Welcome Remarks
Dean of UofSC SOMG Dr. Marjorie Jenkins, MD, MEdHP, FACP
Clemson School of Nursing Auditorium
12:30 P.M.

Oral Presentations Information
Clemson School of Nursing Auditorium
12:40 P.M. - 1:45 P.M.

Break
1:45 P.M. - 2:00 P.M.

Rapid Poster Presentations
Sessions 1 & 2 | SOMG Lecture Hall
Sessions 3 & 4 | SOMG Multi-Disciplinary Lab
2:00 P.M. - 2:50 P.M.

Break
2:50 P.M. - 3:05 P.M.

Oral Presentations
Clemson School of Nursing Auditorium
3:05 P.M. - 4:10 P.M.

Presentation of Awards
Clemson School of Nursing Auditorium
4:10 P.M. - 4:25 P.M.

Closing Remarks
Director of Student Research Renee Chosed, PhD
Clemson School of Nursing Auditorium
4:25 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.

• DUE TO NEW UofSC HEALTH GUIDLINES, ALL PRESENTERS AND GUEST ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR A FACEMASK WHILE IN PRESENTATION AREAS. 
• Everyone will gather at the Clemson Nursing School Auditorium by 12:30pm for the welcome and opening by Dean Jenkins, followed by 8 oral presentations.
• After the first oral presentations, we will move to the MDL and Learning Studio during a 15 minute break for four, concurrent digital poster presentation sessions.
• At the conclusion of the poster presentations, we will have another 15-minute break and go back to the Clemson Nursing auditorium where the second group of 8 oral presentations will be presented followed by awards and closing remarks. 

Oral Presentation Abstracts

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The value of Pharmacogenomics for White and Indigenous Americans after Kidney Transplant [pdf]  
Student: Alexandra Brady
Faculty Advisor: Mira Keddis, MD  
Department: Mayo Nephrology Clinic

CenteringPregnancy - Depression Diagnosis Among Prenatal Women [pdf]
Student: Hannah Cain
Faculty Advisor: Amy Crockett, MD  
OB/GYN
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Rates of Preventive Cancer Screenings Among Patients with Opioid Use Disorder: Recommendations to Close Gaps in Care [pdf]
Student: Kelcy Jackson
Faculty Advisor: Heather Delisi, NP
Department: North Shore Community Health Peabody

Molecular Characterization of Cancer Patient Samples using Mutational Analysis and Glycomic Profiles [pdf]
Student: Avery Funkhouser
Faculty Advisor: Anna Blenda, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Stakeholder Perceptions on Screening and addressing the social determinants of health at the Internal Medicine Clinic [pdf]
Student: Jackson Hartley
Faculty Advisor: Meredith Eicksen, MD  
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Connect for Health Pediatric Weight Management Program Patient Experience with Care Survey [pdf]
Student: Madeline Holt
Faculty Advisor: Kerry Sease, MD  
Department: Pediatrics
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Pediatrics

Serendipitous Science: Discovery and Characterization of a possible E. histolytica Protein Involved in Regulating Virulence [pdf]
Student: Cameron Keramati
Faculty Advisor: Lesly Temesvari, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Analysis of deubiquitinating enzyme (DUBs) expression in blastocoel fluid from IVF-generated embryos may serve as a biomarker to aid in reducing miscarriages [pdf]
Student: Hayes Lanford
Faculty Advisor: Renee Chosed, PhD  
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Waist-Height Ratio (WHR) may predict loss of nocturnal dip on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring (ABPM) [pdf]
Student: Anne Nguyen
Faculty Advisor: Sudha Garimella, MD  
Department: Pediatrics

Stroke prevention in atherosclerotic disease: A comparative study of transfemoral carotid artery stenting (TFCAS) versus transcarotid artery revascularization (TCAR) [pdf]
Student: Gift Ochiobi
Faculty Advisor: Bruce Gray, MD
Department: Surgery
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Surgery

Defects in renal papillary repair after reversible ureteric obstruction [pdf]
Student: Teebro Rahman
Faculty Advisor: Mark deCastecker, MBBS, PhD  
Department: Vanderbilt Nephrology

Needles in a Haystack: Key Insights on Cancer in the Upstate [pdf]
Student: Sparsha Saxena
Faculty Advisor: Jeffery Edenfield, MD
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Effects of Chemotherapy Regimens on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function in Breast Cancer Patients Measured by Near Infrared Spectroscopy [pdf]
Student: Shannon Smith
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Trilk, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-1 Non-Structural Protein-1 (Nsp-1)-mediated Immune Regulation [pdf]
Student: Elias Wheibe
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Grier, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) Elastography versus Liver Biopsy [pdf]
Student: Caroline Wilson
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Misidentification of small bowel NET via  68Ga-Dotatate PET/CT [pdf]
Student: Brandon Xavier
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD  
Department: Pathology
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Poster Session 1 Posters

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Evaluation of the 2016 Grading System of Post-operative Pancreatic Fistulas: Literature vs Clinical Disparity [pdf]
Student: Ana-Gabriela Balcazar
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology

Distrust, doubt, and disparities: Barriers to recruitment in a clinical research study. [pdf]
Student: Josh Benito
Faculty Advisor: Sudha Garimella, MD
Department: Pediatrics
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Pediatrics

Engaging with Latinx community stakeholders: Building a protocol to understand COVID -19's impact on Latinx community in Upstate SC [pdf]
Student: Luis Cardenas
Faculty Advisor: Smitty Heavner-Sullivan, RN
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Feasibility, Functionality and Design of Open-Source 3D Printed Pediatric Prosthetics [pdf]
Student: Dan Childes
Department: UofSC SOMG

Appendectomy resource utilization: Does it correlate with severity of disease [pdf]
Student: Ethan Covil
Faculty Advisor: Shanu Kothari, MD
Department: Surgery
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Surgery

The Effect of Illness Perception on Diabetes Control [pdf]
Student: Katie Florescu
Faculty Advisor: Meenu Jindal, MD
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Racial Disparities and Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Ventral Hernia Repair [pdf]
Student: Samantha Garza
Faculty Advisor: Alfredo Carbonell, MD
Department: Surgery
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Surgery

The Role of Medical Student Notes within the Emergency Department Team [pdf]
Student: Grant Gauthier
Faculty Advisor: Paige Bridges, MD
Department: Medicine

Female Sexual Dysfunction in Patients with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding [pdf]
Student: Holly Glisson
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Lisa Green, MD OB/GYN
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology

Disparities in perinatal mood disorder screening and prevalence [pdf]
Student: Caitlin Hay  
Faculty Advisor: Erica Lowing, MD
Department: OB/GYN

A Comparison of H. Pylori Detection Methods [pdf]
Student: Kathleen Hill
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology

Young Infant Characteristics and Laboratory Findings Associated with a Positive FilmArray Meningitis/Encephalitis PCR Panel [pdf]
Student: Abigail Hoenes
Faculty Advisor: Nicholas Potisek, MD
Department: Pediatrics
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Pediatrics

Complications after reverse shoulder arthroplasty lessening over time:  A Retrospective Review of Complications  [pdf]
Student: Isaiah Jackson
Faculty Advisor: Stephen Pill, MD
Department: Orthopedics
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Robotic Resection of Mediastinal Parathyroid Masses [pdf]
Student: Joshua Jenkins
Faculty Advisor: William Bolton, MD
Department: Surgery
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Telehealth: The New Approach to Routine Prenatal Care? [pdf]
Student: Skylar Lambert
Faculty Advisor: Kristine Martin, MD
Department: OB/GYN

Retrospective Review of ADH and ALH Excision Results After Core Needle Biopsy [pdf]
Student: Connor O'Boyle
Faculty Advisor: Wendy Cornett, MD
Department: Surgery

Cerebrospinal fluid neopterin: potential marker for central nervous system inflammation in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) [pdf]
Student: Molly Riehs
Faculty Advisor: Robin Haynes, PhD  
Department: Boston Children's Hospital Pathology

Socioeconomic disparities in pediatric patients with gastrostomy tubes [pdf]
Student: Emily Shores
Faculty Advisor: Robert Ricca, MD
Department: Surgery

The effect of patient-centered lifestyle interventions on health knowledge and self-empowerment in patients with obesity [pdf]
Student: Laura Synder
Faculty Advisor: Meenu Jindal, MD
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Poster Session 2 Posters

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Provision of Blood Pressure Monitors to improve Hypertension Control and enhance patient self-management and empowerment  [pdf]
Student: Erin Carriker
Faculty Advisor: Meenu Jindal, MD
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Correlation of Marshmallow Esophagram with High Resolution Manometry and Clinical Outcomes [pdf]
Student: Chloe Caudell
Faculty Advisor: Shanu Kothari, MD
Department: Surgery  

Nutrition Optimization Before Bariatric Surgery:   Does Required Dietitian Follow-up Improve Patient Outcomes? [pdf]
Student: Michael Colpoys
Faculty Advisor: John Scott, MD
Department: Surgery  

Carotid Artery Calcifications in Patients 30-60 years of age: important indicator for radiologists to report? [pdf]
Student: Issac Daffron
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Models of Access to Care for Immigrant Children [pdf]
Student: Katelyn Girtain
Faculty Advisor: Julie Linton, MD
Department: Pediatrics
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Pediatrics

Improving Radiographic Data Capture for the Prisma Health Comprehensive COVID-19 Registry [pdf]
Student: Tori Grice
Faculty Advisor: Smitty Heaver-Sullivan, RN
Department: Medicine
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Outcomes of Subsequent Abdominal Operations after an Initial Ventral Hernia Repair [pdf]
Student: Anna Hayden
Faculty Advisor: Jeremy Warren, MD
Department: Surgery
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Surgery

Challenging Cases and Practical Approaches: Actinic Keratosis to Squamous Cell Carcinoma Progression [pdf]
Student: John Langford
Faculty Advisor: Todd Schlesinger, MD
Department: Dermatology

Error Occurrence in Death Certification:  A Single Health System Based Review [pdf]
Student: Ashley Marler
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Error Occurrence in Death Certification: Improving Accuracy with Educational Intervention [pdf]
Student: Cara Logan
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

The effects of prescribed psychotropic medications on patient baseline to end PHQ-9 and GAD-7 scores compared to the scores of patients that were not prescribed psychotropic medications within the Collaborative Care Model [pdf]
Student: Oluwashayo Oginni
Faculty Advisor: Karen Lommel, DO
Department: Psychiatry
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research Funded by UofSC SOMG

Splenic Artery Embolization: A Non-Invasive Intervention for Blunt Splenic Injury [pdf]
Student: Megan Prescott
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Cholecatch: An Axial Compression Device to Improve Cholecystectomy Extraction Complicated by Large Gallstones [pdf]
Student: Noah LaBelle 
Department: UofSCSOMG

Let's Talk About Sleep: Correlations of Self-Reported Sleep, Actigraphy, and Disease Activity in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis [pdf]
Student: Shelby Rader
Faculty Advisor: Melanie Cozad, PhD  
Department: BMS  

Resolution of symptoms following surgical resection of meningiomas [pdf]
Student: Gabrielle Rodriquez
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Comparing The Efficacy of Biliary Brushings to that of SpyGlass-Directed Biopsies in the Evaluation of Biliary Strictures [pdf]
Student: Trey Singletary
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Utilization of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to Identify and Address the Needs of Adolescent and Young Adults (AYAs) With Cancer [pdf]
Student: Patrick Smith
Faculty Advisor: Anikey Saha, MD
Department: Pediatrics
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Pediatrics

Post-operative Pancreatic Fistulas: A single institution review of definition relevancy.  [pdf]
Student: Tommy Tedeschi
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Influential Factors for Meningioma Recurrence [pdf]
Student: Santiago Teran
Faculty Advisor: Christine Schammel, PhD
Department: Pathology  

Poster Session 3  Posters

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Feasibility and Limited Efficacy of a Tandem Cycling Community Exercise Program on Physiological Health, Functional Health, Therapeutic Relationships, and Quality of Life in Persons and Care Partners affected by Parkinson's Disease [pdf]
Student: Greggory Adams
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Trilk, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

The Impact of Posaconazole and Macrophages on Aspergillus Fumigatus Growth in Larval Zebrafish [pdf]
Student: Sarah Baum
Faculty Advisor: Emily Rosowski, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Impact of Harm Reduction in South Carolina:  What's the Harm in Harm Reduction? [pdf]
Student: Samantha Brummer  
Faculty Advisor: Margie Stevens, PhD
Department: Addiction
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research Funded by UofSC SOMG 

Food Insecurity Among USC Health Professions Students [pdf]
Student: Grace Butler
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Trilk, PhD
Department: BMS

When the Shift Hits The Fan: Investigating Burnout in Local EMTs and Paramedics [pdf]
Student: Aaron Dunn
Faculty Advisor: Lauren Fowler, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Identifying Patient Therapeutic Goals and Preferences to support Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study [pdf]
Student: Morgan Edwards
Faculty Advisor: Melanie Cozad, PhD/Ann Blair Kennedy, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Identifying Patient Therapeutic Goals and Preferences to support Patient-Centered Care: A Qualitative Study [pdf]
Student: Kelty Fletcher  
Faculty Advisor: Meredith Morris, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Demonstrating lyso-PAF Acetyltransferase Activity In Sea Urchin Embryo [pdf]
Student: Tareq Hailat
Faculty Advisor: Renee Chosed, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant

Synthesis of a Novel Antimicrobial Siderophore [pdf]
Student: Conner Horne
Faculty Advisor: Steven Fiester, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Incidence of COVID-19 infection related to school district policy. [pdf]
Student: Mills Johnson
Faculty Advisor: Brooks McPhail, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant

Creating A Medical School-Oriented Map of Immunologic Processes [pdf]
Student: Autumn Leggins
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Grier, PhD
Department: BMS

Handle with Care: Associating Empathy and Stress Among Emergency Medical Services [pdf]
Student: Hunter Owen
Faculty Advisor: Lauren Fowler, PhD
Department: BMS

Comparison of USP34 expression in preimplantation blastocoel fluid from IVF-generated embryos [pdf]
Student: Eleanor Petyak
Faculty Advisor: Renee Chosed, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the UofSC Aspire Grant

Empathy Behind the Scenes: Training future healthcare providers to treat opioid use disorder with a focus on patient narrative through forum theatre [pdf]
Student: Brandon Smalls
Faculty Advisor: Margie Stevens, PhD
Department: Addiction
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Intelligent Pervasive Augmented reaLity (iPAL) Therapy [pdf]
Student: Haley Stockton
Faculty Advisor: Margie Stevens, PhD/Angelica Perez-Litwin, PhD
Department: Addiction
Scholarship/Donor Information: Summer Research funded by the Department of Medicine

Poster Session 4 Posters

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When the Shift Hits The Fan: Investigating Burnout in Local EMTs and Paramedics [pdf]
Student: Kip Callahan
Faculty Advisor: Lauren Fowler, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Expression of members of the multi-protein SAGA chromatin modifying complex in blastocoel fluid-conditioned media from IVF-generated human embryos is associated with positive implantation status [pdf]
Student: Allie Conry
Faculty Advisor: Renee Chosed, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information SOMG Summer Research Scholar funded by the Sargent Foundation

Steps to Validation of Interferon Alpha Inducible Protein 27 (IFI27) Knock Outs in Human Lung Epithelial Cells [pdf]
Student: Ben Dalkin
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Grier, PhD
Department: BMS

Investigation of the polyol pathway in Entamoeba histolytica [pdf]
Student: Jabbarrius Ervin 
Faculty Advisor: Cheryl Ingram-Smith, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Are We Normal? Comparing Medical Student Stress to the "Norms" [pdf]
Student: Madison Faulkner 
Faculty Advisor: Lauren Fowler, PhD
Department: BMS 

Elucidating the Hemocompatability of Nanoparticles [pdf]
Student: Michael Garovich
Faculty Advisor: Jessica Larsen, PhD
Department: Clemson Bioengineering 

Social Determinants of Health Impact on SARS-CoV-2 and RSV Incidence and Severity in Upstate South Carolina [pdf]
Student: Zachary Jasper
Faculty Advisor: Brooks McPhail, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant

Investigating the Anti-Parasite activity of Diazacyclobutenes [pdf] 
Student: Harrison Lapin 
Faculty Advisor: Daniel Whitehead, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Does Stroke Severity Influence Sensory Feedback Needed for Reaching? [pdf]
Student: Greg Loftis
Faculty Advisor: Michelle Woodbury, PhD
Department: MUSC Stroke Research 

Characterization of the Anti-Apoptotic Effects of IFIT3 During the Innate Antiviral Immune Response in an IFIT3 Knock-Out Cell Line [pdf]
Student: Haley Meltzer  
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Grier, PhD
Department: BMS

Understanding Ovarian Cancer Patients by Applying Text Mining to Online Health Communities [pdf]
Student: Adriana Rush
Faculty Advisor: Yong Lee, PhD, MS, RN
Department: University of Pittsburg Bioinformatics

SOD1 expression in blastocoel fluid-conditioned media from IVF-generated embryos may serve as a biomarker for pregnancy outcomes [pdf]
Student: Mustapha Sanni
Faculty Advisor: Renee Chosed, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant

Feasibility and Limited Efficacy of a Tandem Cycling Community Exercise Program on Physiological Health, Functional Health, Therapeutic Relationships, and Quality of Life in Persons and Care Partners affected by Parkinson's Disease [pdf]
Student: Margaret Smith
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Trilk, PhD
Department: BMS 

Investigating the Effects of Heat-Labile Enterotoxins in a Respiratory Immunization Model [pdf]
Student: Margaret Stroud
Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Grier, PhD
Department: BMS

Fatigue Risk Management Strategies to Mitigate Elevated Levels of Fatigue in the Emergency Department [pdf]
Student: Margaret Sulzbach
Faculty Advisor: Lauren Fowler, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant

Expression and Purification of Glycosomal Proteins from Trypanosoma brucei [pdf]
Student: Hunter Summey  
Faculty Advisor: Meredith Morris, PhD
Department: Clemson EPIC
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Clemson EPIC Mentor NIH T35 Program

Characterization of Negative Outcomes in Pediatric Acute Respiratory Infection [pdf]
Student: Brian Woods
Faculty Advisor: Brooks McPhail, PhD
Department: BMS
Scholarship/Donor Information Summer Research funded by the Prisma HSC Seed Grant