Submissions from 2026
Leveling the Playing Field: Ensuring Hydration Equity for Detroit’s Student-Athletes, David Abdelnour, Noah Kos, Alqasim Elnaggar, Jack Mao, Rumyah Rafique, Julian D Johnson, Marley Sternberg, Audrey Millar, Faith Scott, Susan LaGrand, Ammar Chaudhri, Magd Boutany, and Rahul Vaidya
Parkinsonism induced by carbon monoxide intoxication: a “hidden gem” in the neurological literature, Omer Abdullah and Peter A. LeWitt
Assessing Functional Visual Recovery After Retinal Regeneration in Zebrafish Using the Optokinetic Response (OKR), yeganeh tabatabaei alavi and Yeganeh Tabatabaei Alavi
Outreach Challenges and Strategies for Educating Arab/MENA Community on Colorectal Cancer Screening, Rawan Antar, Faten Abda, Morhaf Al Achkar, Sara Komaiha, Yasmin Snounu, Jad M. Fawaz, Jawad Saad, and Ahmad Dulli
Mechanisms of Ventricular Catheter Obstruction, Mohamed Khalil Attie MS, Christopher Roberts MS, and Carolyn Harris PhD
Hormonal Birth Control Misinformation on TikTok: A Content Analysis of Influencer Narratives, Sarah Bdeir, Jana Hatahet, Liselle Tungol, Khush Hussain, Rumyah Rafique, Raneem Sabbaq, and Ragad Almsaddi
Effect of Pre-Training Patients Using a Self-Directed Slideshow Presentation on Visual Field Reliability in First-Time Test Takers, Lillian M. Centlivre B.S., Derek Zahnleuter B.S., Rahul Babu B.S., Chaesik Kim, Kaitlin Ziadeh MD, Hanna Simmons MD, Vivian Rajeswaren MD, Aleskey Parker Williams DO, Jacob Im MD, Aleksey Mishulin MD, Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi MD, and Hassan Tokko
A Retrospective Study on the Associations of Clinical Measures to Mortality in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Patients, Ammar F. Chauhdri, Ryan Davis MD, Christina Shanti MD, Michelle Veenstra MD, Megan Zacarias, Samantha Carranza, Laura Sansoterra, Nimr Assaf, Christian Hudson-Bradford MD, and Elika Ridelman PhD
A Ubiquitin Code Written in Circadian Time: Evaluating Protein Linkages in a Drosophila Model, Alejandro Damian, Elinor Harrison, and CJ Dalton
Evaluating KwenSante's Dual-Channel Health Education: A Pilot Assessment of Online and Radio Interventions for Metabolic Syndrome Literacy, William M. Davie, Nikuze Poshi, Carline Dugue, Jean-Alix Simeon, Anil Aranha, and Marie-Louise Jean-Baptiste
The Use of Large Language Models in Enhancing Patient Education Materials for Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors, Brendan Dolan, Aniela Crayton, Emerson Woodbury, Miguel Tzita, Eliza Beal MD, and Gregory Dyson PhD
Evaluating Relative Value Units for Hypertension and Diabetes Care in a Student-Run Free Clinic: A Retrospective Chart Review, Gabriel Doree, Isabella Imirowicz, Anthony Kavanagh, Emily Yao, and Robert Sherwin MD
KELIM Score Predicts Recurrence and Survival in Bevacizumab-Treated Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Real-World Pilot Study, Mohammed Elshafey, Pontia Doroudian, Madeline Ruth Evans, and Ira Winer
Glucose Metabolic Abnormalities of Thalamic Nuclei in Patients with Drug-resistant Focal Epilepsy: A High-resolution PET Study, Halle N. Escher, Maysaa Basha, Otto Muzik, and Csaba N. Juhasz
Evaluating Return to Play After ACL Reconstruction in National Football League Players Measured by Fantasy Points, William Gadbois, Hunter Ryan Cohn, Lauryn Boggs, and Rahul Vaidya
Fatty Acid Metabolism and Retinal Endothelial Barrier Functionality, Mason J. Gardiner, Mohamed Shawky, Shaimma El Tanani, and Ahmed S. Ibrahim
Data Science in Medicine: Bridging the Statistics & Research Skills Education Gap Through Multi-Platform Bootcamps, Marta Haireek, Muhammad Idrees, Yiannos Demetriou, Laura Benjamins, and Alan Dombkowski
A Systemic Review of Functional Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction Across Lower-Limb Prosthetic Types in Military Personnel and Veterans, Emma Ho Harris, Amir Ghafarian, Sen Gao, Khaled Saleh, and Jason Pasley
Survivin and Caspases Coordinate Proteolytic Cleavage of the SAGA Chromatin Modifying Complex, Elinor Harrison, Alejandro Damian, and CJ Talton
Exploring the Role of Patient Feedback in Medical Education, Hovhannes John Hayrapetyan, Stella Hayrapetyan, and Diane L. Levine MD
Clinical Insights into Early-Onset Pancreatic Cancer, Ken Huynh, Ling Huang, Kyra Langley, Julie Clark, and David Kwon
Impact of Reproductive Medical Conditions on Fertility Struggles in Metropolitan Detroit Women, Tonia Jones; Indrea Joplin; Anil N. F Aranha; and Melanie Hanna-Johnson, MD
Patient Reported Outcome Participation and Completion in Total Joint Arthropathy: A Socioeconomic Analysis, Diana Kernen BA; Michelle Yi MSE; Kathleen Jahnke BS; Nevil Khurana MS; Ezra Goodrich MD; and Charles Day MD, MBA
Barriers and Facilitators to Lung Cancer Screening in Arab/Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) Communities, Sara Komaiha, Rawan Antar, Yasmin Snounu, Morhaf Al Achkar, Faten Abda, Jad Fawaz, Jawad Saad, and Ahmad Dulli
Comparison of Same-Day Discharge Robotic-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy in an Ambulatory Surgery Center Versus Hospital Setting, Nishant S. Kumar BS, Ranko Miocinovic MD, Tom D. Beris MD, Maya Goyal BS, Vineet Kumar BS, and Amit R. Patel MD
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 Biological 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.
Outcomes of Scleral Buckle Repair in the Modern Management of Non-Complex Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment, Timothy Page BA; Omar Moinuddin MD; Zara Saleem BS; Bianca Elias BS; Mary Gao DO; Tedi Begaj MD; Adam Winer MD; Sandeep Randhawa; Lisa Faia; Jeremy Wolf MD; Kimberly Drenser MD, PhD; A. Bawa Dass MD; Alan Ruby MD; Tamer Mahmoud MD, PhD; Tarek Hassan MD; Antonia Capone Jr. MD; Bruce Garretson MD; and George Williams MD
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
Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy and Barriers to Access in Hispanic Individuals of Metro Detroit, Rafael Ramos; John Gallegher; Nevil Khurana; Ingrid Rocha; Rene Andino-Galva; Izabel Thomas; Deni Peterson; Alexander Eskandarian; and Eliezer Arody Gomez, 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
Linking LASSI Scores to Step 1 Outcomes: A Focus on At-Risk Students, Abigail M. Schuch, Raghav Rajesh, and Marissa Zhu PhD