Submissions from 2023
The Effects of Different Antihypertensives, Steroids, and Beta Blockers on COVID-19 Outcomes in a CKD and Non-CKD Cohort in Detroit, Michigan, Vidhya Nadarajan, Maham Ahmed, Katerina Furman, Zoya Gurm, Priyanka Kale, Zaina Khoury, Paul Kim, Sara Koussa, Dana Labuda, Margo Mekjian, Pooja Polamarasetti, Charlotte Thill, Sophie Wittenberg, Sorabh Dhar, and Dragana Komnenov
Xeroform gauze is superior to silver sulfadiazine cream in promoting zone of stasis healing for mixed-depth scald burns in children, Ryan Nolan, Dominic Allessio-Bilowus, Nishant Kumar, Justin Klein MD, Elika Ridelman Phd, and Christina Shanti MD
Analysis of Opioid Prescription Patterns and Postoperative Opioid Use in Opioid-Naïve Patients Undergoing Elective Lumbar Spine Surgery, Tim Nold, Tarek Mansour, Edvin Telemi, Ariel Walker, and Nachiket Deshpande
Relative Contribution of Different Upper Glycolytic Components in the Maintenance of the Retinal Vascular Endothelial Cell Barrier, Nicole B. Oska, Ahmed S. Ibrahim, Mohamed Shawky, Diego Galarza Ramirez, and Shaimaa Eltanani
Nonurgent Use of the Emergency Department for Medication Refills, Bobak M. Ossareh and James Paxton
Differential Expressed Genes Identified Between African American and European American Keloid Fibroblasts, Bianca Parker MS; Albert M. Levin PhD; Oghenefejiro Okifo MD; Katherine Buhl BS; Takahiro Ouchi BS; Jessica Tan BS; Xiangguo Dai PhD; Yalei Chen PhD; Nallasivam Palanisamy PhD; Jesse Veenstra MD, PhD; Shannon Carskadon MS; Jia Li PhD; David Ozog Ozong MD; Christian E. Keller MD; Dhananjay Chitale MD, MBA; Kevin R. Bobbitt PhD; Howard C. Crawford PhD; Nina Steele PhD; Qing-Sheng Mi MD, PhD; and Lamont R. Jones MD, MBA
Is old really gold? Examining the effect of playing experience in preventing professional athletes’ injuries, Gautham Pavar, Abdullah Sahyouni, Robert De la Torre, Kinan Sawar, Yasmeen Alcodray, Justin Bennie, Nicole Xu, Harika Bollineni, and Bohdan Matsko
Medical Student Perceptions Comparing In-Person to Virtual Interviews in the Medical School Admissions Process, Iyanna Peppers, Sean McCarthy, and Abhinav Chinna Krishnan
The Effects of Tert-butyl Hydroquinone (TBHQ) on Estrogen Receptor Alpha (ERα) and Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 in T-47D and MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cell Lines, Samantha E. Pfiffner, Katelyn Farrar, Erin Hallman, Kaylin Whittaker, Aisha Zanib, and Sumi Dinda Ph.D.
Sun Protection Intervention for Urban Youth, Erika Polanco, Jordan Tall, Erin Caris, Arjun Muralidharan, Michael Escobar, Sofia Howson, Jason Liu, Alyssa Goodwin, and Steven Daveluy
Synergies Between Lactic and Acetic Acids in the Inhibition and Killing of Strains of Candida, Andrea Prenkocevic and Robert A. Akins
Assessment of the Nanodropper Eye Drop Adaptor for Glaucoma Medications, Nicholas Pryde, Parker J. Williams, Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi, and John Michael Guest
Inhibiting Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase IIIalpha with GSK-F1 Reduces the Plasma Membrane-Associated Phosphatidylinositol Phosphate Lipid Messenger Levels in Prostate Cancer Cells, Codrut Radoiu, Diego Sbrissa, and Sreenivasa R. Chinni
Evaluating the Role of LVI as an Indicator for Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma and its Histological Subtypes, Ivan Rakic, Matthew Davis, Nicholas Corsi, Alexander Stephens, Chase Morrison, Sohrab Arora, Taylor Malchow, Akshay Sood, Craig Rogers, and Firas Abdollah
Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical Activity in Children: A Systematic Rapid Review, Alex Ramirez B.S., Ashley Rapp MPH, Abigail C. Radomsky B.S., and Sara Santarossa PhD
Loss of Connective Tissue Growth Factor Expression Promotes Remodeling of the Extracellular Matrix and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Ovarian Cancer, Mc Harry Ramos, Sandra Galoforo, Colton Morris, Gil Mor, Ayesha Alvero, and Radhika Gogoi
Benzene Metabolite, Hydroquinone, Activates the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Pathway in Trophoblasts, Darby P. Richards, Anthony Maxwell, Laura Stephan, Jiahui Ding, and Gil Mor
Impact of a Health Fair on Student Organizations Providing Care to the Detroit Hispanic/Latinx Community and Barriers Affecting Patients of a Student-Run Clinic Primarily Serving this Population, Amanda Rodriguez BS, Lucas Edgren BS, Sanjana Rao BSPH, Diane L. Levine MD, Jennifer Mendez PhD, and Joel Appel DO
Effects of Michigan Opioid Laws on Prescriber Practices in the Emergency Department, Lydia Ross, Gary Kanner, and Claire Pearson
Effects of Armed Conflict on Maternal and Infant Health: A Case Study of Armenia and The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, Lara Rostomian
Do Lower Extremity Injuries of NFL Players Affect their Yearly Income?, Abdullah Sahyouni, Robert De La Torre, Gautham Pavar, Kinan Sawar, Yasmeen Alcodray, Bohdan Matsko, Justin Bennie, Nicole Xu, and Harika Bollineni
Radiated Immediate Prepectoral Direct to Implant Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Kinan Sawar, Tala Al-Saghir, Jamie Hall, Michael Diffley, Madeleine Gonte, Donna Tepper, Vigen Darian, Maristella Evangelista, Amy Tang, and Dunya Atisha
High Variability Exists in Reporting Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Following Meniscal Surgery, Leah Shephard, Varag Abed, Michael Nichols, Andrew Kennedy, Camille Khalily, Caitlin Conley, Cale Jacobs, and Austin V. Stone
Central Corneal Thickness: A Retrospective Comparison of Handheld Ultrasound Pachymetry and Optical Biometric Analysis Measurements, Hanna Simmons, Parker Williams, Jacob Diskin, Jacob Im, Kim Chaesik, and Faisal Ridha Al-Timimi
Differences In Depth Of Soft Tissue At The Proximal Tibia Intraosseous Catheter Insertion Site Based On Sex And BMI, Thomas Sprys-Tellner and John Kulka
The Application of Exercise Prescription Education in Medical Training, Thomas Sprys-Tellner, Diane L. Levine MD, and Asim Kagzi
Histological Changes of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and Pulmonary Hypertension: An Autopsy Series of 42 Preterm Infants, Amelia Stone MD; Janet Poulik MD; Sara I. Koussa; Y Xin; A Sharma; and Beena Sood MD, MS
“Community members have more impact on their neighbors than celebrities”: Leveraging community partnerships to build COVID-19 vaccine confidence, Maria Tjilos MPH; Autumn L. Tamlyn; Elizabeth J. Ragan MPH; Sabrina A. Assoumou MD, MPH; Katherine Gergen Barnett MD; Petrina Martin MBA; Rebecca Perkins MD, MSc; Benjamin P. Linas MD, MPH; and Mari-Lynn Drainoni PhD, MEd
Replacing Adjunctive Medications for Treatment-Resistant Depression Using Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation: Case Report, Anita Vaishampayan BS, Bassem Saad MD, Daniel Amarasinghe BS, Carly Brin LMSW, Richard Balon MD, and Nicholas Mischel MDPhD
The Effect of Anesthetic Drugs During Craniotomy on Patient Outcomes, Thomas Vander Woude, Timothy Nold, Katherine Nowak, and Donald Penning
Worse Postoperative Outcomes and Higher Reoperation in Smokers Compared to Nonsmokers for Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair, Susan G. Wager, Spencer Brown, Michael Gaudiani, Joshua P. Castle, Eric Jiang, Vasilios Moutzouros, Eric Makhni, and Stephanie J. Muh
Understanding Asthma Care and Management Challenges in Pediatric Patients, Alexander Wind, Priya Spencer, and Amy DeLaroche
Dueling Active Surveillance: Does Utilization of Active Surveillance for Low Risk Prostate Cancer Correspond with Utilization of Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses?, Sophie Wittenberg, Kevin Ginsburg MD, and Michael Wang MD
PROMIS MCID and SCB Achievement in Rotator Cuff Repair, Nikhil Yedulla, Joseph S. Tramer, Alexander Ziedas, Sreten Franovic, Mit Patel, Stephanie Muh, and Eric C. Makhni
Glutamate, and its relationship to task-induced functional connectivity in the human brain: A focus on schizophrenia, Kathleen Liu Young, John Kopchick, Jeffrey Stanley, and Vaibhav Diwadkar
Assessing Peer Mentor Skill Development in Participating in a Novel Medical Student Mentoring Initiative, Chelsea Yu, Dhruvil Patel, Jack Considine, Madison Graifman, Kyla Kosidowski, Megan Seyerle, Elise Turke, Kathleen Young, Sahar Elmenini, Nicole White, LaToya Sherman, and Eric Ayers MD
Submissions from 2022
Social Determinants of Health Influence Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Systematic Review, Varag Abed BS, Daisy Ference BA, Alex DuVall BA, Ajith Dupati BS, Joshua Castle MD, and Eric Makhni MD/MBA
Incidence of Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome in an Urban Emergency Department Setting, Muhammad Ahmed and James Paxton
Predictive Factors for Length of Hospital Stay in Pediatric Dog Bite Patients, Dominic Alessio-Bilowus, Nishant Kumar, Elika Ridelman Ph.D, and Christina Shanti MD
Endoscopic Cricoid Split as a Treatment for Subglottic Stenosis: A Systematic Review, Silvia Aluia, Katherine Akers, and Michael Chung MD
Patient Versus Employee Perspective on the Climate of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Henry Ford Emergency Department, David Asebiode
Fangchinoline Exerts Anticancer Effects on Colorectal Cancer by Inducing Autophagy via Regulation of the AMPK/mTOR/ULK1 Pathway, Matthew H. Bautista, Xiaocong Xiang, Yunghong Tian, Jiani Hu, Rong Xiong, Li Deng, Qiuju Yue, Yuqi Li, Wei Kuang, Junfeng Li, Kang Liu, Chunlei Yu, and Gang Fang
Discharged Against Medical Advice in the Postpartum Period: Why Should We Care?, Gurbani Bedi BS; Mariam Ayyash MD, MSCR; and Monique Swain MD
Evaluating Quality of Life and Functional Outcomes in Salvage Surgery for Head and Neck Cancer, Arielle Best, Nitika Tripathi, John Riley, Amy Williams PhD, Steven Chang MD, and Samantha Tam MD
Descriptive Analysis of Acute Ischemic Stroke in COVID-19 Patients Through The Course Of The COVID-19 Pandemic, Amman Bhasin, Jay Liuhong Liu, Keval Shah, Amin Marji, Ricky Sareini, Shishir Rao, Wazim Mohamed, Kumar Rajamani, Parthasarathi Chamiraju, and Ayaz Khawaja
Time-to-Surgery and Short-Term Outcomes of Trimalleolar Ankle Fracture During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Gabriel Burdick BS, Rami Beydoun BS, Alexander Pietroski MS, Jonathan Warren BS, Bushra Fathima BS, Trevor Wolterink BS, Michael McIntosh BS, Neethi Sriranga BS, and Stephanie Muh MD
Intrabody-mediated postsynaptic recruitment of CaMKIIα improves memory, Anthony Chifor, Jeongyoon Choi Dr., and Joongkyu Park Dr.
Utilizing Primary Care to Engage Patients on Opioids in a Psychological Intervention for Chronic Pain, Sikander Chohan, Lyuba Gavrilova BS, Leah Hect, Kristi Autio, Erin Tobin, Brian K. Ahmedani, and Lisa R. Miller-Matero
Improving Satisfaction of Patients Living with Hidradenitis Suppurativa through Administration of an Intake Form, Emilia M. Clementi and Steven Daveluy
Lysosomal Zn 2+ release triggers rapid, mitochondria-mediated, non-apoptotic cell death in metastatic melanoma, Wanlu Du, Mingxue Gu, Meiqin Hu, Timothy Nold, Prateeksunder Pinchi, Wei Chen, Michael Ryan, Ahmed Bannaga, and Haoxing Xu
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Emerging Adults with Type 1 Diabetes, Sahar Elmenini
Social Determinants, Health Care Access and Utilization in Detroit, Michigan LatinX Community, Karla P. Escobar, Julia M. Yee, Miles Bowman, Myles Hardeman, Emile Tadros, Omar Mahmood, and Kiernan S. Bloye
Seeing through the smoke: Prenatal cannabis exposure impacts functional connectivity of the salience network in children, Mohammed M. Faraj B.S., Austin Morales M.S., Breanna Borg B.S., Julia Evanski B.S., Clara Zundel Ph.D., and Hilary A. Marusak Ph.D.
The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Patient Outcomes Following Rotator Cuff Repair at Two Hospital Campuses, Bushra Fathima, Emily Lau, Joshua P. Castle, Cassandra Keinath, Chaoyang Chen, Gabriel Burdick, and Stephanie J. Muh
Ultrasound Education Curriculum Increases First Year Student Visualization Ability Three-Fold, Joseph Files, Majd Faraj, Jared Hudson, Anna Kang, David Melville, and Charles S. Day
The Use of Clemastine as a Potential Therapeutic Agent to Treat Hypomyelinating Diseases, Emily Fisher, Shreya Banerjee, and Ryan Thummel
Corticosteroid Injection Exhibits Symptomatic Improvement in CTS Patients with Negative EMGs, Brooke G. Garnica, Aaron R. Prater, Elizabeth A. Washnock-Schmid, Alaa Hazime, and Dr. Charles S. Day
A Pilot Study on Hand Palmar and Digital Nerve Ultrasound in Peripheral Nerve Diseases, Luke Geierman, Ryan Castoro, Christopher Andriano, Arthur Yan, and Amira Badr
Acetyl isogambogic acid activates unfolded protein response and apoptosis in head and neck cancer, Mehrnoosh Ghafouri, Chester Gauss, Yue Xi PhD, Thomas Jetmore MD, Jordyn Lucas MD, Michael U. Callaghan MD, and Andrew M. Fribley PhD
Attitudes and barriers toward COVID-19 vaccination among people experiencing homelessness in Detroit, MI, Sanjna Ghanshani, Sophie Wittenberg, and Richard Bryce
Radiation exposure, emergency department usage, and the impact of parental health literacy on a cohort of pediatric hydrocephalus patients in Detroit, jacob gluski, Bushra Fathima, Jeffery Sondhiemer, and Carolyn A. Harris
Functional Attenuation Coefficient Imaging of Rod Inner Segment: The Shape of Things to Come, Cole Goodman
Prediction of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems Use in COPDGene Using Multi-omics Biomarkers, Andrew Gregory, Zhonghui Xu, Katherine Pratte, Seth Berman, Noah Lichtblau, Robin Lu, Robert Chase, Jeong Yun, Aabida Saferali, Edwin K. Silverman, Craig P. Hersh, Russell P. Bowler, Adel Boueiz, and Peter J. Castaldi
Expression and Purification of E. coli YoaA, a Putative Helicase, Mark Gregory, Vincent Sutera Mr., and Susan Lovett Dr.
Mortality from Aspiration Pneumonia: Incidence, Trends, and Risk Factors, Trisha Gupte; John D. Cramer M.D.; and Arthur Knack PhD, CCC-SLP
ETS-Related Gene (ERG) is Differentially Expressed in Dermatofibroma (Fibrous Histiocytoma) As Compared with Dermatofibromasarcoma Protuberans and Hypertrophic Scars: A Pilot Immunohistochemical Study, Meredith Hengy, Jesse Veenstra, Kyle Perry, David M. Ozog, and Ben Friedman
The Impact of Trauma Subtypes on PTSD Severity in Syrian Child and Adolescent Refugees, Liza Hinchey, Lana Grasser, Bassem Saad, Kathleen Gorski, Arash Javanbakht, and May Chammaa
Validation of the Termination of Resuscitation Rules in Detroit, Arqam Husain, Adam D. Chalek, and Robert Dunne
Racial Disparities in Risk for COVID-19 In Pregnancy: Results from the Michigan Statewide Collaborative, Inara Ismailova, Robert Sokol MD, Yasmin Hasbini MD, and Dereje Gudicha PhD
Very Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency Diagnosed by Michigan Newborn Screening and their Cardiac Complications, Lindsay Jenkins; Kara Pappas MD; Shagun Kaur MD; and Marissa Younan MS, CGC
The Effect of Disease Modifying Therapies on Deep Gray Matter: A Longitudinal Comparative Study, Wendy Jin and Evanthia Bernitsas
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement restoring candidacy for liver transplant in cirrhotic patients, Mirna Kaafarani, Omar Shamma, and Syed-Mohammed Jafri
Racial Disparities in Rescheduling Elective Surgeries Following COVID-19, Anna H. Kang, Benjamin M. Sims, and Charles S. Day
Impact of Delayed Dermatology Consultation on Inpatient Care, Andrew S. Kao, Andrew D. King, Redina Bardhi, Meghan Mansour, and Steven Daveluy
Meta-analysis of 175 patients with COVID-19 and seizures, status epilepticus, or cortical myoclonus: An individual patient data analysis, Aditi Kappagantu BS, Helena A. Brantz MS, Amman Bhasin BA, Cristina Jageka BS, Rooqash Ali MD, Izzy Saef MD, Brittany M. Stopa MPH, and Ayaz Khawaja MD
Blood Pressure Response in Children with Heart Disease, Daisuke Kobayashi and Mara A. Darian
Sex Differences in Locomotor Activity and Behavioral Sensitization in Rats Administered Fentanyl, Jessica J. Lee, Nareen Sadik, Cameron Davidson PhD, Majd Yahya, Josie Zdun, and Shane Perrine PhD
Language Preference Impact on the Outcomes of Those Lost to Follow-up After a Diagnosis of Pregnancy of Unknown Location, Erin A. Leestma, Mayra A. Shafique, Megan McNitt, and Annmarie Vilkins
Identifying Predictors for Inflammation-Induced Preterm Birth: A Murine Study, Tzu Ning Liu BS, Jose Galaz MD, and Nardhy Gomez-Lopez PhD
Cardio-Net: A MATLAB-based Software for the Display and Diagnostic Utilization of Vectorcardiograms, Ali H. Mannaa and Domenico Gatti
A Prospective Study Investigating the Relationship Between Diagnostic Lumbar Medial Branch Blocks and the Use of Sedation, Hannah C. Milad, Nimesh Patel MD, Ashwin Vaidyanathan MD, Katherine A. Nowak PhD, and Rohit C. Aiyer MD
How Do Anesthesiologists Prefer to Reduce Preoperative Anxiety in Pediatric Patients?, Arif Musa, Jahan Tajran, Rana Movahedi, Jeffrey C. Wang, David Safani, Christopher Cooke, Guillaume Farah, Syed F. Hussain, Brendan Lynch, and Gligor Gucev
EVALUATION OF THE UTILITY OF LYMPH-VASCULAR INVASION AS AN INDEPENDENT PROGNOSTIC PREDICTOR OF OVERALL SURVIVAL FOR PATIENTS WITH RENAL CELL CARCINOMA THAT UNDERGO NEPHRECTOMY, Ivan Rakic, Nikola Rakic MD, Nicholas Corsi, Austin Piontkowski, Sami Majdalani MD, Akshay Sood MD, Deepansh Dalela MD, Sohrab Arora MD, Marcus Jamil MD, Craig Rogers MD, and Firas Abdollah MD
Tumor Vasculature Changes Before or During Treatment to Predict Response to Systemic Therapy, Avinash Ramkissoon, Faria Ali, Thomas Vander Woude, Stephen Brown, James Ewing, and Lisa Rogers
The Role of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Maintaining the Epithelial Phenotype of Ovarian Cancer Cells during Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, Harry Ramos, Sandra Galoforo, Gil Mor, and Radhika Gogoi
Management of Patients Diagnosed with Pregnancy of Unknown Location, Mayra A. Shafique
The Short-term Effects of Fine Airborne Particulate Matter and Climate on COVID-19 Disease Dynamics, El Hussain Shamsa and Kezhong Zhang
Norepinephrine Regulation of Spatial Memory Using the Barnes Maze in Male and Female Rats, Serena Simpson, Ali Gheidi PhD, Nareen Sadik, Cameron J. Davidson PhD, and Shane A. Perrine PhD
Complications of Pediatric Cochlear Implant Surgery, Andrew Stefan, Sabrina Bernardo, William Azkoul II, and Bianca Siegel
Ocular Complications of Facial Burns in the Pediatric Population, Abigail Teitelbaum, Annmarie F. Craig, Sharmila Segar MD, Elika Ridelman Ph.D, Lisa Bohra MD, and Christina Shanti MD
MEDICAL STUDENT MOCK INTERVIEW AND DIABETES EDUCATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, Ajith Thomas, Kendahl Oberdorfer, and Suma Alzouhayli
Thromboelastography Profiles of Hemophilia A patients on Emicizumab, Daniel J. VanZweden, Meera Chitlur, and Charity J. Stadler
Recovery Time Following Operative Versus Nonoperative Humeral Shaft Fracture Treatment, Susan Wager, Trevor D. Wolterink, Jager Haan, Yash Hedge, Chrystina James, and Stephanie J. Muh
Perspectives on Telemedicine from a National Study of Youth in the United States, Margaret Wasvary
Learning Communities: Do They Improve Imposter Syndrome and Loneliness Among Medical Students?, Nicole C. White and Sahar Elmenini
Reduction in Healthcare Resource Utilization Associate with a Rapid Rule-Out Protocol for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome, Sophie Wittenberg and Nicole Xu
Do Orthopedic Surgeons Follow Through on Verbal Commitments to Participate in Deficit Recovery Efforts?, Maxwell T. Yoshida, Wendy Jin, Joseph S. Files, Austin M. Meadows, and Charles S. Day M.D. MBA
Opioid Usage and Clinical Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) Versus Open Lumbar Fusions, Ho Jun Yun, Travis Hamilton, Edvin Telemi, Seokchun Lim, Mohamed Macki, Hsueh-Han Yeh, Kylie Springer, Lonni Schultz, David Nerenz, Muwaffak Abdulhak, Kevin Taliaferro, Jason Schwalb, Jad Khalil, Ilyas Aleem, Richard Easton, Mick Perez-Cruet, Paul Park, and Victor Chang
Submissions from 2021
Can Opioids be Eliminated After Arthroscopic Meniscus Surgery? A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial, Muhammad J. Abbas BS, Toufic R. Jildeh MD, Kelechi R. Okoroha MD, Noah Kuhlmann BS, Austin Cross BS, and Vasilios Moutzouros MD
The Financial Implication of an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in National Basketball Association Athletes, Noel Osereimen Akioyamen, Muhammad Abbas, Lafi Khalil, Tahsin Rahman, Leena Abbas, Brendan Farley, Sabin Shah, and Kelechi Okoroha