The GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences celebrated Medical Student Research Day on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. More than 160 medical students submitted abstracts on a broad range of topics pertaining to medical education, public health, and clinical and translational research.
We congratulate all who participated in the event. Awards were presented to the following medical students:
Donald H. Glew Prize
Nyshidha Gurijala
Faculty Mentor: Laura Olivieri, Division of Cardiology, Children's National
Category: Clinical and Translational Research: Cardiology
Title: Cardiac Magnetic Resonance with Parametric Mapping to Predict Rejection in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients
Best Abstract Awards
Nicole Casasanta
Faculty Mentor: P Sheena Khurana, Department of Medicine, GWU
Category: Clinical and Translational Research: Cardiology
Title: Comparison of average and lowest home and office blood pressure recordings and implications on the management of chronic hypertension
Eric Chalif
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Sherman, Department of Neurosurgery, GW SMHS
Category: Clinical and Translational Research: Neurosurgery
Title: CyberKnife Radiosurgery Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: A Single Institution Examination with Long Term Follow-Up
Marie-Claire Partridge
Faculty Mentor: Shana Jacobs, Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, CNMC
Category: Clinical and Translational Research: Genomics
Title: Pharmacogenetics of Ondansetron Failure in Pediatric Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
Spencer Brodsky
Faculty Mentor: Komal Patel, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, GWU
Category: Public Health: Health Policy
Title: An examination of data from 700 crashes involving mopeds and scooters in Washington, D.C., from 2016 to 2019
Kelsi Knapp
Faculty Mentor: Lamia Soghier, CNMC
Category: Public Health: Community and Urban Health
Title: The effects of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic status on parental engagement and psychological distress in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Theodore Quan
Faculty Mentor: Ali Pourmand, Department of Emergency Medicine, GWU
Category: Public Health: Community and Urban Health
Title: Racial Demographics and Resource Utilization Among Teenagers with Firearm-Related Injuries Presenting to the Emergency Department, 2010-2015
Brianna McKiernan
Faculty Mentor: Kate Douglass, The Ronald Reagan Institute of Emergency Medicine, GWU
Category: Medical Education
Title: Introduction of formative assessment tool in a post-graduate training program in India: a mixed methods evaluation
William Beaumont Research Awards
Akshay Reddy
Faculty Mentor: Michael Whalen, Department of Urology, GW SMHS.
Title: Comparison of Oncologic Outcomes for Robotic Vs Open Radical Cystectomy Among Locally Advanced and Node-Positive Patients: An Analysis of the National Cancer Database
Guido Pelaez
Faculty Mentor: Alejandro Villagra, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, GW Cancer Center, GW SMHS.
Title: Functional Characterization of Next Generation Histone Deacetylase 6 Inhibitors
Erin Felton
Faculty Mentor: Andrea Hahn, Infectious Disease, Children’s National Health System
Title: Bacterial Functional Profiling of the Cystic Fibrosis Airway Across Clinical States
Doris DeFord Speck and George Speck, MD Endowed Prize for Student Medical Research
Sharjeel Chaudhry
