Students Honored for Research Achievements
Front row, from left: Amy Shteyman, Madison Heath, Aleksandra Recupero, Paul Lewis, Meghana Giri, William Britton, and Guillermo Almodovar Cruz. Back row, from left: Kavya Rajesh, Alice Vinogradsky, Anil Lalwani (associate dean for student research), Katrina Armstrong (dean), Monica Lypson (vice dean for education), Prashanth Kumar, and Frederick Lang. Not pictured: Damian Teasley. Photo by Diane Bondareff.
Twelve VP&S students won awards at the annual Student Research Day in April. The 12 were among 74 students who presented their research to colleagues, fellow students, faculty, and leadership. The presentations included research posters with explanations of the students’ methodologies, results, and inspiration.
The event also recognized a faculty member who has shaped a student’s scholarly project experience. The 2024 Scholarly Projects Faculty Mentor of the Year is Syed Ali Husain, MD, assistant professor of medicine.
Recipients of Awards in Four Categories
MD/PhD
1st Place:
Aleksandra Recupero, “Optimization of an Automated Behavioral Platform to Assess the Developmental Timing of Behavioral Maturation”
Research Year
1st Place:
William Britton, “Interrogating a Partial Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Program in 3D Patient Derived Organoids of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma”
2nd Place:
Paul Lewis, “Adolescents Caring for Community by Promoting Literacy on Insurance, Stroke, Health Education, Emergencies, and Dementia (ACComPLISHED): A Community Health Worker (CHW) Program”
3rd Place (Tie):
Kavya Rajesh, “Development and In Vivo Characterization of Biohybrid Conduits for Growing Heart Valve Replacements”
Damian Teasley, “Local Delivery of Topotecan Induces Immunogenic Cell Death and Associated Myeloid Response in GBM”
Scholarly Project
1st Place
Frederick Lang, “SGLT2 Inhibitors for Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Short-Term Analyses of Efficacy and Safety”
2nd Place:
Alice Vinogradsky, “Long-Term Outcomes of Heart Transplantation in Adults with Congenital Heart Disease: The Impact of Single-Ventricle Versus Biventricular Physiology”
3rd Place:
Madison Heath, “Gut Colonization with Multidrug Resistant Organisms in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”
Summer Research
1st Place:
Amy Shteyman, “Characterizing the Effects of Focused Ultrasound Therapy in Healthy and Alzheimer’s Disease Neurons”
2nd Place:
Guillermo Almodovar Cruz, “Impact of heart transplant allocation policy change on outcomes of extracorporeal life support for cardiogenic shock with acute decompensated heart failure versus acute myocardial infarction”
3rd Place (Tie):
Meghana Giri, “Engaging Youth in Pollution and Lung Health Monitoring in Washington Heights, New York City: A Pilot Study”
Prashanth Kumar, “Association of MGMT Promotor Methylation with Survival in Low-grade and Anaplastic Gliomas After Alkylating Chemotherapy”
