2024 Research Paper Prize Competition

Recipients of the 2024 "Medical Student Research Paper Prizes"

Abramson Cancer Center basic science research prize – Saisai Chen
Title: PAQR8 promotes breast cancer recurrence and confers resistance to multiple therapies

Abramson Cancer Center clinical/translational research prize – Joshua Anil
Title: Bone marrow fibrosis is associated with non-response to CD19 CAR T-cell therapy in B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia

AI and Informatics in Medicine – Vinayak Ahluwalia
Title: Volumetric Breast Density Estimation from 3D Reconstructed DBT Images Using Deep Learning in a Racially Diverse Cohort

Balduin Lucke Memorial Prize – Lev Litichevskiy
Title: Interactions between the gut microbiome, dietary restriction, and aging in genetically diverse mice

Balduin Lucke Memorial Prize – Kevin Yang
Title: Machine learning-optimized targeted detection of alternative splicing

Celso-Ramon Garcia Award for Outstanding Women’s Health Research – Sarah Rowley
Title: Racial Inequities in Adolescent Contraceptive Care Delivery: A Reproductive Justice Issue

Celso-Ramon Garcia Award for Outstanding Women’s Health Research – Cindy Song
Title: Temporary mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to transplant in peripartum cardiomyopathy

Clinical Epidemiology Research Prize – Aaron Zhao
Title: Metabolic syndrome prevalence and impact on outcomes in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease

Creskoff Prize – Jason Xu
Title: Identification and targeting of treatment resistant progenitor populations in T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

David B. P. Goodman Award – Rebka Ephrem
Title: Optic Nerve Sheath Enhancement On Orbital Magnetic Resonance Imaging In Giant Cell Arteritis: A Case-Control Study

Edward Raffensperger Research Prize – Lev Krasnovsky
Title: Preoperative Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Is Associated with Reduced Skin and Soft Tissue and Intra-abdominal Infections in Patients with Crohn’s Disease Undergoing Intestinal Surgery: Results from a Meta-Analysis

Emergency Medicine – William Cohen
Title: Anatomic Considerations of Esophageal Button Battery Ingestion for Outcomes and Imaging

Gail Morrison Prize – Cecilia Zhou
Title: Psychological and emotional experiences of participants in a medical school, early assurance admissions program targeting students from groups underrepresented in
medicine

George W. Householder, III Memorial Prize – Joyce Liu
Title: Hepatic ACLY deficiency and bempedoic acid drive divergent responses to dietary lipid

ITMAT Prize for Clinical/Translational Research – Alfredo Lucas
Title: Enhancing the Diagnostic Utility of ASL Imaging in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy through FLowGAN: An Image Translational Framework

John G. Clark Prize – Kathryn Kixmoeller
Title: Visualization of human kinetochores by cryo-electron tomography

John Pryor Award for Trauma Research – Satvika Kumar
Title: Crossing the Line: Access to Trauma Care Across State Borders

John R. Stanley Research Prize for Dermatology – Sonia Wang
Title: Cardiovascular Health in People with Psoriasis: A Population-Based Study in the United States

John R. Stanley Research Prize for Dermatology – Ellen White
Title: Alcaligenes faecalis corrects aberrant matrix metalloproteinase expression to promote re epithelialization of diabetic wounds

Jonathan Rhoads Prize for Surgical Scholarship – Omar Abdoun
Title: Assessing Tissue Damage Around a Tape Spring Steerable Needle with Sharp Turn Radii

Leonard Davis Institute’s William L. Kissick, MD, DrPH, Health Policy Research Prize – Brian Cortese
Title: Projected Savings for Generic Oncology Drugs Purchased via Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company Versus in Medicare

Marc Levine Radiology Research Award – Min Jae Kim
Title: Lateralized Structural and Functional Circuitry for Verbal Fluency Changes After Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease

Mary Ellis Bell Prize – Daniel Connolly
Title: Progressive disruption of cell-autonomous gene expression underlies Rett syndrome pathophysiology

Mary Ellis Bell Prize – Charles Danan
Title: Intestinal transit-amplifying cells require METTL3 for growth factor signaling and cell survival

Neurosurgery Research Prize – Benjamin Creekmore
Title: Ultrastructure of human brain tissue vitrified directly from autopsy revealed by cryo-electron tomography with cryo-plasma focused ion beam milling

Neurosurgery Research Prize – Sophie Liebergall
Title: Ndnf interneuron excitability is spared in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome

O. H. Perry Pepper Prize – Carolyn Chow
Title: Patients’ Perspectives on Life and Recovery 1 Year After COVID-19 Hospitalization

O. H. Perry Pepper Prize – Daniel Park
Title: High-throughput Oligopaint screen identifies druggable 3D genome regulators

Orthopaedic Research Prize – Yixuan (Amy) Pei
Title: Comparing Musculoskeletal Injuries across Dance and Gymnastics in Adolescent Females Presenting to Emergency Departments

Pediatric Research Prize – Joseph Delferro
Title: The Role of Family Support in Moderating Mental Health Outcomes among LGBTQ+ Adolescents in the Primary Care Setting

Peterman-Arnold Award for Endocrinology – Emily Gleason
Title: Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonist Medications on Weight Loss in Patients With and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Peterman-Arnold Award for Endocrinology – Lindsay Levine
Title: Effect of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Agonist Medications on Weight Loss in Patients With and Without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Pulmonary Research Prize – Jonathan Szeto
Title: Associations of the CDCs Environmental Justice Index with acute respiratory illness among preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Richard K. Root Prize for Infectious Disease Research – Iulia Tapescu
Title: The RNA helicase DDX39A binds a conserved structure in chikungunya virus RNA to control infection

Robert M. Toll Prize – Dan Dou
Title: Regulatory imbalance between LRRK2 kinase, PPM1H phosphatase, and ARF6 GTPase disrupts the axonal transport of autophagosomes

Robert M. Toll Prize – Yousef Khan
Title: Common and Independent Genetic Factors Underlie Substance Use, Psychotic, Mood, and Anxiety Disorders

Rose Meadow Levinson Memorial Prize – Stacy Thomas
Title: Kupffer cells prevent pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma metastasis to the liver in mice.

Roy G. Williams Award – Erin Hollander
Title: N-glycosylation by Mgat5 imposes a targetable constraint on immune-mediated tumor clearance

Roy G. Williams Award – Naveen Jain
Title: Retrospective Identification of Cell-Intrinsic Factors That Mark Pluripotency in Rare Somatic Cells

Stuart L. Fine Ophthalmology Medical Student Research Prize – Kevin Zhang
Title: Oxidative stress induces lysosomal membrane permeabilization and ceramide accumulation in retinal pigment epithelial cells

Stuart L. Fine Ophthalmology Medical Student Research Prize – Anny Zhong
Title: Inter-eye Agreement in Dry Eye Signs in the Dry Eye Assessment and Management (DREAM) Study – Implications for Design and Statistical Analysis of Dry Eye Trials

The Masters of Science in Health Policy Research Medical Student Award in Community Engagment & Health Equity Research – Connor Wagner
Title: Sociodemographic Factors Predict Long-Term Attrition from Multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic

The Masters of Science in Health Policy Research Medical Student Award in Innovation & Implementation Research – Daksh Chauhan
Title: Defining the minimal clinically important difference in smartphonebased mobility after spine surgery: correlation of survey questionnaire to mobility data

William F. Jeffers Prize – Audrey Luo
Title: Functional Connectivity Development along the Sensorimotor-Association Axis Enhances the Cortical Hierarchy

William F. Jeffers Prize – Daniel Xu
Title: Histone acetylation in an Alzheimer’s disease cell model promotes homeostatic amyloidreducing pathways