Congratulations to our 2012 Poster Session Winners!

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Place Author Title Academic Affiliation
Patient Oriented and Epidemiology
1st Elizabeth Robinson Relationship between Sentinel Lymph Node Radioactivity Count and Metastasis in Breast Cancer Univ of Vermont College of Medicine
2nd Melissa Elafros Peer Support Groups (PSGs) as an Intervention to Decrease Epilepsy-Associated Stigma in Zambia International Neurologic & Psychiatric Epidemiology Program (INPEP), Michigan State Univ; Michigan State Univ, College of Human Medicine
3rd Maria Vanushkina Stemmed femoral implants show lower failure rates in revision total knee arthroplasty Albany Medical College
Basic and Translational Science
1st Mihir Shah A forward genetic analysis on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in zebra fish Northeast Ohio Medical School
2nd Rishin Kadakia Discovery of a novel Kir4.1 potassium channel inhibitor: Implications for treatment of Rett Syndrome Vanderbilt Univ School of Medicine
3rd Onyee Chan Infrared Thermography can be Used to Measure Whole-body Brown Adipose Tissue Volume and Activity Univ of Arizona College of Medicine- Phoenix
Community Development and Services
1st Casey Dedeugd A collaborative community service project to assist at-risk geriatric patients Univ of Central Florida College of Medicine
2nd Riley Glynn Jones Marathoning Medical Students: Medals For Mettle at the Kentucky Derby Festival Univ of Louisville School of Medicine
3rd Adrienne Poon A Community-Based "Healthy Lifestyles" Peer Education Pilot Developed and Led by Medical Students UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School
Curriculum Development and Educational
1st Tiffany Chen Changes in medical students' knowledge and attitudes following integration of LGBT topics into a medical school curriculum UCF College of Medicine
2nd Neema Jash Patel Community - Outreach - Rebuilding - Education (C.O.R.E.) LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans
3rd Amy Yu "The Business of Medicine:" a business and administrative internship for medical students Univ of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio