Carey announces medical symposium awards
Dr. Lauren Corley’s research poster won first place in the division for residents at Merit Health Wesley. Corley’s research project was entitled, “To PE or Not to PE? That is the Question.” She is shown with WCU Associate Dean Dr. Everett Roark.
William Carey University welcomed students, medical professionals and academic faculty to the College of Osteopathic Medicine April 27 as it hosted the 2018 Research Symposium.
The symposium schedule included three guest speakers – Dr. Gerald Coleman, Dr. Luisa Hiller and Dr. Amy Parker – and the presentation of posters from students and medical professionals documenting research projects. Here’s a look at the winners of the research poster competition:
Master of Biomedical Science Division
- First place: Detrich Williams, “Composites of Amalgam: The Longevity of Posterior Restoration Using Composite or Amalgam Fillings"
- Second place: Benjamin Melton, “CRISPR – Cas9 Technology and its Potential as a Treatment for HIV”
- Third place: Sylvia Donald-Hughes, “An Investigation of Warfarin’s Effectiveness vs. Toxicity”
Osteopathic Medical Student Division
- First place: Chase Brower, “Physiological Measures and Genetic Predictors of Empathy”
- Second place: Samuel Hall, “Beneficial Effects of Resveratrol on Adverse Effects of Smoking/Nicotine Use in the Kidney: A Mechanistic Study”
- Third place: Kristin LeBrasseur, “Revisiting Rouviere’s Sulcus and its Relationship with the Intrahepatic Bile Ducts: Implications for Living Donor Liver Transplants"
Merit Health Wesley Division
- First place: Dr. Lauren Corley, “To PE or Not to PE? That is the Question”
- Second place: Dr. Sam Dabit, “25-year-old Male with Acute Onset Muscle Weakness”
- Third place: Dr. Hanish Chauhan, “Hyperkalemia”
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