Students Take Innovation to New Heights During Research Week

Screenshot taken during the Faculty TED Expo.

Written by Catherine Lewis Saenz

Over the course of a week, students and faculty members at RVU presented in a series of events hosted by the Office of Research. The ever-popular Shark Tank and Research Day events were accompanied this year by the Faculty TED Expo and the ACO Research Expo. Below are the first, second, and third place winners from these events. Congratulation to all!

With the research events being held virtually, audience members joined in via Zoom.

First Place Oral Presentation

For research entitled, “Quantitative ultrasound to assess neck somatic dysfunction.”

Anthony Tran, OMS III

Thien Ngo, OMS I

Tanner Morris Roberts, OMS II

Jackson Holmgren, OMS II

Eric Ko, OMS II

Second Place Oral Presentation

For research entitled, “ABHD14B inhibition reduces expression of profibrotic markers involved in cardiac fibrosis.”

Erin Robbins, OMS I

Third Place Oral Presentation

For research entitled, “Analysis of treatment guidelines for hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea/vomiting of pregnancy.”

Adelene Morrow, OMS II

Rachel McCann, OMS IV

Isain Zapata, PhD,
Assistant Professor of Research and Statistics

Benjamin Brooks, PhD,
Assistant MSBS Program Director

First Place Poster Presentation

For research entitled, “How does the rate of Buprenorphine prescribed in rural Colorado counties compare to those in urban Colorado counties when treating neonatal abstinence syndrome and opioid use disorder in pregnancy?”

Ashley Hooper, OMS IV

David Ross, DO, FACEP, Director of Rural and Wilderness Medicine Track

Michael Lowe, OMS IV

Emily Mack, OMS IV

Emily Schultz, OMS IV

Second Place Poster Presentation

For research entitled, “Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on seasonal influenza vaccination.”

Stephanie Bradford, PAS III

Lise Johnson, PhD, Director of Basic Science Curriculum

Third Place Poster Presentation

For research entitled, “Benzodiazepine administration patterns before second-line medications in pediatric refractory convulsive status epilepticus.”

Theodore Sheehan, OMS I

Director’s Choice Award Oral Presentation

For research entitled, “Analysis of treatment guidelines for hyperemesis gravidarum and nausea/vomiting of pregnancy.”

Adelene Morrow, OMS II

Rachel McCann, OMS IV

Isain Zapata, PhD, Assistant Professor of Research and Statistics

Benjamin Brooks, PhD, Assistant MSBS Program Director

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