| Project Title | Mentor Name | Department | Research Keywords (hidden column) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The utility of serial hemoglobin monitoring in blunt splenic injury | Kat Pellizzeri | Surgery | serial hemoglobin |
| Outcomes of Neonates with Antenatal Diagnosis of CNS Abnormalities | Christopher Troup | Pediatrics | maternal fetal medicine; ultrasound; CNS abnormalities; MRI; NICU; nursery; neonate; outcomes |
| Hypertension in Athletes - Prospective Study | Vicki Nelson | Family Medicine | N/A |
| Cervical Ripening | Lauren Demosthenes | OBGYN | cervical ripening |
| Ventral Hernia Repair in a Contaminated Field | Jeremy Warren | Surgery | VHR, abdomen, hernia, surgery |
| "Exercise Counseling in Pregnancy: Are women receiving the information they need?" | Jennifer Trilk | OBGYN | An evaluation of exercise recommendations being given to pregnant women by their OBGYN physicians here at PRISMA Health. |
| Investigation of patient's diagnosed with ADH/ALH and their progression to invasive carcinoma | Christine Schammel | Pathology | atypical ductal hyperplasia and atypical lobular hyperplasia |
| Routine Cultures of Nonunions | John Adams | Orthopaedics | Orthopaedic surgery, osteomyelitis, nonunion surgery |
| Acute GI bleeding: Patient characteristics, Endoscopy, Embolization/Surgery and Outcomes | Gary Abrams | Family Medicine | GI Bleeding |
| Medical Student Perceptions of Emergency Medical Technician Training During the First Year of Medical School | William Wright | Biomedical Sciences | Emergency Medicine |
| The Role of EMT in Med School (ish, not decided yet) | William Wright | USC - Columbia | EMT, Research, Curriculum |
| Helping Patients with Chronic Diseases (HTN, DM, Depression) To Understand Behavioral Changes | Meenu Jindal | Internal Medicine | Chronic disease, hypertension, Type 2 diabetes mellitus, depression, food behaviors, food preferences |
| Perceived and Physiological Fatigue: Contributing factors, effects on cognition, empathy, and burnout | Lauren Fowler | Biomedical Sciences | Perceived fatigue, physiological fatigue, biomarkers of fatigue, empathy, cognitive performance, burnout |
| Gender differences in the outcomes of individuals with the treatment of Ischemic Strokes via the use of TPA | Thomas Nathaniel | Neuroscience | gender, TPA, ischemic, stroke, treatment |
| Bleeding on OAC | Sarah Fox | Surgery | Colorectal surgery, colonoscopy, bleeding. |
| US for Pelvic Pain in Reproductive Age Women | Phillip Moschella | Emergency Medicine | Ultrasound, CT scan, High value care, pelvic pain |
| Gender Differences in Pre Depression and Stroke Outcomes | Thomas Nathaniel | Neuroscience | Neuroscience, stroke, depression, gender differences |
| The Effect of Pre-Stroke Depression on Patient Outcomes using TPA Methods of Treatment | Thomas Nathaniel | Biomedical Sciences | Neurology, Neurosurgery, TPA, Tele-stroke |
| Opioid-Dependent Births Case Series | Jennifer Hudson | Pediatrics | Opioid-dependent, birth |
| Disparities in perinatal depression screening and referral: A retrospective cohort study | Laura Carlson | OBGYN | OB/GYN |
| Disparities in perinatal depression screening and referral : A retrospective cohort study | Laura Carlson | OBGYN | Depression, perinatal, screening |
| Multimedia surgical description of removal of a leiomyoma | Sharon Ben-Or | Surgery | Leiomyoma surgery, multimedia, laproscopic |
| Blood analysis of tumor markers in lung cancer | Sharon Ben-Or | Surgery | Treatment efficacy, lung cancer, tumor markers, blood sampling, improved patient treatment |
| Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors of Religiosity, Spirituality, and Cultural Competence in the Medical Profession: A Cross-sectional survey study | Ann Blair Kennedy | Biomedical Sciences | cultural competence |
| Case Report: An Atypical Presentation of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria and Concurrent JAK2(617F) Mutation | Mark O'Rourke | Internal Medicine | Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria; PNH; Budd-Chiari Syndrome; JAK2(617F) mutation; chronic abdominal pain |
| The Relevance of Personality and Resilience in Medical Students' Choice of Medical Specialty | John Cull | Clemson Research | Personality; Resiliency; Specialty Choice; Burnout; Brief Resilience Scale; Big Factor Five Inventory |
| Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Endometriosis: Prospective Analysis of the Effect of Surgery. | Bruce Lessey | OBGYN | IBS; endometriosis |
| A Multi-modal, Opioid Sparing Pain Management Strategy in Cardiac Surgery | Caroline McKillop | Anesthesiology | opioid, pain, pain management, cardiac surgery, anesthesia |
| Insurance Status Influence on Discharge Location and Length of Stay After Ischemic Stroke | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Stroke |
| Reported Rationales for HPV Vaccination vs. Non-Vaccination Among Undergraduate and Medical Students in Upstate South Carolina. | John Cull | Surgery | HPV |
| Microwave Ablation of a Gallbladder Remnant Following Partial Cholecystectomy | Michael Devane | Radiology | Ablation |
| Management of Tibial Bow in Fibular Deficiency | David Westberry | Orthopedics | Tibial Bowing |
| cfDNA/blastocoel Fluid | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | Embryos |
| The Effect of Timing of Post-Operative Radiographs on Coronal Balance in Idiopathic Posterior Spinal Fusion Patients—A Retrospective Analysis | Michael Wattenbarger | Orthopaedics | Orthopaedics |
| CATCH Project | Julie Linton | Pediatrics | We will be working with Berea Middle School as well as Pasos in order to increase the amount of resources available to the underserved Latino and African American students and their families. |
| Assessing the potential therapeutic efficacy of amnion-based biologics for osteoarthritis | Jeremy Mercuri | Clemson Research | amnion-based biologics, osteoarthritis, steroid injections |
| Epic Mentor Program | Kerry Smith | Clemson Research | eukaryotic |
| Petrosal Bone Morphotype Investigation | Lauren Gonzales | Biomedical Sciences | Petrosal Bone, Comparative anatomy, cochlea, semicircular canals, paleontology |
| Laparoscopic vs. Open Placement of Ventriculogallbladder Shunt in Cases of Pediatric Hydrocephalus | Earl (Chris) Troup | Neuroscience | ventriculogallbladder shunt, pediatric neurosurgery, pediatric shunt revision, hydrocephalus |
| Outcomes of Revascularization in Patients with Previous Contralateral Amputation | Sagar Gandhi | Surgery | Amputation, revascularization, critical limb ischemia |
| Retrospective Comparison of Operative Variables from Single Event Multi-Level Surgeries Performed by Two Attending Surgeons versus Single Event Multi-Level Surgeries Performed by One Attending Surgeon | Lauren Hyer MD | Shriners Children's Hospital for Orthopedics | Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgery, Surgeon |
| Comparative Biology - Morphotyping the Petrosal Bones of Various Animals to Look at Inner Ear Function | Lauren Gonzales PhD | Biomedical Sciences | Inner Ear, Cochlear, Hearing, Comparative biology, Morphotype |
| Contaminated Mesh- VHR | Jeremy Warren | Surgery | Contaminated mesh |
| Patient Engagement Studio Efficacy | Ann Kennedy | Biomedical Sciences | Patient |
| Sea urchins treated +/- PAF and RNAseq on whole embryos and cfDNA on blastocoel fluid | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | blastocoel fluid |
| Human survivable aneuploidies and aneuploid vs. euploid | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | Embryo, aneuploid, euploid, DNA, gene expression, blastocoel fluid |
| Embryo Research | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | Sea urchins treated with +/-PAF and then measure intracellular Ca+2 release |
| Inner Ear Comparative Morphology | Lauren Gonzales | Biomedical Sciences | Functional Morphology, Comparative Morphology, Gross Anatomy, Petrosal Bones, CT Scans, Plain film X-Rays, 3D Modeling |
| Diabetes Research | John Emerson | Center for Family Medicine | Diabetes Research |
| Pediatric Pain Management | Blake Windsor | Pediatrics | Pediatric, pain, non-opioid pain managment |
| GRE1902R: Functional Outcomes of Complete Excision of the Navicular in Pediatric Foot Deformity | David Westberry | Orthopaedics | pediatrics; navicular bone; Shriner's Hospital for Children; foot deformity |
| I will know in early May - it will have to do with Surgical Oncology and Breast Cancer | Nancy DeMore | Cancer Institute | Surgical oncology, breast cancer, MUSC Breast Center |
| Patient Engagement Studio Quality Improvement Evaluation | Ann Blair Kennedy | Biomedical Sciences | TBD |
| Arteriovenous fistulas in non-hemodialysis patients: A contemporary analysis of a forgotten alternative to venous access | Christopher Carsten | Surgery | TBD |
| Comparing Y90 Radioembolization and DEB-TACE for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma with evaluation of ALBI Grade and Child-Pugh Score as prognostic indicators | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Hepatocellular Carcinoma treatment options: Y90 (TARE), DEB-TACE, Sorafenib |
| Human Economics Project on IVF | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | IVF, OB/GYN |
| Prevalence of Nocturnal Hypertension and Non -Dipping on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring studies in Obese Children | Sudha Garimella | Pediatrics | Hypertension |
| Patient Engagement Quality Improvement Research | Ann Blair Kennedy | Biomedical Sciences | Patient Engagement in Research, value, efficacy |
| EPIC MEnTOR Program Research | Kerry Smith | Clemson Research | pathogen |
| Dissemination and Implementation of Effective Childhood Obesity Treatment Innovations | Kerry Sease | Pediatrics | I haven't started the project yet so I am not sure what the keywords will be. |
| To Be Determined | Stephan Pill | Orthopaedics | Shoulder, Sports Medicine, Arthroplasty |
| Data Collection for Shoulder Arthroplastic and Arthroscopic Surgeries | Dr. Stephan Pill | Orthopaedics | Shoulder arthroplastic and arthroscopic surgeries |
| Enhancing the YMCA-Diabetes Prevention Program with Mindfulness Training: A Pilot Study | Meenu Jindal | Internal Medicine | Prediabetes, diabetes, mindfulness, prevention |
| Creation and Assessment of a Modified Stroke Scale with Increased Sensitivity to Posterior Strokes | Mahmoud Rayes | Neuroscience | Creation and Assessment of a Modified Stroke Scale with Increased Sensitivity to Posterior Strokes |
| Management of Mesh Infection | Jeremy Warren | Surgery | hernia repair, general surgery, mesh infection |
| Mouse reversine treatment (aneuploiud vs euploid) with cfDNA, RNAseq and RT-PCR | Renee Chosed | Biomedical Sciences | embryo, aneuploid, euploid, cfDNA, OBGYN, reversine, embryos, implantation |
| Patient Consent for Seed Grant 2 | Lauren Demosthenes | Psychiatry | Patient consent, opioids,FAVOR, seed Grand 2, overdose, psychiatry |
| Outcomes of an ERAS program in patients undergoing laparotomy or minimally invasive surgery for pelvic disease | jeffrey elder | OBGYN | ERAS |
| In vitro modulation of human lymphocyte and myeloma cell function by bacterial enterotoxins | Sergio Arce | Biomedical Sciences | The heat-labile enterotoxins (HLT) of Escherichia coli LT-IIa, LT-IIb and LT-IIc are potent adjuvants which induce distinct T-helper (Th)-cell cytokine profiles, immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass and anti-tumoral responses. To determine if the distinct immune regulatory/anti-tumoral effects observed for LT-IIa, LT-IIb, and LT-IIc are elicited by binding of the HLT to their cognate ganglioside receptors, the populations of human lymphoid and myeloma cells that interact with the three HLT and their effects on various lymphocyte/myeloma responses in vitro will be evaluated. It is expected that the data obtained in this study will reveal novel regulatory pathways for enhancing anti-myeloma immune responses and will provide useful information towards understanding the mechanisms which underlie HLT-associated adjuvanticity. |
| ERAS Protocol | Jeffery Elder | OBGYN | ERAS |
| Retrospective Analysis of Shoulder Arthroplasty and Arthroscopy | Stephan Pill | Orthopaedics | orthopedics, shoulder, arthroplasty, athroscopy |
| Comparative Anatomy of Fossil Mammals. | Lauren Gonzales | Biomedical Sciences | Ear Anatomy |
| ALH and ADH Breast Cancer | Christine Schammel | Pathology | I will be assisting with this project |
| Colorectal Cancer | Christine Schammel | Pathology | I will be assisting with this project |
| “In vitro modulation of human lymphocyte and myeloma cell function by bacterial enterotoxins” | Sergio Arce | Biomedical Sciences | enterotoxins, lymphocyte, myeloma cell |
| Design and Implementation of a Multi-Disciplinary Diabetes focused clinic within a primary care center to support patient self-efficacy and improve diabetes outcomes in an uncontrolled diabetic patient population | John Emerson | Family Medicine | Diabetes |
| Implementation of Group Medical Visits for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at a Community-Based Primary Care Clinic | Shannon Taylor | Family Medicine | Diabetes |
| Endometrial BCL6 testing for predicting IVF outcomes: a cohort study | Bruce Lessey | OBGYN | BCL6, endometriosis, IVF |
| Comparison of SPECT/CT and 2-D Planar Lymphoscintigraphy for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma of the Head and Neck | Christine Schammel | Surgery | Melanoma, SPECT, CT, SLNB |
| HCV in Pregnancy | Jill Boland | OBGYN | Hepatitis C, prenatal care, infectious disease, preventative care |
| Cost Analysis: Port Placement in the OR vs. IR | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Chemo Port, Cost Analysis, Operating Room vs. Interventional Radiology |
| Open Abdomen Outcomes Study | John Cull | Surgery | Surgical, Open Abdomen, Hernia |
| Patient Satisfaction is Influenced by Physician Stress and Workload | Phillip Moschella | Emergency Medicine | patient satisfaction, physician fatigue, workload, emergency |
| Treatment of Acute Migraine with Sphenopalatine Ganglion Block in the Emergency Department | Phillip Moschella | Emergency Medicine | migraine, acute, sphenopalatine ganglion, nerve block, emergency |
| Bacterial Contamination of Various Surfaces in the Emergency Department | Phillip Moschella | Emergency Medicine | bacteria, surface contamination, cleaning, emergency |
| Effects of interval interference on declarative memory. | Matthew Tucker | Neuroscience | Sleep |
| Retention of Medical Knowledge across the First Year of Medical School. | Matthew Tucker | Neuroscience | Medical Students |
| Training Surgeons: The Trend Towards Integrated Programs | Brian Boland | Surgery | Integrated surgery residency, general surgery residency |
| The Impact of Commuting Distance | Irfan Asif | Family Medicine | distance |
| Marital and Parental Status, Exercise, and Cardiac Biomarkers. | Irfan Asif | Family Medicine | marriage |
| Socioeconomic status, zip code, and bystander CPR impact on cardiac arrest outcome within Greenville County SC | John Cull | Emergency Medicine | Cardiac arrest, CPR outcome, socioeconomic status, zip code, Greenville |
| Accurate Diagnosis of B Cell ALL Mutations Using Karyotyping and Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization (FISH) in Adolescent/Young Adult and Adult Populations | Christine Schammel | Pathology | B-ALL, cytogenetics, FISH, AYA |
| Blastocoel Cell-Free DNA: A marker of embryonic quality | William Roudebush | Biomedical Sciences | cfDNA, embryo, apoptosis |
| HPV Vaccination Rates in Greenville Health System ObGyn Center Postpartum | Lauren Demosthenes | OBGYN | HPV Vaccination Rates in Greenville Health System ObGyn Center Postpartum |
| The Modern Need or Not for Tetanus Prophylaxis in Open Fractures in the United States | Michael Sridhar | Orthopaedics | Tetanus, Open fracture, Orthopaedics, Orthopedic surgery |
| Self-perceptions on Fitness to Drive in Collegiate Athletes Following a Sport-related Concussion | Andrew Albano | Family Medicine | Concussion, sports medicine |
| Telemedicine in Pediatric Urology | Patrick Springhart | Surgery | Urology |
| Significant Impact of Body Mass Index on a Modified Sperm motility-Morphology Algorithm | William Roudebush | Surgery | Fertility |
| CT Utilization Following Initial Trauma Bay Survey in Blunt Trauma Patients | Meghann Kaiser | Surgery | CT Utilization Following Initial Trauma Bay Survey in Blunt Trauma Patients |
| Risk Factors for Failure of Valgus Impacted Femoral Neck Fractures in the Elderly After Internal Fixation | John Adams | Orthopaedics | Valgus impacted hip fractures, elderly population, arthroplasty, cancellous screws, femur, fracture |
| Guided Growth Strategies in Pediatric Limb Deficiencies | David Westberry | Other | limb deficiency, amputee, hemiepiphysiodesis, pediatric, genu valgus, genu varus |
| The relationship between leptin and insulin like factor 3 in preeclampsia. (working title) | Lisa Green | OBGYN | The relationship between leptin and insulin like factor 3 in preeclampsia. Interaction between leptin and insulin like factor 3 in causing preeclampsia. |
| Cancer Diagnosis in the Emergency Department | Ashwani Rajput | Surgery | Cancer |
| Surgical Palliative Care Consults at UNM | Bridget Fahy | Surgery | Surgery |
| Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) management with neoadjuvant radiation therapy: better responses with higher doses? | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| Renal Cell Carcinoma Metastasis to the Pancreas: A Well-Documented Rare Event | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| Transverse Colonic Volvulus: A Rare Case of a 21 Year Old Female | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Transverse Colonic Volvulus |
| Socioeconomic Status and Gastric Cancer in Chile: A Brief Snapshot | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Socioeconomic Status |
| Eosinophilic Cholangitis: A Small Case Series and Review of the Literature | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Eosinophilic Cholangitis |
| Novel Method for Drainage of a Biliary Cystadenoma | Christine Schammel | Pathology | Novel |
| Medical Legal Partnership | Nancy Powers | Pediatrics | Medical Legal Partnership |
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University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville (USCSOMG): Student Project
Database
A database of projects completed or started by USCSOMG medical students has been compiled
and can be searched by specific keywords or by research mentor. Medical student research
is inclusive of the following topical areas:
- Bedside (Clinical and Translational)
- Bench (Cellular and Molecular)
- Community Health
- Medical Education
- Population Health/Health Policy
- Other areas
Additional information regarding student projects is available upon request.