Research Day Winners Announced
Research Day Winners Announced Heading link
A record 116 posters were presented by medical, nursing, medical biotechnology and pharmacy students covering a wide array of impressive health sciences research. Congratulations to all the award winners from Research Day 2023.
Best Basic Science Research Poster Award
Sponsored by: Department of Biomedical Sciences
Winner: Sahana Somaiah
Poster Title: “Developing a recombinant fusion protein vaccine for Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) in a mouse model”
Best Basic Science Research Poster Award
Sponsored by: Thermo Fisher Scientific
Winner: Samuel Christopher Katru
Poster Title: “Identification and characterization of Wuchereria bancrofti Nematode Pan Allergen (NPA) for human filarial Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia (TPE)”
Best MBT Student Research Poster Award
Sponsored by: MBT Program and Department of Biomedical Sciences
Winner: Saundarya Prithweeraj
Poster Title: “Urine-based Biosensor (iBiosensC) with AI Model for the early detection of breast cancer”
Best Student Technical Poster – 2 awards
Sponsored by: Winnebago County Medical Society
Winner: Vincent Parise
Poster Title: “Tissue-engineered bone substitute for effective bone healing: a nanocomposite interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) bioactive scaffold”
Winner: Joe Berei
Poster Title: “Development of Mucin-5AC as a Blood Biomarker for Early Detection of Lung Cancer”
Best Use of Literature in a Student Research Project
Sponsored by: Chicago Crawford Library of the Health Sciences
Winner: Catherine Hayes
Poster: “Atorvastatin hypersensitivity reaction within 24 hours of first dose”
CCTS Best Clinical-Translational Research Poster Award
Sponsored by: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Winner: Catharin Peters
Poster: “Standardizing the Screening and Referral Process for Postpartum Depression in Pediatric Primary Care”
CCTS Best Community-Translational Research Poster Award
Sponsored by: Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois Chicago
Winner: Francis Kazungu
Poster: “COVID-19 Vaccine Attitudes and Barriers among Unvaccinated Residents in Rural Northern/Central Illinois”
College of Pharmacy Outstanding Poster Award
Sponsored by: UIC College of Pharmacy
Winner: Tony Rosella
Poster: “Impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19) on the incidence of Clostridioides difficile infection”
Dean’s Action Council Award
Sponsored by: Office of the Regional Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Winner: Kendra Sy
Poster: “No pain, no gain: Implementation of uniform opioid prescribing practices in a teaching clinic”
Innovation in Basic Science Research Award
Sponsored by: Office of the Regional Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford
Winner: Christina Bloomfield
Poster: “A Cross-Tissue Computational Analysis of Microglia Transcriptomes”
NCRHP Poster Award for Encouraging Excellence in Rural Health
Sponsored by: National Center for Rural Health Professions
Winner: Blake DePaul
Poster: “Mental Health in Rural America: Assessing burden and public perception”
Sister Mary Linus Nowak Research Award
Sponsored by: Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Winner: Courtney Lomas
Poster: “Pressure Ulcer Protocol in the Wake of COVID-19”
Supporting Model Public Health Practices-Research Award
Sponsored by: Winnebago County Department of Public Health and its Board of Health
Winner: Catharin Peters
Poster: “Standardizing the Screening and Referral Process for Postpartum Depression in Pediatric Primary Care”
Research Mentoring Program-Rockford (RMPR) Award
Sponsored by: Office of Research
Basic Science – 2 awards
Winner: Hemalatha Kanniyappan
Poster: “A low-cost, sensitive, ergonomic, diagnostic tool to detect the earliest signs of pancreatic cancer”
Winner: Zhenyu Chen
Poster: “Construction of Dual-Fluorescent Reporter Stem Cell Lines to Study Human Cortical Motor Neuron Development with 3D Organoid Culture”
Community
Winner: Biswadeep Dhar
Poster: “Exploring the influence of family interaction patterns on the ability to improve sleep among Asian American young adults”