Senior Scholars Program
The fundamental goal of the Senior Scholars Program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School is to increase the number of medical students participating in research activities, and, in so doing, increase their understanding of scientific methods that can be applied directly to problem solving skills development and critical thinking. Each student participates in "Senior Scholars Presentation Day" by preparing a poster about their research project and sharing ideas with medical school peers and faculty members. This collection includes student posters, abstracts, and published journal articles authored by Senior Scholars.
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Publications from 2010
A National Survey of Oral Health Curriculum in All U.S. Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Schools, Ashley Ferullo, Hugh Silk, and Judith A. Savageau
Single-stage forehead flap in nasal reconstruction, Gary M. Fudem, Richard D. Montilla, and Carolyn J. Vaughn
Advances in interventional neuroradiology, Matthew J. Gounis, Michael J. DeLeo III, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Ophthalmology Education in Medical School Curriculum Design: Assessing the Home Front, Teri T. Kleinberg, Shalesh Kaushal, and George Asdourian
Serum anti-toxin B antibody correlates with protection from recurrent Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), Brett A. Leav, Barbara M. Blair, Mark Leney, Michael Knauber, Courtney Reilly, Israel Lowy, Dale N. Gerding, Ciaran P. Kelly, Kia Katchar, Roger Baxter, Donna M. Ambrosino, and Deborah C. Molrine
Reduction of Vertical Transmission of HIV in the Dominican Republic: Benefits of Early Presentation for Prenatal Care, Ingrid Liff, Mario Alejandro Chevalier, Arachu Castro, and Raul E. Davaro
Intra-arterial abciximab for the treatment of thrombus formation during coil embolization of intracranial aneurysms, Italo Linfante, Vahid Etezadi, Vincenzo Andreone, Michael J. DeLeo III, Sara Alehashemi, Kate Shaw, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Low serum zinc levels in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India, Jyotsna Mishra, Stephen Carpenter, and Sarman Singh
Efforts needed to provide institute of medicine-recommended guidelines for gestational weight gain, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Darrah K. Doyle Curiale, Janet R. Hardy, Sharon D. Jackson, Yan Zhang, and Xun Liao
Modulation of Exaggerated-IgE Allergic Responses by Gene Transfer-mediated Antagonism of IL-13 and IL-17e., Christian Mueller, Allison M. Keeler, Sofia Braag, Timothy Menz, Qiushi Tang, and Terence R. Flotte
Trends in adrenalectomy: a recent national review, Melissa M. Murphy, Elan R. Witkowski, Sing Chau Ng, Theodore P. McDade, Joshua S. Hill, Anne C. Larkin, Giles F. Whalen, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Cyclic neutropenia and severe congenital neutropenia in patients with a shared ELANE mutation and paternal haplotype: evidence for phenotype determination by modifying genes, Peter E. Newburger, Talia N. Pindyck, Zhiqing Zhu, Audrey Anna Bolyard, Andrew A.G. Aprikyan, David C. Dale, Gary D. Smith, and Laurence A. Boxer
Piloting Standardized Immediate Student Evaluation of Lectures in Pre-Clinical Years, Meghan E. Shea, Lorrie Gehlbach, Mary L. Zanetti, and Melissa A. Fischer
Hospital volume as a surrogate for laparoscopically assisted colectomy, Anand Singla, Jessica P. Simons, James E. Carroll, Youfu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Gestational Weight Gain: How to “Institute” New Guidelines, Gina M. Tassone; Tiffany A. Moore Simas; Robert E. Berry, Jr; and Xun Liao
Surgical management of acute cholecystitis at a tertiary care center in the modern era, Jason T. Wiseman, Maia N. Sharuk, Anand Singla, Mitchell Cahan, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Publications from 2009
The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Presentation and Treatment of Diverticular Disease, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Anand Singla, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Carotid artery brain aneurysm model: in vivo molecular enzyme-specific MR imaging of active inflammation in a pilot study, Michael J. DeLeo 3rd, Matthew J. Gounis, Bo Hong, John C. Ford, Ajay K. Wakhloo, and Alexei A. Bogdanov Jr.
Evaluation of Ob/Gyn Resident Experience in Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage, Erin E. Eppsteiner, Tiffany A. Moore-Simas, and Sharon Jackson
Surgeon volume impacts hospital mortality for pancreatic resection, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, James T. McPhee, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Polypharmacy prevalence rates in the treatment of unipolar depression in an outpatient clinic, Anna Glezer, Nancy Byatt, Richard Cook, and Anthony J. Rothschild
Semi-jailing technique for coil embolization of complex, wide-necked intracranial aneurysms, Bo Hong, Neil V. Patel, Matthew J. Gounis, Michael J. DeLeo 3rd, Italo Linfante, Joan C. Wojak, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Trends in the use of echocardiography and left ventriculography to assess left ventricular ejection fraction in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction, Samuel W. Joffe, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Joel M. Gore, Darleen M. Lessard, and Robert J. Goldberg
Are ejection fraction measurements by echocardiography and left ventriculography equivalent, Samuel W. Joffe, Jarrod Ferrara, Armen Chalian, Dennis A. Tighe, Gerard P. Aurigemma, and Robert J. Goldberg
Evidence for Interventions Directed to Consumers in the Rx for Change Database: Update and Expansion - Do New Reviews Broaden the Scope of the Field and Expand the Definition of Evidence-Based Prescribing for and Drug Use by Consumers?, Caroline A. Kaufman, Frank J. Domino, Sophie J. Hill, and Rebecca E. Ryan
Cerecyte versus platinum coils in the treatment of intracranial aneurysms: packing attenuation and clinical and angiographic midterm results, Italo Linfante, Michael J. DeLeo, Matthew J. Gounis, and Ajay K. Wakhloo
Racial differences in cancer specialist consultation, treatment, and outcomes for locoregional pancreatic adenocarcinoma, Melissa M. Murphy, Jessica P. Simons, Sing Chau Ng, Theodore P. McDade, Jillian K. Smith, Shimul A. Shah, Zheng Zhou, Craig C. Earle, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Premenstrual Syndrome Prevalence and Fluctuation over Time: Results from a French Population-Based Survey, Julia Potter, Jean Bouyer, James Trussell, and Caroline Moreau
Trends and determinants of reproductive health service use among young women in the USA, Julia Potter, J. Trussell, and Caroline Moreau
Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials (cVEMPs) in patients with superior canal dehiscence syndrome (SCDS), Rachel E. Roditi, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Todd B. Sauter, and Daniel J. Lee
A predictive model of cochlear implant performance in postlingually deafened adults, Rachel E. Roditi, Sarah F. Poissant, Eva M. Bero, and Daniel J. Lee
Building blocks for meta-synthesis: data integration tables for summarising, mapping, and synthesising evidence on interventions for communicating with health consumers, Rebecca E. Ryan, Caroline A. Kaufman, and Sophie J. Hill
National hospital volume in acute pancreatitis: analysis of the Nationwide Inpatient Sample 1998-2006, Anand Singla, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, YouFu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Is the growth in laparoscopic surgery reproducible with more complex procedures, Anand Singla, Youfu Li, Sing Chau Ng, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Racial Disparities in the Care of Acute Cholecystitis: A National Study, Anand Singla, Melissa M. Murphy, Sing Chau Ng, Youfu Li, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Admission volume determines outcome for patients with acute pancreatitis, Anand Singla, Jessica P. Simons, Youfu Li, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Sing Chau Ng, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Incidence rates, clinical profile, and outcomes of patients with venous thromboembolism. The Worcester VTE study, Frederick A. Spencer, Cathy Emery, Samuel W. Joffe, Luigi Pacifico, Darleen M. Lessard, George W. Reed, Joel M. Gore, and Robert J. Goldberg
Advances in interventional neuroradiology, Ajay K. Wakhloo, Michael J. DeLeo III, and Martin M. Brown
Publications from 2008
Preoperative Radiation Therapy in Combination with Weekly Paclitaxel and Oral Glutamine for Rectal Cancer, Leah Burnett
High volume and outcome after liver resection: surgeon or center, Robert W. Eppsteiner, Nicholas G. Csikesz, Jessica P. Simons, Jennifer F. Tseng, and Shimul A. Shah
Prostate carcinoma and radiation therapy: therapeutic treatment resistance and strategies for targeted therapeutic intervention, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Tao Wang, Hira Lal Goel, Jiayi Huang, Gary S. Stein, Jane B. Lian, Roger J. Davis, Stephen J. Doxsey, Kethandapatti C. Balaji, Jesse N. Aronowitz, and Lucia R. Languino
Prehospital transport of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a community-wide perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Daniel G. Kramer, Jorge L. Yarzebski, Darleen M. Lessard, and Joel M. Gore
Improving Breastfeeding Outcomes at the Family Health Center of Worcester, Ellen Green
Intravascular uptake during fluoroscopically guided cervical interlaminar steroid injection at C6-7: a case report, Mark S. Kaplan, Joseph Cunniff, John Cooke, and Jeremy Giere Collins
Bile Metabolism and Cholelithiasis (A comprehensive review for the monthly publication Clinics of North America), Stephanie Lambou-Gianoukos
Lithogenesis and bile metabolism, Stephanie Lambou-Gianoukos and Stephen J. Heller
The Use of Accelerometers to Predict Functional Outcome After Total Knee Arthroplasty, Craig Lareau
Feasibility of Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy in Determining VO2 for Preoperative Risk Assessment, Nathan Marengi
Characteristics of Patients Utilizing St. Anne’s Free Clinic, Candice McElroy
Inflammatory Patterns and Cellular and Vascular Permeation in Rat Abdominal Wall Defects Using Alloderm, Permacol and CollaMend for Repair, Joyce K. McIntyre
Clinical Health Informatics Meets Medical Education, Jeffrey Phillips
Fine-mapping the genetic basis of CRP regulation in African Americans: a Bayesian approach, Benjamin Rhodes, David L. Morris, Lakshman Subrahmanyan, Cristin Aubin, Carlos F. Mendes de Leon, Jeremiah F. Kelly, Dennis A. Evans, John C. Whittaker, Jorge R. Oksenberg, Philip L. De Jager, and Tim J. Vyse
Publications from 2007
Transthoracic Echocardiographic Measurement of the Ascending Aorta in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients: A Simple Standardized Method, Alfred Albano
ED Diagnosis of Acute Coronary Syndromes: No Gender-Related Difference of 'Chest Discomfort', Garreth C. Biegun
Expanded services for the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission: field acceptability of a pilot program in Lusaka, Zambia, Benjamin H. Chi, Namwinga Chintu, Alison Lee, Elizabeth M. Stringer, Moses Sinkala, and Jeffrey S. A. Stringer
Understanding the superior clear space in the adult ankle, Joseph P. Deangelis, Richard C. Anderson, and Nicola Deangelis
“Marrow for Tomorrow:” A Community-Based Public Health Partnership in Worcester’s Medically Under-Served Communities, Andrew Geller
Polypharmacy Prevalence in the Treatment of Unipolar Depression, Anna Glezer
Serum glucose levels and hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction without prior diabetes: a community-wide perspective, Robert J. Goldberg, Daniel G. Kramer, Darleen M. Lessard, Jorge L. Yarzebski, and Joel M. Gore
Early edema in warfarin-related intracerebral hemorrhage, Joshua M. Levine, Ryan Snider, David Finkelstein, Mahmut E. Gurol, Rishi Chanderraj, Eric E. Smith, Steven M. Greenberg, and Jonathan Rosand
Risk Profile for Pregnancy in Adolescent Patients in the Blackstone Valley, Suzanne MacKay
Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Subtypes in Mammary Invasive Ductal Carcinoma and their Relationship to Tumor Progression, Katherine F. Maloney
ICD Under-Utilization in Primary Prevention Patients, Matthew McGuiness
The Diagnostic and Therapeutic Utility of the Scoop-Shave for Pigmented Lesions of the Skin, Gary W. Mendese
Assessing the Role of Education in Women’s Knowledge and Acceptance of Adjunct HPV Testing for Cervical Cancer Screening, Debra Papa, Tiffany A. Moore Simas, Megan Reynolds, and Hannah Melnitsky
Increasing Cervical Lesion Identification in Junior Practitioners after Abnormal Cervical Cytology: A Computer-Based Colposcopy Tutorial, Patricia Seymour
Obstacles to Follow After Abnormal Cervical Cytology at an Urban Health Center in Worcester, MA, Patricia Seymour
National outcomes after gastric resection for neoplasm, Jillian K. Smith, James T. McPhee, Joshua S. Hill, Giles F. Whalen, Mary E. Sullivan, Demetrius E. M. Litwin, Frederick A. Anderson, and Jennifer F. Tseng
Quantification of the Association Between the Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Age in Normal Pediatric Hips, Katharine Taylor
Appendicitis and Appendectomy in Overweight and Obese Patients, H. Ruby Wang
Publications from 2006
Examining the Role of Palliative Procedures in Patients with Stage IV GI Cancers, Nathan J. Aranson
Prediction of successful voiding immediately after outpatient mid-urethral sling, Kenneth I. Barron, Judith A. Savageau, Stephen B. Young, Lisa C. Labin, and Abraham N. Morse
Reclassification of a tubal leiomyosarcoma as an eGIST by molecular evaluation of c-KIT, Rosemary Foster, Steven Solano, Jennifer Mahoney, Arlan Fuller, Esther Oliva, and Michael V. Seiden
Pilot study of methods to document quantity and variation of independent patient exercise and activity after total knee arthroplasty, Patricia D. Franklin, Joseph McLaughlin, Catherine B. Boisvert, Wenjun Li, and David C. Ayers
A Qualitative Study of the Collaboration between Health Care Providers and Lawyers within the Family Advocates of Central Massachusetts Program, Allison M. Hargreaves
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: What's Ticking at UMass, Matthew Hitron
A comparison of exercise-induced hematocrit (Hct) changes between non-invasive infrared sensors (NIRS) and venous blood draws, Kenneth E. Johnson
The Effect of Split versus Combined Therapy in Medication Compliance of Psychiatric Patients, Eric Kosinski
Serum Glucose Levels and Hospital Outcomes in the Setting of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Patients Not Known to Have Diabetes: A Community-Wide Perspective, Daniel G. Kramer
Structure Based Drug Design: Inhibition of E6 protein in immortalized HPV cell lines implicated in human epithelial cancers, Nicole R. LeBoeuf
MassHealth Primary Care Services Assessment Tool, Matthew Logalbo
Documenting Quantity and Variation in Patient-Managed Exercise and Activity after Total Knee Replacement, Joseph McLaughlin
Frequency of Ascending Aorta Replacement: A Description of 105 Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Undergoing Aortic Valve Replacement, Elizabeth C. Mitchell
ART2, a T cell surface mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase, generates extracellular poly(ADP-ribose), Alan R. Morrison, Joel Moss, Linda A. Stevens, James E. Evans, Caitlin Farrell, Eric Lee Merithew, David G. Lambright, Dale L. Greiner, John P. Mordes, Aldo A. Rossini, and Rita Bortell
National Patterns of Immediate Breast Reconstruction for Neoplastic Disease, Jaisa Olasky
Determination of Cystic Fibrosis Frequency Among Newborns Diagnosed with Meconium Ileus and other Bowel Obstruction, Allison Paroskie
Magnetic resonance imaging of tissue and vascular layers in the cat retina, Qiang Shen, Haiying Cheng, Machelle T. Pardue, Thomas F. Chang, Govind Nair, Van Toi Vo, Ross D. Shonat, and Timothy Q. Duong
Use of computed tomography to predict failure of nonoperative treatment of unilateral facet fractures of the cervical spine, Leo R. Spector, David H. Kim, Jesse Affonso, Todd J. Albert, Alan S. Hilibrand, and Alexander R. Vaccaro
Investigation of Noninvasive Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Sensor for Measurement of Blood Hematocrit, Anh T. Tran
The Influence of Message Framing on Adolescent Females' Intention to Obtain Chlamydia Screening, Andrea B. Urban
The Effect of Age on Postoperative Pain Medication Requirements Following Vaginal Reconstructive Surgery, Kenneth Walton
Publications from 2005
Femur flap for tibial reconstruction: % Circumference Required to Convey a Mechanical Advantage over the Fibula, Genevieve Bartels
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Anatomical Layer Specificity in the Cat Retina, Thomas F. Chang
Readability of informed-consent forms used in mental health research, Paul P. Christopher
Emotional Health and Level of Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty Exercise, Peter DeNoble