Meet our outstanding student researchers on Friday, April 21, at 11:30 a.m. at the Reunion Research Poster Showcase. This special portion of Reunion highlights students across campus and what they are doing both in the clinic and in the lab.

While there, you’ll have the opportunity to vote for your favorite student project and the students with the top three posters will receive a cash prize. 

James Applewhite

M.D. Candidate ’25

Exogenous Testosterone Use in Men with Hypogonadism on Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer: Using a Novel Database to Examine Disease Progression

Prazwal Athukuri

M.D. Candidate ’25

Heat-Activated Doxorubicin Uptake Facilitated by Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy

Kyle Blackburn

M.D. Candidate ’26

Laparoscopic Surgery for Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Estimating the Risk of Margin-Positive Resection

Ashely Chavana

M.D. Candidate ’26

Clinical Documentation of Constipation Is Associated With Delayed Clearance of High-Dose Methotrexate In Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Isabel Draper

M.D. Candidate, ’25

Efficacy of a Social Determinant of Health Orientation Program for MS1s

Laurynn Garcia

M.D. Candidate, ’24

Efficacy of a Social Determinant of Health Orientation Program for MS1s

Tareck Haykal

M.D. Candidate ’24

Social Media Visibility and Plastic Surgery Residency Program Rankings: An Analysis of Instagram 

Spoorthi Kamepalli

 M.D. Candidate ’25

Early Changes in Liver Transplantation Outcomes Following Implementation of Acuity Circles

Rishabh Lohray

M.D. Candidate ’24

Economizing Mohs Surgery: An Analysis of Prices Across 20 Facilities and 3 Insurance Plans

Sarah Samuel

M.D. Candidate ’24

Medical Jargon: The Unseen Barrier in Patient Care

Deniz Sevilmis

 M.D. Candidate ’25

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Surfactant Administration

Harini Pallikarana Tirumala

Ph.D. Candidate ’24

Modulating MeCP2 Levels: A Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Rett Syndrome