72nd Annual Senior Scientific Awards

On May 16, 2018, members of the Class of 2018 participated in the 72ndannual Senior Scientific Session. The event was founded in 1946 by Dr. Leon Jacobson to provide senior medical students with a forum to present their research. The event was chaired by Dr. Julian Solway, the Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Dean for Translational Medicine, Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, and Chair of the Committee on Molecular Medicine.

The following students were honored for their exceptional scholarly work.

The Franklin McLean Medical Student Research Award, granted to the non-PhD student who has performed the most meritorious research in the medical field

Margaret Wang

Human Papillomavirus Viral Load: A Useful Triage Tool for Non-16/18 hrHPV Positive Women

Faculty Mentor: YoulinQiao, MD, PhD

Medical & Biological Science Alumni Association Prize, for the best presentation made by a student in the area of Applied Scholarship

Kathleen Wiest

Use of Simulation to Assess Incoming Interns’ Recognition of Opportunities to Choose Wisely

Faculty Mentor: Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP

The Catherine Dobson Prize, for the best oral presentation given by a student in the area of Scientific Investigation in Clinical Research or Social Sciences

Curtis Ginder

Predicting Appropriate ICD Therapy with Real-Time Home Monitoring Data Using Traditional Logistic Regression and Machine Learning Models

Faculty Mentor: Gaurav Updahyay, MD

The Leon O. Jacobson Basic Science Prize, granted to the MD/PhD student whose Basic Science research is judged to be the most meritorious from among session participants

Aaron Hecht, PhD

Bacterial Warfare in the Gut Microbiota Determines Intestinal Inflammatory Disease Outcomes

Faculty Mentor: Juliane Bubeck Wardenburg, MD, PhD

The Leon O. Jacobson Prize, for the best oral presentation given by a non-PhD student in the area of Basic Biological Sciences

Sean McGuire

Targeted Inhibition of Fascin in Cancer and Stromal Cells Blocks Ovarian Cancer Migration and Metastasis

Faculty Mentor: Ernst Lengyel, MD, PhD

The Award for Best Poster Describing Applied Scholarship

Brandon Berger

Cost-Effectiveness of Meglumine Antimoniate versus Miltefosine Caregiver DOT for the Treatment of Pediatric Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Faculty Mentors: Allison Bartlett, MD, MS

The Award for Best Poster Describing Scientific Investigation in Basic Sciences

J. Mark Lunderberg, PhD

Bacillus anthracis TagO is required for Vegetative Growth and Secondary Cell Wall Polysaccharide Synthesis

Faculty Mentor: Olaf Schneewind, MD, PhD

The Award for the Best Poster Describing Scientific Investigation in Clinical Research or Social Sciences

Ellen Daily

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Adjuvant versus Salvage Radiotherapy after Radical Prostatectomy for High-Risk Disease

Faculty Mentor: Sangtae Park, MD, MPH