25th Annual Medical Student Scholarship Forum Poster Presentations

August 1, 2022


Health System Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track

Jonathan Bowling
Patient Shadowing in Endoscopy Lab Reveals Potential Areas for Improvement

Elizabeth Davidson
Opportunities to Improve Continuity of Care at ECU Health OBGYN Outpatient Clinic

Miles Farlow
Quality Improvement in the Pediatric Cardiology Clinic

Annapurna Hanumanthu
Need for Improved Usage of the Patient Portal and Creating Reminder Checklist at the ECU Pediatric Specialty Clinic

Taha Lodhi
Patient-shadowing Reveals an Opportunity to Screen for Social Determinants of Health

Shantell McLaggan
Identifying Opportunities for Improvement Through Patient Shadowing at ECU Health Children’s Emergency Department

David Oakley
Patient Shadowing Experience – Pre-Surgery

Pankti Sheth
Patient Observation at Pain Management Center Evaluation

Lance Tiu
Opportunities to Improve Parkinson Patient Health Outcomes at ECU PT-OT Rehabilitation Clinic

Uma Gaddamanugu
High Quality Care in an Outpatient Geriatric Clinic – Observations from Patient Shadowing Experience


Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track

Kodjo Agbowou
Effects of Orientation on 1st Year Medical Students Study Skills

Michael Denning
Cloud-Based Resources for Medical Student Thoracic Surgical Clerkship Preparation

Kent Dickerson
Effects of Supplemental Spaced Digital Image Identification on Medical Neuroanatomy Practical Scores

Courtney Elliott
Introducing Trauma Informed Care and Child Sexual Abuse Prevention into Medical Education

Johnny Vang
Investigating Surgical Dexterity of the Da Vinci Surgical Robot with the Usage of Chopsticks


Service-Learning Distinction Track

Spencer Cooke
Reducing Musculoskeletal Injury Among Agricultural Workers

Micah Furr
Rural and Agricultural Health Education – Roots of Knowledge

Hoon Kong
Cultivating Medical Careers at Building Hope

Micah Lee
HANDS-On Childhood Health Education – PhysioCamp Early STEM Engagement in Pitt County

Dana Shefet
Improving Anthropometric Data Collection – Head Start Summer Health Fairs

Taylor Stamey
Medical Respite – Care for People Experiencing Homelessness After Hospital Discharge

Arden Vessie
Better Serving the Patient Population of Pitt County Care Clinic


Summer Scholars Research Program

Vanessa Amabo
Next Generation Sequencing – An Ultrasensitive Diagnostic Tool for Lyme Borreliosis

Kristen Armel
Bradykinin Receptor Serves as a Target for Reducing Lung Fibrosis in COVID Mouse Model

Lucas Ashley
The Metabolic Syndrome is Associated with Dementia – Is Bariatric Surgery a Possible Cure

Hayley Behm
Small Cell Lung Cancer with Brain Metastasis Initially Treated with Gamma Knife Confers Comparable Survival to Whole Brain Radiation Treatment

Felicia Branch
Dopamine Metabolite Profiles Predict Whether Opioids Provide Pain Relief in Rats with Chronic Neuropathic Pain

Quashawn Chadwick
Communicating Genomic Concepts with Virtual Reality – Participants Demonstrate Differential Mastery of Concepts Post Targeted Vignette Exposure

Manthi Dissanayake
A Randomized, Single Center Pilot Study Comparing Hyaluronic Acid to Vaginal Estrogen for Treatment of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause

Joseph Duronio
Decreasing Opioids in the Emergency Room – Pramipexole Adjuvant Cuts Opioid Dose in Half in Acute Renal Colic Patients

George Edwards
Exosomes Loaded with Magnetic Nanoparticles Present Novel Method for Delivering Breast Cancer Therapeutics and Improving Treatment Specificity

Cara Girardi
Decreasing Opioids in the Emergency Room – Pramipexole Adjuvant Cuts Opioid Dose in Half in Acute Renal Colic Patients

Hunter Jolicoeur
Determining the accuracy of implant treatment planning with CBCT

Sean King
Developing a 4-D Dynamic Model for GammaTile Dose Distribution

Joseph Maitre
Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy re-irradiation of intrathoracic recurrance of lung cancer

Adrianne Mitchell
Qualitative Improvement of the CDC Diabetes Prevention Program at ECU Family Medicine

Meek Myoung
Investigating the Determinants of Clinical Phenotypes of Peripheral Artery Disease

David Nacouzi
Robotic Surgical Repair of Mitral Regurgitation

Aaron Phillips
Immune checkpoint inhibitors promote colitis via the upregularion of adhesion molecules in an experimental murine model

Julianna Roupas
Veteran Characteristics and Telehealth Experiences Impact Visit Modality Preference at the Veterans Health Administration

Casey Sargent
Concurrent Diagnoses – Meningioma and Hodgkin Lymphoma

Nethusan Sivanesan
Dose Optimization of SDF-1 mRNA for Treating Erectile Dysfunction

Rachel Stiglitz
SAM IO and EZ-IO Comparison Study – Not So Fast SAM!

Omar Taha
A Large Retrospective Analysis of Systemic Reactions Associated with Allergen Immunotherapy in 2019-2020

Sydney Taylor
Incidence of Suicide in Patients with Young-Onset Colorectal Cancer

Sydney Thomas
Children’s Health and Environment Study

Krupa Trivedi
Addressing Perinatal Mental Health Equity for Indigenous Birthing People in the US

Matthew Tugman
Retrospective Review of CRRT Filter Lifespan in COVID-19 ICU Patients

Obum Umerah
Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Endothelium Permeability via Magneto-Mechanical Application for Breast Cancer Therapy

Richard Van Gurp
The Resounding Effect of COVID-19 on Dental Care Utilization, Payer Typer, and Prophylaxis Code Frequency

Ashima Varma
Differences in Motor Learning Between Children with Cerebral Palsy and Typically Developing Peers Using a Dynamic Balance Task