The 23rd Annual Pritzker Summer Research Program proved to be another successful year of scholarship for a large number of second-year students. Funded in part by the NHLBI, NIDDK, NIA, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation and the Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, the Summer Research Program allowed students to work closely with faculty mentors across the clinical, translational, and basic sciences. Thanks in large part to the continued guidance of Drs. Vineet Arora, Eugene Chang, Sola Olopade, David Meltzer, and V. Leo Towle, the Summer Research Program has often given students a platform for ongoing research and a chance to present and publish their work on a national level.
After presenting their work to a panel of faculty judges, the following students were recognized for their excellence. The Pritzker School of Medicine would like to congratulate these second-year medical students:
The Joseph B. Kirsner Research Award for Excellence
Maura Clement
Mentor: Peggy Mason, PhD
Empathy in Rats: The Bystander Effect
The Sigma Xi Award for Impact on Society
Emily Frey
Mentor: Nicola Orlvo, MD'08, MPH
Modeling Safe Infant Sleep Practices in the Hospital
The Brain Research Foundation Award for Neuroscience
Katherine Mullersman
Mentor: David Dickerson, MD'08
Shifting Attitudes and Changing Behavior for Improved Pain Management: Implementing Preoperative, Non-Opioid Analgesics
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content, and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Clinical Science
Michael Andersen
Mentor: David Rubin, MD
Longitudinal Changes of Patient Reported Outcomes and Quality of Life Measures in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Marika Kachman
Mentor: Shannon Martin, MD, MS
Describing Variability of Inpatient Consultation Practices
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content, and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Basic Science
Jonathan Matthews
Mentor: Savas Tay, PhD
Automated High-Throughput Drug Screening on Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Organoids with Computer-Controlled Microfluidics and Image Processing
Shannon Zhang
Mentor: Jane Churpek, MD
Defining the Role of Germline Mutations in Malignant Mesothelioma
Overall Excellence in Scientific Quality, Content, and Ability to Respond to Questions in the Performance of Research in Translational Science
Nicole Dussault
Mentor: Matthew Churpek, MD, PhD
A Novel Machine Learning Infection Prediction Model
Noah Simon
Mentor: Kamran Riaz, MD
The Effect of Pharmacological Dilation on Calculation of IOL Power Using Fourth-Generation Formulas
Honorable Mention for Excellence
Catherine Castro
Mentor: Rima McLeod, MD
Impact of Gestational and Congenital Toxoplasmosis Medical Education: A Pre-and Post-Intervention Study in Panama City, Panama
Amarachi Erondu
Mentor: Vinny Arora, MD, MAPP'03
Letting Sleeping Kids Lie: Characterizing Pediatric Inpatient Sleep Duration and Disruptions
Michael Gwede
Mentor: Arlene Chapman, MD
Validation of Smart Water Bottle for Use in Fluid Intake Prescription Adherence Studies
Julia Naman
Mentor: Anna Volerman, MD
Examining Student Perspectives on Asthma Management in Schools: A Qualitative Study of Facilitators and Barriers
Anastasia Pozdnyakova
Mentor: Wei Wei Lee, MD, MPH
Impact of Scribes on Physician Satisfaction and Patient Experience in Primary Care
Kellie Schueler
Mentor: John Schneider, MD, MPH
PrEP Awareness and Use within Transmission Networks in Chicago
Aaron Smith
Mentor: Barbara Scavone, MD
A Validation Study of the Maternal Early Warning Criteria
Alison Taylor
Mentor: Harold Pollack, PhD
Pilot Year Evaluation of Chicago's Westside Narcotics Treatment and Diversion Initiative
Aaron Wallace
Mentor: Mohan Gundeti, MD
Postoperative Course Following Complex Pediatric Urologic Surgery: A Single Surgeon Experience