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Sessions ‐ A: 10am ‐ 11:25am, B: 11:30am‐12:55pm, C: 1:00pm ‐ 2:25pm, D: 2:30pm‐3:55pm. Click link above for summary.

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A1 Nooriel Banayan John Hunt College of Medicine Student Computational Protein Engineering for Rapid Drug-Target Discovery
A2 Sobia Nawaz Ratna Basak Resident A case of relapsed  bacterial meningitis in a patient with aberrant patent foramen caecum
A3 Huong Tran Ratna Basak Resident A Case of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome associated with Shigella Species
A4 Ilham Farhat Vivian L Chin Resident Study of Endothelial Dysfunction in Children with Obesity and Rare Genetic Variants
A5 Alexander Garib Roger Fons Resident Anesthetic Management Of A Pediatric Patient With Congenital Lobar Emphysema Undergoing Endobronchial Valve Insertion: A Case Report
A6 Jessie Han Aahana Gaur College of Medicine Student A Case of Cryptococcosis Misdiagnosed as Coccidioidomycosis from a Lung Biopsy
A7 Quynhnhu Tran Araz Ibragimov Resident Anesthesia for an OB Patient with a Left Gluteal Abscess
A8 Myoung Choi Swati Kumar Resident Proctocolitis in an adolescent male with acute HIV infection, rectal gonorrhea, HCV seropositivity, and Morganella morganii positive stool culture
A9 Tiffany Voon Eve Lowenstein  College of Medicine Student A Case Report of Botulinum Toxin in the Treatment of Hailey-Hailey Disease Affecting the Medial Thighs
A11 Michael Pillai Wilfredo Santos Resident Hypoxic Respiratory Failure from suspected TACO in the PACU
A12 Neil Patel Joseph Schiano Di Cola Resident Anesthetic Preparation and Management of Pheochromocytoma during Elective Adrenalectomy for Resection of Tumor
A13 Moshe Isaac Weber Steven Sparr College of Medicine Student Hallucinatory Palinopsia as a Long-term Sequela of Occipital Infarction
A14 Ezinma Dennis   College of Medicine Student Economic Impact of Prior Colectomy on Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
A15 Yousif Saleh   College of Medicine Student How does virtual reality alleviate anxiety? 
A16 Oliver Menken William Urban College of Medicine Student General versus Regional Anesthesia in Acromioclavicular Joint Reconstruction: A NSQIP Analysis between 2008 and 2016
A17 Andrew Voigt Ernest Chiu College of Medicine Student Systematic Review of Otologic Adverse Events in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
A18 Jason  Dayan Bassel Diebo College of Medicine Student Orthopaedic Surgery versus Neurosurgery: Prevalence and Surgical Detail Assessment of Adult Spinal Fusion Procedures
A19 Luke Schwartz Kenneth Egol College of Medicine Student Compartment Syndrome in Association with Tibial Plateau Fracture: A Marker for Poor Outcome
A20 Samuel Omesi Lawrence Fordjour College of Medicine Student Neonatal Pain Management: Perceptions and Practices in Major Regional Referral Hospitals in Ghana
A21 Paul Mastrokostas Jennifer Hashem College of Medicine Student Decreasing Trend in Medicare Physician Reimbursements for Surgical Management of Upper Extremity Nerve Conditions From 2002 to 2023
A22 Yana Kryvokhyzha Rauno Joks Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Allergen subcutaneous immunotherapy may be protective against adult-onset food allergy
A23 Wefag  Ahmed Stephan Kohlhoff Resident Th2 and IL-17 responses in Chlamydia pneumoniae-stimulated PBMC in asthmatic and non-asthmatic subjects
A24 Isaiah Greene John Laudi College of Medicine Student Impact of Cataract Surgeon Experience on Surgical Phase Deviations: An Audio-Visual Data Analysis
A25 Tasmia Promi Jason Lazar College of Medicine Student Establishing Criteria for Nocturnal Polyuria in Adolescents 
A26 Jordan Eidlisz Aditya Maheshwari College of Medicine Student How Symmetric is Component Sizing in Bilateral Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty?
A27 Arie Monas Aditya Maheshwari College of Medicine Student First vs Second Generation DePuy-Synthes ATTUNE Knee System: Did Design Modification Improve Survivorship?
A28 Vinay Bijoor David Mai College of Medicine Student Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Postoperative Medical Complications in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
A29 Dhruva  Chhabra David Mai College of Medicine Student Perioperative Blood Transfusions are Associated with Higher Healthcare Burden among Patients with Sickle Cell Disorder who undergo Total Knee Arthroplasty
A30 Samer Mahmoud David Mai College of Medicine Student Patients Receiving Regional Anesthesia for Intertrochanteric Fractures May Have a Lower Risk of Complications and Mortality: A Retrospective Cohort Study
A31 Tanveer Singh David Mai College of Medicine Student Patients with Intertrochanteric Femur Fractures Who Undergo Surgical Treatment Using Spinal Compared to General Anesthesia May Have Lower Risks of Postoperative Complications
A32 Soumya Krishnan Itsaso Garcia-Arcos Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Repeated low dose of bleomycin impacts lung function in alveolar type 2 cell-specific LRP1 knockout male mice
A33 Rafael Ward Itsaso Garcia-Arcos Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Development of an In Vitro Model For the Study of The Cross-talk Between Alveolar type II cells and Pulmonary Fibroblasts
A34 Robert Adler  Carl Paulino College of Medicine Student Impact of Hypothyroidism on Postoperative Outcomes of Spinal Fusion (4+ levels) in Adults with Spinal Deformity
A35 Joshua Harounian  Carl Paulino College of Medicine Student Impact of Congestive Heart Failure on Postoperative Outcomes of Spinal Fusion (4+ levels) on Adults with Spinal Deformity
B1 Evan Davis Tim Bigdeli School of Graduate Studies Student Bipolar disorder in the All of Us database 
B2 Radhika Singh-Agarwal David Christini School of Graduate Studies Student Characterizing Molecular and Functional Differences between Adherent and Suspended iPSC-CMs
B3 Dan Kamen Sergei Grivennikov College of Medicine Student Unraveling the Impact of IL-23 Signaling on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression: Insights from Transgenic Murine Models and Cellular Profiling
B4 Moeez Naveed Chongmin Huan College of Medicine Student Optimizing Flow Cytometry Analysis of SMS2 and KDM6A in Germinal Center B cells in the Study of Female-Bias in Lupus Autoimmunity
B5 Xiang Li Xian-Cheng Jiang School of Graduate Studies Student Total Sphingomyelin Synthase Activity Deficiency Results in Lipodystrophy
B6 Qiana Jones Xian-Cheng Jiang School of Graduate Studies Student Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) depletion in adults reduces sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) through reducing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in the circulation
B7 Michelle Lam Thomas Postler School of Graduate Studies Student Unveiling Mucosal Secrets: Optimizing Hamster Assays for Immune Research​
B8 Jakob Liker   College of Medicine Student NeuroInsight: AI-Powered Traumatic Brain Injury Classification
B9 Siobhan Lawless Peter Bergold School of Graduate Studies Student A single head injury progressively alters corpus callosum function and limb coordination in mice
B10 Leibish Nash Jeremy Coplan School of Graduate Studies Student Effects of Concurrent Stress on the Anterior Hippocampus of  Nonhuman Primates
B11 Roman  Baravalle Salvador Dura-Bernal Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Analyzing behavior-related neural manifolds in a detailed model of motor cortex circuits
B12 Molly Leitner Salvador  Dura-Bernal School of Graduate Studies Student Neural Modeling of Channelopathies to Elucidate Neural Mechanism of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
B13 Scott McElroy Salvador Dura-Bernal School of Graduate Studies Student Investigating the cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying schizophrenia-related EEG biomarkers using a multiscale model of auditory thalamocortical circuits
B14 Benjamin Tessler Steven Fox School of Graduate Studies Student Minimally-invasive electric stimulation techniques to target hippocampal theta in the urethane-anesthetized rat
B15 Ping Ping Zeng Cathryn Galanter College of Medicine Student Evaluation of Suicide Risk Assessment Tools in Black Youth
B16 Anthony Fringuello Sabina Hrabetova School of Graduate Studies Student Concentric ion selective microelectrodes for accurate measurement of dynamic volume changes of the extracellular space during epileptiform activity 
B17 Anika Sanjana Douglas S.F. Ling School of Graduate Studies Student Early intervention with SV2A-ligand antiseizure drugs prevents injury-induced changes in AMPA receptor expression after traumatic brain injury in rats
B18 Siddhartha Mitra William Lytton School of Graduate Studies Student Simulation of dendritic plateau potentials in striatal spiny neuron
B19 Ji Youn Jung Samuel Neymotin School of Graduate Studies Student Neuronal Avalanche Dynamics in Simulated Mouse Motor Cortex (M1): Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance and Sustained Apical Dendritic NMDA Depolarization Effects
B20 Maria Mia Wiese Joseph Scandura School of Graduate Studies Student Defining the Role of Malignant Megakaryocytes on Clonal Hematopoiesis
B21 David Cano Todd Sacktor College of Medicine Student KIBRA-PKMζ complexes in long-term memory maintenance of spatial memory and APP/PS1 mice, an Alzheimer's Disease model.
B22 Joshua Singavarapu Abdo Kabarriti College of Medicine Student Evaluating the Quality of Cardiovascular Disease Information from AI Chatbots: A Comparative Study
B23 Moyouri Bhattacharjee Rose Calixte Calixte School of Public Heath Student Analysis of Screen Time Sedentary Behavior and Cannabis Use Among US Adolescents: Results from a National Representative Survey
B24 Mohamed Heiba Hannah Brooks College of Medicine Student Eyes on the Stroke Belt: Assessing BRFSS Data Accuracy on Geographic Disparities and Visual Impairment
B25 Aabha Anekar Sarita Dhuper Resident Patient/Parental Perceptions and Engagement as a Guide for Improvement in a Community-Based Weight Management Program (Live Light Live Right)
B26 Erica McLeod Sarita Dhuper School of Public Heath Student Child Obesity and Anti-Obesity Medication
B27 Mary Valmont Marilyn Fraser Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Examining the Association between Insurance Status and Healthcare Access among NYC Residents
B28 Mary Valmont Marilyn Fraser Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Assessing the Relationship between Exercise Frequency, Median Income, and Quality of Life for New York City Residents
B29 Janille Williams Elizabeth Helzner School of Public Heath Student Disparities in Knowledge and Awareness of Human Papillomavirus and Human Papillomavirus-Related Cancers Among Sexual Minorities in the United States, 2017-2020
B30 Roudjessie  Charles Robert Karpman School of Public Heath Student Reinforcing ethical principles and fostering a culture of accountability among minority STEM  high school students in Brooklyn NY.
B31 Sundas Pervez Paul Landsbergis School of Public Heath Student Work Exposures and Musculoskeletal Symptoms among Latinx Domestic Cleaners
B32 Pranav Aurora Thomas Mackie Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Child Psychiatry Access Programs: A Scoping Review
B33 Merium Syed Thomas Mackie School of Public Heath Student Factors influencing wellbeing of perinatal individuals who are economically marginalized: A qualitative study.

B34

Tasneem Ibrahim Qais Naziri Department of Orthopedic Surgery Gastroparesis in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients is Associated With Increased Rates of Postoperative Outcomes
B35 Nikita Novikov Salva Dura-Bernal Postdoctoral Student Behavior-dependent layer-specific oscillations, phase-amplitude coupling and spike-to-LFP coupling in a data-driven model of motor cortex circuits
B36 James Chen Salva Dura-Bernal Postdoctoral Researcher The NetPyNE multiscale modeling tool: latest features and models.
C1 Kadijatu Bah Mariana Markell College of Medicine Student Early Menopause in Inner-City Women with End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD): High Prevalence & Lack of Education
C2 Philip Branigan Mariana Markell College of Medicine Student Association of Economic Factors and Patient Beliefs with Non-Adherence to Diabetes Medication in Inner-City Patients with ESKD
C3 Daniela Diaz Mariana Markell College of Medicine Student Sleep Disorders in Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD): Prevalence and Associated Factors 
C4 Elisabeth Gerard Mariana Markell College of Medicine Student Relationship of Spiritual Beliefs and Acceptance of Living Donor Transplants in Inner City Patients with End Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD)
C5 Mohamed Said Jad Boy Monsef College of Medicine Student Epidemiology of Thoracolumbar Fractures in the United States between 2001 and 2019: Patient-Related Trends, Mechanisms of Injury, and Dispositions
C6 Nicholas Stratigakis Jad Bou Monsef College of Medicine Student The Impact of Atrial Septal Defect on Outcomes and Complications Following Spinal Fusion in Adults: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis
C7 Ethan Abizadeh Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Gastric Bypass in Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients is Associated With Increased Rates of Postoperative Outcomes
C8 Alyssa Dempsey Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Crohn's Disease Linked to Postoperative Complications in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty
C9 Dario Fucich Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Measuring the Notch: New Proposed Radiographic Measurements for Quantifying Notching in Total Knee Arthroplasty
C10 Julia Glatman Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student The Impact of Congestive Heart Failure on Outcomes and Complications Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Minimum 2-Year Surveillance
C11 Haroun Haque Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Comparing Demographics and Short-Term Outcomes between Computer-Assisted Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) and Traditional THA: A National Analysis between 2011 and 2016

C12

Sharon Yu Mariana Markell College of Medicine Student Examining Dermatology Referral Patterns and Their Association with Patient Knowledge and Sunscreen Usage in End-Stage Kidney Disease (ESKD) Patients
C13 Alex La Poche Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student : Short-Term Complications in Elective Joint Reconstruction: The Impact of GLP-1 Agonists
C14 Aaron Lavi Qais  Naziri College of Medicine Student  Systemic Sclerosis in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients is Associated With Increased Rates of Postoperative Outcomes
C15 Zac Shearon Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Five-Year Baseline Prevalence of Metabolic and Bone Diseases in the Total Hip Arthroplasty Patient Population
C16 Roman Shimonov Qais  Naziri College of Medicine Student The Impact of Hyperparathyroidism on Outcomes and Complications Following Total Hip Arthroplasty With Minimum 2-Year Surveillance
C17 Jacquelyn Xu Qais Naziri College of Medicine Student Risk Factors in Adverse Postoperative Outcomes in Patients with Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty
C18 Bruce Zhang Qais Naziri Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Patients with Inter-Atrial Wall Abnormalities May Have Higher Risks of Adverse Postoperative Medical Outcomes During Admission for Total Knee Arthroplasty
C19 Isabelle Kaplan Zoe Neale College of Medicine Student The correlation between Reproductive Events and development of Alcohol Use Disorder across time
C20 Christian Cassar Carl Paulino College of Medicine Student The Impact of Ventricular Septal Defect on Outcomes and Complications Following Adult Spinal Fusion: A Propensity Scored-Match Analysis
C21 Shivasuryan Vummidi Carl Paulino College of Medicine Student Socioeconomic Risk Factors Associated with Perception and Willingness to Enroll in Orthopedic Telemedicine Among an Underserved Urban Racial Minority Cohort: A Prospective Study 
C22 Netanel  Yomtov  Ariel Schulman College of Medicine Student Evaluation of the Adverse Events Reported on SpaceOAR from the MAUDE Database in 2021
C23 Jenelle Cocorpus Tamar Smith-Norowitz College of Medicine Student Viral load suppression in people living with HIV before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brooklyn, New York
C24 Lennox Ksido Jaime Uribe College of Medicine Student  Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Evaluation of Risk Factors and their Impact on Postoperative Outcomes
C25 Edward Lee Ivan Velickovic College of Medicine Student Characterizing Factors Leading to The Use of General Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery: A Case Series
C26 Hyung-Gyo Cho Thomas Wallach Resident Exploring the Relationship Between Helicobacter pylori Infection and Childhood Asthma: A Retrospective Analysis
C27 Maria Lee Kaveh  Zakeri College of Medicine Student Contemporary Outcomes of Primary Tracheal Cancer
C28 Ranjitha Vasa Ozgul  Muneyyirci-Delale Resident Navigating Fertility: A Critical Review of Fertility Apps in Modern Healthcare
C29 Jeremy Wadowski Sarita Dhuper College of Medicine Student Comparing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease, Increased Cardiac Risk, or Severe Obesity to Healthy Controls
D1 Kathleen Lozefski Simone Reynolds School of Public Heath Student Case-Control Study on the Association and Location of Drowning-Related Deaths Among Children with Autism
D2 Leah Strahs and Justin Kong Pasquale Rummo College of Medicine Student Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses on the Impact of Online Ordering at Food Pantries by Low-Income Adults 
D3 Scott Goldberg Azure Thompson College of Medicine Student Religiosity, Spirituality, Loneliness, and Social Isolation Among People Living with HIV
D4 Lauren Stafford Azure Thompson School of Public Heath Student Secrecy, Stigma, and Loneliness: Exploring How Trauma, Illicit Drug Use, and HIV Status Contribute to Loneliness among People Living with HIV
D5 Ariba Hashmi Tracey Wilson School of Public Heath Student Loneliness and Health-Related Quality of Life among Women Living with HIV in the United States
D6 Susan Holman Tracey Wilson School of Public Heath Student Mammography screening among women living with HIV: The role of health care empowerment
D7 Stacey Saenz de Viteri Tracey Wilson Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Associations between loneliness and mental health in women living with HIV pre- and post-COVID
D8 Lawnda Jackson   College of Nursing Student Enhance educational material in African American women
D9 Mousa Payinkay Alicia Meng  Alicia Meng  College of Medicine Student A Prospective Pilot Safety Study for Performing MRI in Patients who have Breast Tissue Expanders
D10 Sweta  Dubey Ratna Basak Resident Reducing Average Admission Boarding Time From Pediatric Emergency Department To Pediatric Inpatient Unit At King’s County Hospital: A Multidisciplinary QI Project
D11 Oliwia Opacka Ratna Basak Resident Reduction of no-show rate in the Kings County Pediatric Endocrinology, Nephrology, Gastroenterology and Neurology clinic.
D12 Lauren Rothe Ratna Basak Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Improving Asthma Control in Pediatric Patients by Including an Asthma Action Plan: A Quality Improvement Project
D13 Marie-Stella  Uwamahoro Ratna Basak  Resident Quality Improvement Project to decrease Chest X-Rays usages in Children with Asthma Exacerbations. 
D14 Sahil Chaudhry Audree  Bendo College of Medicine Student A six-year retrospective analysis of the incidence of wet taps during epidurals and combined spinal/epidural anesthesia for Caesarean Section patients from 2017-2023
D15 Kyle Smith Khalid Hesham College of Medicine Student Comparing Patient Demographics and Postoperative Outcomes between Acute, Chronic, and Acute on Chronic Nontraumatic Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
D16 Charlotte  Banayan Melvyn Braiman Resident A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Discharge Times for Pediatric Patients at an Urban Academic Hospital
D17 Shuan Chen Saema Khandakar Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Understanding Resident Perception and Usage of Interpreter Services in the Pediatric Inpatient Unit of a Municipal Hospital in New York City: A Needs Assessment
D18 Denise Nicole Villanueva Saema Khandakar Resident Increasing the Documented Utilization of Interpreter Services in a Pediatric Inpatient Unit of a Municipal Hospital in New York City: A Quality Improvement Project
D19 Julia Felsenstein Janelle Singh College of Medicine Student Implementation of asthma action plans upon discharge from an inpatient pediatric ward in Georgetown, Guyana
D20 Melissa Lee David Stevens Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Bite-Sized Changes, Big Results:  Motivating Older Adults to Live their Healthiest Lives
D21 Olusegun Bankole David  Stevens School of Public Heath Student Clinical Reasoning for Abnormal Findings and Tests (CRAFT): Best Practices for Patient Safety and Physician Well Being
D22 Bethany  Syracuse  Michael Trevisonno Resident Improving Vaccination Rates for Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients on Immunomodulating Treatments.
D23 Raichel Philip Jared Jagdeo College of Medicine Student Sunscreen Practices and Preferences of Skin of Color Patients
D24 Adam Naqvi Jiang Chen College of Medicine Student Using Primary Cilia in Distinguishing Dysplastic Nevi from Melanoma
D25 Jacob Daniel Sarita Dhuper School of Public Heath Student Effectiveness of the use of anti-obesity medications in underserved inner city youth attending the Live Light Live Right Program
D26 Jennifer Wang Jared Jagdeo College of Medicine Student Near-Infrared Light Does Not Induce DNA Damage in Human Dermal Fibroblasts
D27 Adedayo Adetunji Rena Orman Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): The Fruit Bat as a Model System for Urogenital Function and Techniques for Non-invasive Assessment of Urine Output
D28 Kaila Boyer Roseann Peterson College of Medicine Student Characteristics of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder in AllofUs Database 
D29 Huseyin Gedik Roseann Peterson Other (If you are neither a student nor a resident at SUNY Downstate, please identify your school and program, or qualification as a presenter for Annual Research Day): Examining Polygenic Risk for Psychiatric Disorders in Ancestrally Diverse College Student Population
D30 Anna Tryfonos Maria-Anna Vastardi Resident Association of Adiposity Status with Disease Severity and Outcomes in Pediatric Patients with Kawasaki Disease. 
D31 Chellapriya Vythinathan Kay Beharry Resident Inflammatory responses in varying intermittent hypoxia/hyperoxia paradigms in the neonatal rat lungs 
D32 Suman Ghosh Suman Ghosh Resident Predicting Neurodevelopmental Outcomes: Unveiling the Potential of Biomarkers in Infants Born to Mothers with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
D33 Rachelle Hamadi Carol Luhrs Resident Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: A Rare Case of Prostate Cancer Metastasizing to Primary Lung Adenocarcinoma