Medical Student Research Day

Fourth Annual Medical Student Research Day Held

Students celebrate research achievements

The first Friday of 2012 brought together more than 120 medical students for the fourth annual Medical Student Research Day (MSRD). The Armstrong Medical Education Building was the backdrop for the forum, which allowed students to showcase their research accomplishments with the wider Hopkins community.

This year's Medical Student Research Day featured poster sessions, podium presentations, the MSRD Award Ceremony and an address from keynote speaker Jeremy Sugarman, deputy director of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Dr. Sugarman is a recognized leader in biomedical ethics with expertise in the use of empirical methods and evidence-based standards for the evaluation and analysis of bioethical issues. Students also had an opportunity to network and connect with other research-oriented students and faculty.

View the abstract booklet for more information about this year's MSRD.

2012 Podium Winners

Hansen Bow, Henry Strong Denison Research Scholar
Microchip-based intracranial temozolomide delivery in a 9L rat glioma model

Jacob Ruzevick, Harold Lamport Research Scholar
The Haptoglobin 2-2 gene is associated with increased aneurysm formation in a novel model of aneurysm formation

Anne Van Beuningen, W. Barry Wood Research Scholar
The rol of GDE2 in motor neuron maintenance and survival

2012 Poster Winners

Martha Brucato, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Community Adolescent Sexuality Education (CASE) Program Needs Assessment and Curriculum Update

Yarden Fraiman, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Identification of a Flt-3 Ligand surge in pediatric leukemia patients receiving myelosuppressive therapy

Valerie Gordon, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Conditional knockout of Kir4.1 in NG2 cells of the adult brain

Alexander Jenson, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Gender and performance of Community Treatment Assistants in Tanzania

Allison Kaeding, Excellence in Medical Student Research
MLL Rearrangement and Age at Diagnosis Are Strongly Associated with High Level Surface FLT3 Expressions and Ex Vivo Sensitivity to FLT3 Inhibition: A Prospective Analysis of 54 Consecutive Infants with ALL

Brian Lee, Excellence in Medical Student Research
External validation of postoperative nomogram for early prostate cancer recurrence following radical prostatectomy

Stuart Mitchell, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Affects Bone Microarchitecture

Angeline Nguygen, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Impact of home- and community-based service use on nursing home placement in persons with probable Alzheimer's disease

Ralph J. Passarella, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Capturing Patient Input on Patient Safety via Novel Machine Learning Tool

Amar Srivastava, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Comparisons of features of double-positive disease with anti-GBM disease and ANCA-associated vasculitides

Sharon Weeks, Excellence in Medical Student Research
Is the Kampala Trauma Score An Effective Predictor of Mortality in Low-Resource Settings? A Comparison of Multipe Trauma Severity Scores