19th Annual Academic Symposium

19th Annual Academic Symposium November 12, 2025

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Program Sponsors Scholarly Concentrations Program Office of Student Affairs Office of Medical Education

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Table of Contents Agenda ....................................................................................................... 4

Keynote Speaker ......................................................................................... 5

Scholarly Concentration Directors ............................................................... 6

Posters ....................................................................................................... 7

Basic Science ........................................................................................... 8-9

Clinical Research...................................................................................10-18

Health Policy ........................................................................................19-20

Medical Education.................................................................................21-22

Medical Humanities ..............................................................................23-24

Donor-Supported Student Research Funds ............................................25-29

Thanks to Our Poster Judges ......................................................................30

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Agenda Opening Remarks: 12 - 12:50 p.m.

Keynote Address: Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH Student Oral Presentations: 1.

Doss, Elizabeth Gonzalez L, Musula L, Kochhar M, Gardner D, Reagan J, Karkoska K, McGann P “Evaluating the Efficacy of Brief Neurocognitive Assessments in Adults and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease”

2.

Jin, Alex Loerke A, Karb R “Meeting on the Margins: Evaluating the Impact of the Rhode Island Street Medicine Program on Healthcare Utilization”

3.

Konda, Sanjana Kassi L, Ou J, Cram R, Sauerbrun-Cutler M, Grive K “From ROS to Reproductive Health: Exploring the Link Between Reactive Oxygen Species, Endometriosis, and Ovarian Aging”

Poster Viewing and Lunch: 1 - 3 p.m.

Poster A Session (Odd Numbers): 1 - 1:45 p.m.

Poster B Session (Even Numbers): 2 - 2:45 p.m.

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Keynote Speaker Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH, is an associate professor of family medicine and the director of the Global Health Faculty Development Fellowship in Family Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School.

Her research interests are in implementing and evaluating educational innovations that help democratize knowledge and improve health care access for vulnerable populations globally. Initially studying child TB contact management in Kenya, she has shifted her focus to improving the management of TB infection domestically. She is currently the co-course director for the Regional and Advanced Massachusetts TB infection ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) programs. Dr. Szkwarko co-leads the largest multiple-use case point of care ultrasound (POCUS) project in the world. Dr. Szkwarko and Dr. Hussein Elias (Moi University Family Medicine faculty) and their team are aiming to train more than 3,000 health care workers across western Kenya in POCUS. Dr. Szkwarko is also the Family Medicine Lead for the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), one of the largest academic global health collaborations.

At The Warren Alpert Medical School, Dr. Szkwarko serves as the co-director for the Reproductive Health Scholarly Concentration and the co-director of the Health Systems Science 2 and 4 courses for the Primary Care-Population Medicine program. Clinically, she is a hospitalist at Kent Hospital and does urgent care and TB infection management at Blackstone Valley Community Health Care in Central Falls, RI.

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Scholarly Concentration Directors 2025 Medical Education

Director of Scholarly Concentrations Mariah Stump, MD, MPH, FACP, DipABLM, ABOIM Aging Sakeena Raza, MD Iva Neupane, MD

Medical Humanities and Ethics Jay Baruch, MD Medical Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Biomedical Informatics Neil Sarkar, PHD, MLIS, FACMI Elizabeth Chen, PhD

Geoff Capraro, MD, MPH Sun Ho Ahn, MD, FSIR Physician as Communicator Teresa Schraeder, MD

Caring for Underserved Communities Fadya El Rayess, MD, MPH Joseph Diaz, MD, MPH, FACP Global Health

Sarita Warrier, MD, FACP

Planetary Health Kyle D. Martin, DO, MPH Katherine Smith, PhD

Tanya Rogo, MD Silvia Chiang, MD

Translational Research in Medicine

Lifestyle Medicine and Integrative Health

Reproductive Health

Mariah Stump, MD, MPH

Najam Zaidi, MD

Daria Szkwarko, DO, MPH

LGBTQ Health Care and Advocacy Chelsea Graham, DO Denise Crooks, LICSW

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Posters Poster Categories: • Basic Science • Clinical Research • Health Policy • Medical Education • Medical Humanities

Programs:

Students who are part of special programs have these designations listed below their poster title.

• Brown Translation Research Program (BTR) • Emerging Infectious Disease and HIV Scholars (H-EIDS) • Primary Care-Population Medicine Program (PC-PM) • Scholarly Concentrations: • Aging • Biomedical Informatics • Caring for Underserved Communities • Global Health • Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Health • LGBTQ Healthcare and Advocacy • Medical Education • Medical Humanities & Ethics • Medical Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship • Physician as Communicator • Planetary Health • Translational Research in Medicine • Reproductive Health

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Basic Science 1.

Bellala, Venkatsai

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Meng-Saccoccio T, Ozcan E, Wu A, Shin C, Lee P, Sojar S

Holman M, Antonietti A, Malaki G, Campilan B, Godinez C, Gokaslan Z, Sullivan P, MartinezMoreno M, Brown Neurosurgery

A Novel Rapid Delivery Device for Intravenous Adenosine Administration Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship

2.

Advancing Spatial Analysis of PTEN Expression in Chordoma: Optimization of RNAscope

Breker, Anika

7.

Murray C, Proffen B, Beveridge J, Fleming B

4.

5.

Joseph, Alexander Joseph A, Kanuparthy M, Kaushik H, Feng J Vasomodulatory Dysregulation after Cardiopulmonary Bypass with Uncontrolled Hypertension Translational Research in Medicine

Quantifying Mechanoreceptors with IHC Staining in an Intact Porcine ACL Translational Research in Medicine

3.

Holman, Matthew

Bormes, Madeline

8.

Kaushik, Himanshu

Johnson V, Fawzi N

Muir K, Stone C, Kanuparthy M, Reddy R, Sellke F

Structural Characterization of TDP-43 CTD ALS Disease Variants and Fish Paralogs: Do AggregationResistant Variants Exist?

Pathways - Research and Clinical Experience in Neurosciences

Diet and Semaglutide Treatment Modulate Cardiac Function and Protein Expression in a Large Animal Model of Coronary Artery Disease BTR

Dachinger, Joseph

9.

Kim, Justin

DePolo D, Wu H, Deangelis J

Kim J, Trousdell M, Schupp P, Gould C, Manawaring M, Wang Y, Den Hollander P, Mani S

Self-Reported Importance of “Being Active” Associated with Better Physical Outcomes in Cardiac Rehab

Elucidating the Determinants of Chemotherapy Response: A Single-Cell Analysis of Chemosensitive and Resistant TNBC Patient Tumors

Guerrero, Alisha Harrison R, Albro K, Caballero O, Plavicki J Cerebrovascular Malformations in sox9a/b DoubleMutant Zebrafish Embryos Suggest a Role for SOX9 Orthologs in Early Neurovascular Development BTR

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10. Konda, Sanjana

15. Moore, Thomas

Kassi L, Ou J, Cram R, Sauerbrun-Cutler M, Grive K

Thakur R, O’Connor-Giles K

From ROS to Reproductive Health: Exploring the Link Between Reactive Oxygen Species, Endometriosis, and Ovarian Aging

Investigating the Role of Membrane Contact Sites in Nervous System Function and Dysfunction

D. Melanogaster neurodegenerative brain vacuole annotation using WEBKNOSSOS software.

Primary ovarian follicles positive for 8-OXO, a marker of DNA damage, captured within endometriosis-affected ovarian tissue.

16. Ng, Stella Moreira C, Sarkar I Equitable Prognostic Risk Prediction for Peripheral Artery Disease: Insights from the All of Us Research Program BTR

11. Lindo, Ashley Harrison R, Plavicki J Determining the Role of sox9a and sox9b in Brain Development

17. Ogunfowora, Toluwalope Uppuluri S, Farinha A, Morrison A

12. Llamas Sanchez, Andrea

Molecular Mechanisms of IL-6 in Peripheral Artery Disease Through Single-Nucleus RNA Sequencing and Macrophage-Specific Knockout Models BTR

Uzun E, Claus J Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis of Cervical Squamous Cell Carcinoma Biomedical Informatics

18. Shi, Ting

13. Maguire, Samantha

Uppuluri S, Morrison A, Farinha A, Pierce J, Amelotte E, Mantsounga C, Butler C

Maguire S, Ardito A, Najrana T, Kurtis J

Disruption of IL-1R Signaling Impairs Angiogenesis in a Manner Similar to Diabetes Translational Research in Medicine BTR

Drug 2741-19 is a Novel Therapeutic Candidate for Severe Malaria HEIDS

14. McNamara, Avery

19. Volpicelli, Talia

Amin K., Jhanji M, Lizarraga S

Singh N, Pi H, Gharib S, Harrington EO, Umar S, Leary PJ, Fallon M, Ventetuolo CE, Liang OD

Investigating Krüppel-like Factors as Upstream Regulators of ASH1L

Liver Angiocrine Myeloid-Derived Growth Factor Protects Against Endothelial Dysfunction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Translational Research in Medicine BTR

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Clinical Research 20. Ahmad, Nina

25. Bi, Lulu

Azad A, Chiou C, Lin L, Konda S, Chen D, Rosenblatt T, Zhao D, Ha S, Yoon M, Wolkow N, Lee N, Freitag S

Jiao Z, Yang X, Hong D, Karayi E, Gonzales M, Kim R, Chen E, Sarkar N, Wolman D Per-voxel ADC Mapping of Core Infarction Following Mechanical Thrombectomy Biomedical Informatics BTR

Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Dysthyroid Optic Neuropathy with Teprotumumab

21. Albaum, Jason

26. Birney, Spencer

Fong T, Jones R, Inouye S

Sarkar N

Severity Clarity: Characterization of Delirium and Its Severity Across Three Distinct Clinical Settings Aging

22. Andolfato, Melissa Andolfato M, Riccelli T, Abdulrazeq H, Rohaid A, Quinn L, Asaad W

Initial Monotherapy Patterns Among Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the All of Us Research Program

27. Bosco, Alexa P. Osman I, Annuar D, Jour G, Fabbri N

Evaluation of Neuroablation Anatomical Targets and Modalities for Treatment-Resistant ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder: A Systematic Review of Treatment Outcomes and Adverse Effects Translational Research in Medicine

Response of Melanoma Bone Metastases to Modern Therapy: Patterns and Predictors of Mineralization

23. Anekwe, Jenee Duarté-Vélez Y, Marquez-Caraveo M, Pérez-Barrón V, Díaz-Castro L, Castilla-Peon M, Ramanathan S Effectiveness of Psychosocial Interventions for Adolescent Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Latin America: A Systematic Review

Alexa Bosco in NYU purple lead during her summer internship!

28. Castillo Espinal, Jessiel

24. Bates, Helena Abid R Examining the Prevalence of VIA-positive, PreCancerous Cervical Lesions in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: A Cross-sectional Retrospective Study PC-PM HEIDS

Pralea A, Macha Marin E, Rafiee P, Brooks MB, Pawluk V, Gonzaléz NE, Chiang S Assessing the Impact of Travel Time to the Hospital on Loss to Follow-Up Among Adolescents with Tuberculosis Global Health HEIDS

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33. Damptey, Victor

29. Chen, Hailey Kinninger A, Budoff M

Rosales R

Liver Fat and Hormone Replacement Therapy Use in Postmenopausal Women: A CT-Based Analysis

Interaction Between English Dominance and Male Sex Assigned at Birth Is Associated with Lower Risk of Dyslipidemia Among US Hispanic Adults PC-PM

30. Conard, Ryan Wu W Music Therapy Use During Exercise in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Feasibility Pilot Study Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Health BTR

34. Damptey, Victor Awanyai M, Brown C, Ibrahim A, Delapaz M, Jewell R, Hunting J, Ruiz J Age Matters: How Age Affects Brain Metastasis Prognosis in Lung Adenocarcinoma Between Genotypes PC-PM

35. Danes, Emma Hoffman V, Harikrishnan N, Khatri S, Nemec R, Bhimireddy N, Saraswat E, Mehta A, Nevarez K, Clement P, Wei G, Wisco O The Geography of Melanoma: Exploring Staging Patterns in Rhode Island Caring for Underserved Communities

Qualitative themes and representative quotes from participants who engaged in music therapy during cardiac rehabilitation exercise sessions.

31. Contini, Julia Koh A, Hadfield M Characteristics and Predictors of Multi-System Immune-Related Adverse Events in a Large PanCancer Cohort: A Retrospective Analysis

32. Corriveau, Adrianna Cu-Uvin S, Gillani F Examining the Medical Needs and Geriatric Care among HIV-positive Patients over the age of 50, A Chart Review Aging HEIDS

Standardized Incidence Ratios for (A) all stages, (B) early stage, and (C) late stage melanoma diagnoses by town in Rhode Island.

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36. Doss, Elizabeth

42. Emerson, Joshua

Gonzalez L, Musula L, Kochhar M, Gardner D, Reagan J, Karkoska K, McGann P

Millington K, Rafferty J, Chapman H, Rotondo K

Evaluating the Efficacy of Brief Neurocognitive Assessments in Adults and Adolescents with Sickle Cell Disease Translational Research in Medicine BTR

The Effect of Sex Steroids on Electrocardiogram Measurements in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth BTR

43. Guermazi, Dorra Guermazi D, Sarkar N, Baird G, Perler B

37. Dodge, Phoebe

Skin and Scale: Innovating GI Disease Phenotyping Through Biometric Insights Biomedical Informatics

Sutter M, Klijn M, Alzate J Enhancing Primary Care in Infancy through Integrated Community Health Workers: Using the DULCE Model of Care

44. Hall, Jackson Ho K, Hall J, Mugemangango P, List G, Bobo W, Joseph B, Martin K

38. Dovan, Jerome Niare K, Bailey J

Utilization of Intubation Kits and an Intubation Checklist to Improve First-Pass Success and Reduce Complications Associated with Endotracheal Intubation in Rwanda Global Health

Impact of HLA antigenic diversity on RTS,S malaria vaccine efficacy in Sub-Saharan Africa Global Health

39. Dutton, Sophia

45. Harikrishnan, Nikhil

Dutton S, Sarkar N, Aboobakar I, Wiggs J

Chen E, Wisco O

Interaction of Polygenic Risk Scores with Sociodemographic Factors in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma Biomedical Informatics

40. Eke, Chino

Investigating Systemic Comorbidities of Eczema and Psoriasis Through the All of Us Research Program Biomedical Informatics

46. Harikrishnan, Nikhil

de Lomba W, Leary O, Fridley J

Bush D, Fokuo JK, Liligeto J, Melly A

Improving Risk Stratification for Surgical Site Infection Using Drains and Estimated Blood Loss Biomedical Informatics

The Hidden Cost of Penile Paraffinoma in Solomon Islands: Complications and Motives Behind an Increasingly Prevalent Practice

41. Elshama, Justine

47. Hector, Anna

Schattle B, Hadfield M

MacAskill M, Guang A, Novitsky V, Gillani F, Khanna A, Marak T, Bertrand T, Bornschein S, Kantor R

Preventative Cancer Screening in Metastatic Melanoma Patients

Integrating Academic and Public Health Data to Improve HIV Transmission Response in Rhode Island HEIDS

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48. Hong, David

51. Hwa, Kyler

Karayi E, Kim R, Bi L, Gonzales M, Wolman D

Zhou Z, Alhusaini S, Jiao Z

Effect of Aspiration Catheter Choice on Mechanical Thrombectomy Efficacy BTR

Integration of Deep-Learning AI Models in the Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease Translational Research in Medicine

49. Hung, Isabella Coppinger A, Marin K Alcohol Misuse Among Trauma Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali Global Health HEIDS

50. Hung, Isabella Dworkin M, Kicklighter C, Negash S, Uwamahoro C, Ingabire J, Rafiki E, Das S, Martin K Time To Prophylactic Antibiotic Administration To Patients With Open Long Bone Fractures At The Emergency Department Of University Central Hospital Of Kigali (CHUK) HEIDS

Kyler Hwa working in his radiology AI lab at Rhode Island Hospital.

52. Jayachandran, Nishant Antoci V Screening for Osteoporosis in Orthopedic Clinics: Economic and Clinical Impacts

53. Jo, Stacy Sarkar N Mapping Nutritional Deficiencies: Examining the Association between Food Access and VitaminElectrolyte Imbalances

54. Johns, Zachary Chen A, Martin K, Kendall M, Patlak J, Asher S ARISCAT Score Accuracy in Poor Air Quality Image of CHUK- the teaching hospital in Kigali, Rwanda

55. Kang, Chaerim Dutton S, Nho JW, Liu AS, Greenberg PB Safety of Immediate Versus Delayed Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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56. Kang, Chaerim

62. Kasibhatla, Varun

Zhu A, Kashner M, Oetting T, Morhun P, Greenberg P

Kasibhatla V, Schaffer A, Patiyal S, Rajagopal P, Ruppin E

Characteristics of Immediate Sequential Bilateral Cataract Surgery in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Aging

Clinical Trials for Rare Cancers More Successful than those for Common Cancers Translational Research in Medicine

57. Kaper, Marco

63. Kaushik, Himanshu

Reed C, Ahn N, Parukar A, Perler B

Kanuparthy M, Kaushik K, Reddy R, Marchioli R, Mozaffarian D, Sarkar I, Sellke F

HRV and Energy Assessment of Recorded Trends in Food Utilization, Expenditure, and Lifestyle (HEART-FUEL) Translational Research in Medicine

Neuronal Degradation Biomarkers and Machine Learning Predict Neurocognitive Decline and Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Biomedical Informatics

58. Karayi, Gnaneswari

64. Kaull, Jane

Kim R, Hong D, Bi L, Gonzales M, Wolman D

Jin A, Perler B

Impact of Balloon Guided Catheter Use and Operator Experience on Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes at a Single Large-Volume Stroke Center

A Community-Based Produce Prescription Intervention To Improve Nutrition Security In Underserved Populations With Nutrition Insecurity and Obesity Planetary Health

59. Karayi, Gnaneswari Kim R, Hong D, Bi L, Gonzales M, Wolman D Impact of Active Substance Use on Mechanical Thrombectomy Outcomes for Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke: A Retrospective Matched Analysis Translational Research in Medicine

65. Khatri, Surya

60. Kashyap, Kaathya Chapman L, Rasmussen A, Duffy S

Khatri S, Danes E, Nemec R, Saraswat E, Bhimireddy N, Mehta A, Nevarez K, Clement P, Wei G, Wisco O Melanoma Survival Disparities by Age and Insurance Status: Insights from a 20-Year Regional Cohort Caring for Underserved Communities

Implementation and Evaluation of Lethal Means Counseling for Pediatric Patients and Families in the Hasbro Children’s Emergency

61. Kasibhatla, Varun Kasibhatla V, Garg L, Uzun A Integrative Multi-omic Discovery of Prognostic Molecular Features in Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Translational Research in Medicine

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66. Kicklighter, Coley

70. Kolodychak, Alexander

Heilbronner R, Risner C, Birahamire J, Katz B, Jarabana G, Denison Martin K

Woo A Modeling Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair Using Frontal Photographic Analysis Translational Research in Medicine

Pediatric Diarrheal Diseases in the Emergency Department: Effects of Climatic Variation on Infectious Disease in Rwanda HEIDS

71. Kuharski, Michael Wang M, Sobti N, Diya S, Bhatt R Investigation of Tissue Perfusion Following Flap Surgery Using Thermal Imaging Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship

72. Laud, Arjun Daniels A, Farias M, Lewis A The Epidemiology of Orthopedic Injuries in the U.S. Incarcerated Population Coley Kicklighter, Isabella Hung, and Jackson Hall hiking Mount Sabinyino in Northern Rwanda.

73. Li, Nina Liu J, Ahn S, Haffner Z, Gong JH, Rao V

67. Kim, Ashley

Risk Factors for Failure of Nonoperative Management of Pediatric Both Bone Fractures: A Systematic Review Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Qureshi A, Cho E Feasibility of a Pilot Clinic-Embedded ePRO for Alopecia Areata

68. Kim, Justin Kim J, Jiao Z, Hacking S, Uzun E Attention-Based Multimodal Deep Learning for Breast Cancer Recurrence Prediction Integrating Histopathology, Clinical, Transcriptomic, and Mutation Data Biomedical Informatics

69. Kim, Revyn Hong D, Karayi G, Bi L, Gonzales M, Torabi R, Moldovan K, Jayaraman M, Shaaya E, Wolman D. Hemorrhagic Transformation After Ischemic Stroke: Incidence and Use in Assessing Clinical Outcomes After Thrombectomy

Engaging nursing home residents in clay modeling activities to enhance fine motor skills and promote positive mood.

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74. Licht, Jacob

79. Nagalamadaka, Preeti

Stump M, Sarkar N

Dutton S, Solanky P, Peerbhoy Z, Sarkar N, Chen E, Yuen C

Beyond the Pill: Medical Nutrition Therapy Improves Outcomes for Patients on Metformin in Type 2 Diabetes Biomedical Informatics

75. Mandapati, Amiya

Automating Capsulotomy Size Measurement in Femto Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery with Computer Vision Biomedical Informatics

80. Neguse, Mary

Mandapati A, Morrison A

Adams M, Hadfield M

Association between Warfarin Usage and Aortic Valve Calcification

Incidence and Outcomes of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Rechallenge after ICI Pneumonitis

76. Liu, Joanne Kolli S, Kadakia N, Shaima S, Mamun G, Rahman A, Genisca A, Jindal A, Gainey M, Shaw K, Faruk M, Afroze F, Chisti M, Levine A, Garbern S

81. Nemec, Ronald Saraswat E, Bhimireddy N, Danes E, Khatri S, Mehta A, Nevarez K, Wei G, Wisco O

Evaluation of a Wearable, Continuous, Pulse Oximeter for Pediatric Sepsis Care in Bangladesh Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship HEIDS

Association Between Occupational Ultraviolet Exposure and Sentinel Lymph Node Positivity in Melanoma Patients Caring for Underserved Communities

77. Mehta, Tanmay

82. Ockene, Mollie

Singh M, Farias M, Nassar J, Carayannopoulos N, Chisango Z, Daniels A, Diebo B

Workneh F, Yibeltal K, Fasil N, Ahmed M, Siddiqui R, Jensen R, Berhane Y, Lee A

National Mental Health Burden in Adults with Spinal Deformity: A Propensity-Matched Analysis Using the All of Us Research Program Biomedical Informatics

Prenatal Heat Stress and Birth Outcomes in the ENAT Cohort in Amhara, Ethiopia Planetary Health

78. Mulcrone, Jack

83. Olansen, Jon Lefkowitz J

Che R, Glebocki R, Golijanin B, Golijanin D, Khaleel S Incidental Detection of Prostate Cancer in Radical Cystoprostatectomy: A Comprehensive Narrative Review

Addressing Food Insecurity in Pregnancy Reproductive Health

84. Perales, Malia Ayala N Examining the Role of Maternal Health Literacy in Shaping Pregnancy and Labor Experiences PC-PM

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85. Pralea, Alexander

92. Salguero Lizarraga, Kate

Castillo Espinal J, Macha Marín E, Pawluk V, Tanzer JR, González NE, Chiang SS

Davis E, Pina P School Readiness Screening in Primary Care Pediatrics

Use of Systemic Inflammatory Markers to Replace Chest Radiography in Clinical Decision Making for Adolescents with Tuberculosis Global Health HEIDS

93. Schattle, Brian Has P, Pels S Analysis of Factors Affecting the Age of Hemophilia Diagnosis in Patients that are Female Assigned at Birth PC-PM

86. Ranellone, Tyler Oldam J, Rounds A, Taman M, Teshome A, Wang H, Malik A Comparative Evaluation of Frailty Indices for Predicting Outcomes After Craniotomy for Tumor Resection

87. Roa, Jessica Lowenhaupt, Elizabeth A. Associations Among Demographic Characteristics, Referral Sources, and Clinic Engagement at the HOPE for Justice Clinic Caring for Underserved Communities

Second-year medical student Brian Schattle testifying at the Rhode Island State House.

88. Robinson, Taylor

94. Smith, Arianne

Wu H, Richter J, Jiz M, Aniceto R, Friedman J Assessing the Impact of Hepatic Fibrosis on Adults and Adolescents Living with Schistosomiasis in Leyte, the Philippines PC-PM HEIDS

Friedman J An Examination of the Relationship between Gut Instability and subsequent Microbial Translocation Due to Schistosomiasis on Placental Health Global Health HEIDS

89. Romine, Alex

95. Sternberg-Sher, Jacob

Honken A, Borkan J Rhode Island Primary Care Workforce: A Qualitative Analysis of Primary Care Physicians’ Work Hours PC-PM

90. Roque, Alfonso AI-Driven Analysis of Nigrostriatal Imaging Traits in Drug-Induced Parkinsonism

Sugarmann L, Schroeder C, Michles M, Gokaslan Z, Sullivan P Press Releases in Neurosurgery: Is Scientific Accuracy Compromised in Public Reporting of Neurosurgery Research?

91. Rouffiac, Anne-Emilie Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Undergoing Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

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96. Stillman, Hannah

102. Yeh, Jasper

Uriarte S, Hoffmann Z, Wang M, Tanzer J, Luo S, Bhatt R, Kraenzlin F Evaluating the Impact of Clustered Social Determinants of Health on Patient Follow-Up and Recovery Following Hand Tendon Injuries Translational Research in Medicine

Dorsainvil H, Pielech M Attitudes Toward Pain Management Strategies Among Youth Who Use Substances Undergoing Oral Surgery

103. Yu, Shuah Lee AC, Chin T, Jensen S

97. Sugarmann, Lauren Sugarmann L, Bosco A, Sternberg-Sher J, Houge G, Sullivan P From Fusion to Delivery: A Systematic Review of Analgesia Outcomes in Obstetric Patients with Prior Spinal Fusion Reproductive Health

Maternal Depression and Stress as Predictors of Child Executive Function in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

104. Yoo, Estelle Michelle E, Yoo E, Pletsch M, Adler B, Albayda J, Berth S, Eline E, Pinal-Fernandez I, Thomas S, Lloyd T Investigation into the Long-Term Prognosis of Patients with Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis

98. Talathi, Ria Kwon, S Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy vs. Upfront Surgery in Retroperitoneal Sarcoma: Target Trial Emulation of the STRASS 2 Trial

105. Zhao, Amy Konda S, DePietro K, Qiu Y, Rosen R, Clark M, Sauerbrun-Cutler M The Impact of Insurance Coverage on Fertility Preservation Consultations and Procedures in the Insurance Mandated State of Rhode Island Reproductive Health

99. Wang, Hanna Seto A, Sinha A, Mancuso J, Barrera S, Sawyer K, Kale M, El Shamy O, Shah A Outcomes Associated with Peritoneal Solute Transport Rate in the Modern Era of Peritoneal Dialysis: A Systematic Review

106. Zide, Benjamin Zide B, Kim J, Hu X, Ranieri J, Oh H Loneliness and Locus Coeruleus Integrity in Cognitively Normal Older Adults and Healthy Younger Controls

100. Warzecha, Haley Singh, M Associations Between Daily Step Counts and Cardiometabolic Biomarkers in the All of Us Research Program

107. Zide, Benjamin

101. Wortelboer, Rainy Smith J Botulinum Toxin for Management of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Case Series

Zide B, Barker M, Silverman H, Manoochehri M, Fremont R, Stein C, Kunicki Z, Lee S, Devanand D, Huey E Feasibility and Tolerability of Low-Dose Lithium for the Treatment of Agitation and Abnormal Motor Behaviors in Frontotemporal Dementia

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Health Policy 108. Aung, Filbert

113. Kahn, Natasha

Park J

Chu, A, Dash D, Kim B, Perice L, Prabhu R, Macalalad J, Mayes K, Conley J, Longsha L, Fletcher L.

A Qualitative Analysis of Peer-Led Recovery Experiences Among Rhode Island Building Trade Workers PC-PM

Artificial Intelligence as a Driver of and Solution to the Spread of Health Misinformation on Emergency Care: A Literature Review

109. Burns, Nicole

114. Jin, Alex

Burns N, Gaither R, Just A

Loerke A, Karb R

Heat Index and Circulatory Mortality: Understanding Increased Health Risk through improved Modeling of Temperature and Humidity in the Contiguous United States Planetary Health BTR

Meeting on the Margins: Evaluating the Impact of the Rhode Island Street Medicine Program on Healthcare Utilization Caring for Underserved Communities

110. Ennis, Jackson Ennis J, Gargano L, White J Routine Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy after COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Healthcare Providers PC-PM

111. Fry, Hannah Harvey L, Monteiro JFG, Rosenberg M System-Level Determinants of Hepatitis C Treatment Completion in the Era of Direct-Acting Antivirals PC-PM HEIDS

112. Honken, Andrew Halladay C, Wootton L, Harmon A, Hua C, Rudolph J, Cornell P

All levels of engagement with the Street Medicine team were associated with a decrease in ED utilization, with 2-4 encounters having the greatest decrease.

115. Koenigsberger, Victoria

Differential Effects of a Social Work Staffing Intervention on Social Work Access Among Rural and Highly Rural Veterans: A Cohort Study PC-PM

Moving Out of the Kid’s Rheum: Transitioning Young Adult Patients from Pediatric to Adult Rheumatology Practices in Rhode Island PC-PM

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116. Loew, Nicholas

120. Schattle, Brian

Williams K

Borkan J, Szkwarko D, Cassar L

Creating an EMS Protocol Database to Facilitate Future Prehospital Research Translational Research in Medicine

Empowering Medical Trainees in Legislative Advocacy: A Guide to Testify at the Rhode Island State House PC-PM

117. Nguyen, Tien Rose David A, Reyes A, Nicole Dimen J, Beatty C, Palma M

121. Vazquez, Melynna Ali F Emergency Medicine Technicians’ and Paramedics’ Perspectives on Prehospital Care for Patients with Limited English Proficiency in Rhode Island Caring for Underserved Communities PC-PM

Exploring How Culturally Tailored Nutrition Videos Can Inspire Heart-Healthy Eating in Filipino Americans PC-PM

118. Sacerdote, Sofia

122. Vu, Brian

Soske J, Weinstein DW

Palma M

Building the Coalition to Establish America’s First State-Sanctioned Overdose Prevention Center in Rhode Island: An Oral History PC-PM BTR

Barriers and Facilitators to Healthcare-Seeking Behavior in Nail Salon Workers Across the Providence Metropolitan Area PC-PM

119. Seymour, Nick Gill A, Sawyer K, Desrosiers A Prevalence of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescents in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru: A Scoping Review Global Health

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Medical Education 123. Ayeni, Teniola

129. Kitay, Malcolm

DeCarli K, Hadfield M, Cohen J

Mendonça L, Warrier S

Treating Immunotherapy-Related Adverse Events: A Palliative Care Perspective

Program for Educator Advocacy of Chronic Health Conditions in Students Medical Education

124. Beattie, Jack

130. Kwon, Jenna

Antico L, Bedrosian H, Gunawan D

Harrington D

Reducing Clinician Burnout: Evaluating a Brief Mindfulness-Based Intervention

Four Minutes to Ensure Patient Safety: Assessing Surgical Debriefings for Effective Team Communication

125. Carrera, Christopher Daniels, A Comparing Treatment Modalities for Cervical Neck Pain: A Comprehensive Literature Review

131. Moazzam, Saira Mandapati A, Mitta S, Knopov A Spirituality and Medicine: Revamping First-Year Medical Education on Spiritual History-Taking and Hospital Chaplaincy Services PC-PM

126. Guermazi, Dorra Guermazi D, Moazzam S, Khan M, Dawer A, Mansour A, Taman M, Khan U, Paracha S, Shah A, Kishawi D Operating on Faith: Specialty Selection Amongst New England Muslim Medical Students Biomedical Informatics

132. Ramsden, Meszion & Doss, Elizabeth Health Care Opportunities Reimagined (HealthCORE)

127. Haigis, Liana Petersen J Three-Dimensional Virtual Learning Modules: A New Approach to Anatomical Pedagogy Medical Education

128. Houlihan, Ashley Elshama J, Kelley E, Miller E, Lewkowitz A, Russo M, Thorsen M Virality vs Veracity: Analyzing TikTok Engagement & Misinformation on Aneuploidy Screening & Diagnosis in Pregnancy Reproductive Health

HealthCORE participants learning how to suture on bananas.

133. Sahhar, Maxwell Sahhar M, Nassar JE, Rouffiac AE, Crow K, Singh M, Farias M, Diebo BG, Daniels AH Enhanced Surgical Instructions Using Large Language Models Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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134. Volpicelli, Talia Jeng T, Inger J, Warrier S Point-of-Care, Point-of-View: A Cross-Sectional Study of U.S. vs German Ultrasound Education Medical Education

135. Tummala, Meghna Brousseau C Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training on Caring for Incarcerated Patients: a National Survey of Programs PC-PM

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Medical Humanities 136. Crow, Kaitlyn

140. Li, Nina

Crow K, Haffner Z

Zhao A, Zeltzer B, McCreedy E

Hand Surgery Outcomes In Low-Income Communities: NSQIP

Assessing the Impact and Feasibility of Creative Arts Interventions on Fine Motor Skills and Mood of Nursing Facility Residents Med Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship

137. Andolfato, Melissa Andolfato M, Mandapati A, Katz B, Yu S, Mirza S, Zink T

141. Nguyen, Jaison Khai T, Nguyen D, Vo T, Tran Q, Dinh T

Impact of Forensic Medical Evaluations and Affidavits on Asylum Outcomes: An 11-Year Retrospective Study Translational Research in Medicine

Physician-Patient Spiritual Engagement in Oncology Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Perspectives from Vietnamese Cancer Patients Global Health

138. Katz, Benjamin Katz B, Kicklighter C, Roque A, Hung I, Baruch J Intertwined Voices of Refugee Families: A Visual & Narrative Exploration of Resettlement Medical Humanities and Ethics

139. Lim, Alice Musial S, Martin C Culturally Tailored Nutrition Education for Cambodian Elders: A Community-Based Program Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Health

Gynecological oncology team at Da Nang Oncology Hospital.

142. Moazzam, Saira Jamoor K, Carino G Physician Perspectives on Caring for Rhode Island’s Critically Ill Muslim Patients PC-PM

143. Peoples, Ashton Bogdan K, Wang D, Knebel A, Ward M, Stump M, Balaban R Sodium intake plays a major role in the development of chronic diseases within Southeast Asian communities. This session highlighted the sodium content of commonly used Asian seasonings to promote awareness and healthier cooking practices.

The Medical Humanities Initiative at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

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144. Rounds, Arran Flano S Floating the Yukon River: Access to Healthcare in Rural Alaska Medical Humanities and Ethics

The two boats used to float 200+ miles of the Yukon and Chandalar Rivers to conduct interviews with Community Health Aides (CHAs) employed by the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (CATG).

145. Shepherd, Savannah Southwell B, Panthagani K, Sheng A Emergency Medicine and the Dangers of Misinformation: Identifying Critical Gaps in Literature and Education

146. Sternberg-Sher, Jacob Ennis J The Moral Cost of Autonomy: A Case Study of Surrogate Refusal in Long-Term Hospitalization

147. Ulanovsky, Karin Thorsen M, Rouffiac A, Roa J, Cudjoe E, Sahar M, Lekowitz A Bridging the Gap: Readability of English and Spanish Obstetric Patient Discharge Education in Epic

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Donor-Supported Student Research Funds Srihari S. Naidu ’93 MD’97 Medical Research Fund Alex Joseph, Microvascular Alterations in Patients with Hypertension After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Translational Research in Medicine Mentor: Jun Feng Amiya Mandapati, Association between Warfarin Usage and Aortic Valve Calcification Mentor: Alan R. Morrison

David C. Lewis, MD ’57, P’84, P’87 Medical Student Research Fund Jasper Yeh, Attitudes Toward Multimodal Pain Management Strategies after Wisdom Tooth Extraction Among Youth Who Use Substances and Their Parents Mentor: Melissa Pielech Jessica Roa, Developing Consensus Guidelines for Best Practices in Juvenile Re-entry Healthcare Services Caring for Underserved Communities Mentor: Elizabeth Lowenhaupt Jack Beattie, Assessing the Impact of a Live Training Component in an Intervention for Physician Burnout Mentor: Judson Brewer Nick Seymour, Exploring the Need for Digital Tools Targeting Suicide Prevention with Secondary Schools in Colombia Global Health Mentor: Alethea Desrosiers

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Hsu Pan Family Medical Student Research Fund Shuah Yu, Bahirdar Child Development Study: Examining executive functioning in association with MRI findings Mentor: Mentor: Anne CC Lee Andrea Llamas Sanchez, Protein-Protein Interaction Analysis of Gynecological Malignancies Biomedical Informatics Mentor: Ece Uzun

Basaviah/Ganesan Family Medical Student Research Fund Chino Kieran Eke, Expanded Study: A Retrospective Analysis of Complex Back Closures for Spinal Procedures and Surgical Drain Utilization at Rhode Island Hospital Biomedical Informatics Mentor: Jared Fridley Nikhil Harikrishnan, Exploring the Association Between Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Inflammatory Skin Conditions Biomedical Informatics Mentor: Elizabeth Chen Kate Salguero Lizarraga, Assessing Parental and Provider Perception of School Readiness Screening in Pediatric Primary Care Mentor: Paulo Pina Varun Kasibhatla, Outcomes in Rare and Common Cancer Trials: A Comparative Analysis Translational Research in Medicine Mentor: Najam Zaidi

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Fred M. Roddy Foundation Endowment for Medical Student Research Jenee Anekwe, Implementation and pilot testing of a culturally centered CBT protocol for suicidal behaviors among youth in Mexico City Mentor: Volanska Duarte-Vélez Mollie Ockene, Heat Stress and Birth Outcomes in the ENAT Cohort in Amhara, Ethiopia Planetary Health Mentor: Anne CC Lee Justine Elshama, Primary Cancer Screening in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Mentor: Matthew Hadfield Ben Katz, Diabetes-related Minor Amputation in the Solomon Islands: An analysis of Precipitating Factors, Outcomes, and Quality of Life Mentor: Ruhul Abid

Ben Katz (far left) hanging the art exhibit.

Kerson Family Medical Student Research Fund Alfonso Roque, AI-Driven Analysis of Nigrostriatal Imaging Traits in Drug-Induced Parkinsonism Mentor: Saud Alhusaini

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Ruth B. Sauber Medical Education Fund Anar Kansara, From Literacy to Confidence: A Provider-Mediated Approach to Empowering Patients Towards Better Outcomes Mentor: Dino Messina

Nicholas Demetropoulos and Thomas John Kersey Medical Student Research Fund Jaison Nguyen, Physician-Patient Spiritual Engagement in Oncology Care: A MixedMethods Study of Perspectives from Vietnamese Cancer Patients Global Health Mentor: Scott Triedman Marco Kaper, The Use of Biometric Data from Wearable Devices to Provide Personalized Nutrition Counseling for the Improvement of Measurements of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Translational Research in Medicine Mentor: Bryce Perler Alexander Kolodychak, Assessing Significance of Cleft Severity and Surgical Technique as Determinants of Outcomes in Unilateral Cleft Lip Repair Translational Research in Medicine Mentor: Albert Woo

Measurement of vertical lip asymmetry ((B – A)/B × 100%) using subnasale and Cupid’s bow landmarks provides a quantitative approach to assessing aesthetic outcomes following unilateral cleft lip repair. (CHAs) employed by the Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (CATG).

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Lifestyle Medicine Stacy Jo, Mapping Nutritional Deficiencies: Investigating the Impact of Supermarket Access on Vitamin and Electrolyte Imbalances Mentor: Neil Sarkar Jane Kaull, A Community-Based Nutrition Education Program to Bridge the Nutrition Gap in Southeast Asian Communities Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Health Mentor: Carla Martin Alice Lim, A Community-Based Nutrition Education Program to Bridge the Nutrition Gap in Southeast Asian Communities Lifestyle Medicine & Integrative Health Mentor: Carla Martin Jacob Licht, Precision Nutrition for Cardiometabolic Disease: Machine-learning models for associations between Nutrition and Clinical Outcomes Biomedical Informatics Mentor: Neil Sarkar

Women’s Health Phoebe Dodge, Enhancing Preventative Care in Infancy and Maternal Health Postpartum: The Role of Community Health Workers Mentor: Mary Beth Sutter Sanjana Konda, From ROS to Reproductive Health: Exploring the Link Between Reactive Oxygen Species, Endometriosis, and Ovarian Aging Reproductive Health Mentor: May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler

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