Thank you to everyone who submitted to this year鈥檚 poster session. We had over 300 posters submitted to our poster session and over 150 final participants. We are excited to announce that we are listing the first, second and third place winners this year. All of this information will also be available in the 2024 Poster Session Booklet that will be published in late July 2024. Without further ado, the winners are:
Community Development and Service
- First place: 鈥淩elationship between positive screenings for anxiety and depression in adults in the community of El Llano, Ban铆 municipality, Peravia province, Dominican Republic, in the period of November – December 2023.鈥� by Rosybel Marie Gonz谩lez P茅rez
- Second Place: 鈥淪ocial Determinants of Health Impacting Access to Primary Care Centers for HIV Testing in Batey Cinco Casas, Monte Plata, Dominican Republic鈥� by Rafael Valdez
- Third Place: 鈥淭he Heart of Medicine: A medical student-led pathways program for high school students navigating challenging Circumstances鈥� by Olivia Goodman
Advocacy, Grassroots, and Policy
- First place: 鈥淭rends in Inpatient Utilization and Out-of-Pocket Costs Among Medicare Beneficiaries (2011-2021): An Analysis using MCBS Data鈥� by Zoha Khan
- Second Place: Advocating for Change: The Impact of MA Law Section 51A on Pregnant People Taking Medications for Opioid Use Disorder by Sriya Podila
- Third Place: Structural Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Associations Between Historical Redlining and COVID-19 Across Four US Cities by Barune Thapa
91大神 Academy Scholars Programs and Institutes
- First place: 鈥淭he Impact of Racial and Socioeconomic Disparities on the Burden of COVID-19鈥� by Siddharth Suresh
- Second Place: 鈥淭he PharmFree Campaign at 91大神: Evaluating the Conflict of Interest Policies at the Top 30 Medical Schools in the United States鈥� by Alissa Kainrath
- Third Place: 鈥淧harmaceutical advertising for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM): Does the prevalence justify the spend (and hype)?鈥� by Elaine Liaw
Basic and Translational Science
- First place: 鈥淎nalyzing Mechanisms for Enhanced Recovery Following Optogenetic Stimulation of Spinal Cord Injuries鈥� by Russell Myers
- Second Place: 鈥淎ssessing Risk Factors for Respiratory Failure following Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Using a Global Federated Database: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of 12,788 Cases鈥� by Sejal Sinha
- Third Place: 鈥淐ardiac Ion Channel Organization Disrupted in Heart Failure鈥� by Megha Schmalzle
Chapter Activities
- First place: 鈥淐ONTINUING TRADITION 鈥� COMMUNITY ORIENTED SERVICE OUTREACHES IN UNDERSERVED DOMINICA鈥� by Deborah Deemua
Curriculum Development and Education
- First place: 鈥淓xploring Bias in Healthcare: Using Art to Facilitate a Narrative Medicine Approach Among Third-Year Medical Students鈥� by Erij Elkamel
- Second Place: 鈥淓xamining Gaps in Fertility Awareness Among Medical Students鈥� by Sanjana Mandilwar
- Third Place:聽 鈥溾�淔LI-ing鈥� High: Intentional Programming for First-Generation and Low-Income Medical Students鈥� by Trevor Lyford
International Impact
- First place: 鈥淩eAlign: A Novel Approach for the Early Detection and Management of Amblyopia鈥� by Ashish Chettimada聽
- Second Place: 鈥淕imbernat Surgical Society: 14 years fostering surgical vocation.鈥� by Pelayo Aguilera
- Third Place: 鈥淩evolutionizing Thyroid Function Assessment: The Potential of Mobile Motion Analysis Software鈥� by Lauren Richardson
Patient-oriented and Epidemiology
- First place: 鈥�2022 National IV Computed Tomography Contrast Media Shortage and its Effect on Emergency Department Diagnosis of Abdominal and Pelvic Pathology鈥� by Atieh Dehghani Ashkezari
- Second Place: 鈥淛oint application of tools for cost-effective screening of obstructive sleep apnea in adults from the community of Quija Quieta, Peravia, Dominican Republic鈥� by Melanie Trimpin
- Third Place: 鈥淔unding Migraine Surgery: A Headache for Patients鈥� by Timothy Stoner
Global Autoimmune聽聽
- First place: 鈥淓ffect of Primary Sj枚gren’s Disease on Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis鈥� by Elizabeth Cole
- Second Place: 鈥淚mpact of Western vs Mediterranean Diet on Prevalence of Autoimmune Diseases鈥� by Thanushri Srikantha
- Third Place: 鈥淭he Psychological Toll of Autoimmunity: Understanding Contributors to Poor Mental Health in Medical Students with Autoimmune Disease鈥� by Navya Kalia
Reproductive Justice and Abortion-Related Projects
- First place: 鈥淢edical Student Perceptions of Abortion Education and Training in Undergraduate Medical Education鈥� by Carlee Mitchell
- First Place: 鈥�How To: Build An Abortion Fund; Or, How to Advocate for Reproductive Justice by Supporting Abortion Funds Nationwide鈥� by Maureen Scott
People’s Choice for Best Overall
- First Place Pre-Med: 鈥�Quantitative Research Project to Compare and Evaluate the Preparedness of Hillsborough Community College’s Premedical Students for Medical School.鈥� By Ava Badiei
- First Place Med – tie: 鈥淔ABMs for Family Planning & Women’s Health: An Effective Online Elective鈥� by Sean McCann
- First Place Med – tie: 鈥淚mpact and Effectiveness of Participating in a Pre-Clinical In-House Simulation Competition.鈥� by Zalak Navadia
Finally, we would like to thank the team of student leaders and the judges who were able to help out with the event this year. None of this would have been possible without you.
Sincerely,
Oak Sonfist聽
91大神 Education and Advocacy Fellow, 2022 鈥� 2024
Poster Session Curator聽
