VCOM 2025 Annual Report

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February 28, 2025 Louisiana Research Day Winners

Second Place Tanya Kumar ‘25 Dried Blood Spot Elisas: A Viable Alternative for AMH, LH, and FSH Analysis in IVF Patients Third Place Anne Marie Ogden ‘26; Jony Munholland ‘26 Incidence of Sacral Somatic Dysfunction in Vaginal Delivery After Spontaneous Labor Anatomy and Epidemiology First Place Berony Geneste ‘27; Dylan Compton‘27; Emily Gregory ‘27; Jimmy Nguyen ‘27; Ross Carroll ‘27; Viktoriya Salgalova ‘27 A Case Study of Retroaortic Left Renal Vein in an Elderly Donor with Comorbidities Second Place Paxton Holder ‘25; Tyson Hillock ‘25; Annabel O’Conner ‘26; Brady Levron ‘26; Samantha Valaitis ‘26; Justin Nguyen ‘26; Savanna Gonzalez ‘26; Erick Barnard ‘26 Association of Atherosclerotic Plaque and Intima-Media Thickness of Peripheral Arteries to Coronary Arteries Third Place Marci Peck ‘27; Cara Hanks ‘27; Grace Pick ‘27; Kenny-Khai Vo ‘27 Great Saphenous Vein Preservation Is Worthwhile - A Cadaveric Study Case Studies: Section 1 First Place Justin Nguyen ‘26 Identifying Aspirin as a Contributing Factor to Persistent Gout: A Case Report Second Place Kyra Salinkas ‘27; Sabeen Wazir ‘27; Berony Geneste ‘27 Chemo and Salivary Surprises: Low-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in a Pediatric Hodgkin’s Survivor Third Place Tristan Moseley ‘26 Fundoplication Revision of A Recurrent Large Para-Esophageal Hiatal Hernia in a 63-Year-Old Female

Biomedical Research: Section 1 First Place Sabeen Wazir ‘27; Anne B. Remorca ‘27; Trevor Morris ‘27; Erin Vasquez ‘27 Crispr-Like Properties of Eukaryotic 45S Ribosomal 45S RNA Gene Clusters Second Place Zachary Dickey ‘25; Annie Pham ‘26 Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Toxin Exoy Inhibits SIRT1-Mediated Autophagy to Promote Pulmonogenic Tauopathy Third Place Malvina Kartamyshev ‘26; Tanya Kumar ‘25 Exploring the Anticancer Effects of Cambinol on Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: An In Vitro Study Biomedical Research: Section 2 First Place Abdullah Alhowiriny; Ethar Mudhish; Hassan Y. Ebrahim, PhD; Khalid A. El Sayed, PhD The Marine-Derived Furanocembranoid Diterpene Sarcophine Suppresses Metastatic Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer Progression and Recurrence Via Downregulation of Cadherin-12 Second Place Md Towhidul Islam Tarun, MS; Heba E. Elsayed, PhD; Hassan Y. Ebrahim, PhD; Khalid A. El Sayed, PhD The Olive Oil Phenolic S-(-)-Oleocanthal Suppresses Colorectal Cancer Progression and Recurrence By Modulating SMYD2 EZH2 and C-Met Activation Third Place Md Saqline Mostaq, MS; Md Nurul Amin, MS; Amanda Raphael, P4; Davorka Sekuli ć , MD; Lin Kang, PhD; Pawel Michalak, PhD; Yong-Yu Liu, PhD Inhibition of Glucosylceramide Synthase Reactivates P53-Suppressive Effects on Cancer Stem Cells Through M6a Modification At P53 R273 Mutant Codon Clinical Research First Place Maryam Babar ‘28 Hand Hygiene in Icus: Are We Missing Vital Groups?

Case Studies: Section 2 First Place Rahul Robaish Kumar, MD; FNU Arti, MD; Sham Kumar, MD; Harikrishna Bandla, MD; Navin Ramlal, MD Uterine Fibroids With IVC Compression: A Rare Cause Of Deep Vein Thrombosis Second Place Swesha Shrestha, MD; Shekhar Gurung, MD; Nisheem Pokharel, MD; Thomas R Smith, MD Paradoxical Embolism to The Coronary Artery: An Uncommon Cause of Acute Myocardial Infraction Third Place Nisheem Pokharel, MD; Deekshitha Manney, MD; Mary Youssief; Harikrishna Bandla, MD Marantic Endocarditis: A Rare Complication of Endometrial Adenocarcinoma Faculty Researcher of the Year Stephen DiGiuseppe, PhD Assistant Professor for Immunology and Microbiology

Student Researcher of the Year Tanya Kumar ‘25