Honors and Grants

A number of medical students played integral roles in conceiving, executing and presenting research at the annual New England Section meeting for the American Urological Association held in September in New Hampshire. Many of the projects that were presented are being written up and have been or will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals. The following presentations that included medical students:

• Factors Associated with Postoperative Complications from Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy in Contemporary NSQIP Data [meeting.neaua.org]
  Alexander Homer, B.A.¹, Borivoj Golijanin, B.S.², Phillip Schmitt, B.S.¹, Vikas Bhatt, M.D.³, Elias S. Hyams, M.D.^{3
  1}Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA, ³Department of Urology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
• Prior Colorectal Cancer Screening and Shared Decision Making Influence the Likelihood of PSA Screening [meeting.neaua.org]
  Borivoj Golijanin, BS, Vikas Bhatt, MD, Alexander Homer, BS, Rebecca Wales, BS, Elias Hyams, MD
  Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at the Miriam Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
• Multiparametric Magnetic Resonance Imaging Underestimates Extraprostatic Extension In Higher Risk Tumors [meeting.neaua.org]
  Stephen Schmit, BS¹, Sai Allu, BA¹, Borivoj Golijanin, BS², Joshua Ray Tanzer, PhD³, Gyan Pareek, MD¹, Elias Hyams, MD^{1
  1}The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²The Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA, ³Rhode Island Hospital Biostatistics Core, Providence, RI, USA
• Trends in Prostate MRI Interpretation and Performance Over Time [meeting.neaua.org]
  Alexander Homer, B.A.¹, Rebecca M. Ortiz, B.A.², Borivoj Golijanin, B.S.², Sai Allu, B.S.¹, Natalie Passarelli, B.A.¹, Vikas Bhatt, M.D.³, Gyan Pareek, M.D.³, Elias S. Hyams, M.D.³.
  ¹Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA, ³Department of Urology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
• Uptake Of New Surgical Treatments For BPH Varies By Provider Age And Population Density Among States In New England [meeting.neaua.org]
  Emma Waddell, BA¹, Stephen Schmit, BS¹, Borivoj Golijanin, MS², Joshua R. Tanzer, PhD³, Anna Shlimak, BS Candidate², Emerson Kopsack, BA Candidate², Christopher Tucci, MS⁴, Taylor Braunagel, MS², Elias Hyams, MD^{4
  1}The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA, ³The Lifespan Biostatistics Epidemiology Research Design Core, Providence, RI, USA, ⁴The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
• Analysis of Price Transparency in New England Hospitals Demonstrates Poor Compliance and Variability [meeting.neaua.org]
  Borivoj Golijanin, BS, Anna Ochsner, BS, Christopher Tucci, MS, RN-BC, CURN, NE-BC, FAUNA, Elias Hyams, MD, Gyan Pareek, MD.
• The Complex Interaction of Race and Social Determinants of Health in Prostate Cancer Screening [meeting.neaua.org]
  Borivoj Golijanin, BS, Vikas Bhatt, MD, Alexander Homer, BS, Elias Hyams, MD
  Minimally Invasive Urology Institute at the Miriam Hospital and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
• Factors Associated With Procedure-Specific Complications from RALP/PLND in Contemporary NSQIP Data [meeting.neaua.org]
  Alexander Homer, B.A.¹, Borivoj Golijanin, B.S.², Phillip Schmitt, B.S.¹, Vikas Bhatt, M.D.³, Elias S. Hyams, M.D.^{3
  1}Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, ²Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA, ³Department of Urology, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University; Minimally Invasive Urology Institute, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
• Perineal Urethral Closure for Stress Urinary Incontinence in the Post Prostate Cancer Devastated Bladder Outlet [meeting.neaua.org]
  Sai Allu, BA, Borivoj Golijanin, BS, Kennon Miller, MD, Madeline J. Cancian, MD.
  Warren Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.

Gunjan Singh, postdoctoral fellow in MCB, received the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research award from the American Federation for Aging Research. 

Daniel Weinreich, Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, has published a textbook, The Foundations of Population Genetics, available from MIT Press. The text provides an approachable but rigorous treatment for advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in building a quantitative understanding of the genetics of evolution. 

Jeffrey A. Bailey, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $255,170 for “Mechanisms of varied sensitivity of P. falciparum field isolates to the antimalarial drug pipeline (Renewal),” a subaward through the University of California, San Francisco, from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Christina Cuomo, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, received $22,633 for “Fellow funds for CIFAR Fungal Kingdom Threats and Opportunities Program” from the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research.

Nicole James, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received $100,000 for “Predictive Markers of Immunotherapy Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer” from the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation.           

Daphne Koinis-Mitchell, Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Pediatrics, and Viren D'Sa, Pediatrics, received $17,494,579 for “Assessing the Evolving Impact of Early Life Exposures on Child Physical Health and Neurodevelopment” from the NIH Office of the Director.   

Alexander Lin-Moore, Neuroscience, received $150,000 for “Novel suppressors of neurodegeneration in sod-1 G85R models” from The ALS Association. Mentor is Anne Hart.           

Diane Lipscombe, Neuroscience, received a $159,500 supplement for “Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels in Nociceptors and Mechanoreceptors” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Tracy Madsen, Emergency Medicine, received $3,060,870 for “The Role of Sex Hormones in Stroke Risk: A Sex-Specific Integrative Omics Analysis in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Cohorts,” an R01 award from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Madsen also received $292,468 for “Migraine and Stroke in Women: Leveraging the Observational and Clinical Trials Cohorts of the WHI” from the American Heart Association.             

Nicole R. Nugent, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $4,675,208 for “Social Media Use, Sleep, and Suicidality in Adolescents” from the National Institute of Mental Health.                     

Marc Tatar, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, received $2,188,484 for “Methionine Cycle as a Mechanistic Hub for the Hallmarks of Aging” from the National Institute on Aging.

Laura Whiteley, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $4,000 for “Evaluating the Validity of Assessment Systems in Psychiatry Residency Programs: A Multisite Collaborative Study,” a subaward through the University of Illinois at Chicago from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

Helen Zhang, medical student, received $3,000 for “Characterization of Alopecia Areata Presentation, Treatment, and Patient Experience in US Women” from the National Alopecia Areata Foundation. Mentor is Eunyoung Cho.