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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