
Date: April, 17, 2025
Locations:
Little Rock Campus: I.Dodd Wilson Building
NW Campus: Washington Regional Medical Center, NW Campus
Award Winners
NW Campus
Poster Presentation Awards
1st Place – Dr. Charles Conkin, Resident
A Rare But Significant Complication of Celiac Nerve Block: A Case Report
2nd Place – Dr. Forrest Arnold, Resident
Improving Efficiency of MRSA Nasal Screening in Pneumonia to Reduce Exposure to Anti-MRSA Treatment
3rd Place – Calvin Walker, M2
The Effect of Race on Patterns of Care and Utilization of Palliative Interventions in Patients with Lung Cancer
3-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition
First Place & People’s Choice Award – Alex Maldonado-Lopez
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) for Major Depressive Disorder: A Retrospective Analysis
Little Rock Campus
Category 1 – Post docs, Medical house staff/Fellows:
1st: Cristobal Calvillo
2nd: Sergio Cortes
3rd: Rami Shahor
Category 2 – Professional degree-seeking students
1st: Jordan Scribner
2nd: Londyn Edwards
3rd: Julianna Rose
Category 3 – Graduate degree-seeking students
1st: Christoph Mora
2nd: Toni Jaudon
3rd: Hayley Sabol
Best Overall
Carmen Broussard
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute Awards
Post docs, Medical house staff/Fellows
Preeti Nagar
Graduate degree-seeking students
1st: Matthew Thompson
2nd: Thanh Ha Nguyen
Bhuvan winners
1st: Walter Saul Aragon
2nd : Baku Acharya
3rd : Matthew Thompson
Student Innovator Award
BioVentures is proud to honor the winners of the inaugural Student Innovator Award. This award recognizes student research with the potential for translational and commercial success.
1st place: Hayley Sabol
2nd place: Baha’a Jabali
3rd place: Joshua Spiva
Honorable mentions were also awarded at the event in the form of “Innovation Spotlight” ribbons affixed to promising posters.
3MT Competition
Lokesh Akana, Taiquitha Robins and Nikolas Alsup