Despite the challenges of this past year, the Department of Pediatrics and the University of Florida College of Medicine sponsored the 7th Annual Pediatric Medical Student Research Forum this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. This was truly a national stage, with over 60 students from coast to coast and from north to south participating. We were impressed by the superior level of research of the platform and poster presentations.
Our sincerest appreciation to our keynote speaker Dr. Stephanie Davis, current President of the Society for Pediatric Research, and our faculty judges, Drs. Michael Haller, Erik Black, Jim Wynn, Lindsay Thompson, Deb Weiner (Boston Children’s Hospital), and Gene Chen (Orlando Health), that traveled to Orlando to help make this forum such a success. Each faculty participant was critical in offering feedback and inspiration to all of the medical student participants. We believe that each medical student left the forum inspired to better care for children and challenged to make discoveries that will improve our understanding of pediatric illnesses.
We also extend special appreciation to our sponsors and partners at Society for Pediatric Research, the University of Florida College of Medicine, and the Florida Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Of the many talks and posters, special recognition goes to the individuals listed below:
Oral Presentations
First Place
Jamie Clarke
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Effect of Underlying Connective Tissue Disorders on Pediatric and Adolescent Chiari I Malformation Neurosurgical Patients: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis
Second Place
Jenny Raman
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Missed opportunities in HPV vaccine administration in a pediatric outpatient clinic
Third Place
Amber Bulna
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Effect of new proposed definitions on BPD incidence and classification of severity
Poster Presentations
First Place
Victoria Hoang
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Factors Affecting Increased Post-Operative Opioid Prescriptions in Children
Second Place
Lekha Chilakamarri
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Complex Chromosomal Rearrangement Involving 15q11-q13 Interstitial Triplication and Duplication: A New Case Report of Dysmorphic and Neuropsychiatric Features
Third Place
Pranshu Bhardwaj
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Diagnostic Delay of Untreated Chronic Diabetes Insipidus and Rapidly Progressive Puberty in a 10-year-old