VCOM 2023 Annual Report

Research Recognition Day Winners

VCOM-Auburn

Biomedical Research

Clinical Research

Simulation Research

Medical Student

First Place Jackson Carlyle An Assessment of the Nutritional Profile of Foods Accessible to Prisoners in Alabama Second Place Isabella Kammerer Computational Analysis of Pharyngeal Swallowing Mechanics Following Stroke Third Place Karen Andrawes Computational Analysis Of Swallowing Mechanics In Dysphagic Als Patients

First Place Vikhram Balagee

First Place Rishika Pandey

Central Circadian Contribution to Systolic Blood Pressure Dipping is Minimal Under Constant Conditions

3D Additive Manufacturing Provides Equipment for Underserved Areas in the US and Central Americas Second Place Jordan Yacoub Additive Manufacturing System Reduce Simulation Center Expense For Lumbar Task Trainer The Incorporation of Repetitive Practice is a Better Utilization of Standardized Patients in Medical School Honorable Mention Karen Andrawes Workshop Intervention Significantly Improved Medical Student Confidence in LGBTQ+ Patient Encounters Third Place Abigail Bogard

Second Place Cassidy Clark

Healthcare Associated Infections: How COVID-19 Impacted the Trends

Third Place Aly Skoczek

Clinical Outcomes Following Robotic Abdominal Wall Reconstruction For Ventral Hernias Using Resorbable Biosynthetic Mesh Honorable Mention John Lusk Rapid Recovery Pathway: A Post-Operative Opioid Reducing Alternative To Epidural Catheter Analgesia For Neuromuscular Scoliosis Patients

Honorable Mention Rishika Pandey

Assessing Heart Rate Variability as a Reliable Indicator of Autonomic Changes Using iMotions Sensors and Software

Clinical Case Report

Educational Research

First Place Cassidy Clark A Rare Presentation of Primary Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Alabama Second Place Rishika Pandey Developing Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia After Remission of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia — A Rare Case Third Place Jessica Barkhouse An Aggressive Angiomyxoma Presenting as an Inguinal Hernia in a Biological Male Honorable Mention Makayla Hyde A Case Report of Fournier’s Gangrene in an Unusual Age Group

Graduate Student

First Place Berkeley Hawks Evaluating Efforts to Promote

First Place Nicole Anthony

Community Flourishing in the Gross Anatomy Lab Using The Community Flourishing Indexs Second Place Nancy Nguyen Impact of an Interdisciplinary Culinary Medicine Elective to Enhance Personal Health, Knowledge, and Confidence with Counseling on Nutrition

The Slow/Type I Myosin in Skeletal Muscle is Regulated by Antisense Long Non-Coding RNA

Medical Resident

First Place Lindsey Blackmon Could Cobalt Be The Culprit

Third Place Chloe Haverkamp

The Effect Of Global Health Didactic Curriculum Competency Of Medical Students In Core Competencies Of Global Health

Honorable Mention Elizabeth Tissier

Time Until Proof Of Credentials Significantly Decreases With Use Of Blockchain Technology And Document Management System

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