The recent 35th Midwest Student Biomedical Research Forum drew 107 participants representing nine Midwestern medical schools. The Feb. 21 forum, which was at the DoubleTree Hotel, was co-sponsored by UNMC and Creighton University Medical Center and planned and facilitated by the UNMC Center for Continuing Education.
Awards sponsored by UNMC will be presented at the Awards Convocation on Tuesday, March 2, from noon to 1 p.m. in the Eppley Science Hall Amphitheater. Dessert and beverages will be available. UNMC students who presented at the forum, as well as their advisors and peers, are encouraged to attend the convocation.
The MSBRF awards were distributed as follows:
Medical Student Oral Presentation
First Place (TIE) — Eri Shimizu, department of biomedical sciences, Creighton University Medical Center; and Jennifer Webster, University of Manitoba
Second Place — Jeremy Schue, developmental auditory physiology laboratory, Creighton University Medical Center
Third Place — Andy Wilson, department of orthopaedic surgery, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Fourth Place — Kathryn Honz, department of surgery, UNMC
Medical Student Posters
First Place — Adam Smith, Center for Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease, Creighton University Medical Center
Second Place — Katie Nielsen, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
Third Place — Aimee Bohn, department of biochemistry and molecular biology, University of Louisville
Fourth Place — James Massey, department of neurological surgery, University of Louisville
Graduate Student Oral Presentations
First Place — Jodi Kreiling, department of biochemistry and molecular biology, UNMC
Second Place — Michael Bruchas, department of pharmacology, Creighton University Medical Center
Third Place — Elizabeth Vander Top, Creighton University Medical Center
Fourth Place — Eric Benner, department of pathology and microbiology, UNMC
Graduate Student Poster
First Place — Quan Van Manh Hoang, department of anatomy and cell biology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago
Second Place — Rebecca Hohl, growth and development, UNMC, College of Dentistry
Third Place — John Allen, department of physiology and biophysics, University of Illinois College of Medicine
at Chicago
Fourth Place — John Roberts Jr., Departments of Biomedical Sciences, Surgery and Internal Medicine, Allergic Disease Center, Creighton University Medical Center