The Department of Medicine and American College of Physicians hosted the 2024 ACP Abstract Day on October 31st in the Student Union. The day included around 100 posters and several oral presentations delivered by students, residents, and fellows from UMMC and statewide.
Congratulations to the following winners in each category:
Quality Improvement – Meredith Cobb, MD, PhD, UMMC IM Residency – Using Simulation to Reduce Delays in Initiation of CPR in Third-Year Medical Students
High Value Care – Jerrian Reedy, UMMC School of Medicine – The Unforeseen Association Between the Prevalance of Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing and Community Distress Levels
Clinical Vignette – Avery Watson, UMMC School of Medicine – Look Closely to “C” the Diagnosis: Scurvy Mimicking Hematologic Malignancy
Clinical Research – Ruhul Amin Munshi, North MS Med Center – Efficacy of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam Against Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas Aeruginosa: A systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Basic Research – Neha Piracha, UMMC School of Medicine – Self-Administration of Benzodiazepines in Drug Naive and Cocaine-Experienced Rhesus Monkeys: Role of alpha 1 Subunit-Containing GABAA Receptors
Thank you to the faculty mentors for their support of our students, residents, and fellows in their scholarship. Thank you to Saleha Aziz, Heidi Nowakowski, and the ACP Residents’ Council, Jessie Lavender, Ashley Villarreal, Cheryl Moss and the education office, as well as all the faculty judges for coordinating, directing, and supporting the meeting.
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