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UAMS Student Research Day

Images showing activities at Student Research Day: POater presentation, a seminar, and 3MT Award Ceremony

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

Photo Gallery

I.Dod Wilson Building packed with paricipants of Student Research Day
I.Dod Wilson Building packed with paricipants of Student Research Day
4 Students in front of a poster
4 Students in front of a poster
A student in front of a poster holding a model and explaining it to an audience
A student in front of a poster holding a model and explaining it to an audience

More photos

Inside an Aditorium packed with participants
Inside an Aditorium packed with participants
A student pointing to a poster
A student pointing to a poster
A group of 3 female students standing next to a poster
A group of 3 female students standing next to a poster

2024 Student Research Day

2023 Student Research Day

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