By Dirk Hoffman
Published May 17, 2024
Three residents, a fellow and two generalist scholars received honors for outstanding poster presentations at the 26th Annual Graduate Medical Education Research Day.
Gregory S. Cherr, MD, senior associate dean for graduate medical education, presided over the May 3 event in the Ronald I. Dozoretz, MD ’62 Auditorium and the second-floor atrium of the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences building.
He noted the impressive array of presentations — in the research fields of basic science, clinical, educational and quality improvement.
“It was a joy to hear the buzz in the room with the discussion. It seemed like there was a lot of engagement between faculty and co-presenters, which is fantastic,” he said.
“Research is the cornerstone of progress in medicine. It shapes the future of health care through dedication from physicians, scientists, students, residents, and fellows like you,” Cherr told the audience gathered after the event’s poster session.
Cherr noted “UB is a beacon of research and academic excellence as one of the flagship institutions of SUNY.”
“We put this event on each year to nurture scientific inquiry, but also to try and ignite a passion like many of the facilitators and your faculty mentors have for research.”
“Without research, our understanding of diseases would stagnate, treatments would lack the necessary advancements and patient care would suffer,” Cherr said. “All the effort you have put into this research is really enhancing the lives of your patients in our community, so I thank you for that.”
Marc Halterman, MD, PhD, senior associate dean for research and executive director of the Office of Research, and director of the MD-PhD Program, gave a keynote address which saw him share the story of his research and career path, provide some context on the evolving research program along that continuum and offer some advice to early-career researchers and physician-scientists.
Recipients of Graduate Medical Education Research Day awards are as follows:
Elizabeth Rosen, MD
Child neurology resident
Clinical research award co-winner
“Neurodevelopmental Monitoring in Trajectory of Recovery from Disorders of Consciousness in Children; A Single Center Perspective”
Mentor: Osman Farooq, MD, clinical associate professor of neurology
Manasik Abdu, MD, MBBS
Internal medicine resident — Catholic Health System
Clinical research award co-winner
“Cirrhosis Outcomes are Associated with County Health Disparity In New York State”
Mentor: Thomas C. Mahl, MD, professor of medicine
Mariah Reinard, MD
Generalist scholar, Family Medicine
Educational research award winner
“Family Medicine Resident SBIRT Training Improves Confidence in Providing Mental Health Care”
Mentor: Linda S. Kahn, PhD, research professor of family medicine
Lisa Samuels-Cox, MD
Pediatric resident
Quality Improvement award co-winner
“Improving Resident Knowledge and Comfortability in Diagnosing Dermatologic Conditions in Patients with Skin of Color”
Mentor: Mary E. Emborsky, DO, clinical associate professor of pediatrics
Mahmoud Nassar, MD, PhD
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism fellow
Quality Improvement award co-winner
“Enhancing Workflow Efficiency in the Endocrine Clinic Through a Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Project”
Mentor: Manav Batra, MBBS, clinical assistant professor of medicine
Ryan Mackey
Generalist scholar, Medicine
Basic science award winner
“Accuracy of Rightward Extrapolation of the Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Pressure-Volume Relationship in Healthy Swine”
Mentor: Brian R. Weil, PhD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics
Other presenters were: