On behalf of Dean deJong, we would like to thank you for participating in the 4th Annual Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine Research Day! Research Day was a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the multidisciplinary scholarly work undertaken by MSUCOM affiliated residents, fellows, trainees, and medical students.
Presenters: We want to continue celebrating your hard work by sharing your presentation titles, authors, and institutions on our website and social media sites. A special edition of the Spartan Medical Research Journal will be published soon with abstracts from all consenting authors who presented at Research Day.
Awardees: We extend a special thank you to all our volunteer judges for taking time to evaluate 176 posters and 8 oral presentations. Congratulations to presentation awardees, listed below!
Poster Presentations
Oral Presentations
Judges
Awards totaling more than $12,000 were given in the following categories:
| Graduate/DO-PhD Student Category | Colin O'Hern | DO-PhD student; MSUCOM | "Human heart-macrophage assembloids mimic immune-cardiac interactions and enable arrhythmia disease modeling" |
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| Non-Graduate Category | Jake DeMeulemeester, BSc | OMS student; MSUCOM | "Surface Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Blood Flow Chambers with a Poly(ethylene glycol) Conjugate and Factor XII Inhibitor" |
Awarded to the highest quality oral or poster research presentation from all categories. Case reports are not eligible.
| Vijayashree Jambunathan, BSc | Medical Student; MSUCOM |
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| 1ST PLACE | Sai Tharun Reddy Gopannagari, MD | GME Alliance-affiliated resident; Garden City Hospital |
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| 2ND PLACE | Nicholas Runge , BSc, DO | GME Alliance-affiliated resident; Corewell Health - Farmington Hills and Dearborn |
| 3RD PLACE | Sara Nesheiwat, DO | GME Alliance-affiliated resident; Henry Ford - Genesys |
| 1ST PLACE | Jordan Sarver, DO | DMC - Harper University Hospital |
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| 2ND PLACE | Michael Wischer, BSc | DO-PhD student; MSUCOM |
| 3RD PLACE | Rhea Raut, BSc | Medical student; MSUCOM |
| 1ST PLACE | Thu Duong, DO, PhD | GME Alliance-affiliated resident; McLaren - Greater Lansing |
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| 2ND PLACE | FNU Romman Fatima, MD | GME Alliance-affiliated resident; DMC - Sinai Grace |
| 1ST PLACE | Benjamin Xu, BSc | Medical student; MSUCOM |
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| 2ND PLACE | Mahima Thapa, BSc | DO-PhD student; MSUCOM |
Awarded to the best poster case report based on its uniqueness, clinical significance, and novel educational value.
| Sai Medavaka, BSc | Medical Student; MSUCOM |
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