JCESOM MS1 Summer Research Stipend Projects
2016
Mentor Department Title of Research Project Student 1 Student 2
Adam M. Franks Family Medicine Medical Writing John "Wes" Urian Amanda Krauss
Alan Koester Orthopedics Modifying Traditional Pendulum Exercise Techniques
to Improve Post-Operative Range of Motion in
Patients Having Shoulder Surgery
Cooper Henderson
Charles Clements Family Medicine Does the "Grit Score" predict medical school
success?
Matthew Bruner Gregory Hill
Charles Francis Opthalmology Comparison of Mini-Express Glaucoma Shunt
(MEGS) surgery with Mitomycin-C alone or
combined with Phacoemulsification in patients with
uncontrolled Glaucoma.
Jonathan Acra
Craig Slingluff Surgery at the University
of Virginia
Melanoma Research Chris Blackwell Akash Sharma
Curtis Harrison Surgery Burn ICU sepsis, the search for ideal parameters for
burn sepsis identification and treatment
Justin VanHove
Dilip Nair Family & Community
Health
Decisions to Withhold or Discontinue Dialysis in the
Elderly
Angela Thorp
Errington Thompson Surgery Open abdomen in patients with acute pancreatitis Adam Golembioski
Errington Thompson Surgery 100 Consecutive Cental lines placed with Ultasound
Guidance
Shirin Majidi
Farid Mozaffari Surgery Skin temperature measurements of the hand to
determine if patients on vasopressors are more
susceptible to Thermal Regulation Injuries
Aaron Whiteman
Felix Cheung Orthopaedic Surgery Does the addition of vancomycin to a calcium
phosphate bone void filler reduce the risk of surgical
site infection?
Brett Floyd
Felix Cheung Orthopaedic Surgery Does the X-Ream system for core decompression
reduce the risk of hip replacement for avascular
necrosis of the femoral head?
Harley Davis
Franklin D. Shuler Orthopaedics Research review manuscript Harry Burke Hannah Ashworth
Franklin D. Shuler Orthopaedics Discoveryofneedlestickreportingandsharpsinjurie
s
Lindsay Robinson James Akins
