26th Annual Medical Student Scholarship Forum Poster Presentations

July 31, 2023

Health System Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track

Nathan Barefoot
Assessing the Social Determinants of Health in Grifton, NC

Valentine Okafor
Closing the Gap Between Primary and Speciality Care – A Crucial Intervention to Boost Vaccination Rates for Cystic Fibrosis Patients at ECU Health

Hannah-Therese Rayala
Opportunities to Improve Continuity of Care at ECU Family Medicine Outpatient Clinic

Chance Rector
Opportunities for Improvement in Delivery of ECMO Care in ECU Healths NICU/PICU

Jacob Richardson
The Reduction of Hospital Acquired Infections within the Intermediate Care Unit

Blaiz Rodman
Well-Child Visits in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Years of Life

Vaishnavi Siripurapu
Patient Shadowing in OB/GYN Outpatient Clinic Reveals Areas of Improvement

Michael Wright
Quality Improvement Opportunities Inpatient Pediatric Medicine Clinic

Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track

Kegan Cox
Physician Empathy: Do Higher Levels of Empathy Correlate to Increased Documentation of Social Determinants of Health?

Thekra Hindi
ChatGPT: The Future of Comprehensive Foundational Science Question Banks

Rithik Sudhini
Investigating the Impact of Psychiatry Clerkship Exposure on Communication- Related EPAs: A Retrospective Study in Medical Education

Emily Tate
Virtual Reality in Simulation-Based Education: Is It Effective in Teaching Clinical Competency in Point-of-Care Ultrasound Techniques?

Service-Learning Distinction Track

Marriam Azam
Expansion and Development of Birth Partners at ECU

Alyssa Galleshaw
Addressing Social Determinants of Health for Patients of Pitt County Care Clinic

Emily Garner
Increasing Availability to Naloxone Supplies

Noah Green
Mentorship Opportunity for Minority Youth with Building Hope Community Life Center

Hannah Herrick
Closing the Gap of Establishing Health Care for Refugees in Greenville

Jeffrey Matthew
Utilizing Retinal Scanners for Early Detection of Organ Failure in H-2A Visa Farmworkers

Zachary Miller
Transition to Mobile Clinic Space at Greenville Community Shelter Clinic

Greyson Silverman
Improving Rapid Fentanyl Test-Strip Reliability and Usability through Simplification of Instructions

Sophia Villani
Mentorship Opportunity for Minority Youth with Building Hope Community Life Center

Summer Scholars Research Program

Brooke Allen
Length of Initial Hospitalization is Associated with Pooer Childhood Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Premature Neonates with Surgically Managed Necrotizing Entercolitis

Abdullah Amer
Oral health literacy of pregnant women in a rural area in Eastern North Carolina

Andrew Cunningham
Reducing Neurocognitive Impairment In Treating Limited Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

Pembrolizumab Induced Tumor Shrinkage in Rare Osseous Metastasis of Basal Cell Carcinoma

Alissa Davis
The Dopamine D3 Agonist Pramipexole Decreases Symptoms of Morphine Withdrawal in Opioid-Tolerant Animals

Tyler Evangelous
Transcriptional States of B cells Producing Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies that target HIV-1 Envelope

Benjamin Gerstein
Clinical Outcomes in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department for Opioid Overdose and Concurrent COVID-19 Infection

Martin Green
α-Synuclein: A Non-Lethal Interaction with Gram-Positive Bacteria

Jenna Hamed
ECU Family Medicine Summer Medical Nutrition Fellowship

Liam Hopfensperger
CBCT Analysis of Anterior Maxillary Anatomy Shows Age-and-Gender-related Variance in Morphology

Phoebe Jollay-Castelblanco
Analysis of Racial Differences in Multi-Arterial Coronoary Artery Bypass Grafting

Brian Kang
Physician Training: Too Long to Learn?

Amanda Landry
Exploring Factors Associated with Disparities in Accessing the Kidney Transplant Waitlist within the Southeastern, United States

Angelica Mack
Effects of Physical Therapy and Medical Nutrition Therapy on Patients’ Frailty Scores and Self-Reported Fear of Falls

Jessica Mack-Gill
Postpartum Supports for Black Women in Eastern North Carolina

Arvind Mallikarjunan
“You Can’t See Me” – Developing an Optical Measurement Tracking System for Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgical Drills.

Morgan Maner
Perinatal Mental Health Provisions for Birthing People Impacted by the Carceral State: A Scoping Review    

Mason Martin
Treating and Preventing Breast Cancer Using an Automated Screening Tool as Part of Risk Assessment: A Model of Academic-Community Collaboration to Address Rural Disparities

Jason McCollum
Why Do Caregivers Choose the Pediatric Emergency Department (PED) Over a Pediatric Acute Care Night Clinic? A Qualitative Survey

Emma McQueen
Psychiatric Boarding in a Rural Southeastern Pediatric Emergency Department-A Clinical Crisis

DaQuan Mebane
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System on Cardiomyocyte and the Impact of Anti-Hypertensive Drug on Myocardial Excitability

Emily Moore
Evaluating Retinal Imaging as a Screening Tool for Vascular Damage Secondary to Hypertension and/or Diabetes in Eastern North Carolina Farmworkers: A Case Series

Yaqot Nasser
Ongoing Medication Use Could Inhibit Intended Weight Loss Amongst Participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program

Pankti Patel
Identifying Women with an Undiagnosed Bleeding Disorder in Eastern North Carolina

Cere Poovey
GPR68 Signals in cAMP/PKA/EPAC1- Independent Manner Under Acidic Conditions in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells

Julia Quirin
Morphological Characterization of Female Rat Genitourinary Tissues Following Pelvic Radiation

Francisco Reyes
Novel Advancements in Cardiac Care- Using Mobile Health Technology and Analytics to Support Clinical Decision Making in Post-Surgical Aortic Dissections Care

Carissa Patricia Santos
How Do Trends in Thyroid Cancer Incidence Rates in Women and Men Across Races/Ethnicities Differ in the United States – A US SEER Study 2000 – 2019

Ella Whitfield
Cardiovascular Consequences of Radiation Therapy for Left-Sided Breast Cancer Patients

Joshua Williams
Acrylamide based Universal Adhesive with H10