Symposium highlights innovative research by CMU’s College of Medicine and Medical Education Partners

The Central Michigan University College of Medicine, along with CMU Medical Education Partners, hosted the tenth annual Research Symposium at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw on Friday, April 25.  This event highlights the research accomplishments of faculty, residents, fellows and students.  Financial support for the awardees was generously provided by the Saginaw County Medical Society and the College of Medicine Research Administration department.

In total, more than 160 research initiatives were featured, with over 150 posters and 15 oral presentations.  Topics of study spanned multiple disciplines and included projects focused on case reports, basic translational research, clinical research, population health, and quality improvement/medical education.  All posters and oral presentations were evaluated by a panel of judges, and the winners in each category were announced at the end of the event.

Oral Presentations – Case Reports

• First Place: Ahmad Kafri

Oral Presentations – All Other Categories

• First Place: Hamdi Lababidi
• Second Place Tie:  Bhakthi Liyanage and Yamna Waseem

Poster Presentations – Case Reports

• First Place: Carrie Wild
• Second Place: Benjamin West
• Third Place: Robert Alhaddadin

Poster Presentations – Basic Translational

• First Place Tie: Garrett Borgman and Elsa Varughese
• Second Place Tie: Chinoye Eze and Sid Osborn

Poster Presentations – Clinical

• First Place: Joel DeJonge
• Second Place Tie: Rica Generoso and Abimbola Kolawole
• Third Place: Catherine Crow
  

Poster Presentations – Population Health

• First Place: Eily Houck
• Second Place: Nick Chiaramonti
• Third Place: Amaresh Gogikar

Poster Presentations – Quality Improvement/Medical Education

• First Place: Bradley Miller
• Second Place: Umme Aiman Mirza

The College of Medicine also presented two Summer Scholar Awards, which provide each student with a paid position at CMU to continue their research for seven weeks over the summer.  The Louis and Yvette Saravolatz award was given to Camryn Koperski and the Great Lakes Cardiovascular Wellness Research award was given to Matteo Mazzella.  Additionally, Denise Mourad and Adil Mohammed received resident awards in internal medicine, and Yamsa Waseem received a resident award in family medicine.