40th Annual VIRTUAL Student Research Forum Poster Presentations –
December 9, 2025 (1-3 PM)
We are excited to offer the 40th Annual Research Forum virtually to allow students at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus an opportunity to share their research.
Registration for the Research Forum
All persons who submit the registration form and upload an abstract and poster by the November 10, 2025, deadline will automatically be accepted to present their poster at this event.
Deadline for Submission of Registration Form and Uploading a Poster:
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Submission of a registration form and uploading of a poster by the deadline is required to be able to participate in the forum. All students submitting an abstract and poster by the deadline will be able to present their posters virtually during the Forum. We must have your poster and registration information in order to build the website and display your abstract and poster. We are not able to accept late registrations or late posters.
Note: the registration form will require uploading a pdf of an abstract. The character limit is 3000 characters (not including the title). No figures or images can accompany the abstract text.
Each poster presentation during the Research Forum must be done by a single person (we are unable to accommodate multiple poster presenters).
You will receive email notification of the time of your presentation and further instructions for accessing the virtual site by December 2, 2025 (1 week before the event).
Faculty and Post-doc Judges: Faculty, fellows, and post-docs interested in judging should fill out the Call for Faculty Judges.
For questions please contact Mary McGinnis at [email protected]
How to Attend the Research Forum
- Presenters and Judges will enter the main zoom room for the session, by clicking one of the two links that will be posted on this website (links will be posted closer to the event) below that are for the session you are assigned.
- Once in the zoom room, judges and students will be moved to a smaller breakout room, where approximately 5 students will be presenting.
- Students will have 9 minutes to share their screen and present their poster, followed by 2 minutes of questions.
- If you are a judge, complete the judge’s scoring form for each poster presentation in your 1-hour small group session.
How to View Abstracts and Posters
- Find the student’s name and/or project of interest in the table (the table will not be visible until shortly before the Research Forum event) below
- Click the link to view the poster and abstract
Schedule for Virtual Research Forum - Tuesday December 9, 2025
The Research Forum presentations will be organized into 2 separate sessions (times shown below).
- Session 1: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
- Session 2: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Questions? Contact Mary McGinnis at [email protected]
| Poster Number | Presenter | Session | Poster Title | Abstract | Poster Link |
| 1 | Rebecca Altshuler | 2:00 | Differences in Neural Networks in Young Adult Males with Family History of Alcohol Use Disorder | Altshuler Abstract | Altshuler Poster |
| 2 | Tamara-Doubra Anoruse-Thomas | 1:00 | Improved Mental Health and Quality of Life in Patients Post-Participation in a PCOS Multidisciplinary Clinic | Anoruse-Thomas Abstract | Anoruse-Thomas Poster |
| 3 | Kori Baker | 1:00 | Postoperative Urinary Retention and Discharge Readiness Following Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy: A Quality Improvement Study | Baker Abstract | Baker Poster |
| 4 | Jordyn Bashore | 1:00 | Changes in Dental Students’ Emotional Empathy Levels | Bashore Abstract | Bashore Poster |
| 5 | Samantha Braverman | 1:00 | Vision in Retinoblastoma: Practical Outcomes and Predictors of Visual Prognosis | Braverman Abstract | Braverman Poster |
| 6 | Beatrice Bridge | 1:00 | Metabolic Effects of Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Agonists in Transgender Youth | Bridge Abstract | Bridge Poster |
| 7 | Maren Clark | 2:00 | Developing a Physician Sleep Research App Without Developer Expertise: Insights from Apple’s Limited Beta Program | Clark Abstract | Clark Poster |
| 8 | Ariel Davydov | 1:00 | Exploring Careers in Healthcare & Onward (ECHO): A community outreach program to promote healthcare career interest in K-8 students surrounding the CU Anschutz medical campus | Davydov Abstract | Davydov Poster |
| 9 | Arjan Deol | 1:00 | Outcomes of Adenotonsillectomy in Children with Down Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea | Deol Abstract | Deol Poster |
| 10 | Julia Fontana | 1:00 | Promoting Bilingual Health Literacy of Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Women’s Wellness in Rural Colorado | Fontana Abstract | Fontana Poster |
| 11 | Tadg Forward | 1:00 | Acquisition of the microbiome drives maturation of the hepatic innate immune response | Forward Abstract | Forward Poster |
| 12 | Delaney Fouts | 2:00 | Designing an AI Chatbot to Support Diverse Patients in Cardiovascular Self-Management: Insights from Qualitative Interviews | Fouts Abstract | Fouts Poster |
| 13 | Alissa Fox | 1:00 | Co-Morbid Ripple Effect: Systems Approach to Childbirth PTSD and Postpartum Depression | Fox Abstract | Fox Poster |
| 14 | Keiko Fox | 1:00 | Is There Ever a Right Time? An Evaluation of Family Planning During Otolaryngology Residency | Fox Abstract | Fox Poster |
| 15 | Sarah Francisco | 2:00 | Cross-sectional analysis of dietary patterns, ASCVD risk, and vascular resistance | Francisco Abstract | Francisco Poster |
| 16 | Pavan Guttipatti | 2:00 | Senolytic Targeting of Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngionma: Dose-Response Characterization | Guttipatti Abstract | Guttipatti Poster |
| 17 | Heinrich Haller | 1:00 | Behavioral Healthcare Needs Assessment in Chaffee County, Colorado | Haller Abstract | Haller Poster |
| 18 | Mckenzie Hanigan | 1:00 | Neighborhood Socioeconomic Deprivation and Childhood Adversity in Pediatric Autoimmune Skin Disease: A Preliminary Descriptive Analysis | Hanigan Abstract | Hanigan Poster |
| 19 | Christian Hansen | 2:00 | Advancing Prosthodontics: Multi-Material 3D Printing for Durable Dentures | Hansen Abstract | Hansen Poster |
| 20 | Charlotte Haslett | 2:00 | Characterizing county-level surveillance capacity for mosquitoes and mosquito-borne viruses in Colorado | Haslett Abstract | Haslett Poster |
| 21 | Christian Holt | 1:00 | Prognostic factors for age-related macular degeneration - An overview of systematic reviews | Holt Abstract | Holt Poster |
| 22 | Isabelle Hua | 2:00 | Monitoring plasticity-associated dendritic calcium dynamics during learning | Hua Abstract | Hua Poster |
| 23 | Katherine Hullin | 2:00 | Characterizing the role of AXL signaling in intestinal fibrosis | Hullin Abstract | Hullin Poster |
| 24 | Maya Hunter | 1:00 | Implementing Use of American Sign Language (ASL) Signs Into Neurodevelopmental Care to Enhance Outcomes in Pediatric Cardiology | Hunter Abstract | Hunter Poster |
| 25 | Ainsley Hutchison | 2:00 | Alterations in the Kynurenine/Tryptophan Pathway in Infants Undergoing Stage 3 Palliation | Hutchison Abstract | Hutchison Poster |
| 26 | Aaron Ishmael | 2:00 | Next-Generation Sequencing as a Valuable Tool for Determination of Causative Microbial Agents in Bone and Soft-Tissue Infections | Ishmael Abstract | Ishmael Poster |
| 27 | Parker Juels | 2:00 | Harmful Ingredients in Beauty Products for Eyelashes: A Social Media Review | Juels Abstract | Juels Poster |
| 28 | Suzanna Kafer | 1:00 | Association of Maternal Serum Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances with Offspring Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transcriptome and DNA Methylation | Kafer Abstract | Kafer Poster |
| 29 | Madeline Labor | 2:00 | Strengthening Provider-Public Health Collaboration in Rural Colorado | Labor Abstract | Labor Poster |
| 30 | Jeremy Ladd | 2:00 | The Learning Curve in Robotic-Assisted Pediatric Spine Deformity Surgery | Ladd Abstract | Ladd Poster |
| 31 | Elizabeth Lamberty | 1:00 | Nebulized Tranexamic Acid Use in Post-Tonsillectomy Hemorrhage | Lamberty Abstract | Lamberty Poster |
| 32 | Iyana Malik | 2:00 | The Skeeter Meter: Evaluating Public Behavior Change in Response to West Nile Virus Risk Alerts | Malik Abstract | Malik Poster |
| 33 | Melanie Mandell | 1:00 | Advanced Practice Providers as Clerkship Preceptors in the Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Model | Mandell Abstract | Mandell Poster |
| 34 | Madeleine Mason | 2:00 | Evaluating an AI Tool for Fetal Heart Rate Measurement in First-Trimester Emergency Ultrasound: Interim Results | Mason Abstract | Mason Poster |
| 35 | Jessica Mcquaid | 2:00 | Reach of a community-based, whole family-inclusive intensive health behavior ?and lifestyle intervention in rural adolescents | Mcquaid Abstract | Mcquaid Poster |
| 36 | Karan Nayak | 1:00 | Stress and Cardiovascular Risk in Youth | Nayak Abstract | Nayak Poster |
| 37 | Andrew Nguyen | 2:00 | Infectious Mimic of Suspected SMA Syndrome: Preventing Diagnostic Anchoring | Nguyen Abstract | Nguyen Poster |
| 38 | Alison North | 2:00 | Virtual Reality (VR) Offers Potential Utility as SSRF Pre-Operative Planning Tool | North Abstract | North Poster |
| 39 | Uche Okafor | 2:00 | Exploring the Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Time to Diagnosis, Treatment Access, and Outcomes in Myasthenia Gravis Patients | Okafor Abstract | Okafor Poster |
| 40 | Shauna O'neal | 1:00 | Associations between maternal early adversity, perinatal cannabis use, and maternal mental health | O'Neal Abstract | O'neal Poster |
| 41 | Ashley Pietra | 2:00 | Lactosylceramide Promotes Cardiac and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in a Novel in vivo Heart Failure Model of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome | Pietra Abstract | Pietra Poster |
| 42 | Grecia Rivera-Palomino | 2:00 | Mitochondrial protein Prohibitin-1 as a promising candidate to counteract Salmonella Typhimurium infections in the gastrointestinal tract | Rivera-Palomino Abstract | Rivera-Palomino Poster |
| 43 | Gemma Ryu | 1:00 | Evaluating the Feasibility and Impact of a Vaginoplasty Educational Seminar on Patients and Care Persons | Ryu Abstract | Ryu Poster |
| 44 | Andreanne Sannajust | 2:00 | Fentanyl Overdose Increases Risk of Acute Lung Injury and Multiorgan Damage | Sannajust Abstract | Sannajust Poster |
| 45 | Kathryn Schoemaker | 2:00 | Assessing Public Perception of Dentists as Vaccinators | Schoemaker Abstract | Schoemaker Poster |
| 46 | Emma Shelby | 1:00 | Residency in the Era of Climate Change: A Multi-Institutional Survey of Medical Student Perceptions and Match Preferences | Shelby Abstract | Shelby Poster |
| 47 | Avani Tamhankar | 2:00 | Executive Function in Preschool and Early School Aged Children with Sex Chromosome Trisomy | Tamhankar Abstract | Tamhankar Poster |
| 48 | John Taylor | 1:00 | The relationship between financial stress, financial literacy, and student wellbeing & performance in graduate education | Taylor Abstract | Taylor Poster |
| 49 | Thuytien To | 2:00 | Pediatric Urology Robotic Major Reconstruction: A Scoping Review | To Abstract | To Poster |
| 50 | Callista Tran | 2:00 | Identifying CD44v6 as a Target for Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors | Tran Abstract | Tran Poster |
| 51 | Zachary Vangelisti | 2:00 | Utilizing Case Vignettes to Survey Patient Perceptions and Values Regarding Physician Cultural Competency | Vangelisti Abstract | Vangelisti Poster |
| 52 | Morgan Wharton | 2:00 | Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis with Pulmonary Dissemination of N. brasiliensis in Immunocompetent 27-Year-Old Male Case Report | Wharton Abstract | Wharton Poster |
| 53 | Qinxiao Wu | 1:00 | Development of a pancreatitis-induced lung injury model | Wu Abstract | Wu Poster |
| 54 | Livia Wunderlich | 2:00 | Sex-specific Effects of Early Physical Activity on Concussion Outcomes | Wunderlich Abstract | Wunderlich Poster |