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Open this document to explore several examples of resident research and scholarly work.

 

Congratulations to Clarissa Jonas and Janet Maynard - both Fellows at Johns Hopkins - for receiving K12 grants this year!

 

Congratulations to Ayotunde Dokun - an Endocrinology Fellow at Duke - who was awarded a four-year grant from The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, to begin 2009.  His grant, Identifying genes contributing to the distinct clinical outcomes in peripheral arterial disease, is one of only 12 nationally to receive this annual prestigious grant.

 

Congratulations to the following recepients of the Robert M. Califf, MD Resident Research Award:

Brent Hanks, MD, PhD - "The Efficacy and Tolerability of Transarterial Chemoembolization Compared with Transarterial Embolization for Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma."

Michael Tempelhof, MD - "Leveraging Time and Learning Style, iPod vs Realtime Attendance to Medicine Resident Conference Series:  A Randomized Controlled Trial."

 

Kimberly B. Zuzak, MD, MHS - "Community-Acquired Clostridium difficile Associated Disease in North Carolina:  No Role for Proton Pump Inhibitors."

 

 

Congratulations to the 2008 Barton F. Haynes Resident Research Award recipients:

 

Matt Cavender, MD - "Outcomes in the Medical Management of Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease."  Mentor:  E. Mangus Ohman, MD

 

Sharif Halim, MD - "Practice Patterns, Resource Utilization, and Outcomes for Troponin-Positive Septic Patients."  Mentor:  L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS

 

Brent Hanks, MD, PhD - "T cell Responses in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Following Chemoembolization."  Mentor:  Michael Morse, MD, MHS

 

Alison Jazwinski, MD - "Risk Factors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis Secondary to NASH."  Mentor:  Anna Mae Diehl, MD

 

Sudarshan Rajagopal, MD, PhD - "Biased Agonism and Conformational Variability in G-protein Coupled Receptors."  Mentor:  Robert J. Lefkowitz, MD