4 The CaTaLysT, November 16, 2012
Congratulations to the winners of the Perry V. Halushka MUSC Research Day, held Nov. 2. For information, visit http://www.musc.edu/grad/srd.
ReseaRch Day hOnORs sTuDenTs T
he annual Perry V. Halushka 2012 MUSC Research Day was held Nov. 2 at the Wellness Center Gym and in the College of Health Professions. The research day was open to all students, postdoctoral residents and fellows at MUSC and students, postdoctoral residents and fellows at other institutes who had participated this past year in research programs at MUSC. During the research day, more than 220 abstracts were presented. This consisted of 140 poster presentations and 87 oral presentations in 20 different categories. This year’s keynote address was presented by Mary Kennedy, Ph.D., in the Division of Biology and the Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology at the California Institute of Technology. The winners are listed below: Undergraduate I Poster—First place: Sloan Miler; second place: Hannah Hughes Clinical/Professional/Masters I Poster—First place: Allison W. Prince; second place: Lauren A. Stokes Clinical/Professional/Masters II Poster—First place: Caitlin J. Moore; second place: Daniela A. Riley Clinical/Professional/Masters III Poster—First place: Douglas J Roberts-Wolfe; second place: Matthew J. Duffin Clinical/Professional/Masters IV Poster—First place: Mandev G. Guram; second place: Kaelyn M. Rogers Clinical/Professional/Masters V Poster—First place: Danielle N. Woodford; second place: Benjamin A. Harlan PhD I Poster—First place: James B. Small; second plce: Sara D. Johnson PhD II Poster—First place: Krystal Dole; second place: Brittney M. Cox PhD III Poster—First place: Denise M. Kimbrough (Kinard-Gadsden Award); second place: Haley B. Lindner
PostDoc/Resident/Fellow I Poster—First place: Yazhi Xing; second place: Wei Chen PostDoc/Resident/Fellow II Poster—First place: Ying Xiong; second place: Kamala P. Sundararaj Undergraduate II Oral—First place: Leopold Adler IV; second place: Matthew Berger Clinical/Professional/Masters VI Oral—First place: Tanisha R. Hutchinson; second place: Chris D. Clark Clinical/Professional/Masters VII Oral—First place: Shivani S. Patel; second place: Shivangi Lohia Clinical/Professional/Masters VII Oral—First place: Taylor M. Stukes; second place: James C. Gray PhD IV Oral—First place: Kimberly Sauls; second place: Christopher B. Johnson PhD V Oral—First place: Oday Alsarraf; second place: Jordan D. Gruber PhD VI Oral—First place: Lindsay T. McDonald (Eric James Award); second place: Caitlyn Ellerbe PhD VII Oral—First place: Joseph J. Taylor (Willard & Betty Peterson Award); second place: Shanmugam Panneer Selvam PostDoc/Resident/Fellow III Oral—First place: Philip J. O'Herron; second place: Michelle H. Nelson Special Awards Innovation—First place: Benjamin Josey; second place: Jonathan Zurcher Sigma Xi—First place: Amy Young Interprofessional—First place: Lauren E. Shuler; second place: Stephanie A. Scheppmann Health Disparities Poster—First place: Benson Langdon; second place: Dion Foster. Health Disparities Oral—First place: Kathleen Cartmell; second place: Ellen Maher VA Oral—First place: Lindsay McDonald; second place: Jessica Trombetta-eSilva. VA Poster—First place: Dayvia Laws; second place: Daniela Riley
Top photo: Joy Buie, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, explains her poster to the event keynote speaker Dr. Mary Kennedy. Left photo: Danielle Lowe, left, listens to Lauren Stokes during the Nov. 2 poster presentation. Stokes placed second in the Clinical/ Professional/ Masters I Poster.