral Association Poster Session and Networking Event, 2010, Stanford, CA.

Hsieh MH, Benoit MB, Sylvester MD, Keyhan M, Rhee MS, Kim J, Lim Y-H, Thathireddy A, Matin AC. The Bacterial General Stress Response Confers Antibiotic Resistance to Uropathogens in Vivo. American Academy of Pediatrics, Urology Section, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Hsieh MH, Knudsen G, Thathireddy A, Thai K, Xie S, Fu CL, Suzuki B, Lim KC, McKerrow J, Caffrey C. Development of Mouse Models of Chronic Schistosoma haematobium Infection to Study Mechanisms of Bladder Fibrosis. American Academy of Pediatrics, Urology Section, 2010, San Francisco, CA.

Hsieh YJ, Hamilton AM, Matin AC, Rutt B, Hsieh MH. Direct Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Bacteria Using Magnetic Nanoparticles. Center for Biomedical Imaging at Stanford, 2011, Stanford, CA.

Fu CL, Thathireddy A, Knudsen G, Caffrey C, McKerrow J, Herbert D, Thai K, Xie S, Hsieh MH. A Novel Mouse Model of Schistosoma haematobium Infection to Study Inflammatory Mechanisms of Bladder Fibrosis. American Association of Immunology, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Ayala OD, Ray D, Nelson T, Honeycutt J, Fu CL, Hsieh M. RNA Isolation in S. haematobium-Induced Mouse Bladder Granulomas by Laser Capture Microdissection. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, 2011, St. Louis, MO.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Thathireddy A, Hsieh MH. The Urinary Schistosomiasis-Bacteriuria Connection: A New Model to Explore Potential Mechanisms. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.

Ray D, Nelson T, Fu CL,Hsieh MH. Systems Biology of Bladder Schistosomiasis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2011, Philadelphia, PA.

Honeycutt J, Fu CL, Odegaard JI, Hsieh MH. New Models to Explore Inflammation-Associated Carcinogenesis in Schistosomiasis. Symposium on Mediators of Immunity and Pathogenesis, 2012, Stanford, CA.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. The Effect of the Local Host Response to Helminth Eggs on the Resolution of Concomitant Bacterial Infection. Symposium on Mediators of Immunity and Pathogenesis, 2012, Stanford, CA.

Fu CL, Odegaard JI, Thathireddy A, Herbert DR, Hsieh MH. A Novel Mouse Model of Schistosoma haematobium Egg-Induced Immunopathology. Symposium on Mediators of Immunity and Pathogenesis, 2012, Stanford, CA.

Kerk ARE, Hsieh YJ, Hsieh MH.In vivo bladder permeability of Schistosoma haematobiumegg-infected mice. DVM Student division of the poster session of the Purdue Phi Zeta Research Day, 2012, IN (2nd place, DVM student category).

Kerk ARE, Hsieh YJ, Hsieh MH. Visualization of Uroplakin Expression in a Mouse Model of Urinary Schistosomiasis. American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting, 2012, Seattle, Washington.

Fu CL, Thai K, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. The Role of Macrophages in Schistosomal Bladder Pathogenesis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2012, Atlanta, Georgia.

Pennington LF, Ray R, Fu CL, Hsieh YJ, Hsieh MH. Immunomodulatory Proteins of Schistosoma haematobium.Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, 2013, Stanford, CA.

Honeycutt J, Fu CL, Conti S, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. New models to explore inflammation-associated carcinogenesis in schistosomiasis. Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, 2013, Stanford, CA.

Fu CL, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. Macrophage Regulation of Schistosomal Bladder Pathogenesis. Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, 2013, Stanford, CA.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. The Effect of the Local Host Response to Helminth Eggs on the Resolution of Concomitant Bacterial Infection. Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, 2013, Stanford, CA.

Pennington LF, Ray R, Fu CL, Hsieh YJ, Hsieh MH. Immunomodulatory Proteins of Schistosoma haematobium.Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Honeycutt J, Fu CL, Conti S, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. New models to explore inflammation-associated carcinogenesis in schistosomiasis. Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Fu CL, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. Macrophage Regulation of Schistosomal Bladder Pathogenesis. Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. The Effect of the Local Host Response to Helminth Eggs on the Resolution of Concomitant Bacterial Infection. Bay Area Microbial Pathogenesis Symposium, 2013, San Francisco, CA.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. Helminth-Induced IL-4 Abrogates iNKT Cell Clearance of Bacteriuria. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting, 2013, Woods Hole, MA.

Thai K, Khan M, Nicolls M, Ray D, Nelson T, Fu C-L, Patel S, Gong D, Odegaard J, Knudsen G, Hsieh MH. Chronic Inflammation-Induced Hematuria Involves Molecular Modulation of the Urothelial Barrier and Bladder Vasculature. American Urological Association Meeting, 2013, San Diego, CA.

Fu C-L, Thai K, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. The Role of Macrophages in Chronic Bladder Inflammation-Associated Granuloma Formation, Fibrosis, and Sepsis. American Urological Association Meeting, 2013, San Diego, CA.

Hsieh Y-J, Fu C-L, Hsieh MH. Interleukin-4 Signaling Promotes Bacteriuria During Urinary Tract Co-Infection. American Urological Association Meeting, 2013, San Diego, CA.

Chum H, Kerk A, Jampachaisri K, Hsieh M, Pacharinsak C. Antinociceptive Effects of Buprenorphine SR in Mice. 64th AALAS Conference, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland.

Silveira AMS, Costa EGD, Ray D, Suzuki BM, Hsieh MH, Fraga LAdO, Caffrey CR. Evaluation of CCA Urine Test for Diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoniInfection in Brazil. 15th International Congress of Immunology, 2013, Milan, Italy.

Le TL, Lim JY, Hsieh YJ, Hsieh M, Cegelski L. Combating Catheter-Associated Biofilms with Curcumin Analogs. Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, 2013, Stanford, California.

Hsieh YJ, Fu CL, Hsieh MH. Helminth-Induced IL-4 Abolishes iNKT Cell-Mediated Clearance of Bacteriuria. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, 2013, Washington, DC.

Richardson M, Fu CL, Pennington L, Honeycutt J, Conti S, Odegaard J, Hsieh MH. A New Mouse Model of Female Genital Schistosomiasis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, 2013, Washington, DC

Conti S, Honeycutt J, Hsieh MH. Early DNA Methylation Events in Urogenital Schistosomiasis and Their Implications for Inflammation-Induced Bladder Cancer. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference, 2013, Washington, DC.

Wu DC, Honeycutt J, Hsieh M, Beachy P. Effects of Schistosoma haematobiumInfestation on Hedgehog/Wnt Control of Bladder Epithelial Stem Cell Proliferation. Stanford Biochemistry Department Research Conference, 2013, South Lake Tahoe, CA.

Honeycutt J, Fu CL, Hammam O, Hsieh MH. Schistosoma haematobium Eggs Induce Urothelial Abnormalities Through p53- and IL-4 Receptor-α-Dependent Pathways. Molecular and Cellular Biology of Helminth Parasites, 2014, Hydra, Greece.

Sokolow SH, DeLeo G, Jouanard N, Hsieh M, Riveau G, Huttinger E. Restoring native crustacean predators offers transmission control for a neglected tropical disease, schistosomiasis, in Africa. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2014, Sacramento, California.

Conti S, Honeycutt J, Hsieh M. Early DNA Methylation Events in Bladder Carcinogenesis and Their Implications for Inflammation-Induced Bladder Cancer. American Urological Association, 2014, Orlando, Florida.

Hsieh YJ, Ricci A, Cheng A, Hsieh M. Development of Gentamicin Analogs with Less Organ Toxicity and Preserved Anti-Uropathogen Activity. American Urological Association, 2014, Orlando, Florida.

Richardson M, Fu CL, Pennington L, Honeycutt J, Odegaard J, Hsieh YJ, Hammam O, Conti S, Hsieh M. A New Mouse Model of Female Genital Schistosomiasis. American Urological Association, 2014, Orlando, Florida.

Nisky I, Hsieh M, Okamura A. Toward understanding of surgeon motor control in robotic surgery. Motor control track of the Israeli Society for Neuroscience Meeting, 2014, Israel.

Fu CL and Hsieh MH. Bladder Urothelial Cell Cycle Responses to Schistosoma haematobium Infection Are Modulated by IL-4 Receptor-α. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Le TLP, Boyett DM, Hsieh MH. Hamster weight patterns predict the intensity and course of Schistosoma haematobiuminfection. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Boyett D, Honeycutt J, Hsieh MH. Knocking down barriers: S. haematobiumova locally alter gene markers of barrier function in the mouse urothelium. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Honeycutt J, Hammam O, Hsieh MH. Gender dependence of p53-related abnormalities in the mouse bladder urothelium due to Schistosoma haematobiumegg-induced inflammation. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pennington LF, Alouffi A, Ray D, Fu CL, Hsieh YJ, Falcone F, Jardetzky T, Hsieh MH. Immunomodulatory proteins of Schistosoma haematobium.American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2014, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Khanal A, Cheung G, Hsieh MH. Use of Surfactants to Aid Spreading of Niclosamide on Schistosome Infected Waters. 89th American Chemical Society Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, 2015, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Honeycutt J and Hsieh MH. A Newly Identified Role for Interleukin-22 in Bladder Immunity. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting, 2015, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Fu CL, Hsieh YJ, and Hsieh MH. Bladder Urothelial Cell Cycle Responses to Schistosoma haematobium Infection Are Modulated by IL-4 Receptor-α. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting, 2015, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Pohl A, Ruta L, Gagliano A, Rosina S, Siracusano R, Eisenberg M, Hsieh M, Baron-Cohen S. Anogenital Distance (AGD): a novel biomarker of elevated fetal androgen activity in toddlers with autism. International Meeting for Autism Research, 2015, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Groah S, Perez-Losada M, Caldovic L, Ljungberg I, Sprague B, Castro-Nallar E, Shah N, Hsieh M, Pohl H. All Asymptomatic Bacteriuria, All the Time. American Urological Association, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana. Selected for press release.

Groah S, Perez-Losada M, Caldovic L, Ljungberg I, Sprague B, Castro-Nallar E, Shah N, Hsieh M, Pohl H. Pyuria and Asymptomatic Bacteriuria is Associated with Novel and Specific Urine Microbiomes. American Urological Association, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Honeycutt J and Hsieh M. A Newly Identified Role for Interleukin-22 in Bladder Immunity. Selected for Best Abstract competition for Society of Pediatric Urology, also selected to represent pediatric urology at the American Urological Association Research Forum, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Honeycutt J, Hammam O, Hsieh M. Schistosoma haematobium Egg-Induced Bladder Urothelial Abnormalities Are Modulated by p53 in a Gender-Dependent Fashion. American Urological Association, 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Honeycutt J and Hsieh M. A Newly Identified Role for Interleukin-22 in Bladder Immunity. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Shortliffe LD, Wu H-Y, Kouba E, Owumi W, Hsieh M. Digit Length in Hypospadias and Undescended Tests. European Society of Pediatric Urology, 2015, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Honeycutt J and Hsieh M. A Newly Identified Role for Interleukin-22 in Bladder Immunity. European Society of Pediatric Urology, 2015, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

Mahoney A, Gassei K, Orwig K, Gomez-Lobo V, Dome J, Rushton HR, Hsieh MH. Challenges in Establishing a Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation Protocol at a Free-Standing Children’s Hospital. Oncofertility Conference – Critical Conversations in Oncofertility: Pediatrics and Beyond, 2015, Chicago, Illinois.

Khanal A, Hsieh YJ, Mentink-Kane M, Cheung G, Hsieh MH. Assessing the Effect of Water Quality Markers on the Viability of Schistosome-Bearing Snails. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mach K, Mohan R, Patel S, Wong PK, Hsieh M, Liao JC. Development of a biosensor-based rapid urine test for detection of urogenital schistosomiasis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ittiprasert W, Miller A, Kumkhaek C, Logan J, Li S, Mentink-Kane M, Hsieh M. Schistosoma mansoni exposure modifies plasma exosomal miRNAs intercellular communications between parasite and host. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rinaldi G, Yan HB, Nacif-Pimenta R, Petrosino JF, Hsieh MH, Ajami NJ, Brindley PJ. Schistosome infection modulates the intestinal microbiome. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Khanal A and Hsieh MH. Using Surfactants to Disperse Niclosamide on Schistosome Infested Waters. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2015, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mahoney A, Gassei K, Orwig K, Gomez-Lobo V, Dome J, Rushton HG, Hsieh MH. Challenges in Establishing a Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation Protocol at a Free-Standing Children’s Hospital. Oncofertility Conference, 2015, Chicago, Illinois.

Xiao Y, Hsieh MH, Liao JC, Wong PK. A Microfiltration Device for Urogenital Schistosomiasis Diagnostics. American Urological Association, 2016, San Diego, California. Awarded Best Poster of Session.

Morimoto T, Greer J, Hsieh M, Okamura AM. Surgeon Design Interface for Patient-Specific Concentric Tube Robots. Proceedings of the 6th IEEE RAS/EMBS International

Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob2016), June 26-29, 2016, Singapore.

Mbanefo E, Saltykova I, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Brindley PJ, Hsieh MH. Schistosoma haematobium IPSE, a candidate pro-oncogenic factor in schistosomal bladder cancer. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Conference, 2016, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Mbanefo E, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Hsieh MH. Therapeutic Exploitation of IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Modulatory Protein, for Chemotherapy-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Conference, 2016, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Hsieh MH, Sussman R, Mahoney A, Hawkins C, Gassei K, Orwig K, Gomez-Lobo V, Dome J, Rushton HG. Challenges in Establishing a Testicular Tissue Cryopreservation Protocol at a Free-Standing Children’s Hospital. European Society of Pediatric Urology, 2016, Harrogate, United Kingdom.

Hsieh MH, Morimoto TK, Greer JD, Okamura AM. A Virtual Reality-Based Surgeon Design Interface for Patient Anatomy-Specific, Nonlinear Renal Access Using Concentric Tube Robots. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2016, Dallas, Texas.

Xiao Y, Lu Y, Hsieh M, Liao J, Wong PK. A Microfiltration Device for Diagnosis of Urogenital Schistosomiasis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.Le L, Hsieh MH. Host Exposure to Early Life Stages of Schistosoma haematobium Does Not Alter the Bladder Response to Eggs. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Mbanefo E, Le L, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. Therapeutic Exploitation of IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Modulatory Protein, for Chemotherapy-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis and Bladder Hypersensitivity. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2016, Dallas, Texas. Winner of Best Basic Science Award.

Mbanefo E, Saltykova I, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Brindley PJ, Hsieh MH. Schistosoma haematobium IPSE, a candidate pro-oncogenic factor in schistosomal bladder cancer. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Mbanefo E, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Hsieh MH. Therapeutic Exploitation of IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Modulatory Protein, for Chemotherapy-Induced Hemorrhagic Cystitis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.

Thiennimitr P, Yasom S, Maneekam N, Kiratisin P, Hsieh MH. Contribution of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Nitrate Respiration in Urinary Tract Infection. American Society of Microbiology (Microbes), 2017, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Farah D, Mbanefo E, Hsieh MH. Development of an interleukin-4-inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs (IPSE)-specific PCR assay as a quantitative predictor of schistosomiasis-associated morbidity. GW Research Days, 2017, Washington, District of Columbia.

Mbanefo EC, Le LH, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. Therapeutic exploitation of the Schistosoma haematobium homolog of interleukin-4-inducing principle of S. mansoni eggs, a urogenital parasite-derived host modulatory protein, for chemotherapy-induced hemorrhagic cystitis and bladder hypersensitivity. Children’s National Medical Center Research Week, 2017, Washington, District of Columbia.

Le LH, Bayne CE, Mbanefo EC, Hsieh MH. The Schistosoma haematobium homolog of interleukin-4-inducing principle of Schistosoma mansoni eggs, urogenital parasite-derived host modulatory protein, stimulates gene expression related to urothelial repair. Children’s National Medical Center Research Week, 2017, Washington, District of Columbia.

Mbanefo EC, Le LH, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. Functional characterization of the Schistosoma haematobium homologs of the interleukin-4-inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting, 2017, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Le LH, Mbanefo EC, Bayne C, Hsieh MH. IPSE induces gene expression critical for host pathogenesis and parasite egg survival. Woods Hole Immunoparasitology Meeting, 2017, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

Mbanefo EC, Pennington LF, Alouffi A, Heery DM, Jardetzky T, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. Characterization of the Schistosoma haematobiumhomologs of the interleukin-4-inducing principle from Schistosoma mansonieggs. The 717th meeting of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 2017, Salisbury, Maryland.

Cody JJ, Le L, Spangenberg T, Potma E, Hsieh MH. Confirmation of the differential effects of praziquantel enantiomers in Schistosomaspecies and the use of stimulated Raman scattering microscopy to elucidate mechanisms of action. The 717th meeting of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 2017, Salisbury, Maryland.

Le L, Bayne C, Mbanefo E, Hsieh M. IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived host modulatory protein, stimulates gene expression related to urothelial repair. The 717th meeting of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 2017, Salisbury, Maryland.

Morimoto T, Cerrolaza JJ, Hsieh M, Cleary K, Okamura A, Linguraru MG. Design of Patient-Specific Concentric Tube Robots Using Path Planning from 3D Ultrasound. 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2017, Korea.

Morimoto T, Greer J, Hawkes E, Okamura A, Hsieh M. Design, fabrication, and testing of patient-specific concentric tube robots for nonlinear renal access and mass ablation. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts.

Mbanefo E, Le L, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Alouffi A, Falcone F, Hsieh M. Therapeutic exploitation of the Schistosoma haematobiumhomolog of interleukin-4-inducing principle of S. mansonieggs for chemotherapy-induced hemorrhagic cystitis and bladder hypersensitivity. American Urological Association Annual Meeting, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts.

Morimoto T, Hawkes E, Hsieh M, Okamura A. Design of 3-D Printed, Personalized

Continuum Surgical Robots. ICRA 2017 workshop C4 Surgical Robots: Compliant, Continuum, Cognitive, and Collaborative, Singapore.

Schistosoma haematobiumIPSE Induces Cellular Proliferation, Cell Cycle Alterations, Angiogenesis, and Transcriptional Profiles Consistent with Pro-Carcinogenic Effects. Mbanefo E, Saltykova IV, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Ayoglu B, Utz PJ, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Brindley PJ, Hsieh M. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.

IPSE, a Urogenital Parasite-Derived Host Modulatory Protein, Induces Gene Expression Critical for Host Pathogenesis and Parasite Egg Survival and Expulsion. Le L, Bayne C, Mbanefo E, Banskota N, Alouffi A, Falcone F, Hsieh M. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.

Development of an interleukin-4- inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs (IPSE)-specific PCR platform to quantify egg burdens associated with schistosomiasis. Farah D, Mbanefo E, Hsieh MH. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.

Local administration of S. haematobium homolog of IPSE attenuates symptoms of ifosfamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis. Zee RS, Mbanefo EC, Le LH, Pennington LF, Jardetzky TS, Alouffi A, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. American Physiological Society, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington, DC.

Characterization and Manipulation of the Bladder Cancer Microbiome to Improve Outcomes. Cody J, Hsieh Y-J, Banskota N, Farah D, Stroud C, Hsieh MH. American Physiological Society, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington, DC.

Therapeutic exploitation of a parasite-derived immunomodulatory protein for treatment of pain. Le L, Mbanefo E, Pennington L, Jardetzky T, Falcone F, Alouffi A, Hsieh M. American Physiological Society, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington, DC.

IPSE, a urogenital parasite derived protein, drives urothelial proliferation and alleviates chemotherapy induced hemorrhagic cystitis. Mbanefo EC, Le L, Banskota N, Pennington LF, Alouffi A, Ray D, Meery D, Jardetzky TS, Falcone FH, Hsieh MH. American Physiological Society, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, 2017, Washington, DC.

Profiling of Urine Bacterial DNA to Identify an “Oncobiome” in a Mouse Model of Bladder Cancer. Children’s National Health Systems Research and Education Week, 2018, Washington, DC.

Exposure to Early Life Cycle Stages of Schistosoma haematobium Infection Influence Subsequent Immune Response to Eggs. Children’s National Health Systems Research and Education Week, 2018, Washington, DC.

Can the transcripts of interleukin-4-inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs (IPSE) serve as a quantitative biomarker for schistosomiasis? Children’s National Health Systems Research and Education Week, 2018, Washington, DC.

IPSE, a parasite derived host immunomodulatory protein, is a promising therapeutic for pediatric bladder pain. Children’s National Health Systems Research and Education Week, 2018, Washington, DC.

IPSE, a parasite derived host immunomodulatory protein, is a promising therapeutic for pediatric bladder pain. GW Research Days, 2018, Washington, District of Columbia.

Exposure to Early Life Cycle Stages of Schistosoma haematobium Infection Influences Subsequent Immune Responses to Eggs. GW Research Days, 2018, Washington, District of Columbia.

Profiling of Urine Bacterial DNA to Identify an “Oncobiome” in a Mouse Model of Bladder Cancer. GW Research Days, 2018, Washington, District of Columbia.

IPSE, a urogenital parasite derived protein, drives urothelial proliferation and alleviates chemotherapy induced hemorrhagic cystitis. GW Research Days, 2018, Washington, District of Columbia.

Study of changes in the transcriptome of mouse bladder following bladder wall injection of Schistosoma haematobium eggs. GW Research Days, 2018, Washington, District of Columbia.

IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived immunomodulatory molecule, ameliorates ifosfamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis through downregulation of pro-inflammatory pathways. American Physiological Society, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, 2018, Washington, DC.

The interleukin-4 inducing principle from Schistosoma mansoni eggs (IPSE) exacerbates UTI-induced pain and suppresses anti-microbial peptide production. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018, New Orleans, LA.

Study of changes in the transcriptome of mouse bladder following bladder wall injection of Schistosoma haematobium eggs. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2018, New Orleans, LA.

Autonomous laparoscopic robotic suturing with a novel actuated suturing tool and 3D endoscope. International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2019, Montreal, Canada.

Laparoscopic Suturing with an Autonomous Robotic System. North American Robotic Urology Symposium, 2019, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Developing a Non-Surgical Mouse Model of Neuropathic Bladder. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, April 27-30, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland.

Differences in the Urinary Microbiome of Children with Neuropathic Bladders with UTI. Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, April 27-30, 2019, Baltimore, Maryland.

Developing a Non-Surgical Mouse Model of Neuropathic Bladder. Children’s National Health System Research and Education Week, 2019, Washington, DC.

Profiling of urine and bladder tissue-associated bacterial and fungal DNA to identify an "oncobiome" in mouse models of bladder cancer and in bladder cancer patients. Children’s National Health System Research and Education Week, 2019, Washington, DC.

Interleukin-4 signaling plays a major role in urogenital schistosomiasis-associated bladder carcinogenesis. Children’s National Health System Research and Education Week, 2019, Washington, DC.

Characterization of IL-4 Effects on Urothelial Cell Cycling. GW Research Days, 2019, Washington, DC.

Downregulation of pro-inflammatory pathways by IPSE, a urogenital parasite-derived immunomodulatory protein, reduces ifosfamide-induced hemorrhagic cystitis. American Urological Association Meeting, 2019, Chicago, IL.

Semi-autonomous Robotic Anastomoses of Vaginal Cuffs using Marker Enhanced 3D Imaging and Path Planning. MICCAI, 2019, Shenzhen, China.

Interleukin-4 signaling plays a major role in pediatric urogenital schistosomiasis-associated bladder carcinogenesis. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona.

H-IPSE, a Parasite-Derived Candidate Drug for Bladder Pain, Localizes within Cells Besides the Urothelium. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Combination of Urine NGAL and Urine Microbial Diversity are Specific for UTI in Children with Neuropathic Bladders. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Developing a Non-Surgical Mouse Model of Neuropathic Bladder. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, 2019, Scottsdale, Arizona.

H-IPSE, a Pathogen-Secreted Host Nucleus-Infiltrating Protein (Infiltrin), is Internalized Through Clathrin- and Caveolin-Mediated Mechanisms by a Specific Range of Target Cells. Greater Washington DC Chapter of the American Physiology Society, 2019, Washington, DC.

Exploring the therapeutic potential of a parasite-derived immunomodulatory protein in resiniferatoxin-induced bladder pain. Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Academic Day, Children’s National Hospital, 2019, Washington, DC.

H-IPSE, a Pathogen-Secreted Host Nucleus-Infiltrating Protein (Infiltrin), is Internalized Through Clathrin- and Caveolin-Mediated Mechanisms by a Specific Range of Target Cells, and Promotes Tissue Repair. Joseph E. Robert, Jr. Academic Day, Children’s National Hospital, 2019, Washington, DC. Won 3^rd Best Abstract Award.

H-IPSE, a Pathogen-Secreted Host Nucleus-Infiltrating Protein (Infiltrin), Has a Limited Range of Target Cells. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, National Harbor, MD. 

Dual transcriptomics profiling of the mouse bladder wall injection model of Schistosoma haematobium infection. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, National Harbor, MD. 

Interleukin-4 signaling plays a major role in urogenital schistosomiasis-associated bladder carcinogenesis. American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2019, National Harbor, MD.

The Feasibility Test of a Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Laparoscopic Suturing Under Motion and Vision Constraints. 11th National Image Guided Therapy Workshop, April 16–17, 2020, Rockville, MD.

A Confidence-Based Supervised-Autonomous Control Strategy for Robotic Vaginal Cuff Closure. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2021, Xi’an, China.

A Novel PMA-Based PCR Assay Can Measure Viable Bacteria in Urine. Children’s National Hospital Research, Education and Innovation Week 2021.

A Novel PMA-Based PCR Assay Can Measure Viable Bacteria in Urine. Pediatric Urology Fall Congress, December 2021, Miami, FL.

Mechanisms of carcinogenesis related to infection with Schistosoma haematobium: exploration with RNA-Seq and CRISPR/Cas9-gene editing. George Washington University Cancer Center Basic Science Retreat, 2022.