Submissions from 2025
A Systematic Review of Cultural and Structural Barriers to Mammogram Access Among Immigrant Women, Abeer Wael Abukamil, Samar Ghassan Chehab, Sabrina Khan, and Rima Charara
Differences in Self-Reported Cancer Measures Persist Despite Covid-Era Improved Insurance Access, Ismail Mustafa Aijazuddin and Ammar M. Sukari
Assessing Middle Eastern American Attitudes Towards Substance Use Disorders, Hazem Alata, Hussein Bazzi, Saleh Al-Juburi, Angie Achkar, Liam Browning, Nicole Oska, Adam Chaban, and Arash Javanbakht
Progress and Plateaus: Female Representation in Interventional Radiology Training, 2008–2024, Ahmed Alzubaidi, Hailey Carruthers, Arif Musa MD, Monte Harvill MD, and Ali Harb MD
Evaluating Value of Trigger Finger Release: Ambulatory Surgical Center vs. Procedure Room, Katiya A. Barkho BS; Richard Tuttle BS; Lucas Kopp BS; Mary Zylinski BS; and Charles Day MD, MBA
The Effect of Abdominal Insufflation on Transversus Abdominis Plane (TAP) Block Efficacy in Laparoscopic Gynecologic Surgery, Hussein A. Bazzi, Justin Hruska M.D., Christopher Kliethermes M.D., Anne Thomas, and Wael Saasouh M.D.
Perspective of Adolescents with Migraine: A Survey Based Study, Cameron Bear, Kevin Chau, Julie Waineo, Jasmine Policherla, and Lalitha Sivaswamy
Evaluating Food Insecurity in the Setting of an Interprofessional Student-Run Free Clinic, Yasmeen Berry; Tariq Kermalli; Rehab Bondok; Avan Chu; Polina Chuikov; Mina Juma; Judson Knott; Kit Tran; Jeremy DeLor PharmD, BCPS; Min Jian Huang JD; Kristi Price MSW; Martha Schiller PT, DPT, MSA; and Aline Saad PharmD
Minimum Clinically Important Difference Values for PROMIS PI and UE After Distal Radius Fractures in Operative vs. Non-Operative Procedures, Rahul Bodapati, Michaela Rasmussen, Mary Zylinsky, Nebiyat Girma, and Charles S. Day
Decline in Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Evolving Age at Diagnosis in a Primarily African American Medical Center Population, Gabriel Khazal Boudagh, Ahmad Alnasarat MD, Kenan Abou Chaer MD, Paul H. Naylor PhD, and Milton G. Mutchnik MD
Safety and Efficacy of 112 mg Intranasal Esketamine in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Retrospective Observational Study from Outpatient Community Clinics, Kirsten Brinkmeier, Michael Kritzer, Brandon Doan, Cecilia Li, and Nicholas Mischel
Review of Emergency Department Utilization Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Kendall Brothers, Steven Korzeniewski PhD, and Phillip Levy MD
Multi-omics analysis reveals CMTR1 upregulation in cancer and roles in ribosomal protein gene expression and tumor growth, Ion John Campeanu, Yuanyuan Jiang, Hilda Afisllari, Sijana Dzinic, Lisa Polin, and Zeng-Quan Yang
Efficacy of First Aid Training in the Curriculum of First Year Medical Students, Timothy Chalom, Sophia L. Braun, Laura Elizabeth Sansoterra, Kevin Chau, Zaid Y. Saadeh, Parmida Abdoli, Charles Hughes, and Kristiana Kaufmann
Cracking the Code: Enhancing SDOH Documentation with ICD-10-CM Z codes, Neha Chava, Saachi Mittal, and Sujit Prasad
How the Conflicts in the Middle East Affect the Mental Health of Arab American Medical Students, Samar Ghassan Chehab, Abeer Wael Abukamil, Sabrina Khan, Jennifer Mendez, and Rima Charara
Methods for a Bioengineered 3D Human Brain-like Tissue Model of Neuro-regeneration After Traumatic Brain Injury, Marly Coe, Sydni Rosenfeld, Celia Byrne, Volha Liaudanskaya, and David Kaplan
The Financial Implications of Medical Education: An ROI Analysis of School Type, Specialty, and Training Location, Hunter Ryan Cohn, Chase Moscovic, Alexis Kralovich, Simran Qureshi, and Manoj Kulchania
Patient Perception of Chronic Disease Management and Preference for Resources at a Student-Run Free Clinic in Metro Detroit, Molly Dahle, Kendall Brothers, Sesilia Kammo, and Joel Appel DO
Characterizing KMT2D in Endometrial Cancer, Katherine R. Davanzo
Skin of Color Representation in Biologic Advertisements for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, Grace Doakes, Sydney Martin, Melissa Baithey, Julia Riley, Kelsey Flood, and Rithu Srikantha
The Role of Biologic Sex in the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis, Desiree Duncan; Camden Gardner; Polina Chuikov; Matthew George; Sadaf Hashemian; and Jeffrey Johnson, MD
Long-Term Quality of Life following Treatment in Head and Neck Cancer Survivors with Feeding Tubes, Raven Dunn, Emmanuel D. Meram, Eric Adjei Boakye, Katie Latack, Amy Williams, Tamer Ghanem, Farzan Siddiqui, Suhael Momin, Steven Chang, Vivian Wu, Veronica Bernacchi, and Samantha Tam
Measures of Digital Health Literacy: A Scoping Review, Jessica Elderkin, Eliza Beal, and Leva Gorji
BMI, Opioid Use, and Pain Perception: Insights from the DIPA Scale in Orthopedic Patients, Alqasim Elnaggar B.A., Haytham Alqasmi B.S., Ahmad Almaat B.S., Omar Abdalla B.S., Nimr Assaf B.S., Richard Tuttle B.S., and Rahul Vaidya M.D.
Machine Learning to Predict the Severity Score of Trauma Pediatric Patients, Ashley Frei BS, Elika Ridelman PhD, and Rebecca Adams BS
Determining Immune Activation in a Drosophila Model of ALS, Abrielle Fretz and Ryan Insolera
Electronic Health Record Documentation of Cannabis Use in Pregnancy: A retrospective chart review, Gloria Fung, Mia Boulay, Amela Rugova, Hsueh-Han Yeh, Amy M. Loree, and Alyssa M. Vanderziel
Factors affecting Length of Stay in Pediatric Orthopedic Surgical Patients, Neeti Gandra, Elika Ridelman PhD, Michelle Coughlin MD, and Christina Shanti MD
Seasonal Algal Blooms Produce Stress-Inducing Toxins and Impair the Growth of Normal Lung Cells, Mehrnoosh Ghafouri, Mehrnaz Ghafourii Abbas Abadi, Ezekiel Israel, Cherie Southwood, Nicholas Perino, Dr. Judy Westrick Ph.D, and Dr. Andrew M. Fribley Ph.D
Understanding Challenges to Breast Cancer Screening for African American Women in Detroit: A Study of Social and Healthcare Inequities, Miranda Goodson, Whitney Bowyer, Erika Lopez, and Anna Lundh
The Role of Churches in Enhancing Cancer Screening Adherence: A Focus on Faith-Based Health Literacy Among African American Women, Miranda I. Goodson and Genevieve Murray
Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Pediatric Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) at an Inner-City Tertiary Care Center, Nina KB Gust MD, Ashley Frei BS, Rebecca M. Adams BS, Elika Ridelman PhD, Christina Shanti MD, Ronald Thomas PhD, and Jocelyn Y. Ang MD
Complications of Breast Reconstruction: Does the Area Deprivation Index Predict Risk?, Andrew Hannoudi, Noah M. Atisha, Amolak S. Jhand, Kinan Sawar, and Dunya M. Atisha
What You See is What You Get: Improved Patient Outcomes with Anterograde Endoscopic versus Open Carpal Tunnel Release, Christian J. Hausner, Alex Lindahl, Meet Patel, Tobin Smith, Jack Franchino, Shems Hamdan, Rahul Bodapati, Jonathan Albrecht, Zachary Chen, and Charles Day
Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Perceptions Among Arab-American Women: Implications for Gynecological Health Outcomes, Munna Hazime, Kaitlyn Zablock, Whitney Bowyer, Natalie Ahmad Mateju, and Andrew Markowitz
Robotic vs. Conventional Surgical Approaches in Hospital Outpatient Department Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Value-Comparative Study, Trae Hill BS, Hadi Elmenini BS, Carter Dunaway BS, Emily Mazier BS, Michelle Yi MSE, Nevil Khurana BS, Trevor Banka MD, and Charles Day MD MBA
Epistemic Injustice in Marginalised Patient Populations: Reconceptualising Health Inequities Through the Lens of Social Epistemology, Kaab Husain, Laiba Husain DPhil, and Amina Zarzi
Comparative Analysis of the ROSA Robot Accuracy for the Placement of Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy Probes, Zunaira Imran, Anneliese Rademacher, and Hassan Fadel
Effects of Induced Arousal on Subsequent Apnea and Hyperpnea in Central Sleep Apnea, Ahmed Jafri, Safwan Badr, Abdulghani Sankari, Ahmad Aldwaikat, and Nishtha Pandya
Understanding adolescent fear extinction: Identifying profiles and Connections to anxiety, Jovan Jande, Clara Zundel, Samantha Ely, Sneha Bhargava, Carmen Carpenter, Reem Tamimi, Leah Gowatch, MacKenna Shampine, Emilie-Clare O'Mara, Jennifer Losiowski, Christine Lewis, Alaina Jaster, Shravya Chanamolu, and Hilary A. Marusak
Enhancing Patient Education: Evaluating the Efficacy of a Video-Based Diagnostic Tool for Hand and Wrist Conditions, Carinne M. Jarvis, Hunter Cohn, Kate Workman, Mary Zylinski, Alexander Sonaglia, Youssef Salama, and Charles S. Day
Pulling the Trigger on Patient Care: A Comparison of ASC and HOPD Settings for Trigger Finger Release, Carinne M. Jarvis, Nooraldin Kamalaldin, Hunter Cohn, Meet S. Patel, and Charles S. Day
Opioid vs. money choice preference patterns in regular heroin users, Amolak S. Jhand and Mark Greenwald
A New Paradigm for Looking at Infertility: A Pilot Study from Metropolitan Detroit, Indrea Joplin; Tonia Jones; Melanie Hanna-Johnson, MD; and Anil N. F Aranha
Relationship Between Change in Body Mass Index and Testosterone Levels in Male Patients Using GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Weight Loss, Sesilia Kammo BS, Patrick Etta MD, Arjun Dinesh BS, Keshav Lalchandani BS, Matthew Chabot MD, Logan Hubbard MD, Marcus Jamil MD, and Ali Dabaja MD
Clinical and Imaging Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Patterns in Early Unilateral Brain Injury Associated with Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Halah Keramane; Csaba Juhasz MD, PhD; Michael E. Behen PhD; and Aimee Luat MD
Synergistic Surgical Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Combined Carpal Tunnel and Trigger Finger Release, Diana Kernen BA; Clayton Kramm BS; Meet Patel BS; Trae Hill BS; Carter Dunaway BS; and Charles S. Day MD, MBA
Assessing Eye Care Needs and Service Accessibility in a Student-Run Free Clinic in an Underserved Urban Population, Hamza Khan, Arifbillah Sarowar, Olivia Jeakle, Sophia Griemert, Olivia Decker, Demetrius Moncrease, Timothy Page, Dominic Sacca, and Anju Goyal
Evaluating the Preclinical Curriculum for Women’s Health Content and Clinical Preparedness at Wayne State University School of Medicine, Krishni Kumaresan, Annelise Gordon, and Laura Benjamins
Factors Influencing Emergency Department Length of Stay in Pediatric Burn Patients, Nishant S. Kumar BS; Katherine Oag MSN, RN, ACCNS-P, CCRN; Lisa Vitale BSN, RN, CPN, TCRN; Mariah Malaniak MSN, RN, CPN, CBRN; Justin Klein MD; Elika Ridelman PhD; and Christina Shanti MD
Low, current, and persistent poverty area residence and social risks among Black cancer survivors, Leane S. Kuo and Theresa A. Hastert
Patient and Healthcare Provider Knowledge of Exercise During Pregnancy., Robert J. Leone, Dr. Shihyun Kim, Vidhi Sharma, and Monique Swain
Understanding Barriers to Fresh Produce Consumption in Detroit, Riley Ann MacDonald, Kalyyanee Ganesh Nanaaware, Jeff Lu, Derek Zahnleuter, Heather Sun, Sara Naessig, Aminah Bharadia, and Eric A. McGrath
The Impact of Legislation and Implementation of an Emergency Department Medications for Opioid Use Disorder program on Buprenorphine Administration, Jacob Manteuffel, Joseph Miller, Nadine Jawad, Alexis Maroney, Revelle Gappy, Nora Sharba, and Grant Zydeck
24 Hours of Postoperative Oral Antibiotics for Same-Day Discharge After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty has Low Rate of Prosthetic Joint Infection, Phillip McKegg, Colton L. Clymer, Hamza Raja, Alexander Driessche, Gabriel Boudagh, W. Trevor North MD, and Michael A. Charters MD
Evaluating Engagement in Health Care and Substance Use Disorder Services Among People Who Use Drugs, Tiffany McKenney, Kevin Cobty, Divya Boorle, and Julie Gleason-Comstock
Identifying and Supporting Struggling Radiology Residents: A Comprehensive Approach to Enhance Academic and Clinical Competence, Clara M. Melhem, Younes Motii, Arif Musa MD, Alicia Mccartney DO, Scotty Mckay MD, and Bana Bazerbashi MD
Gap Analysis of the Surgical Clerkships Experience According to the 2022 and 2023 AAMC GQ Survey, Madelyn N. Moretti, Suhas Nagappala, Michael Nunu, Neha Iska, Yeonju Kim, and Jason Booza
Impact of Parental ADHD Status on Screen Time Allowance in Children: Insights from NHIS Data, Chase Moscovic
Improving Quality of Exercise Stress Echocardiogram Acquisition and Interpretation: Single center experience, Michael Nunu Mr. and Preeti Ramappa Dr.
Assessing the Efficacy of Amniotic Bladder Therapy for Female Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Radiation Cystitis, Kyle P. O'Hollaren, Aron Liaw M.D., Steven Lucas M.D., and Nivedita Dhar M.D.
Breaking Down Barriers: A Literature Review Understanding Cervical Cancer Screening in Hispanic Women, Deni Peterson, Rina Badran, Farheen Vali, and Lindsay Martin-Engle Dr.
The role of mitochondrial deficiencies in Candida glabrata on azole susceptibility, Andrea Prenkocevic
Androgen hormones regulate the production on the pain-inducing inflammatory molecule IL-1β in a mouse model of inflammatory pain, Hariharan Ramakrishnan, Geoffroy Laumet, and Jaewon Sim
Two-year Outcomes of Bleb Needling Following Primary Glaucoma Filtering Surgery in Primary Open Angle Glaucoma, Sruti Ramamoorthy, Timothy Page, Matthew Mello, Maryam Ashrafkhorasani MD, Vaama Patel MD, Gilbert Xue DO, Mohamed Haidar DO, Bryan Turco MD, Karim Dirani MD, Vivian Rajeswaren MD, Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi MD, Mark Juzych MD, and Bret Hughes MD
Determining the Wound Closure Capabilities of a Biological Engineered Blood Vessel for HD Access, Brianna Regan, Alex Dumitru, and Mai Lam
Socioeconomic Disparities and Challenges in Urban Detroit: Predicting Loss to Follow-Up After Treatment for Intracranial Aneurysms, Hailey Yasmine Rizk, Noah Goldberger, Jared Reese, and Pouya Entezami
Canary in the Carpal Tunnel: A Pilot Study of the Value of the Screening for Amyloidosis in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Trevor Ruesch, Nevil Khurana, Logan Hansen MD, Katiya Barkho, Julia Malewicz, and Charles Day MD
Stopping the Cirrhosis: An international review of Hep C Screening in Prisons and Jails from 2004-2023, Anastasia Sahu BS; Jack Spurlock BA, MHS; and Eliza Beal MD
Analysis of chromatin accessibility changes in endothelial cells exposed to plastic contaminants, Mikhail Y. Salnikov, Carly Boye, David B. Witonsky, Gabrielle Garlicki, Adnan Alazizi, Francesca Luca, and Roger Pique-Regi
Evaluating the Current State of Quality Measure Reporting in the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System, Kinan Sawar and Geoffrey Potts MD
Externalizing behavior problems and attentional domains in a community-based adolescent sample, Kamakashi Sharma
Socioeconomic and Demographic Factors in Genetic Testing Utilization Among Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Single-Institution Study, Alexandra T. Skowron MS, Karen Childers, Courtney M. Rose MS, Kyle C. McElyea MD, Avery K. Supernois BS, Yousuf Hussain, Mohammed Baseer MS, Sunita Ghosh PhD, and Clara Hwang MD
MASLD/MASH Pharmacologic Therapeutic Efficacy in a Predominately African American Medical Center Population, Reema Smadi, Michael Mello, Astha Saini, Paul Naylor, and Milton Mutchnick
Assessing the Value of Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Comparative Study of Costs and Clinical Outcomes Across Surgical Settings, Alexander Scott Sonaglia, Trae Hill, Carter Dunaway, Hunter Cohn, Emily Mazier, Michelle Yi, Charles Day, and Trevor Banka
Budesonide for Engraftment Fever Prophylaxis following Autologous vs. Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: An Interim Analysis, Swathi Srikantan and Shatha Farhan
A Comparison of Social Determinants of Health and Maternal Mortality Rates in Detroit, Michigan, and the United States, Audrey E. Steiert and Constance J. Cleveland
Implications of glyphosate-based herbicides on the female reproductive system and reproductive outcomes, Alexandra Stone, Olivia G. Camp MS, David Bai MD, Awoniyi Awonuga, and Husam M. Abu-Soud
Barriers to Substance Use Treatment in Pregnant Populations: A Literature Review and Patient Perspectives in Detroit, Noor Sulaiman, Ranya Krayem, Sarah Chamdin, Salam Sulaiman, Amy Loree PhD, Alyssa Vanderziel PhD, and Julia Felton PhD
Cardiovascular Interoceptive Accuracy Correlates with Piezo 1 Mediated Baroreceptor Sensitivity and State Anxiety: Implications for Hypoglycemic Awareness, Jack Summers, Zachary Miklja, and Warren Lockette
Intranasal Delivery of Human Olfactory Stem Cells in SCI Treatment, Muhammad Dawood Tarar, Alexander Hayes, Camera Dockery, Alexander Weiss, Marwa Elgirsg, Medha Guduguntla, and Jean Peduzzi-Nelson
Race has no impact on prostate cancer-specific mortality, when comparing patients with similar risk of other-cause mortality: An analysis of a population-based cohort, Shane A. Tinsley, Marco Finati, Alex Stephens, Giuseppe Chiarelli, Giuseppe O. Cirulli, Eric M. Williams, Chase Morrison, Caleb Richard, Keinnan Hares, Akshay Sood, Nicolos Buffi, Giovanni Lughezzani, Carlo Bettocchi, Andrea Salonia, Alberto Briganti, Francesco Montorsi, GIuseppe Carrieri, Craig G. Rogers, and Firas Abdollah
Midnight Misses: Imaging Addenda and Pediatric Outcomes, Katelyn A. Toloff, Laura Geneseo, Samantha Carranza, Elika Ridelman PhD, and Christina Shanti MD
Assessing Platelet Counts as Predictors of Vasospasm and Discharge Outcomes in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Alexander Weiss M.S., B.S., B.A.; Jared C. Reese M.D.; and Pouya Entezami M.D., M.S.
Investigating the Effects of Intranasal Esketamine on Suicidal Ideation in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression, Ciara White, Izma N. Khaliq, Nicholas Mischel, and Kirsten Brinkmeier
Variation in Treatment Recommendations for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer: A Focus on Active Surveillance Across Physician Specialties, Sinyu Yang B.S., Tiffany Chu B.S., Cathryn Bock Ph.D, and Jinping Xu M.D.
Is There a Difference in Effectiveness Between Nonoperative Treatments for Modified Garcia-Elias Scapholunate Ligament Injuries Stages 1 and 2?, Michelle Yi, Minie Zhang, Lucas Kopp, and Charles S. Day
The Intersectionality of Cultural and Religious Barriers to Mammography in the Arab American Population, Kaitlyn Zablock, Alexis Kralovich, Rina Badran, Sarah Qureshi, Miranda Goodson, and Andrew Markowitz Dr.
Identifying Risk Factors for Facial Trauma, Karen Zapien-Guerra, Kairo Noronha, John Grauer MD, and John Cramer MD
Submissions from 2024
Role of Intraflagellar Transport Protein IFT20 in the Formation and Function of Motile Cilia in Mammals, Mohammad Z. Abdulghani, Wei Li, Tao Li, Michael J. Holtzman, Gregory J. Pazour, and Zhibing Zhang
Vulnerable Neighborhoods Had Smaller Gains in Health Insurance Coverage During Early Covid-19, Ismail Mustafa Aijazuddin and Ammar Sukari
A Quantitative Analysis of Microglia Morphology in Adult Zebrafish Retinas, Yasmeen Berry, Ashley Kramer, Justin Carthage, and Ryan Thummel
Efficacy of Hypnosis as a Treatment for Alopecia, Haya Beydoun and Meena Moossavi
Neural Correlates Of Fear Extinction: Investing The Impact Of Puberty And Sex In Children And Adolescents Through Neuroimaging, Sneha Bhargava, Clara Zundel, Samantha Ely, Carmen Carpenter, Reem Tamimi, Leah Gowatch, MacKenna Shampine, Emilie-Clare O'Mara, Jovan Jande, Shravya Chanamolu, Ahmad Almaat, and Hilary Marusak
A Systematic Review of the Social Determinants of Health in Shoulder Arthroplasty Outcomes, Allison Boland, John Pum, Michael Gaudiani, and Matthew A. Gasparro
Racial Disparities in Palliative Care Utilization in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Margaret S. Bove, Benjamin Huber, Myles Hardeman, Daniel Harris, Areeba Jawed, and Amber Comer
Assessing Post-Operative Complications in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Surgery, Nina Brahmbhatt, Andrew Stefan MD, and Bianca Siegel MD
A Systematic Review of Digital Technology Use for the Treatment and Management of PTSD, Liam Browning, Arash Javanbakht, and Imran Rashid
Maximizing Value in Total Knee Arthroplasty: Ambulatory Surgical Center or Hospital Outpatient Department?, Megan Carulla, Meet Patel, Emily Mazier, Alex Lindahl, Trae Hill, and Charles S. Day