Mentee feature: Kylie Tang
My mentee Kylie Tang is featured in the Summer/Fall 2026 issue of Boston University Medicine magazine, and her productivity as a medical student in our lab has been remarkable.
Since joining us, she has earned poster awards at BU's Evans Days and Medical Student Research Symposium a scholarship and poster presentation at the Wound Healing Society Annual Meeting a Best Papers talk (top 15% of abstracts) and one of eight poster finalist spots (top 5%) at the Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting an upcoming oral presentation at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons annual meeting
Congratulations, Kylie, on a record that is extraordinary!
Thank you to Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine for the feature.
August 2026
🔬 Excited to start a new 1 year PSRC/PSF (Plastic Surgery Research Council/Plastic Surgery Foundation) Pilot Grant with Mark Grinstaff's lab https://www.grinstaff.org/ at BU whose group developed a modified self-amplifying RNA platform that enables sustained, high-level protein expression from a tiny dose, and we're now leveraging it to target uPAR, a receptor upregulated on senescent cells, to redirect the body's own T cells to selectively clear them. A genuinely exciting new way to target senescence. 🎯
July 2026
Dr. Roh was honored to present at the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery Grand Rounds this month on translating aging biology and cellular senescence into surgical care.
He extends his thanks to Chair of Surgery Dr. Ikramuddin, Chief of Plastics Dr. Choudry, and Director of the Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism Dr. Niedernhofer for a truly inspiring visit. They have already built remarkable synergy examining senescence across surgery.
There is significant opportunity to harness aging biology to improve surgical outcomes for older adults.
June 2026
Dr. Roh and his students at the Lab attended the Plastic Surgery Research Council Annual Meeting in Hollywood, CA!
Dr. Roh was invited to moderate the “Wound Healing / Burn” session as well as a “Best Papers” session.
The Roh Lab students were selected to give presentations during a "Best Papers" session, ranking within the top 15% of all abstracts submitted.
Sydni Britton presented her research findings for her project: “Single-Cell Rna-Seq Identifies Sensecent Fibroblasts Driving Chondrogenic Ecm Abnormalities In Keloid Scars.”
Kylie Tang presented her work on her project: “Systemic Senolytic Treatment with Dasatinib + Quercetin Exhibits Age-Dependent Effects on Acute Cutaneous Wound Healing.”
Additionally, Kylie's poster presentation for “Frailty Predicts Adverse Reconstructive Outcomes Following Full-Thickness Skin Grafting In Older Adults: A National Cohort Study” was selected as 1 of 8 finalists for poster presentations at this conference (top ~5% of poster presentations).
Dr. Roh was invited to the NIA by Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, Scientific Director of the NIA and a foundational figure in geroscience, to share the labs work on cellular senescence, wound healing, and stress responses and resilience to injury and surgical stress in aging.
May 2026
Dr. Roh visited with Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, Chief of Plastic Surgery and leading Surgeon-Scientist, as the 29th Research Day Visiting Professor at Yale Plastic Surgery. His talk "Targeting Senescence to Improve Wound Healing in Aging: Toward Preoperative Optimization with Senolytics" encouraged trainees to cultivate a healthy obsession for rigorous scientific inquiry and clinical innovation.
April 2026
The Roh Lab attended the 2026 SAWC Spring | WHS Annual Meeting.
Qiaoling Wang was selected as a speaker for one of the highest scoring abstracts overall submitted to WHS, delivering an oral presentation on her innovative work:
“Novel Methodology For Studying Cellular Senescence In Wound Healing using the p16-tdTomato Mouse Model.”
Sydni Britton had one of the highest scoring abstracts for poster presentations and thus delivered a rapid-fire poster talk for her novel research findings as well as a poster presentation:
“Single-Cell Rna-Seq Identifies Sensecent Fibroblasts Driving Chondrogenic Ecm Abnormalities In Keloid Scars.”
Kylie Tang presented a poster for WHS on key findings:
“Systemic Senolytic Treatment with Dasatinib + Quercetin Exhibits Age-Dependent Effects on Acute Cutaneous Wound Healing.”
Sydni and Kylie received the SAWC Spring | WHS Scholarship as medical students to support attendance at the conference.
March 2026
Sydni Britton and Kylie Tang presented oral presentations at the Grasberger Visiting Professor Day. Qiaoling Wang presented her poster on her project regarding an optimized p16-tdTomato Reporter Mouse Model as well.
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February 2026
Sydni Britton was selected for an oral presentation at the 2026 Medical Student Research Symposium for her project:
“Senescent Fibroblasts Drive Chondrogenic ECM Pathology in Keloid Scars: Insights from Single-Cell RNA-Seq.”
Kylie Tang received a Serchuck Poster Award for her project:
“Systemic Senolytic Treatment with Dasatinib + Quercetin Exhibits Age-Dependent Effects on Acute Cutaneous Wound Healing.”