Research Day 2019

Topics ranged from discoveries in cancer research to the role of emotional intelligence in physician burnout at the 2019 Medical Research Day at the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria. More than 90 UICOMP medical students, nursing students and residents participated in the event which also showcased national presented posters by faculty.

Congratulations to all presenters and winners of this year’s event!

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Awards

Distinguished Research Mentor Award

Eleonora Zakharian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology

Outstanding Research Awards

Jonathan Roberts, MD
Assistant Professor (CT), Department of Pediatrics

Krishna Veeravalli, PhD
Assistant Professor (RT), Cancer Biology and Pharmacology and
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

Eleonora Zakharian, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology

Outstanding Clinical, Technological, or Scholarly Achievements Applied to Medical Research

Anthony Dwyer, MS, AHFP
Clinical Associate, Health Sciences Education

The Dr. Muhammad B. Yunus Student Research Award

1. Colin Labak, M4 Student
2. Johnathan Jou, M4 Student

The Dr. Christopher and Marilou Powers Research Fund in Memory of John Allen

1. Cal Dewar, M3 James Scholar
2. Michael Pajor, M3 James Scholar

Students Awards (Clinical Vignette)

First Place: Catherine A Jimenez
Evidence of HHV-6 Encephalitis Due to Reactivation of Infection in an Immunocompetent Patient

Second Place: Hannah Frudden
First Case Report of Cerebral Nocardiosis, Toxoplasmosis, and Human Herpesvirus 6 infection in the Same Patient

Third Place: David Gao
Delayed diagnosis of perforated Crohn’s disease with recurrent intra-psoas abscess requiring omental patch

Students Awards (Research)

First Place: David Gao
Trafficking of testosterone receptor TRPM8 to the plasma membrane

Second Place: Tyler Johnson
Emotional Intelligence as it Relates to Burnout in Emergency Physicians

Third Place: Robert George
Investigating the Role of TRPM8 in Dopaminergic Sex-Reward Pathways and Sexual Satiety

Residents Awards

First Place: Nicholas Broadbent and Paige Maurer M4
Curriculum for Image Guided Procedures Based on Fresh Frozen Cadaver

Second Place: Kristina Dakis, MD
Use of the CenteringPregnancy Initiative to Decrease Preterm Birth and Racial Disparities in a High Risk Population

Third Place: Dr. David Jantzen
Comparison of Primary Care Physicians and Pediatric Cardiologists in the Appropriateness Use Criteria and Associated Costs of Outpatient Pediatric Echocardiograms

Best Literature Awards

Best Literature Review in a Student Research Poster

Elizabeth Saunches
Cervical Cancer Screening in an Urban HIV Clinic

Best Literature Review in a Student Research Poster Honorable Mention

Daniel Reine
A retrospective analysis of a novel bleb revision technique using Nd:YAG laser treatment following XEN gel stent placement

Best Literature Review in a Student Clinical Vignette Poster

Alex Matelski & Tess Woodring
Swaddling Sepsis: Whole genome sequencing and an outbreak of Salmonella in the NICU

Best Literature Review in a Student Clinical Vignette Poster Honorable Mention

Jane Zhang
An Uncommon Presentation of a Rare Hidradenocarcinoma

Best Literature Review in a Residents Poster

Xiaojun (June) Zhang
Concurrent Embolic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy and Retinal Artery Occlusion with Acute Silent ischemic Stroke