William Beaumont Research Awards

The William Beaumont Research Awards are given to three students for outstanding research accomplishments from work submitted for publication in Fusion, the student-run research magazine at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

The recipients of the 2023 William Beaumont Research Awards are:

  • Jacob Bjork, MSII
    “The Effects of Prenatal Adversity and Neonatal White Matter Microstructure on Child Language Skills at Age Two”
    Mentor: Deanna Barch, Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine

  • Zachary Falk, MSIV
    “Abnormal PTFV1 Size is Associated with Development of Atrial Fibrillation in an Obstructive Sleep Apnea Cohort”
    Mentor:  Marco Mercader, Division of Cardiology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences

  • Catherine Zwemer, MSIII
    “The Effects of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Other Psychiatric Comorbidities to Outcomes in Trauma Patients”
    Mentor: Susan Kartiko, Department of Surgery, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.