The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the winners of the 29th Annual Department of Surgery Research Conference held Thursday, May 2, 2024. We received a record number of exceptional abstract submissions this year, reflecting a broad collection of basic/translational, clinical, health services and surgical education research topics. Each presentation was scored, and winners selected based on the quality of the science, novelty and diversity of the topic. Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners!
Oral Presentation Winners
First Place
Trabectedin Enhances IL-12 Anti-tumor Immunity in Triple-negative Breast Cancer
Emily Shwarz, BS
Faculty Advisor: William E. Carson III, MD
Second Place
Missed Diagnosis of Pediatric Appendicitis in Non-Tertiary Care Facilities: An Opportunity for Intervention?
Shruthi Srinivas, MD
Faculty Advisor: Gail E. Besner, MD
Third Place
Brown adipose tissue’s regulation of systemic metabolism as a response to pathologically stressed hearts
Natasha M. James, BS
Faculty Advisor: Kristin I. Stanford, PhD
Judged Poster Presentation Winners
First Place
Cleanliness Matters Most: Assessing Patient-Reported Experience in Pediatric Colorectal Disease
Shruthi Srinivas, MD
Faculty Advisor: Richard J. Wood, MD
Second Place
Th1 CD4+ T cells enhance the development and expansion of alloprimed antibody-suppressor CXCR5+CD8+ T cells
Madison Hart, BS
Faculty Advisor: Ginny L. Bumgardner, MD, PhD
Third Place (tie)
A Novel Porcine Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Model Reveals Persistently Elevated Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in Aneurysmal Tissues
Jordan Stafford, MD
Faculty Advisor: Bryan W. Tillman, MD, PhD
Assessment of Compliance and Distensibility in Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts: In Vivo and Computational Fluid Hemodynamics Study
Tatsuya Watanabe, MD, PhD
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Breuer, MD
| Ginny L. Bumgardner, MD, PhD, FACS |
| Associate Dean for Physician Scientist Education & Training | Professor of Surgery, Comprehensive Transplant Center | Director, Ohio State Medical Scientist Training Program | Director, Department of Surgery Research Training Program |