The abstracts and poster presentations for medical student research day were judged by an independent panel of faculty reviewers, and outstanding submissions were selected from each of the three major subject area categories: Clinical and Translational Research, Public Health Research, and Medical Education Research. Below are the recipients of these awards.
2024 Awardees
Kevin Jaatinen
Title: Sequencing of Blood RNA from INOCA Patients Identifies Changes in Innate, Invariant, and Acquired Immune Pathways
Faculty Mentor: Tim McCaffrey, Departments of Medicine George Washington University School of Medicine
Cleo Whiting
Title: Primary Hyperhidrosis and Sensitive Skin Syndrome: A National Pilot Survey
Faculty Mentor: Adam Friedman; Department of Dermatology, George Washington University School of Medicine
Rishika Bheem
Title: Clinical Utility of Fungal Blood Cultures for Diagnosis of Candidemia
Faculty Mentor: Rama Hamdy; Infectious Disease, Children’s National
Eliza Brufsky
Title: An Innovative Approach to Alleviating Fatigue in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
Faculty Mentor: Margaret Rosenzweig; School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh
Jacob Bjork
Title: Associations between Prenatal Adversity and Neonatal White Matter Microstructure on Language Outcomes at Age 2 Years
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Lean; Pediatrics, Washington University
Tyler Muser
Title: Retinal Pigment Epithelial Cells Treated with Chlorophyll Have Augmented Production of ATP
Faculty Mentor: Edward Wood; Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford
Tugce Erguven
Title: Effects of Preoperative Breast MRI on Surgical Management in Women Aged 40 Years and Younger with Breast Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Brem; Radiology, George Washington University School of Medicine
Ryan Antar
Title: Income Disparities in Survival and Receipt of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Lymph Node Dissection for Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer
Faculty Mentor: Michael Whalen; Urology, George Washington University School of Medicine
Kellan Godwin
Title: Strategic Planning in a Student-Run Free Clinic: Utilizing a Pragmatic Policy and Medical Education-Oriented Approach to Long-Term Clinic Management
Faculty Mentor: Maria Portela; Primary Care, George Washington University School of Medicine
Scarlett Bergam
Title: WhatsApp-Based Sexual and Reproductive Health Education for Adolescents with Perinatally-Acquired HIV: Lessons Learned from an mHealth Pilot
Faculty Mentor: Brian Zanoni; Pediatric Infectious Disease, Emory University
Aparna Nanduru
Title: Investigating Associations Between Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) and Dyspnea Index Scores Among Patients With Lung Symptoms in India
Mentor: Sai Praveen Haranath, Pulmonology, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, India
We are indebted to the help of the following faculty judges who reviewed the submitted abstracts and/or posters: Laura Abate, Janice Blanchard, Ruth Beuter, Stacy Brody, Kirsten Brown, Jill Catalonotti, Susan Ceryak, Aileen, Chang, Marc Chodos, Andrew Choi, Nicole DeVaul, David Diemert, Leigh Frame, Mardi Gomberg, Anand Gourishankar, Aiste Gulla, Emmeline Ha, Thomas Harrod, Galadriel Hovel-Miner, Libby (Elizabeth) Ireson, Raman Javan, Susan Kartiko, Richard Katz, Natalie Kirilichin, Ioannis Koutroulis, Patricia Latham, David Leitenberg, , Maureen Lyon, Paul Marvar, Tim McCaffrey, Matt Magyar, Elissa Malkin, Michele Mietus-Snyder, Courtney Paul, Seva Polotsky, Travis O'Brien, Megan Quintana, Claudia Ranniger, Lisa Schwartz , Nicholas Shworak, Neal Sikka, Robert Sterling, Anjali Talwalkar, Maranda Ward, Michael Whalen,
Very special thanks goes to Dr. Susan Ceryak who organized the judging process.