Research Day poster winners and oral presenters announced

The winners of this year's Research Day poster winners and oral presenters have been announced.

For those who haven’t had the chance to view the virtual research and quality improvement (QI) posters, the Sole site, Research Day 2021 – Research and QI Projects, is still available and will be live until May 14th. Before accessing the site you will need to register.

We had several exemplary QI and Research posters this year and these fellows, residents, and students will present orally from 12 p.m.-2 p.m. on Research Day, May 7th.

Quality Improvement

• Paul Cassis, M.D. – “Reducing NPO Times Prior to Inpatient EGDs: A Preliminary Analysis”
• Jacob Fuqua, MD – “Red Blood Cell Conversation: Transfusion Reduction Quality Initiative at West Virginia Hospital”
• Palak Shah, MD – “Diabetes Mellitus Microvascular Complication Screening Project”
• Luis Quiroga, MD, MPH – “Retention of Sequential Compression Devices Compliance”
• Jessica Rubino, MD – “Online General Radiology Curriculum: A Tool for Making Organized Radiology Instruction Available for All Medical Students”

Research

• Tyler Groves, MD – “Geriatric Antibody Response to COVID-19”
• Shu Xian Lee, MD – “Relationship between Sepsis Outcomes and Low-Income Patient in the United States”
• Patrick Luchini, MD – “Tetanus Vaccination in Intravenous Drug Use Patients with Hand Infections”
• Devan Makati, MD – “Drilling into the Correlation between ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and Natural Gas Wells”
• Tricia Moran, MD – “Increase in Large for Gestation (LGA) Newborns during COVID-19 Era Compared to Previous Four Years from and Appalachian Academic Medical Center”
• Bilal Rana, MD – “Impact of Early Versus Late Source Control in Patients with Sepsis and Septic Shock”