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Department of Pediatrics, EVMS/CHKD

2019 Summer Scholars Program

May 20 – August 1, 2019

Yasmina Abdous School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Medical Masters

Email: [email protected]

Project: Quality Review of Pediatric GU Surgical Cases and Stricture Repair in Senegal

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Maahum Heider MD MPH, Mohamed

Jolloh MD, Kurt McCammon MD, Carol McCammon MD MPH

Stacy Agyare School: Eastern Virginia Medical School - CHAPs


Project: Investigation of the AKT-PRAS40 Axis in Modulating Exosome Secretion

Mentor: David Mu PhD, Microbiology

Bryce Aidukaitis School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Stressor Controllability and Dynamic Neuroimmune Interactions

Mentors: Richard Ciavarra PhD, Microbiology; Larry Sanford PhD, Laurie Wellman

PhD, Mayumi Machida PhD

Mariana Bradley School: Hampton University – Junior


Project: Health Action Tool (HAT): A Targeted Messaging Tool for Well Visits to

Effectively Communicate with Parents when the BMI is above the 95%

Mentors: Heidi Flatin MD, Pediatrics; John Harrington MD

Emily Breeding School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2

Email: breediel@@evms.edu

Project: Effects of Nicotine Salts on Physiological Responding

Mentors: Paul Harrell PhD, Pediatrics; Laurie Wellman PhD, Julius Nyalwidhe

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Stafford Brown III School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Hampton Roads Community Needs Assessment

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD, Pediatrics; Lydia Cleveland MPH, Claire Kimberly

Jazmin Carmon School: Old Dominion University – Senior


Project: To Test Recombinant TRIM72 and a Novel TIAFP Protein on Cell Senescence and

Lung Fibrosis in Ex Vivo Precision Cut Lung Slice Organ Culture Model

Mentors: Xiaoli Zhao PhD, Physiological Sciences; Nagaraja Nagre PhD, Xiaofei Cong

PhD, Andrew Pearson PhD

Lauren Carroll School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Medical Masters


Project: Evaluation of Infant Sleep Practices in Low-Resource Communities

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Rupa Kapoor MD, Vipin Philip MD,

Tracy Fu PhD, Tony Mathew, Ursula Griffiths-Randolph, Allegra Newland

Charlotte Chambers School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: The MicroRNA miR-888 Cluster is No-nonsense: Uncovering a Competing

Endogenous RNA (ceRNA) Network in the Prostate

Mentor: Aurora Kerscher PhD, Microbiology

Candler Clawson

School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Retrospective Analysis: Incidence of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter-

Associated Venous Thromboembolism in A Children’s Hospital

Mentors: Eric Werner MD MMM, Pediatrics; Sally Azer MD

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Cerelia Donald School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Medical Masters





Wihan Du Plessis



Project: The Utility of Random Drug Screens in Pediatric ADHD Patients to Assess

Compliance

Mentor: John Harrington MD, Pediatrics; Stephen Restaino DO

Abigail Fariscal School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Assessment and Development of a Fully Implemented Primary Care Track in a

Pediatric Residency Program

Mentors: Carolyn Moneymaker MD, Pediatrics; Scott Vergano MD, John Harrington MD

Madeline Fodor School: Allegheny College - Junior


Project: Portsmouth Diabetes Prevention Project: Identifying Physical Activity Facilitators

and Barriers through Community Engagement

Mentors: Margaret Baumgarten MD, Fam. & Comm. Medicine; Michelle Charters MPH,

Amy Paulson MPH

Matilda Francis School: University of Virginia – Senior


Project: Portsmouth Diabetes Prevention Project: Identifying Physical Activity

Facilitators and Barriers through Community Engagement

Mentors: Margaret Baumgarten MD, Fam. & Comm. Medicine; Michelle Charters

MPH, Amy Paulson MPH

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Pooja Gajulapalli School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Does the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) need to be done before

1 Month of Age?

Mentors: Natasha Sriraman MD MPH, Pediatrics; John Harrington MD

Himabindu Gampa School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Medical Masters


Project: Examining the Effects of Socioeconomic and Community Factors on a Health

Education and Prevention Program: Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones (HALO)

Mentors: Sara Rothenberg MPH, Pediatrics; Amy Paulson MPH

Shaheer Hasan School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Predictors of 30-day Readmission in Patients Discharged from the EVMS

Internal Medicine Academic Service at SNGH

Mentors: Sami Tahhan MD, Internal Medicine; Benjamin Goodman MD

Reece Hoerle School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Early Identification of Pediatric Sepsis in the Dominican Republic

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Wanny Roa MD, Sara McCrate MD,

Roberto Posada MD

Madison Hoke School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Effect of CareForward Curriculum on a 3rd Year Medical Students

Mentor: Bruce Britton MD, Fam. & Comm. Medicine; Carmen Ingram-Thorpe MPH

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Katharine Hopkins School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Early Identification of Pediatric Sepsis in the Dominican Republic

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Wanny Roa MD, Sara

McCrate MD, Roberto Posada MD

Jacob Hughes School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2



Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Rupa Kapoor MD, Vipin Philip

MD, Tracy Fu PhD, Tony Mathew, Ursula Griffiths-Randolph, Allegra Newland

Joseph Huntley School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Head Circumference Measurement in Community Pediatric Practices

Mentors: Michelle Clayton MD MPH, Pediatrics; Dionne Palmer MD, Tracy Fu PhD, John

Harrington MD

Kayla Iannarelli School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: AAMC “Building a Systems Approach to Community Health”: Smoke-Free,

Housing Policy Changes in Public Housing, a Team-Based Approach

Mentors: Andrew Plunk PhD, Pediatrics; Jasilyn Wray MPH, Mekbib Gemeda

Navya Kanderi School: Howard College of Medicine – M2


Project: AAMC “Building a Systems Approach to Community Health”: Smoke-Free,

Housing Policy Changes in Public Housing, a Team-Based Approach

Mentors: Andrew Plunk PhD, Pediatrics; Jasilyn Wray MPH, Mekbib Gemeda

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Timothy Kearney School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Adenotonsillectomy Outcomes in Obese Adolescents with OSA

Mentor: Cristina Baldassari MD, Ear Nose & Throat

Lauren Keenan School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Integrating Value Based Care into CareForward Curriculum

Mentors: Brooke Hooper MD, Medical Education; Senthil Rajasekaran MD

Brody Koch School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Impact of Video-Based Discharge Instructions on Perceptions of Concussion in

the Pediatric Emergency Department

Mentors: Rupa Kapoor MD, Pediatric EM; Angelina June MD, Heather Newton EdD

Henry Lester School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Quality Review of Pediatric GU Surgical Cases and Stricture Repair in Senegal

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Maahum Heider MD MPH,

Mohamed Jolloh MD, Kurt McCammon MD, Carol McCammon MD MPH

Jonee Lillard School: Regent University – Junior


Project: Role of Twist-1 in Invasion and Proiferation of PC3-ML Prostate Cancer Cells in

Response to Adipose Tissue Extracellular Vesicles

Mentors: Anca Dobrian PhD, Physiology; John Semmes PhD

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Hninn Lwin School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – Medical Masters


Project: A Quality Improvement Project: Evaluation of the Effect of Community-

Based REVIVE! Trainings on Medical Student Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding

Opioid Use Disorder

Mentors: Stephanie Peglow DO MPH, Psychiatry; Jonathan Taylor-Fishwick

Ashlee Malone School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Students as Partners to Develop an Integrated Pathology Teaching Resource

using Innovative Technology Tool (Adaptive Learning Platform) in the MD Program

Mentors: Rajasekaran Koteeswaran MD, Jolanta Kowalewska MD, MMCB

Jennifer Menko School: Michigan State University – Junior


Project: Psychological and Behavioral Imaging Study of the Facial Expression and Gaze

Behaviors of Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

Mentors: John Harrington MD, Pediatrics; Janice Keener PsyD, Amy Newmeyer MD

Jamie Parkerson



Project: Dissecting the Molecular Mechanism of a Potent Anti-K-RAS Strategy against

Multidrug-Resistant Malignant Human Cancer in Pre-Clinical and Clinical Models

Mentors: Amy Tang PhD, MMCB; Robby Van Sciver PhD

Parth Patel School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Optimizing Platelet Mitochondrial Function Prior to Autologous

Mitochondrial Microinjection (AMM) into Discard Human Oocytes

Mentors: Frank Castora PhD, Physiological Sciences; Gerald Celia Jr. PhD, Frank

Lattanzio PhD

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Phillip Pham School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: EVMS Hotspotters

Mentor: Brooke Hooper MD, Internal Medicine & Medical Education

Lucy Platt School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2





Robert Propst School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Evaluation of Maternal and Infant Resuscitation Training in the Dominican

Republic

Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD MPH, Pediatrics; Wanny Roa MD, Ericka Jaramillo

MD, Bryan Cochran, Erin Madison, Jonathan Taylor-Fishwick

Rana Rahman School: University of Virginia - Junior


Project: Characterizing the Clinical Course of Kawasaki Disease at The Children’s

Hospital of The King’s Daughters

Mentors: Kyrie Shomaker MD, Pediatrics; Leonard Emuren MD, Sanaz Devlin MD

Tamanna Sahni School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Developing a Longitudinal, Integrated Leadership Curriculum for Pediatric

Residents – Workshop Development

Mentors: Rupa Kapoor MD, Pediatrics; Heather Newton EdD

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Mark Schmitt School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Medical Students Self-Assessment of Health Systems Science Knowledge

and Skills after Two Years of Implementation of the CareForward Curriculum

Mentors: Anca Dobrian PhD, Physiology; Brooke Hooper MD, Rajan Lamichhane

MD

Adarsha Shivakumar School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: The Utility of Random Drug Screens in Pediatric ADHD Patients to Assess

Compliance

Mentors: John Harrington MD, Pediatrics; Stephen Restaino DO

Aaron Snow School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Adenotonsillectomy Versus Bed Alarm for Pediatric Nocturnal Enuresis

Mentors: Cristina Baldassari MD, Otolaryngology; Robert Liebman MD, Jyoti

Upadhyay MD

Mary-Gray Southern School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Sheltering Patterns for Norfolk Virginia’s Homeless Population

Mentors: Don Robison PhD, Medical Education; Maryanne Gathambo MPH

Evan Straub School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2





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Erica Talbot



Project: Lean for Health Care Process Improvements in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Clinic

Mentors: Eric Werner MD MMM, Pediatrics

Amanda Tosi School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2



Mentors: Alexandra Leader MD, Pediatrics; Lydia Cleveland MPH, Claire Kimberly

Jason Toy School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: The EVMS Fine Family Academy of Educators

Mentors: Judith Taylor-Fishwick, Faculty Affairs; Elza Mylona PhD

Kevin Toy School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Evaluation and Improvement of Nutrition Certification Curriculum

Mentors: Don Robison PhD, Medical Education; Maryanne Gathambo MPH

Margaret Trainor School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2



Mentor: Alexandra Leader MD, Pediatrics; Lydia Cleveland MPH, Claire Kimberly

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Nina Tserediani School: Meredith College – Graduate Student


Project: Predictors of 30-day Readmission in Patients Discharged from the EVMS

Internal Medicine Academic Service at SNGH

Mentors: Sami Tahhan MD, Internal Medicine; Benjamin Goodman MD

Godgive Umozurike School: East Carolina University – Junior


Project: Effects of SDoH Curriculum on Social Identities of Medical Students

Mentors: Mekbib Gemeda, Diversity & Inclusion; Senthil Rajasekaran MD, Patti

Kiger MEd

Britton Upchurch School: Liberty University – Junior


Project: Pur-gamma and WRN Expression and Interaction in Rat Brain Regions

Following DNA Damage

Mentors: Dianne Daniel PhD, MMCB; Margaret Wortman PhD

Samantha Valera School: Allegheny College – Junior


Project: College Student Tobacco Products Attitudes and Usage Patterns

Mentor: Paul Harrell PhD, Pediatrics

Matt Van de Graff School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Reduction in Readmission Rates and Cost at 30-days, 60-days, 90-days, and 180-

days using a Team-Based Approach to Hospital Discharge Transition of Care

Management (TCM)

Mentors: Jennifer Ryal MD, Internal Medicine; Hemel Patel MD

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Dana Wang School: University of Virginia – Junior


Project: Health Action Tool (HAT): A Targeted Messaging Tool for Well Visits to

Effectively Communicate with Parents when the BMI is above the 95%

Mentors: Heidi Flatin MD, Pediatrics; John Harrington MD

Keith Wells School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Evaluate Faculty and Residents Readiness to Assess and Counsel regarding

Increased Breast Density and Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Mentors: James Dixon MD, Internal Medicine; Josh Edwards MPH, Heather Ots, John

Snellings MD

Emilia Wilkins School: Virginia Commonwealth University – Junior


Project: Investigating the Role of the T9861C mtDNA Mutation in the Development of

Alzheimer’s Disease

Mentors: Frank Castora PhD, Physiology; Frank Lattanzio PhD

Camille Williams School: Old Dominion University – Senior


Project: Exploring the Continuity Clinic Experience in an Academic Primary Care Setting

Mentors: Margaret Baumgarten MD, Fam. & Comm. Medicine; John Snellings MD, Steven

Brawley MD, Agatha Parks-Savage EdD, Jenni Cavin MD, Chantel Styles MD

Le’Nisha Williams School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2





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Jennifer Wintringham School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Utilizing a Quality of Life (QOL) Tool to Examine Fatigue in Cognitive and

Physical Contexts

Mentors: Henri Parson PhD, Internal Medicine; Etta Vinik MA

Sarina Zahid School: Eastern Virginia Medical School – M2


Project: Partnering with Students in Developing a Clinical Presentation Curriculum

Mentors: Senthil Rajasekaran MD, Medical Education

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