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Winter 2025 Student Accomplishments:
Jameel Alausa, MS2, was inducted into the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Athletics Hall of Fame.
Analisa Conway, MS1, and Ashley Gordon, MS1, published an op-ed titled “The Deadly Impact of the U.S. Anti-abortion Funding Policy” on KevinMD highlighting how US policy impacts access to reproductive healthcare across the world. Read the op-ed here.
Zharia Crisp, MS3, published a first-author paper titled “Dissociation in skin picking disorder and trichotillomania” in Frontiers in Psychiatry. The project originated in her Scholarship & Discovery research, and she was mentored by Jon Grant, MD, JD, MPH. Read the full paper here.
Sarita Deshpande, MS3, published a first-author paper titled “Third-order entropy for spatiotemporal neural network characterization” in the Journal of Neurophysiology. The project was completed as a part of her PhD dissertation with Wim van Drongelen, PhD.
Sylvia Edoigiawerie, MSTP, published a first-author case report titled “Glaucoma Tube Shunt Revision with Scleral ‘Turtle-Plast’” in the Journal of Current Glaucoma Practice. She was mentored on the project by Mary Qui, MD. Read the full paper here.
Felix Fernandez-Penny, MS2, published a co-first author publication titled “Patient Factors Influence Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the SNOT-22 in Medically Treated Chronic Rhinosinusitis” in the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology. The project was supported by UChicago Medicine Center for Healthcare Discovery and Innovation and the Pritzker School of Medicine Innovation Fund. Read the full paper here. Felix also presented this research at the North American Skull Base Society Annual Meeting and World Federation of Skull Base Societies 9th World Congress in New Orleans in February.
Stanton Greenstone, MS3, will present his research “Effects of the Comprehensive Care Program on Hospitalizations for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions” as an oral presentation at the national meeting of the Society of Hospital Medicine in Las Vegas in late April.
Yifei Hu, MS4, will present his research “Two-stage CD8+ CAR T-cell differentiation in patients with large B-cell lymphoma” as a poster and oral presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in Chicago in late April. He was mentored on the project by Jun Huang, PhD, and Justin P. Kline, MD.
Robin Ji, MS2, presented her research “Promoting high value inpatient delirium management with an integrated best practice advisory and order set” at the High Value Practice Academic Alliance (HVPA) National Conference in Baltimore and at the 2024 UChicago Quality and Safety Symposium.
Lauren Kang, MS2, was elected to the national board of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) as one of the three Region VI Directors for the 2025-26 term. As a Regional Director, she will be responsible for maintaining communication between the national organization and local chapters as well as planning regional social events and the annual Region VI Conference.
Aishwarya Katiki, MS3, and Vanshika Narala, MS3, published a paper titled “Bundled de-implementation of recurring hospital orders with a novel electronic medical record order set” in BMJ Open Quality. Read the full paper here.
Dominik Kucirek, MS1, was selected as a fellow in the 2025-2026 cohort of the Chicago Area Schweitzer Fellowship, through which he will work with Iris Romero, MD, on a direct community service project focused on emotional health and wellness for patients on the South Side.
Priscilla Molina, MS1, and Samantha Castro-Rico, MS2, received the 2024 CommunityHealth Clinic (CHC) Volunteer Medical Student of the Year award to recognize their service to the clinic as medical students and CHC Co-Coordinators.
Dayna Pham, MS1, received the AbbVie Immunology Scholarship, which “recognizes 45 exceptional students who demonstrate resilience, academic excellence, and community involvement while living with an immune-mediated disease.”
Joey Hua-Phan, MS1, was elected to the national board of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) as LGBTQIA+ Director.
Michael Wakeman, MS1, had a first-author paper titled “Disparities in digital healthcare use during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022” accepted for publication in JAMA Network Open. The research took place during his gap year at the National Institutes of Health.
Kenneth Wang, MS2, will present his research “Electrophysiological Measures of Error Processing Following Low-Dose LSD Administration” as a poster presentation at the Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion in mid-April. The project originated in his Pritzker Summer Research Program project under the mentorship of Royce Lee, MD.