2018 Medical Student Symposium Winners!
Basic Science Awards
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Connor Buechler | David O'Connor | A primate model of pegivirus co-infection with SIV |
| Second Place | Prabhpreet Bassi | Ronald Cohn | Assessing the Therapeutic Potential of CRISPR/Cas9- Mediated Gene Modulation in Merosin-Deficient Congenital Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A |
| Third Place (Tie) | Lily Lu | Lisa Robinson | Elucidating the regulation of Adam17 mediated shedding of CX3CL1 in vascular endothelium |
| | John-Michael Guest | Ashok Kumar | Therapeutic efficacy of isavuconazole in experimental Aspergillus fumigatus endophthalmitis |
| Honorable Mention | Rami Beydoun | Kalyan Kondapalli | Na+/H+ Exchanger 9 Regulates Iron Mobilization at the Blood Brain Barrier in Response to Iron Starvation |
| | Ayesha Sudaram | Marcus Zervos | Epidemiology and outcomes of daptomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia |
| | Matthew Gross | Donal O'Leary | Muscle Metaboreflex Control of Left Ventricular Filling Pressure |
Prospective Clinical Science Awards
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Shivali Patel | Jeffrey Stanely | Myelin content and axonal size/density is reduced in earlycourse schizophrenia: Evidence from multi-echo T2 imaging study |
| Second Place | Lydia Su | Thomas Gardner | Non-perfusion of Mid-peripheral Retina Reduces Retinal Function in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema |
Prospective Clinical Assessment/Improvement Awards
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Madeline Berschback | Jennifer Mendez | Effect of Pediatric Mentoring Program: A Study of Medical Student Empathy and Attitudes toward Obesity |
| Second Place | Nathan Wood | David Willens | Cooking for Calmness: A Pilot Study of a Culinary Curriculum's Impact on Internal Medicine Resident Burnout |
Retrospective Clinical Science Awards
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Jacob Markel | David Markel | Early Results of a Modern Cementless Total Knee System |
| Second Place | Alec Bonifer | Vijaya Kumar | Association of serum biomarkers with severity of pulmonary embolism |
| Third Place | Sanjana Kulkarni | David Eisenstein | Prevalence of Patients with Pregnancies of Unknown Location Treated with Methotrexate |
| Honorable Mention | Diana Kakos | Humphrey Atiemo | Outcomes of pelvic floor physical therapy in treatment of levator spasm and voiding dysfunction |
Retrospective Clinical Care and Public Health
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Tabitha Moses | Mark Greenwald | Factors Associated with Sedative Use and Misuse Among Heroin Users |
| Second Place | Morgan Ellis | Robert Welch | Optimizing enrollment strategies for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) clinical trials: A secondary analysis of the ProTECT III trial |
Sandberg Award for Overall High Score
| Student | Advisor | Title |
|---|
| Connor Buechler | David O'Connor | A primate model of pegivirus co-infection with SIV |
2017 Medical Student Research Symposium Winners!
Clinical Science Oral Presentations
| | Student | Mentor | Title |
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| First Place | Lauren Newhouse | Jacqueline Limberg | Three hours of intermittent hypoxia increases circulating glucose levels in healthy adults. |
| Second Place | Mathura Ravishankar | Vaibhav Diwadkar | Frontal-temporal connectivity during rest in an episodic memory task modulates early stages of learning. |
| Honorable Mention | Raphael Banoub | Sanjeet Rangarajan | Arterial phantom blood flow simulator brings model-based surgical training "To Life"inspired by endoscopic endonasal skull based surgeries. |
| Honorable Mention | Tabitha Moses | Mark Greenwald | Developing domains of negative consequences of regular heroin use. |
Basic Science Poster Presentations
| | Student | Mentor | Title |
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| First Place | Frank Mei | Ryan Thummel | Development of a zebrafish model for infectious endophthalmitis. |
| Second Place | Hassan Fadel | Sandeep Mittal | Targeting IDO1, IDO2, TDO2 and AHR in primary patient-derived melanoma brain metastatic cells. |
| Honorable Mention | Leo Hall | Tomomi Ichinose | Subtype-specific expression and function of bungarotoxin-sensitive, alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in bipolar cells of the mouse retina. |
| Honorable Mention | Elizabeth Curtiss | Jena Steinle | Epac1 decreases inflammatory proteins in the retinal vasculature of mice and in retinal endothelial cells. |
| Honorable Mention | Neha Gupta | Ashok Kumar | Retinal innate immune response to aspergillus fumigatus in fungal endophthalmitis. |
| Honorable Mention | Maxwell Laws | Juri Gelovani | Molecular imaging of epigenetic regulation mediated by HDACs 4, 5 using PET/CT/MRI with 18F-TFAHA in a rat model of human glioma. |
Clinical Studies Poster Presentations
| | Student | Mentor | Title |
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| First Place | Lucy Ching Chau | Joseph Kim | Validation of predictive nomograms for delayed graft function in Canadian kidney transplant recipients. |
| Second Place | Francis Tinney | Nicole Bhave | Detection of right ventricular dilation and dysfunction by transthoracic echocardiography predicts renal transplant outcomes. |
| Honorable Mention | Rasanjeet Singh | Carolyn Harris | Cost and impact of lumboperitoneal and ventriculoperitoneal shunts in hydrocephalus. |
| Honorable Mention | Ahmad Al-Awadi | Sohel Somani | Atypical transient subretinal exudation following photodynamic therapy for chronic central serous retinopathy: a case report. |
| Honorable Mention | Matthew Sweet | Vani Sabesan | Does Medicaid payer status affect patient outcomes following surgical repair of massive rotator cuff tears? |
Clinical Science and Prospective Clinical Studies Poster Presentations
| | Student | Mentor | Title |
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| First Place | Lara Fahmy | Dorry Segev | Short-term post-donation renal function of living kidney donors in the United States. |
| Second Place | Tara van Veen | Joseph Miller | Patient decision support tool for sore throat. |
| Honorable Mention | Nathan Nartker | Jennifer Mendez | Using an interprofessional treatment summary assessment to improve diabetes education and compliance. |
| Honorable Mention | Dandrich Lim | Vanji Karthikeyan | Effect of rigorous, early and frequent screening protocol for BK virus on the development of BK virus nephropathy and graft Function an institutional analysis. |
Sandberg Award
| | Student | Mentor | Title |
|---|
| First Place | Lara Fahmy | Dorry Segev | Short-term post-donation renal function of living kidney donors in the United States. |
2016 Medical Student Research Symposuim Winners!
Basic Science Oral Presentations
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Eric Kim | Yong Xu | A Thin-Film Based Stimulating Cochlear Implant with Integrated Microfluidics for Drug Delivery |
| Second Place | Dylan McLaughlin | Michael Matunis | SUMO Modification and Binding are not Essential for Thymine-DNA Glycosylase-Mediated Base Excision Repair in Vivo |
| Honorable Mention | Robin Bonomi | Juri Gelovani | Non-invasive molecular imaging of SIRT1-mediated epigenetic regulation in cancers in vivo using PET/CT with a novel substrate-type radiotracer 2-[18F]PhAHA |
Clinical Studies Oral Presentations
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Nilesh Raval | Jennifer Sun | In Vivo Evaluation of Retinal Vasculature in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy Using Adaptive Optics Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscopy |
| Second Place | Francis Tinney | Anita Patel | Characterization of Vascular Lesions in Living Donor Renal Transplant Implant Biopsies |
| Honorable Mention | Tanya Pavri | Kimberly Forde | A single-center experience with Budd-Chiari Syndrome |
| Honorable Mention | Leedor Lieberman | Craig Rogers | Do surgeons modify their clamping technique during robotic partial nephrectomy of complex tumors? |
Basic Science Poster Presentations
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Bruce Rottmann | Ashok Kumar | Candida albicans Fungal Endophthalmitis Causes Retinal Tissue Damage and Cell Death in Two Experimental Mouse Models |
| Second Place | Shivali Patel | Debra Skafar | Elevated Estradiol Compromises Trophoblast Survival in First Trimester Human Trophoblast Cells |
| Third Place | Fareea Khaliq | Ashok Kumar | Effect of Inflammatory Mediators on Trabecular Meshwork Cells |
| Honorable Mention | Erum Kazim | Shane Perrine | MDMA: a therapeutic to enhance extinction learning in PSTD? |
| Honorable Mention | Patrick Lee | Fu-Shin Yu | Role of Semaphorin 3C in Impaired Sensory Nerve Regeneration and Wound Healing in the Diabetic Mouse Cornea |
Clinical Studies Poster Presentations
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Lucy Ching Chau | Sheri Shojaie | Characterization of Statin Effectiveness Using Real-World Data in a Canadian Population |
| Second Place | Timothy Quinn &
Rachel Cho | Craig Rogers | Outcomes of robotic partial nephrectomy continue to improve over 8 years |
| Third Place (Tie) | Christopher Chou | Panayiotis Varelas | Effect of Anticoagulation and Reversal on Hematoma Growth in Intracerebral Hemorrhage |
| Third Place (Tie) | Lafi Khalil | Robert Keller | Athletic Performance at the NFL Scouting Combine After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction |
| Honorable Mention | Neo Poyiadji | Gaetano Paone | Outcomes for Alternative Approaches in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) |
| Honorable Mention | Curtis Hanba | Daniel Hanba | Time to Face the Music: A Population Analysis of Music Industry Facial Injury |
| Honorable Mention | Matthew Ashbrook | Kathleen Meert | Clinical Characteristics and Course of Human Metapneumovirus in Critically Ill Infants and Children: A Multisite Study in Michigan |
| Honorable Mention | Megan Courtley | Brian O'Neil | Comparison of Quantitative EEG with current clinical decision rules for Head CT utilization in acute mild traumatic brain injury in the ED |
| Honorable Mention | Justin Bedford | Phillip Levy | Patient Activation Among Frequent Users of the Emergency Department |
| Honorable Mention | Linnea Xuereb | Jeffrey Morgan | Outcomes of Patients on Continuous Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices: A Single Institutional 9-Year Experience |
| Honorable Mention | Jonathan Shaw | David Eisenstein | Occult Hernia and Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women |
Sandberg Award
| | Student | Advisor | Title |
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| First Place | Bruce Rottmann | Ashok Kumar | Candida albicans Fungal Endophthalmitis Causes Retinal Tissue Damage and Cell Death in Two Experimental Mouse Models |
