UF College of Medicine hosts 2018 Celebration of Research award ceremony
17 medical students share the results of their research as part of 2018 Celebration of Research award ceremony
Feb. 26, 2018 — Seventeen UF College of Medicine students mingled and shared results of their research in the George T. Harrell, M.D., Medical Education Building Friday afternoon as part of the college’s 2018 Celebration of Research award ceremony.
Of the 96 posters presented by medical students at the annual Celebration of Research event Feb. 19, four were awarded top prizes and 13 were chosen as semi-finalists. The posters were ranked by a group of Health Science Center faculty, and each winner received a cash prize.
Laura Cline received the Alpha Omega Alpha Award of $1,000 for her poster “Examining the pathogenicity of variants of uncertain significance in Factor 1 from transplant candidates.” She excitedly shared her research with faculty like UF College of Medicine Dean Michael L. Good, M.D., on Friday.
“It’s nice to take a break from classroom education and dive into where medicine is going,” she said. “Being able to participate in the UF Student Research Program gives us that opportunity to be a part of the future of medicine. Winning this award is icing on the cake.”
Good presented each student with a certificate and congratulated their strides in research.
“You all are so far ahead of your time, and your accomplishments are impressive,” he said.
Photos by Jesse S. Jones
2018 research poster award winners
Laura Cline
Alpha Omega Alpha Award, $1,000
“Examining the pathogenicity of variants of uncertain significance in Factor I from transplant candidates: an approach to better understand complement regulators and their role in atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome”
Vincent Federico
Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award, $500
“Treatment of infected carotid patch using femoral vein”
Emma O’Halloran Leach
Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award, $400
“Self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in persons living with HIV was a poor predictor of viral suppression”
Erika Wert
Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award, $300
“The role of student-run free clinics and LGBTQ health education based on a needs assessment of LGBTQ health disparities in North Central Florida”
Timothy Stoddard
Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award, $300
“Creativity declines with advancing stage of medical education: can creativity be taught?”
Michael Jones
Lawrence M. Goodman Research Award, $300
“AAV mediated gene therapy improves soleus function in a mouse model of Barth Syndrome”
Madeleine Turcotte
$100 semi-finalist award
“Personalized therapy design for early T-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia using computational biology modeling with in-vitro validation”
Sean Patrick Bliven
$100 semi-finalist award
“Baseline hypertension knowledge and blood pressure self-management skills of emergency department patients”
Alex Nusbickel
$100 semi-finalist award
“The effect of concussion on subsequent musculoskeletal risk in high school athletes”
Mackenzie Abraham
$100 semi-finalist award
“Analysis of outcomes in adolescents and young adults with pilonidal disease”
Wayne Dell
$100 semi-finalist award
“Effect of tympanic membrane microbiome of tympanoplasty success”
Serena Martin
$100 semi-finalist award
“Text4Fit: development of a health care text messaging program to improve medication adherence in overweight and obese adolescents recruited from three diverse clinical settings”
Zohair Zaidi
$100 semi-finalist award
“Biomechanical comparison of three fixation techniques for scapular spine fractures”
Stacey Kirkpatrick
$100 semi-finalist award
“Emergency department utilization in a family medicine patient population”
Mahmoud Aryan
$100 semi-finalist award
“Clinical utility of post-chemo radiation therapy restaging with MRI for stage II-III rectal cancer patients”
Nathan Burriss
$100 semi-finalist award
“Outcomes after transanal excision or transabdominal resection after stage I rectal cancer patients”
Agatha Formoso
$100 semi-finalist award
“Breastfeeding in a baby-friendly hospital: preliminary findings”
