2006 Resident Research Day Winners
The College of Medicine Jacksonville's annual celebration of research, sponsored by the UF Health Science Center Jacksonville and the Office of Research Affairs, was held May 11 in the Learning Resource Center Auditorium.
Twelve residents and fellows (six winners each in the poster category and in the platform presentation category) received a cash award based on the judges' final rankings: first place ($400 each), second place ($300 each), third place ($200 each), fourth place ($100 each), fifth place ($50 each) and sixth place ($50 each).
Poster Winners
First Place
Erik Lowman, D.O., Internal Medicine
"Improvement in Arterial Wall Properties & Wave Reflection Characteristics by Atorvastatin in the Elderly."
Second Place
Gabor Fischer, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology
"Diagnostic Value of Telomerase Expression in Breast Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsies."
Third Place
Binu Jacob, M.D., Internal Medicine-Cardiology
"Metabolic Syndrome Is Not a Risk Factor for Hospitalizations in the Chronic Heart Failure Population: Data from the Clinical Information Manager Heart Failure (CIM-HF)."
Fourth Place
Wayne Cheng, M.D., Internal Medicine-Cardiology
"Characterization of Patients from an Urban, Inner-City Medical Center Hospitalized with Decompensated Heart Failure."
Fifth Place
Linda Di Teodoro, M.D., Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology
"Ethnicity and Gender Are Not Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality for Patients with Initial Esophageal Variceal Hemorrhage."
Sixth Place
Sabiha Hussain, M.D., Pediatrics
"Knowledge, Attitude & Perceptions Regarding Tuberculosis Among Different Ethnic Groups."
Platform Presentation Winners
First Place
Cynthia Leaphardt, M.D., Surgery
"Toll Like Receptor 4-Mutant Mice Are Protected from the Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis through Effects on Bacterial Translocation and Enhanced Intestinal Restitution."
Second Place
Samvel Charukhchian, M.D., Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology
"Incision vs. Non-Incision Technique of PEG Tube Placement"
Third Place
Steven Shoemaker, M.D., Internal Medicine-Cardiology
"Correlation between Cardiac MRI Perfusion and Invasive Physiologic Coronary Assessments."
Fourth place
S. Osman Tutuncuoglu, M.D., Pathology
"Diagnostic Value of Imprint Cytology during Image Guided Biopsy in Improving Breast Health Care."
Fifth Place
Victor Hassid, M.D., Surgery
"Definite Establishment of Airway Control is Critical for Optimal Outcome in Lower Cervical Spinal Cord Injury."
Sixth Place
Gisela Porras, M.D., Pediatrics
"Breastfeeding Barriers Among African American Women."
Faculty Researcher/Scholar of the Year Award
Joseph J. Tepas III, M.D.
Department of Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery