2011 Medical Student Research Awards

2011 Medical Student Research Day Award winners

Dear friends,

Thursday, January 6, 2011 marked the third annual Johns Hopkins Medical Student Research Day (MSRD). This event was a formal showcase for medical students to share their research accomplishments with the wider Hopkins community.

In addition to providing students an opportunity to network and connect with other research-oriented students and faculty, podium presentations at the 2011 MSRD were eligible for the Henry Strong Denison Research Award, the Harold Lamport Biomedical Research Prize, and the W. Barry Wood Student Research Award. Accepted abstract presentations were eligible for the Excellence in Medical Student Research Award. A dedicated group of faculty members acted as judges.

Any research in basic science, clinical science and public health & policy that is not part of a PhD thesis was eligible for consideration for this award.

The 2011 Medical Student Research Award winners are:

 RICHA GUPTA
Henry Strong Denison Research Scholar
A Feasibility Study of Combination Therapy with Trastuzumab (T), Cyclophosphamide (CY), and an Allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting Breast Tumor Vaccine for the Treatment of HER-2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

IAN HSU
Harold Lamport Research Scholar
Providing Support to Patients in Emotional Encounters: Recognizing Opportunities for Empathy and Problem-Solving

 ALEXANDER HARDING
W. Barry Wood Research Scholar
Using limes and synthetic psoralens to enhance solar disinfection of water (SODIS): A laboratory evaluation with mouse norovirus, E. coli, and MS2

BRIAN GOLDNER
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization increases risk of subsequent infection in children hospitalized in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)

WORAWAN LIMPITIKUL
Excellence in Medical Student Research
High Levels of Serum Biomarkers for Inflammation (C-reactive Protein, Interleukin-6) and Myocardial Injury (cardiac Troponin T, myoglobin) Are Strong Predictors for Sudden Cardiac Death

DAVID LIU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer; A Clinical Decision Analysis

MINGHAO LIU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Frailty is Associated with Short Term Outcomes after Kidney Transplantation

DIANNE LIU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
AS-OCT Detects primary Angle closure Earlier Than Gonioscopy

HEATHER LYU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Genomic Changes in Hepatitis B Virus Closely Associated with the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma: a Cohort Study in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B of Genotype C2

ERIC MILLS
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Role of the micorRNA cluster miR-143/145 in vivo

KURUN OBEROI
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Characterization and Treatment of Abnormal Skull Development in a Novel Mouse Model of Beare-Stevenson Syndrome

JOHN PANG
Excellence in Medical Student Research
The use of sRAGE to attenuate arterial restenosis in the rat - dose and effect

RALPH PASSARELLA
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Functional characterization of novel class large noncoding RNAs regulated by the tumor suppressor p53 and their role in cancer

HAOMING QIU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Hearing Loss and Tumor Control Following Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (FSRT) for Vestibular Schwannoma (VS): The Johns Hopkins Hospital (JHH) Experience

NATHAN SKELLEY
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Biomechanical Evaluation of Open Suture Anchor Fixation versus Interference Screw for Biceps Tenodesis

TRANG VU
Excellence in Medical Student Research
Baseline Liver Stiffness Measured by Transient Elastography is Independently Associated with Risk of End-Stage Liver Disease and Death among HIV/HCV Co-infected Adults

A list of previous medical student research award winners can be found here