38th Annual VIRTUAL Student Research Forum Poster Presentations –
December 5, 2023 (1-3 PM)
We are excited to offer the 38th 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 is Closed.
All persons who submit the registration form and upload a poster by the November 8, 2023 deadline will automatically be accepted to present their poster at this event.
Deadline for Submission of Registration Form and Uploading a Poster:
November 8, 2023 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. 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.
You will receive email notification of the time of your presentation and further instructions for accessing the virtual site by November 28, 2023 (1 week before the event).
Faculty and Post-doc Judges: Faculty and post-docs interested in judging should fill out the Call for Faculty Judges.
For questions please contact Mary McGinnis at coloradoresearchtrack@cuanschutz.edu
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
​Sche​dule for Virtual Research Forum - Tuesday December 5, 2023
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 coloradoresearchtrack@cuanschutz.edu
| Poster Number | Presenter | Presenter's College | Title | Category | Abstract Link | Poster Link | Scoring Form |
| 1 | Mohamoud Ahmed | Medicine | Changing face of pediatric pulmonary exacerbations in CF | Pulmonary and Critical Care | Ahmed Abstract | Ahmed Poster | Form |
| 2 | Mike Akaraphanth | Medicine | Narrative Review of Strategies for Blood Product Shelf-Life Extension | Hematology and Oncology | Akaraphanth Abstract | Akaraphanth Poster | Form |
| 3 | Catherine Alder | Medicine | Preoperative Quantitative Imaging Use in Predicting Intraoperative Decision for Hip Labral Repair Versus Reconstruction | Bone or Skeletal | Alder Abstract | Alder Poster | Form |
| 4 | Catherine Alder | Medicine | Prevalence of Secondary Cleft Lip Revisions:?Analysis of National Database | Surgery | Alder Abstract | Alder Poster | Form |
| 5 | Tochi Anioke | Medicine | Seasonality Of Surgical Site Infection Rates Across The UCHealth System: An Analysis of 352,074 Operations | Surgery | Anioke Abstract | Anioke Poster | Form |
| 6 | Ella Annest | Medicine | Evaluation of Visual Displays to Share Quality of Life Changes with Breast Cancer Patients | Surgery | Annest Abstract | Annest Poster | Form |
| 7 | Sarah Ashley | Medicine | A multivariate analysis of psychosocial risk factors in pediatric transplant patients | Other | Ashley Abstract | Ashley Poster | Form |
| 8 | Cameron Bean | Medicine | A Survey of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Interest in Medical Settings | Other | Bean Abstract | Bean Poster | Form |
| 9 | Owen Berg | Medicine | Service Learning at the University of Colorado School of Medicine: Highlighting Successful Service Learning with an | Education | Berg Abstract | Berg Poster | Form |
| 10 | Caitlin Blades | Medicine | Bleeding risks associated with tonsillectomy in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome | Surgery | Blades Abstract | Blades Poster | Form |
| 11 | Dillon Boulton | Graduate | A novel MIRO2/MYO9B/RhoA signaling axis controls tumor cell invasion and metastasis | Hematology and Oncology | Boulton Abstract | Boulton Poster | Form |
| 12 | Michael Boysen | Medicine | Understanding Radiation Therapy Sensitivity in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast | Hematology and Oncology | Boysen Abstract | Boysen Poster | Form |
| 13 | Spencer Buted | Medicine | Social Determinants of Health among families seeking emergency care | Healthcare and Public Health | Buted Abstract | Buted Poster | Form |
| 14 | David Chen | Medicine | Evaluating the accuracy of intraoperative frozen section following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cN1 breast cancer patients | Surgery | Chen Abstract | Chen Poster | Form |
| 15 | Kimberly Christnacht | Medicine | Antioxidant treatment of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) and retina function determined by electroretinography​ | Vision Sciences | Christnacht Abstract | Christnacht Poster | Form |
| 16 | Evangelia Constantine | Medicine | Unveiling the Clinical Response to ​Platelet-Rich Plasma in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Preliminary Analysis | Bone or Skeletal | Constantine Abstract | Constantine Poster | Form |
| 17 | Petra Dahms | Graduate | A role for SEMA7A in regulating cell invasion and macrophage matrix remodeling during mammary gland morphogenesis | Other | Dahms Abstract | Dahms Poster | Form |
| 18 | Rebekah Davis | Medicine | Reducing High Emergency Department Utilization at University of Colorado Hospital by Patients Experiencing Homelessness | Healthcare and Public Health | Davis Abstract | Davis Poster | Form |
| 19 | Anna De Schutter | Medicine | Navigating mental health narratives: establishing a priority framework in medical education through natural language processing | Other | De Schutter Abstract | De Schutter Poster | Form |
| 20 | Morgan Dewey | Medicine | Attitudes Around Smoking Initiation in Kathmandu, Nepal | Healthcare and Public Health | Dewey Abstract | Dewey Poster | Form |
| 21 | Tyler Dobbs | Graduate | Metabolic and Glycemia Improvements Occur 3-Months Post Bariatric Surgery in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes | Metabolism and Endocrinology | Dobbs Abstract | Dobbs Poster | Form |
| 22 | Amy Dye-Robinson | Public Health | Evaluating the Reliability of Electronic Health Record Data for Chronic Diseases | Healthcare and Public Health | Dye-Robinson Abstract | Dye-Robinson Poster | Form |
| 23 | Nicholas Felan | Medicine | Medical Student Social Media Utilization in Today's Residency Application Process | Education | Felan Abstract | Felan Poster | Form |
| 24 | Lillian Folts | Graduate | Optimizing OoCount: a machine-learning based approach to oocyte counting | Other | Folts Abstract | Folts Poster | Form |
| 25 | Douglas Fritz | Medicine | Planetary Health Curriculum Integration: A 5 Step process to teach climate medicine at your Med School | Education | Fritz Abstract | Fritz Poster | Form |
| 26 | Sydney Fry | Medicine | Incidence of ACL Injuries in Females by Selective Use of Oral Contraceptive Pills | Surgery | Fry Abstract | Fry Poster | Form |
| 27 | Joseph Gaballa | Medicine | Interleukin-1 Receptor 9 Gene Deletion Worsens Murine Colitis | Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases | Gaballa Abstract | Gaballa Poster | Form |
| 28 | Elizabeth Garcia Creighton | Medicine | Novel Approaches in the Treatment of Hansen’s Disease: A Case Series Using Monthly Triple-Drug Therapy of RMM in the United States | Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Garcia Creighton Abstract | Garcia Creighton Poster | Form |
| 29 | Kassra Garoosi | Medicine | The Effects of Body Mass Index on Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Autologous Free Flap Breast Reconstruction | Surgery | Garoosi Abstract | Garoosi Poster | Form |
| 30 | Nicholas Girardi | Medicine | The Windshield Wiper Sign: A Radiographic Finding of Hip Instability | Bone or Skeletal | Girardi Abstract | Girardi Poster | Form |
| 31 | Luana Gnatenco | Medicine | Smoking Cessation Barriers in Kathmandu, Nepal | Healthcare and Public Health | Gnatenco Abstract | Gnatenco Poster | Form |
| 32 | Emma Golden | Medicine | Perinatal Acetaminophen Toxicity is Mediated by Cytochrome P450 2E1 (CYP2E1) In a Time and Cell-Type Specific Manner | Other | Golden Abstract | Golden Poster | Form |
| 33 | Emily Green | Medicine | Perceptions of Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Counseling and Administration During Dental Visits | Healthcare and Public Health | Green Abstract | Green Poster | Form |
| 34 | Emily Gyongyosi | Graduate | Cannabidiol Reduces the Experience of Pain in Individuals with Chronic Pain | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Gyongyosi Abstract | Gyongyosi Poster | Form |
| 35 | Garrett Healy | Medicine | Association of Postoperative Complications with Attributable Increase in Postoperative Length of Stay in a Broad Surgical Population | Surgery | Healy Abstract | Healy Poster | Form |
| 36 | Rachel Henderson | Medicine | What Front-line Service Providers for People Experiencing Homelessness Know About Body Lice and Associated Diseases — Colorado, 2022 | Healthcare and Public Health | Henderson Abstract | Henderson Poster | Form |
| 37 | Isabelle Hua | Medicine | Interarea communication during visual processing | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Hua Abstract | Hua Poster | Form |
| 38 | Kayvon Jabbari | Medicine | Assessing the Relationship between Breast Reconstruction and Psychiatric Comorbidities Among Breast Cancer Patients | Surgery | Jabbari Abstract | Jabbari Poster | Form |
| 39 | Riley Kahan | Medicine | AAV delivery of PD-L1 with concomitant CTLA-4 immunoglobulin attenuates acute cellular rejection in a rat lung transplant model | Surgery | Kahan Abstract | Kahan Poster | Form |
| 40 | Adrianna Kayden | Medicine | Implementation of a Student-Led Interprofessional Foot Clinic for an Unhoused Population​​ | Healthcare and Public Health | Kayden Abstract | Kayden Poster | Form |
| 41 | Sol Kim | Graduate | Meningeal barrier breakdown and local immune response during neonatal bacterial meningitis | Developmental Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Child | Kim Abstract | Kim Poster | Form |
| 42 | Joshua Kniss | Medicine | The Impact of Pre-Injury Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Diagnosis on Post-Concussion | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Kniss Abstract | Kniss Poster | Form |
| 43 | Michael Kwong | Medicine | Pancreatic Venous Anatomy for Trans-portal treatment of pancreatic cancers | Other | Kwong Abstract | Kwong Poster | Form |
| 44 | Madeline Labor | Medicine | The Effects of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk on Post-Operative Recovery Following Rotator Cuff Repair | Bone or Skeletal | Labor Abstract | Labor Poster | Form |
| 45 | Preston Le | Medicine | Barriers to Mental Healthcare for Vulnerable Populations: Lessons Learned from Online Public Testimonies to Improve Medical Education | Education | Le Abstract | Le Poster | Form |
| 46 | Anna Lee | Medicine | Tip Rhinoplasty and/or Septoplasty for Correction of Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity at the Time of the Primary | Surgery | Lee Abstract | Lee Poster | Form |
| 47 | Anna Lee | Medicine | Prevalence of Pre-operative Infant Naso-Alveolar Molding for Cleft Lip/Palate & Billing Practices: Analysis of National Database | Surgery | Lee Abstract | Lee Poster | Form |
| 48 | Tiana Linkus | Medicine | 24-hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure at Low vs. High Altitude Before and After Partial Acclimatization (CHAMPS*) | Cardiovascular | Linkus Abstract | Linkus Poster | Form |
| 49 | Max Lookabaugh | Medicine | Strategies to Reduce Frequent ED Use Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness with Mental Health Conditions: a scoping review" | Healthcare and Public Health | Lookabaugh Abstract | Lookabaugh Poster | Form |
| 50 | Vivian Lu | Medicine | Measurement of Time-Resolved Septal Curvature to Assess Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension | Cardiovascular | Lu Abstract | Lu Poster | Form |
| 51 | Gabriella Mayne | Graduate | Assessing Racial and Ethnic Differences in Low-Risk Unplanned Cesarean Birth | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Mayne Abstract | Mayne Poster | Form |
| 52 | Megan Mazzotta | Medicine | Improving Health Care Literacy Among Patients with MS through a Flipped Classroom Model | Education | Mazzotta Abstract | Mazzotta Poster | Form |
| 53 | Alec McCranie | Medicine | Abdominal Wall Reinforcement Using Acellular Tissue Matrix after Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap Harvest for Breast Reconstruction | Surgery | McCranie Abstract | McCranie Poster | Form |
| 54 | Cassandra Minne | Graduate | Alternative RNA splicing of transcripts encoding protein serine/threonine kinases downstream of PDGFR signaling in the facial mesenchyme | Other | Minne Abstract | Minne Poster | Form |
| 55 | Simon Monley | Dentistry | Advancing Digital Dentistry with High Strength, High Toughness 3D Printable Urethane Denture Base and Tooth Formulations | Healthcare and Public Health | Monley Abstract | Monley Poster | Form |
| 56 | Nickole Moon | Graduate | Cellular Mechanisms of Stress-Mediated Allostasis Regulate Intercellular Communication by Extracellular Vesicles | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Moon Abstract | Moon Poster | Form |
| 57 | Thi-Tina N Nguyen | Graduate | Establishing a late gestational hypoxia model to study the effects of maternal hypoxia on offspring lung outcomes | Pulmonary and Critical Care | Nguyen Abstract | Nguyen Poster | Form |
| 58 | Charles Nolte | Medicine | Patient Perceptions of Social Media Use by Orthopaedic Surgeons: Comparing Responses Across the US | Bone or Skeletal | Nolte Abstract | Nolte Poster | Form |
| 59 | Jaclyn Orehova | Medicine | Decreased Need for Surgical Intervention Among Children from Areas of Higher Neighborhood Disadvantage Following Traumatic Injury | Surgery | Orehova Abstract | Orehova Poster | Form |
| 60 | Moses Owusu | Graduate | Identification of Heart Disorders Using Symbolic Aggregate Approximation (SAX) | Cardiovascular | Owusu Abstract | Owusu Poster | Form |
| 61 | Pranav Padmanabhan | Public Health | Spatiotemporal Analysis Exploring the Impact of Homeless Encampment Sweeps on Crime in Denver, Colorado, 2019-2023 | Healthcare and Public Health | Padmanabhan Abstract | Padmanabhan Poster | Form |
| 62 | Pritika Parmar | Medicine | The Impact of the Tumor Microbiome on Anti-tumor Immunity in Mucosal Melanoma | Hematology and Oncology | Parmar Abstract | Parmar Poster | Form |
| 63 | Kenneth Pham | Medicine | The Morphology of the Navicular Bone and Its Talonavicular Articular Surface: A Comparison between Congenital Flatfeet and Normal Controls | Bone or Skeletal | Pham Abstract | Pham Poster | Form |
| 64 | Srinithi Ranganathan | Graduate | The role of reversible AKAP12 lysine myristoylation in PKA signaling in adipocytes | Pharmacology and Physiology | Ranganathan Abstract | Ranganathan Poster | Form |
| 65 | Quinn Scallon | Medicine | Rapid Perioperative Risk Reduction in a Patient with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Undergoing Kidney Transplant Evaluation | Surgery | Scallon Abstract | Scallon Poster | Form |
| 66 | Ananya Shah | Medicine | Impact of Social Vulnerability on Aortic Arch Surgery | Surgery | Shah Abstract | Shah Poster | Form |
| 67 | Katherine Smulligan | Graduate | Quality-of-Life Differences Among Male and Female Adolescents After Concussion: A Comparison with Uninjured Controls | Other | Smulligan Abstract | Smulligan Poster | Form |
| 68 | Robert Stegman | Medicine | Proteomics of Acute Limb Ischemia | Cardiovascular | Stegman Abstract | Stegman Poster | Form |
| 69 | Adam Stevens | Medicine | Identifying Patients with Lung Cancer from Electronic Health Records: Systematic Evidence Review to Bridge the Gap between Research and Real-World Impact | Hematology and Oncology | Stevens Abstract | Stevens Poster | Form |
| 70 | Molly Thapar | Medicine | Assessing Pediatric Dermatology Access for Black Patients with Skin Disease | Healthcare and Public Health | Thapar Abstract | Thapar Poster | Form |
| 71 | Giovanni Tin | Medicine | Prevalence of Staged versus Single-Stage Operations for Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair: Analysis of a National Database | Surgery | Tin Abstract | Tin Poster | Form |
| 72 | Michelle Wehbe | Medicine | Bispecific Antibody Treatment in the Community Cancer Center Setting | Hematology and Oncology | Wehbe Abstract | Wehbe Poster | Form |
| 73 | Blair Weikel | Graduate | Association of Exposure to Trump's Presidency with the Perinatal Health of Minoritized Populations | Child-Maternal Health and Reproductive Services | Weikel Abstract | Weikel Poster | Form |
| 74 | Jess Wild | Public Health | Upstrapping To Determine Futility: Predicting Future Outcomes Nonparametrically From Past Data | Healthcare and Public Health | Wild Abstract | Wild Poster | Form |
| 75 | Kyle Williams | Medicine | Comparative Analysis of Outcomes from Meniscectomy With or Without Concurrent Synovectomy | Surgery | Williams Abstract | Williams Poster | Form |
| 76 | Mathew Wingerson | Graduate | Sleep and exercise: Longitudinal associations throughout recovery from adolescent concussion | Developmental Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Child | Wingerson Abstract | Wingerson Poster | Form |
| 77 | Caleb Wipf | Medicine | Impact of Navigated Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) on Spinal Tumors | Bone or Skeletal | Wipf Abstract | Wipf Poster | Form |
| 78 | YooJin Yoon | Medicine | Gender Affirming Surgery and Reduced Rates of Psychiatric Co-Morbidities | Surgery | Yoon Abstract | Yoon Poster | Form |
| 79 | YooJin Yoon | Medicine | Echoes of Compassion: Empowering Medical Students in the Face of Loss | Education | Yoon Abstract | Yoon Poster | Form |
| 80 | Yan Zhou | Medicine | Regeneration of neural progenitors after spinal cord injury | Neuroscience and Brain and Behavior - Adult | Zhou Abstract | Zhou Poster | Form |
| 81 | Owen Zielinski | Medicine | Mental Healthcare Provider Work Orientations and Mental Health Outcomes | Healthcare and Public Health | Zielinski Abstract | Zielinski Poster | Form |