Discover UofSC came back in person last Friday for the first time since 2019, and the excitement was palpable. The annual showcase event welcomed about 850 presentations and more than 2,000 attendees, including hundreds of reviewers, mentors and visitors, and dozens of volunteers. Discover UofSC organizers are grateful to every participant for dedicating the time and energy needed to make the event such a vital and comprehensive showcase of UofSC’s research, scholarship, creativity and leadership. Thank you all for your contributions.

Check out photos and award listings from the poster, three-minute thesis and oral presentation competitions. And don’t forget to save the date for Discover UofSC 2023, which is scheduled for Friday, April 21, 2023 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.

 

Undergraduate Student Awards

There were 66 reviewed poster presentation sections and one oral presentation section for undergraduate student presenters at Discover UofSC 2022. Download the Undergraduate awardees list (pdf) to view the award recipients from all these competitive groups. Congratulations to all 2022 undergraduate awardees.

 

 

Graduate Student Awards

For graduate students, there were 18 poster sections, and four three-minute thesis competition sections at Discover UofSC 2022. Congratulations to all 2022 graduate student award recipients.

Poster award winners
Poster Session	Winner
A	Sewon Oh, Psychology
B	Tasha Childs, Social Work
C	Candice Cheung, Biomedical Engineering
D	Amadi Afua Sefah-Twerefour, Marine Science
E	Lacy Barnette, Environmental Health Sciences
F	Emily Farrell, Epidemiology
G	Tyler Cox, Biomedical Science
H	Gabrielle Leith, Chemistry
I	Madeline Ladouceur, Genetic Counseling
J	Katie Klein, Library and Information Science
K	Franklin Adams, Physics
L	Sarah Sellers, Environmental Health Sciences
M	Nicholas Maxwell, Biomedical Science
N	Yvette Rother, Clinical Psychology
O	Courtney Meyer, Exercise Science
P	Paul Ernst, Marine Science
Q	Alkeiver Cannon, Biomedical Science
R	Gayathri Gange, Chemistry

 

Three-minute thesis award winners
Award	Winner
Overall Winner	Kyndall Braumuller, Epidemiology
Overall First Runner-up	Sarah Davis, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Overall Second Runner-up	Gene Yang, Mechanical Engineering

 

Medical Scholar Awards

For medical scholars, there were 24 poster presentation sections at Discover UofSC 2022. Congratulations to all 2022 medical scholar award recipients.

Basic Medical Sciences
First Place	Ryan Bloomquist, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine ColumbiaDe-Novo Innervation of a Transplant Organ
Second Place	Clayton Rosenbaum, PharmD, Pharmacy Resident, Prisma Health–Midlands Charleigh Steverson, PharmD Student, UofSC College of Pharmacy Evaluating preterm labor as an indication to initiate empiric antibiotics when ruling out early onset sepsis in neonates less than or equal to 34 weeks
Third Place	Ali Mirza, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia Heart Failure and the NLRP3 Inflammasome

 

Case Reports/Small Series/Learning Innovation
First Place	Travis Corriher, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, Prisma Health–Midlands Utilizing Ultrasound-guided Midline Catheters with Residents in the Emergency Department
Second Place	Armaan Javaheri, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia Bilateral Avascular Necrosis of Capitate: A Case Report and Review of Surgical Treatments
Third Place	Christopher Poggi, MD, Emergency Medicine Resident, Prisma Health–Midlands Helmet-to-helmet collision- An unexpected injury ensues

 

Populations Outcomes/Quality
First Place	John DiNovo, MD, Internal Medicine-Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellow, Prisma Health–Midlands Changing the Culture of Palliative Consults: A Kaplan Meier Analysis
Second Place	Carra Lyons, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia Efforts to Reduce CAUTI Rates in Intensive Care and Progressive Care Units
Third Place	Alec Giakas, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine Columbia Open Ankle Fractures in the Elderly: A Multi-center Study

 

Therapeutic Effectiveness/Efficiency
First Place	Ryan Bloomquist, Medical Student, UofSC School of Medicine ColumbiaReduction of Sars-CoV-2 Oral Viral Load with Prophylactic Mouth Rinse
Second Place	Emma Haught, PharmD, Pharmacy Resident, Prisma Health–Midlands Projected Cost-Effectiveness of Vancomycin Alternatives for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infections
Third Place	Natalie Harris, PharmD Student, UofSC College of Pharmacy Catherine Packard, PharmD Student, UofSC College of Pharmacy Carly Huggins, PharmD Student, UofSC College of Pharmacy Epidemiology of and clinician response to discordant negative BioFire® FilmArray® Blood Culture Identification (BCID 1) Panel results among patients with positive blood cultures

 

 

Postdoctoral Scholar Awards

For postdocs, there were three poster presentation competition sections at Discover UofSC 2022. These sessions featured current postdoctoral scholars and former recipients of ASPIRE I: IIB Innovation grants for postdoctoral scholars. Congratulations to all 2022 postdoctoral scholar award recipients.

Poster Presentation Award Winners
Postdoctoral Scholars Poster Session A
First Place	Dr. Mrinmay Chakrabarti, Department of Cell Biology and AnatomyResveratrol inhibited calcification of valve interstitial cells through downregulation of transforming growth factor-β signaling mechanisms
Second Place	Dr. Jie Xing, Department of Physics and AstronomyMagnetic field-driven phase transitions in an antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
Postdoctoral Scholars Poster Session B
First Place	Dr. Kiesha Wilson, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologySingle-cell RNA landscape of lungs from Staphylococcal enterotoxin B-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) reveals effects on various cell types
Second Place	Dr. Kristen McLaurin, Department of PsychologyS-Equol Mitigates Motivational Deficits and Dysregulation Associated with HIV-1
Postdoctoral Scholars Poster Session C
First Place	Dr. Taylor Carter, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and ImmunologyTHC decreases Macrophage activation in a dose-dependent manner
Second Place (TIE)	Dr. Jung Shu, Department of Mechanical EngineeringState-Consistent Reduced Order Models for Aeroelastic Systems Across Broad Flight Regimes
Second Place (TIE)	Dr. Snezana Milosavljevic, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and NeuroscienceCharacterization of sleep architecture in male and female mice with kynurenine 3-monooxygenase deficiency

 

28 April 2022