Distinction Day 2020

3rd Annual Distinction Day

A Celebration for the 2020 Brody School of Medicine Distinction Track Program Graduates

Health System Transformation and Leadership Distinction Track

Jubayer Ahmed
Routine Monitoring of the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (QIDS-SR16) in Clinic Patients with Major Depressive Disorder (PDF)

Samantha Curtis
Bilirubin Turnaround Time in an Outpatient Pediatric Clinic: Improving Efficiency of Time Sensitive Lab Results (PDF)

Noopur Doshi
Assessment of Alert Fatigue and Utility of Modified Early Warning System at Vidant Medical Center (PDF)

Jonathan LeCrone
Improving Door to CT Times for Acute Stroke Patients: A Quality Improvement Project (PDF)

Bennett Mack
Initiation of Cue-Based Feeding Guidelines in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit – A Quality Improvement Project (PDF)

Chantel Morey
Breast Cancer Conference Template Improves Documentation of Clinical Staging (PDF)

Chirag Patel
IMPROVE Movement: The Supplemental Exercise Program to Enhance ICU Mobility (PDF)

Allison Williams
Fluid Management Protocol to Ensure Adequate Diuresis in Extremely Preterm Neonates in the First Week of Life (PDF)

Research Distinction Track

Nicole Bolick
Temporal Trends in Primary and Secondary Skin Cancer Prevention in the U.S. (PDF)

Gabriel Gaweda
Dopamine Receptor D3 Agonist (Pramipexole) Abolishes Morphine-Induced Cardiac Fibrosis and Preserves Systolic Function in Mice (PDF)

Thomas George
Food Insecurity Associated with Obesity and Elevated Sugar Sweetened Beverage Intake (PDF)

Sean Johnson
Upregulation of Protease Activated Receptors in Vascular Smooth Muscle in Response to Injury and the Cooperativity Between PAR 2 and 4 (PDF)

Rebecca Jones
Does a Medical Home Buffer the Association Between Child Poverty and Poor Health? (PDF)

Chloe Opper
Cardiovascular Fitness Among Young Adolescents: Local and School-level Exercise Opportunities Predict Baseline Fitness (PDF)

Shelby Powers
Severe Neuropathy and Erectile Dysfunction After Androgen Deprivation and Cavernous Nerve Injury are Improved with Testosterone Administration (PDF)

Seth Saylors
Ground Level Falls in Patients Aged 65 and Older Treated in a Rural Level I Trauma Center: Implications For Targeting High risk Individuals in a Falls Prevention Strategy (PDF)

B. Lynette Staplefoote-Boynton
Practice Facilitation Implementation Requirement in Rural Primary Care Practices to Improve Blood Pressure Control for African Americans (PDF)

Service-Learning Distinction Track

Matthew Drake
Closing The Gap: Incorporation of Sexual and Gender Diverse Standardized Patient Cases in Medical Education (PDF)

Lauren Geisel
Assessment of Social Barriers to Medical Care for Pregnant, Latina Women with Diabetes in Eastern North Carolina (PDF)

Robin Harrison
Empowering Trainees With the Tools Needed to Have Effective End of Life Discussions with Vulnerable Patients (PDF)

Danae Massengill
Expanding the Syringe Services Program in Eastern North Carolina (PDF)

Katherine Mulligan and Yasamin Sanii
Child Passenger Safety: Parental Assessment and Education in General Pediatrics Clinic and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (PDF)

Brandon Yates
Development and Acceptability of Pregnancy-Related Educational Videos in the High-Risk Obstetric Clinic – A Small Scale Pilot Study (PDF)

Medical Education and Teaching Distinction Track

Allison Connelly
Patient Education in the Pre-Clinical Years of Medical School: A Pilot Study (PDF)

Kaitlyn O’Connor
The Implementation of Peer-led Anatomy Review Sessions for USMLE Step 1 Examination Preparation (PDF)

Kelsey Evans
Stop the Bleed: Medical Students as Instructors of the Bleeding Control Basics (B-Con) Course (PDF)

Richard Jordan
The Need for Pathology: A Modular Approach to Pathology Integration in the Gross Anatomy Laboratory (PDF)