Award-winning research has been announced following the 33rd annual Research Forum on April 17 at the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita. Each year, the Research Forum gives students, resident physicians and faculty members, as well as anyone interested in community health and medical research, an opportunity to present and discuss research projects, and facilitate research collaboration.

This year's keynote speaker was Giulia Bonaminio, Ph.D., senior associate dean for medical education and research professor in Family Medicine & Community Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Bonaminio shared the medical school’s vision for research as well as the relevance and importance of students, residents, staff and faculty conducting research at KU, especially in Wichita.

Participants in the Research Forum included faculty, fellows, resident physicians, medical students and graduate students from KU School of Medicine-Wichita, along with individuals from:

• University of Kansas School of Pharmacy
• University of Kansas Medical Center
• Ascension Via Christi
• Wesley Medical Center
• Wichita Collegiate School

During the Research Forum, 77 total abstracts were presented, with 27 oral presentations and 50 poster presentations. Attendees went to eight breakout sessions by discipline to present. Those presenting included 20 KU medical students, 16 KU resident physicians, four faculty members and two pharmacy residents.

Award winners included the following:

WMREF Outstanding Medical Student Research Awards (all medical student oral presentations were eligible)

• Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions Among Incarcerated Individuals in Kansas. Jonathan Parrott, M.S. (Other authors: Nicole Freund, Ph.D., Rosey Zackula, M.A., & Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH)
• Contraceptive Knowledge and Counseling Among OB-GYN and Family Medicine Physicians. Nicole Thurman, B.S. (Other authors: Rachna Gulati, D.O., Jennifer Keomany, MPH, Mallory Lehr, M.D., Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D., & Ashley Robbins, M.D.)

Best presentation voted by peers after each breakout

• Family & Community Medicine/Population Health (tie)
  • Psychotropic Medication Prescriptions Among Incarcerated Individuals in Kansas. Jonathan Parrott, M.S. (Other authors: Nicole Freund, Ph.D., Rosey Zackula, M.A., & Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH)
  • The Possibility of Sustainable Human Life on Mars: A Literature Review. Maricar Harris, M.S., Chem.Ed. (Other authors: Cameron Cadena, Ryan Khalife, Jennah Fayziev, Cora Hill, Shaad Issa, Sara Mines, Anne Marie Olson, & Hayan Raffi)
• Internal Medicine/Pharmacy
  • Evaluating the Prognostic Value of Cutaneous Immune-Related Adverse Events on Patient Outcomes after Immune-Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy. Namie Fotion, B.S. (Other authors: Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D., & Adela Rambi Cardones, M.D., MHSc)
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Patients Diagnosed with Chronic Histiocytic Intervillositis. Marie Moore, B.S. (Other authors: Reece Burns, M.D., Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D., Jennifer Keomany, MPH, Darren Farley, M.D.)
• Pediatrics
  • Inborn Error of Metabolism Case Report: Two Sisters with Two Different Presentations. Alicia Smith, B.S. (Other authors: Kourtney Monk MS, & Carolina Beltran Carranza, M.D.)
• Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
  • Catatonia as a Treatable Cause of Late Regression in Rett Syndrome: A Case Report. David Matuszewski, M.D. (Other authors: Bridget Clark, D.O., & Cassie D. Karlsson, M.D.)
• Surgery - General
  • Effect of BMI on Pathologic Complete Response in Women Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer. Marshall Clune, B.S. (Other authors: Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH, Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D., Jared Reyes, Ph.D., & Patty Tenofsky, M.D., FACS)
• Surgery - Trauma
  • Unintentional Firearm Related-Injury and Death at a Level 1 Trauma Center Located in a Rural State. Nada Jibbe, MS-3 (Other authors: Kelly Lightwine, MPH, Elizabeth Ablah, Ph.D., MPH, Hayrettin Okut, Ph.D., & James M. Haan, M.D., FACS)
• Surgery - Orthopaedics
  • Patient-Reported Outcomes of Greater Tuberosity Resurfacing for Compensated Cuff Arthropathy: A Case Series. Matthew Van Engen, M.D. (Other authors: Peter H. Sanchez, M.D., Joshua T. Rogers, M.D., Kate M. Turner, BSN, Bernard F. Hearon, M.D., & Gonzalo H. Sanchez, M.D.)

See the photo album

To see photos from the annual Research Forum, view the Flickr photo album.