Austin Sherwood

Empathy in Action: LGBTQ+ Service-Learning and Medical Student Transformation

Mentor: Stephanie Briney, DO, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Presented at Conference

Brenna McGraw

Timing of Residency Decisions for Medical Students

Mentor: Matthew McEchron, PhD, MPH, Family, Community & Preventive Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix; Rocky Vista University

Christopher Sanchez

Physical Characterization of Exosomes: A Comparative Study of Isolation Techniques

Mentors: Mentor: Stephanie Briney, DO, Assistant Clinical Professor of Family, Community & Preventive Medicine;University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix/Frederic Zenhausern, PhD, MBA, FNAI, FAIMBE, Jianing Yang, MD, PhD; Jerome Lacombe, PhD; Center for Applied NanoBioscience

Haley Kenner

Association of MCAT scores with match rates into a primary care residency program: a single-institution study

Mentor: Steve Lieberman, MD, Professor of University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix

Jessica Mathias

Predictors influencing medical student ratings on quality of fourth year required emergency medicine clerkship experiences at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix.

Mentor: Steve Lieberman, MD, Professor of University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Jonathan Baumstark

Case-Based Instruction faculty survey of UACOM-P faculty

Mentor: Eric vanSonnenberg, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiology; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix/Private Practice

Jordan Stout

Using Natural Language Processing to Analyze the Quality of Medical Student Documentation in Standardized Patient Cases


Mentor: Jordan Coulston MD, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education at the School of Medicine and Advanced Medical Engineering, Arizona State University

Maeliss Gelas

Enhancing Elderly Care: A Survey Study on the Impact of the HELP Volunteering Program onMedical Student Knowledge, Attitudes, and Skills

Mentor: Nimit Agarwal, MD, Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics/Palliative Care; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Paulo Pena

Culturally Sensitive Trauma Informed Care in Tijuana, Mexico

Mentor: Elise Barney, DO, Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology; University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix/Veteran’s Administration

Presented at Conference

Salman Azfar

Efficacy of Proteolysis Targeting Chimera (PROTACs) Targeted Towards Tyrosine Receptor Kinase AXL in Pancreatic Cancer

Mentor: Haiyong Han, PhD, Assistant Research Professor of Basic Medical Sciences; TGEN