Research Forum

The 25th Annual Medical Student Research Forum will be held on Monday, November 23, 2026, in the Health Sciences Learning Center from noon to 5:00 p.m. This annual event showcases the research accomplishments of the majority of SMPH students, who conduct research under the mentorship of UW faculty during the summer between their first and second years of medical school. Each year, more than 130 students present their work through podium and poster presentations.

Presenter Information for Medical Students

Tentative schedule for 2026 event:

Noon-1 pm. Poster Session. HSLC Atrium.

1:15-2:10 pm. Opening, Welcome, and Guest Lecture. 1306 HSLC

Opening Remarks: Gwen McIntosh, MD, MPH, Acting Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Guest Lecture: Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, Dean of the School of Medicine and Public Health

2:15-4 pm. Student Podium Presentation Sessions. (All sessions run concurrently in HSLC 1306, 1325, 1335, and 1345)

Session A: 1306 HSLC
Facilitator: Frederick A. Robertson, MD
Co-Facilitator: Mike Fromandi (MSTP Student)
Session B: 1325 HSLC
Facilitator: Keith Meyer, MD
Co-Facilitator: Ksenija Bernau, PhD
Session C: 1335 HSLC
Facilitator: Sarah Wernimont, MD
Co-Facilitator: Ajinkya Limkar (MSTP Student)
Session D: 1345 HSLC
Facilitator: Brian Boville, MD
Co-Facilitator: Rodrigo A. Montoro (MSTP Student)

4 – 5 pm. Poster Session and Reception. HSLC Atrium.

Research Forum 2026 - Presentation and Poster List

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Presentation Desc	Room, Time	Student Name	Name	Department	Mentor Name	Title
Podium A 1	HSLC 1306; 2:20-2:30	Ian Casper	Ian Casper	Neurological Surgery	Dempsey, Robert, MD	Neuroprotective effects of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 and Growth Differentiation Factor-7 on neuronal cells exposed to in vitro ischemia/re-oxygenation injury
Podium A 2	HSLC 1306; 2:30-2:40	Ranjak Joshi	Ranjak Joshi	Neurological Surgery	Lake, Wendell, MD	Spatial Mapping of Intraoperative Test Stimulation to the Dentato-Rubro-Thalamic Tract in Essential Tremor Deep Brain Stimulation
Podium A 3	HSLC 1306; 2:40-2:50	Heaven Kim	Heaven Kim	Neurological Surgery	Schmidt, Bradley, MD	Association Between Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Surgical Outcomes After Anterior and Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Podium A 4	HSLC 1306; 2:50-3:00	Ahmad Masoud	Ahmad Masoud	Neurological Surgery	Schmidt, Bradley, MD	Approach-Related Neurologic Complications Following Fluoroscopy-Guided and Navigation Assisted Prone Transpsoas Lateral Lumabr Interbody Fusion: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Institutional Experience
Podium A 5	HSLC 1306; 3:00-3:10	Halli Olsen	Halli Olsen	Neurological Surgery	Hanna, Amgad, MD	Targeted mRNA-Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery of Interleukin-2 for Acute Spinal Cord Injury
Podium A 6	HSLC 1306; 3:10-3:20	Aubrie Torhorst	Aubrie Torhorst	Neurology	Adelman, Eric, MD	Stroke code symptoms and final diagnoses differ by patient location
Podium A 7	HSLC 1306; 3:20-3:30	Calvin Grass	Calvin Grass	Otolaryngology	Lin, Sandra, MD	Aeroallergen Season Timing, Intensity, and Clinically Relevant Exposure in Madison, Wisconsin
Podium A 8	HSLC 1306; 3:30-3:40	Emily Stidham	Emily Stidham	Otolaryngology	Davis, Ruth, MD	Clinical Utility of the Classification of Acute Laryngeal Injuries (CALI) Severity Assessment for Post-Intubation Swallow and Voice Outcomes
Podium A 9	HSLC 1306; 3:40-3:50	Emma Cepukenas	Emma Cepukenas	Radiology	Zhou, Wenhui, M.D., Ph.D.	Prediction of Surgical Margins in Lobular Breast Cancer Using Multimodal Electronic Health Records Data
Podium A10	HSLC 1306; 3:50-4:00	Tenzin Wangdak Yuthok	Tenzin Wangdak Yuthok	Radiology	Lee, Matthew, MD	Opportunities in Opportunistic Screening: Stratifying Cardiometabolic Risk using CT-based Abdominal Aortic Calcification
Podium B 1	HSLC 1325; 2:20-2:30	Amanda Piring	Amanda Piring	Human Oncology	Baniel, Claire, MD	Integration of Radiation Therapy with Tarlatamab in Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis
Podium B 2	HSLC 1325; 2:30-2:40	Suchin Yang	Suchin Yang	Human Oncology	Baschnagel, Andrew, MD	Predictors of Pulmonary Toxicity in Patients with Locally Advanced Lung Cancer Treated With Chemoradiation
Podium B 3	HSLC 1325; 2:40-2:50	Priya Ahuja	Priya Ahuja	Medicine	Kumar, Nilay, MD	Racial Differences in Clinical Outcomes and Care Patterns in Hospitalizations for Pulmonary Embolism
Podium B 4	HSLC 1325; 2:50-3:00	Mofeoluwa Akinbogun	Mofeoluwa Akinbogun	Medicine	Samarasinghe, Amali, PhD, MS	Eosinophils Suppress Pneumococcal Burden and Preserve Airway Epithelial Integrity during Influenza Coinfection
Podium B 5	HSLC 1325; 3:00-3:10	Maria Charles	Maria Charles	Medicine	Lutz, Megan, MD	Improving Anal Cancer Screening Adherence Through Integration with Surveillance Colonoscopy in High-Risk Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Podium B 6	HSLC 1325; 3:10-3:20	Nabil Hussaini	Nabil Hussaini	Medicine	Striker, Robert, MD, PhD	Immune Health and Poor Outcomes: the Relationship Between Lymphopenia and CD4:CD8 Ratios
Podium B 7	HSLC 1325; 3:20-3:30	David Kingston	David Kingston	Medicine	Alvarado, Francisco, PharmD, PhD	Decreased RyR2 expression produces blunted ß-adrenergic response in adult mouse hearts
Podium B 8	HSLC 1325; 3:30-3:40	Francisco O'Neill Rodriguez	Francisco O'Neill Rodriguez	Medicine	Gepner, Adam, MD	Stiff Vessels, Slow Recovery? Exploring Post-Exercise Cardiovascular Dynamics in Older Adults
Podium B 9	HSLC 1325; 3:40-3:50	Mia Strazny	Mia Strazny	Medicine	Parajuli, Sandesh, MBBS	Impact of Native Kidney Disease Etiology on Graft and Patient Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation
Podium B10	HSLC 1325; 3:50-4:00	Camille Ylagan	Camille Ylagan	Medicine	Parajuli, Sandesh, MBBS	Changes by Era in Risk Factors and Outcomes Among Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients with Delayed Graft Function
Podium C 1	HSLC 1335; 2:20-2:30	Ashwini Murthy, w/Raveena Mishra	Ashwini Murthy, Raveena Mishra	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Bhagavath, Bala, MD	Evaluating the Clinical Utility of Growth Hormone in In Vitro Fertilization at UW Health Fertility Care
Podium C 2	HSLC 1335; 2:30-2:40	Kiley Bennett	Kiley Bennett	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Bhagavath, Bala, MD	Effect of Estrace Priming on Ovarian Response and Embryology Outcomes in Women Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization
Podium C 3	HSLC 1335; 2:40-2:50	Sophia Schoenfeld	Sophia Schoenfeld	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Hoppe, Kara, DO	Clinical Context of Prenatal Ultrasound Frequency in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Podium C 4	HSLC 1335; 2:50-3:00	Kristy Bagley	Kristy Bagley	Surgery	Garland, Catharine, MD	Characterizing Postoperative Patient Communication Patterns and Healthcare Utilization Following Gender-Affirming Facial Feminization Surgery: A Quality Improvement Analysis
Podium C 5	HSLC 1335; 3:00-3:10	Da-In Eom	Da-In Eom	Surgery	Rendell, Victoria, MD	The Chronicles of HERnia: Dissecting the Journey to the OR for Female Patients Undergoing Elective Inguinal Hernia Repairs
Podium C 6	HSLC 1335; 3:10-3:20	Jadin Heilmann	Jadin Heilmann	Surgery	Beck, Anna, MD	Lobular Neoplasia Incidence Rates Across Breast Imaging Modalities in a Hybrid Multidisciplinary Academic and Community-Based Practice
Podium C 7	HSLC 1335; 3:20-3:30	Jiajie Yan	Jiajie Yan	Surgery	Thiessen, Carrie, MD, PhD	Kidney Transplant Candidate Consent to Consider Hepatitis C-Positive Deceased Donor Organs: Patient Characteristics and Patterns of Consent Transition
Podium C 8	HSLC 1335; 3:30-3:40	Nathan Mortensen	Nathan Mortensen	Surgery	Poore, Samuel, MD, PhD	National DIEP Price Transparency Rates From America’s Largest Payers
Podium C 9	HSLC 1335; 3:40-3:50	Maya Sabharwal	Maya Sabharwal	Urology	Richards, Kyle, MD, FACS	Evaluating the Impact of a Cognitive Behavioral Intervention on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Cystectomy
Podium C10	HSLC 1335; 3:50-4:00	Luke Vander Kooy	Luke Vander Kooy	Dermatology	South, Andrew, PhD	Comparative Anticancer Activity of Rigosertib Analogs in Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa–Associated Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Podium D 1	HSLC 1345; 2:20-2:30	Natalia M. Del Rio	Natalia M. Del Rio	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Spiker, Andrea, MD	Impact of Generalized Joint Hypermobility on Speed of Recovery After Periacetabular Osteotomy and Hip Arthroscopy
Podium D 2	HSLC 1345; 2:30-2:40	Jack Frey	Jack Frey	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Sheean, Andrew, MD	Significant Deficits in Isokinetic Strength Testing Persist 5 Months After Arthroscopic Bankart Repair
Podium D 3	HSLC 1345; 2:40-2:50	Jack Hanauer	Jack Hanauer	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Knurr, Keith, DPT	Longitudinal Recovery of Lower-Extremity Lean and Fat Mass After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Division I Athletes
Podium D 4	HSLC 1345; 2:50-3:00	William Murphy	William Murphy	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Dunahoe, Jacquelyn, MD	Outcomes of Surgical Intervention for Patients in a Geriatric Hip Fracture Program
Podium D 5	HSLC 1345; 3:00-3:10	Emily Martin	Emily Martin	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Shih, Celestine, MD	Socioeconomic Disparities in Neuromuscular Scoliosis Severity and Access to Care in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Podium D 6	HSLC 1345; 3:10-3:20	Grace Rauch	Grace Rauch	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Shih, Celestine, MD	Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Hip Displacement Severity, and Orthopaedic Care in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Podium D 7	HSLC 1345; 3:20-3:30	Mazen Razzaq	Mazen Razzaq	Pediatrics	Cowan, Eileen, MD	Medical student Activities, Trajectories, and Career outcomes through Interest Groups (MATCH-InG): A Pilot Study
Podium D 8	HSLC 1345; 3:30-3:40	Sarah Scalzo	Sarah Scalzo	Pediatrics	Hanson, Amy, MD	Variability In Telemetry-based AnaLysis with CRRT Ultrafiltration Changes (VITAL CRRT-UF)
Podium D 9	HSLC 1345; 3:40-3:50	Tania Noor Yunez	Tania Noor Yunez	Pediatrics	Gannon-Loew, Kerry, MD, MS	The Role of Nurse Care Coordinator Contact Between Visits on Adolescent and Young Adult Retention Rates in an Outpatient Substance Use Clinic
Podium D10	HSLC 1345; 3:50-4:00	Megan Piton	Megan Piton	Andrews, Colleen, MD, MPH	Emergency Medicine	A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Develop A Cervical Cancer Educational Tool in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala
Poster 1	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Aayush Agrawal	Aayush Agrawal	Surgery	Chiu, Alexander, BA, MD, MPH	Development and Expert Validation of a Retrieval-Augmented Chatbot for Patient Education in Adrenal Nodule Care
Poster 2	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Rabia Ahmed	Rabia Ahmed	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	Burkat, Cat, MD	Geographic Disparities in Specialized Ocular Burn Care
Poster 3	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Simrah Ahmed	Simrah Ahmed	Pediatrics	Pattnaik, Bikash	Molecular mechanism of a novel CACNA1F mutation-associated Congenital Stationary Night Blindness
Poster 4	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Denis Alfin	Denis Alfin	Radiology	Gegios, Alison, MD	Vascular Conditions of the Breast: A Multi-Modality Review
Poster 5	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Nkechi Aman	Nkechi Aman	Surgery	Poore, Samuel, MD, PhD	Evaluating the Economic Impact of DIEP Flap Breast Reconstruction: A Multi-Year Comparative Analysis using the STRATA Database.
Poster 6	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Alexandra Anagnostopoulos	Alexandra Anagnostopoulos	Surgery	Thiessen, Carrie, MD, PhD	Factors Contributing to Allocation Out-of-Sequence for Kidneys and Livers in the US: An Exploratory Analysis
Poster 7	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Sirtaij Arora	Sirtaij Arora	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Li, Tuo Peter, MD, PHD	Does Screw Thread Type Affect Hardware Removal Difficulty Following Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Fixation? A Consecutive Retrospective Cohort Study
Poster 8	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Rohan Babaria	Rohan Babaria	Human Oncology	Baschnagel, Andrew, MD	Investigating the association between T1 contrast enhanced MRI radiomic features and the tumor microenvironment in NSCLC brain metastases
Poster 9	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Garrett Balmer	Garrett Balmer	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Li, Tuo Peter, MD, PHD	Evaluating the Friberg Remodeling Equation in Pediatric Distal Radius Fractures: The Role of Bone Age in Predicting Angular Remodeling
Poster 10	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Madeleine Barger	Madeleine Barger	Surgery	Hartig, Gregory, MD	Incidental Parotid Neoplasms: An Update on Pathology and Prevalence
Poster 11	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Edna Basurto Gutierrez	Edna Basurto Gutierrez	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	Chen, Judy (Yanjun), MD PhD	Impact of Anisocoria on Pupil Light Reactivity Metrics
Poster 12	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Ragini Bora	Ragini Bora	Anesthesiology	Abd-Elsayed, Alaa A, MD	Outcomes of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Treating Chronic Headaches and Neck Pain
Poster 13	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Alaina Breitbach	Alaina Breitbach	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Knurr, Keith, DPT	The Influence of Time Post-Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction on Graft Tissue Quality in Current and Former Collegiate Athletes
Poster 14	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Emma Burkard	Emma Burkard	Anesthesiology	Fallahian, Whitney, MD	The Impact of Intraoperative Blood Pressure on Stroke Outcomes Following Endovascular Thrombectomy
Poster 15	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Julia Burns	Julia Burns	Anesthesiology	Schroeder, Kristopher, MD	Postoperative Imaging Assessment of External Oblique Intercostal Catheter Retention in Liver Transplant Patients.
Poster 16	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Benjamin Bush	Benjamin Bush	Other	Bigelow, Elaine, MD	Twelve-Year Experience of Facial Nerve Paralysis at UW Health Multidisciplinary Facial Nerve Clinic
Poster 17	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Marcello Cardona	Marcello Cardona	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Noonan, Kenneth, MD	Microwave Ablation vs. Mechanical Ablation of the Porcine Tibia Growth Plate: Establishing the Gold Standard
Poster 18	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Alec Chen	Alec Chen	Surgery	Dingle, Aaron, PhD	Reactive Oxygen Species Scavenger PrC-210 Mitigates Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Rat Abdominal Skin Flap Model
Poster 19	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	David Chrisbaum	David Chrisbaum	Cell and Regenerative Biology	Ge, Ying, Ph.D	Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based Proteomics of Formalin-Fixed Cardiac Tissue for Clinical Standardization
Poster 20	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Matthew Collins	Matthew Collins	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Goodspeed, David, MD	Comparison of Lumber Epidural vs. Intra-operative Periacetabular block in Patients Undergoing Periacetabular Osteotomy
Poster 21	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jamie Covaleski	Jamie Covaleski	Medicine	Westergaard, Sara, MD, MPH	Characterizing High-Need, High-Complexity (HNHC) Patients Following Enrollment in a Primary Hospitalist Provider (PHP) Team
Poster 22	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Devon Davey	Devon Davey	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Spiker, Andrea, MD	Does Intraoperative Fluoroscopy Utilization in Hip Arthroscopy Decrease with Surgical Experience?
Poster 23	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Evan Decker	Evan Decker	Pediatrics	Spector, Benjamin, MD, MS	Urine cell-free DNA methylation provides non-invasive insights into the molecular landscape of the transplanted kidney
Poster 24	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Zoe DeZeeuw	Zoe DeZeeuw	Pediatrics	Lee-Miller, Cathy, MD	Prioritizing the Patient Perspective in the University of Wisconsin Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative
Poster 25	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Kate Eickhoff	Kate Eickhoff	Surgery	Bakke, Katherine, MD, MPH	Nurturing Psychological Safety Through Humanism, Arts, and Storytelling in Medicine
Poster 26	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	H. Nilay Erten	H. Nilay Erten	Human Oncology	Schuster, Jessica, MD	Clinical Staff Experiences and Opinions on Cancer Treatment for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Poster 27	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Lilly Fast Horse	Lilly Fast Horse	Psychiatry	Walaszek, Art, MD	Identifying EHR Workflow Gaps and Clinician Needs for Effective Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia Decision Support in Primary Care
Poster 28	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Alexander Fox	Alexander Fox	Family Medicine	Arndt, Brian, MD	Improving a Produce Preference Survey to Determine Consumer Interest
Poster 29	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Amrutha Garimella	Amrutha Garimella	Human Oncology	Pophali, Priyanka	Long-term lymphoma survivors in Wisconsin: profile and survivorship outcomes
Poster 30	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Katya Garza	Katya Garza	Medicine	Cadmus-Bertram, Lisa, PhD	Made for me? Perspectives of Black participants in a behavioral weight-loss study
Poster 31	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Payton Giles	Payton Giles	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Pennycuff, Jon, MD	Variation in Urogynecology Referral and Perineal Clinic Attendance Following Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASIS)
Poster 32	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Rachel Ginn	Rachel Ginn	Medicine	Lamming, Dudley, PhD	Estrogen mediates sex-specific metabolic responses to dietary protein restriction in C57BL/6J mice
Poster 33	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Thomas Gonzales	Thomas Gonzales	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Cotter, Eric, MD	Soft Tissue Tensioning In the Setting of Inlay, Lateralized Designed Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Cadaveric Study
Poster 34	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Joshua Hall	Joshua Hall	Medicine	Kaiksow, Farah, MD	Missing metrics: Research barriers in the hospital care of people who are incarcerated
Poster 35	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Yazan Hammad	Yazan Hammad	Surgery	Zafar, Nabeel, MD, MPH	A Patient-Level Measure of Social Determinants of Health: The Housing-Based Socioeconomic Status (HOUSES) Index in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
Poster 36	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Emma Herold	Emma Herold	Surgery	Bakke, Katherine, MD, MPH	Professional Identity Formation in Standalone Medical Humanities Events: A Qualitative Study
Poster 37	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Truc Ho	Truc Ho	Urology	Able, E. Jason, MD	Natural History of Incidental Renal Masses: A System-Wide Cohort Analysis of Radiologic Imaging Detection Without Active Treatment
Poster 38	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Lynda Huang	Lynda Huang	Anesthesiology	Harberg, Calvin, MD	Peripheral Nerve Catheters in Living Donor Hepatectomy Patients: A Retrospective Evaluation of Analgesic Efficacy and Post-Operative Outcomes within an ERAS Protocol
Poster 39	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Madeline Huber	Madeline Huber	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Hoppe, Kara, DO	A Scoping Review of Physical Activity in Black Birthing People
Poster 40	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Elena Igic	Elena Igic	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Soehl, John, MD	Pilot Study Evaluating How Anxiety and Depression Correlate to Peritraumatic Distress in Antepartum Hospital Admissions
Poster 41	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Liza Iqbal	Liza Iqbal	Radiology	Kleedehn, Mark, MD	The Utility of Thromboelastography in Patients Undergoing Interventional Radiology (IR) Procedures for Non-Bleeding Indications
Poster 42	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Austin Jentz	Austin Jentz	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Wagoner, Carey, DO	Usefulness of history, physical examination, and plain radiographs in identifying osteochondral injury in pediatric patellofemoral instability
Poster 43	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Kassidy Johns	Kassidy Johns	Neurological Surgery	Hellenbrand, Dan, PhD	Anatomical and Morphometric Evaluation of the Saphenous Nerve for Dorsal Penile Nerve Transfer to Treat Erectile Dysfunction Post-Radical Prostatectomy
Poster 44	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Katie Jones	Katie Jones	Anesthesiology	Abd-Elsayed, Alaa A, MD	Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Peripheral Neuralgias
Poster 45	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Alisha Kansra	Alisha Kansra	Medicine	Liu, Monica, MD PHD	Validating markers of lung injury and repair in acute lung transplant rejection
Poster 46	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Esha Kapoor	Esha Kapoor	Other	Dean, David, PhD	Preclinical In Vitro and In Vivo Assessment of a Bioresorbable Mg Alloy for Skeletal Fixation
Poster 47	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Prabhleen Kaur	Prabhleen Kaur	Family Medicine	Ircink, James, MD	Characterizing Patients Experiencing Homelessness in the UW Health System
Poster 48	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Emma Klatt	Emma Klatt	Surgery	Schwarze, Gretchen, MD	Failing to Recognizing Emotion in Surgical Consultations: The Prevalence of the Cognitive Trap
Poster 49	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Josh Kolodziej	Josh Kolodziej	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Chen, Derrick, MD	Is it Time to Give Up Fecal Lactoferrin Testing for Good?
Poster 50	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Shuka Konishi	Shuka Konishi	Medicine	Afshar, Majid, MD, MS	Care provider-engaged development of a patient summary template for an AI prognostication model focused on adverse clinical outcomes among patients presenting to the hospital with substance misuse
Poster 51	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Kotz Madeline	Madeline Kotz	Pediatrics	Legare, Janet, MD	Updates to trisomy 13 and trisomy 18 outcomes and clinical care
Poster 52	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	William Langholz	William Langholz	Medicine	Schnapp, Lynn, MD	Lack of the collagen uptake receptor MRC2 results in accumulation of degraded collagen in mouse lungs at baseline
Poster 53	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Charles Lenz	Charles Lenz	Emergency Medicine	Butts, Christine MD	Preparation of a Mastery Learning Skills Checklist for Ultrasound-Guided Cricothyrotomy
Poster 54	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jesus Lopez Ortega	Jesus Lopez Ortega	Anesthesiology	Schroeder, Kristopher, MD	Evaluation of Large Language Models in Peripheral Nerve Block Decision-Making: Comparison With Practicing Anesthesiologists
Poster 55	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Katherine Lopez-Hinojosa	Katherine Lopez-Hinojosa	Other	Dean, David, PhD	Isolation and Expansion of Primary Porcine Corneal Keratocytes
Poster 56	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Michael Luy	Michael Luy	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	Burkat, Cat, MD	A Comparison of Retinoblastoma Management Between the Philippines and the United States
Poster 57	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Don Mai	Don Mai	Anesthesiology	Pearce, Robert, MD PhD	Testing the role of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor (GABAAR) b1 subunit in hemodynamic and respiratory suppression during general anesthesia
Poster 58	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Duaa Majeed	Duaa Majeed	Radiology	Gegios, Alison, MD	Anatomic Variants Encountered in Breast Imaging: A Multi-Modality Review
Poster 59	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Ana Martinez Cavazos	Ana Martinez Cavazos	Radiology	Lubner, Meghan, MD	Bleeding Complications After Renal Transplant Biopsy: A Retrospective Review
Poster 60	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Sidney McCrea	Sidney McCrea	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Watson, Andrew, MD	The Interaction of Surface Type and Heat Stress to Influence Musculoskeletal Injury and Concussion Risk in Youth Soccer Athletes
Poster 61	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Sydney McKiernan	Sydney McKiernan	Medicine	Kaiksow, Farah, MD	Insights into Incarceration: Assessing the Validity of EMR-Identification of Patients Who are Hospitalized While Incarcerated
Poster 62	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Yihana Meléndez Alejandro	Yihana Meléndez Alejandro	Family Medicine	Anaya, Yohualli, MPH MD	Trustworthiness in Healthcare Teams: A Thematic Analysis of Patient Ideas Generated by Latino Adults with Chronic Disease
Poster 63	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Isaac Michels	Isaac Michels	Medicine	Afshar, Majid, MD, MS	Agents at the Bedside: Toward Prospective Evaluation of Human–AI Teaming During Critical Care Rounds
Poster 64	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Andjelika Milicic	Andjelika Milicic	Surgery	Poore, Samuel, MD, PhD	Economic Blood Vessel Simulators for Microsurgical Education
Poster 65	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Pouya Mirzaei	Pouya Mirzaei	Radiology	Pirasteh, Ali, MD	FAPI PET as a Non-Invasive Measure of Liver Fibrotic Activity in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
Poster 66	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Mohamed Mohamed	Mohamed Mohamed	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Bernatz, James, MD	Predictors of Subsequent Fragility Fracture Following Fracture Liaison Service Consultation in a Hip Fracture Cohort: The Impact of Pharmacotherapy Adherence on Fracture Risk and Bone Mineral Density
Poster 67	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Max Molot	Max Molot	Medicine	Faust, Hilary, MD, MS	De Novo Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Initiation, Arousal, and Antipsychotic and Benzodiazepine Use During Prolonged Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Support
Poster 68	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Grace Multhauf	Grace Multhauf	Anesthesiology	Silva, John, MD	Evaluation of Perioperative Buprenorphine and its Effects on Postoperative Analgesic Outcomes in Right-Sided Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery
Poster 69	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jeronimo Najarro	Jeronimo Najarro	Pediatrics	Pytel, Nicholas, DO	Assessing Second Neoplasms after Treatment for Pediatric Primary CNS Malignancies
Poster 70	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Caleb Pacheco	Caleb Pacheco	Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences	Domalpally, Amitha, MD, PhD	Deep Learning Quantification of Hyperreflective Foci in Intermediate Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Poster 71	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Anna Peterson	Anna Peterson	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Bhagavath, Bala, MD	Effect of luteal-phase estradiol priming on clinical pregnancy and live-birth outcomes in IVF
Poster 72	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Monica Pilewskie	Monica Pilewskie	Neurological Surgery	Dempsey, Robert, MD	Carotid Artery Ultrasound and Relationships to Stroke Risk Factors in a High Risk Native American Population
Poster 73	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Rohitha Punathil	Rohitha Punathil	Neurology	Adelman, Eric, MD	Predictors of Seizure Diagnosis from Stroke Alerts: A Retrospective Chart Review
Poster 74	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Abdallah Qasem	Abdallah Qasem	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Grogan, Brian, MD	Sling Immobilization Versus Early Motion After Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
Poster 75	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Josef Rademacher	Josef Rademacher	Urology	Grimes, Matthew, MD	Preoperative Frailty and Nutritional Markers Do Not Predict Post-Cystectomy Complications
Poster 76	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Kaylee Rajek	Kaylee Rajek	Family Medicine	Dalby, K., MD	From Training to Patient Care: Pain Management for Gynecologic Procedures
Poster 77	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Allison Randall	Allison Randall	Surgery	Berian, Julia, MD, MS	The Perioperative Experience of the Older Adult with Memory Impairment: A System Level View
Poster 78	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Erika Remington	Erika Remington	Other	Striker, Robert, Md PhD	Immune Resilience in Lung Transplantation: The TaLL Study
Poster 79	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Geovany Riad	Geovany Riad	Surgery	Berian, Julia, MD, MS	Two-Sided Fidelity of a Preoperative Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment: Provider Delivery and Patient Adherence in Older Surgical Patients.
Poster 80	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Aryana Rita	Aryana Rita	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Whiting, Paul, MD	Opportunistic Osteoporosis Screening in Ankle Fractures Using CT-Derived Hounsfield Units
Poster 81	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Elena Roden	Elena Roden	Emergency Medicine	Gorski, Jillian, MD, MS	Identifying Clinical Characteristics of Avoidable Interfacility Transfers to a Tertiary Care Children’s Hospital
Poster 82	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Momoko Rolle	Momoko Rolle	Surgery	Busch, Rebecca, MD	Quantifying and Reducing Lost Nutrition Hours in Patients Undergoing Gastrostomy Tube Placement
Poster 83	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Julia Rosendahl	Julia Rosendahl	Dermatology	Arkin, Lisa, MD	Area Deprivation and Disease Severity in Children with Atopic Dermatitis
Poster 84	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jaskiran Sandhu	Jaskiran Sandhu	Radiology	Wentland, Andrew, MD, PhD	Understanding the timeliness of obtaining a pancreas protocol CT after initial detection of pancreatic cancer
Poster 85	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Cole Schairer	Cole Schairer	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Spencer, Ryan, MD, MS, FACOG	Analyzing distances between WI residency programs and potential rural training sites
Poster 86	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Sophia Schoenfeld	Sophia Schoenfeld	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Hoppe, Kara, DO	Patient Journey Mapping in My Heart, My Home: Contrasting Experiences with a Remote Blood Pressure Monitoring Intervention for Black Birthing People
Poster 87	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Steven Schomisch	Steven Schomisch	Radiology	Wentland, Andrew, MD, PhD	Computed Tomography Urography Timing and Workflow Analysis
Poster 88	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Olivia Starich	Olivia Starich	Population Health Sciences	Uelmen, John, PHD	Investigating Healthcare, Mental Health, and Provider Burden in Rohingya Refugee Camps
Poster 89	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Joshua Stephany	Joshua Stephany	Orthopedics and Rehabilitation	Bernatz, James, MD	How Much Stenosis is Too Much? Determining Risk of Reoperation after Indirect Decompression via Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Poster 90	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jeremiah Swanson	Jeremiah Swanson	Radiology	Kleedehn, Mark, MD	The Utility of Thromboelastography in Patients Undergoing Interventional Radiology Procedures for Bleeding Indications
Poster 91	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Maika Thao	Maika Thao	Pediatrics	Denson, Jill, PhD, MSW, APSW	Experiences of pregnancy and childbirth while incarcerated: A qualitative analysis of interviews with Wisconsin women who gave birth while in prison or jail
Poster 92	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Makayla Thomas	Makayla Thomas	Pediatrics	Hanson, Amy, MD	Variability In Telemetry-based AnaLysis at CRRT INitiation (VITAL CRRT-IN)
Poster 93	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Stephanie Trista	Stephanie Trista	Surgery	Zafar, Nabeel, MD, MPH	The High Price of Complications: Costs and Healthcare Utilization After Pancreatic Leaks
Poster 94	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	George Verdelis	George Verdelis	Pediatrics	Coller, Ryan, MD, MPH	Health Trajectories Among Children With Special Health Care Needs
Poster 95	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Brooke Volkman	Brooke Volkman	Neurology	Carrasco McCaul, Melisa, MD, PhD	Redefining Early Intervention in Cerebral Palsy: Caregivers as Engines of Neuroplasticity in a Virtual, Routine-Embedded Early Intervention
Poster 96	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jacqueline Wallin	Jacqueline Wallin	Pediatrics	Legare, Janet, MD	Clinical Characterization of Hypochondroplasia
Poster 97	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Christina Whitehouse	Christina Whitehouse	Surgery	Cho, Daniel, MD, PhD	Cultural Beliefs and Perspectives of Orofacial Clefting: A Scoping Review
Poster 98	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Nikola Winslow	Nikola Winslow	Anesthesiology	Fallahian, Whitney, MD	Utilizing Neuroimaging and Pre-Stroke mRS to Improve Prediction Models of Outcomes Following Stroke Thrombectomy
Poster 99	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Cole Witt	Cole Witt	Other	Davis, Ruth, MD	Defining the Role of Diabetes in Acute Laryngeal Injury After Intubation in a Murine Model
Poster 100	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Greer Wittenberg	Greer Wittenberg	Neurological Surgery	Baskaya, Mustafa, MD	From Squash to Cadaver: Evaluating a Low-Cost Progressive Training Model for Neurosurgical Drilling Skills
Poster 101	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Lily Wright	Lily Wright	Family Medicine	Schrager, Sarina, MD	Development of Colorectal Cancer Screening Shared Decision-Making Materials
Poster 102	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Steven Xiong	Steven Xiong	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Cutler, Abigail, MD, MPH	Development оf a Patient Registry and Clinical Outcomes Database for UW Health’s Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic
Poster 103	Atrium. Noon-1 & 4-5pm	Jack Zheng	Jack Zheng	Medicine	Weiss, Jennifer, MD, MS	Rural-Urban Differences in Colorectal Cancer Screening Practices in Wisconsin Primary Care Clinics: Survey Data
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Information for Students:

Poster Presenters: Poster sessions will be held in the Atrium. Detailed poster instructions may be found here.
A special note about printing at Media Solutions in the HSLC: Personal credit cards are not accepted. Media Solutions requires payment using a departmental funding number or UW Health PO number. Contact your mentor or the unit where you conducted the research to ask if they are able to fund your poster printing and provide this information. Do not submit a poster for printing at Media Solutions without this information.
Podium Presenters: Podium presentations will be held in the large classrooms surrounding the Atrium (HSLC 1306, 1325, 1335, and 1345), with four concurrent oral sessions. This year, 40 podium presentation slots have been awarded, with 10 presenters in each room. Each presenter will have a 10-minute time slot using a Rapid Science format: a 5–6 minute presentation using five slides, followed by a few minutes of Q&A. Podium presenters are expected to remain for their full session.
Attendance: All M1 and M2 students are expected to attend the Medical Student Research Forum.

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