2023
CLINICAL, OUTCOMES, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
Heidy Cos, MD – WINNER
(from the research program of Dr. Dominic Sanford)
Prehabilitation Reduces Postoperative Mortality and Need for Non-Home Discharge in High-Risk Surgical Patients
David Chi, MD – FINALIST
(from the research program of Dr. Ida Fox)
Escalating Surgical Treatment for Left Ventricular Assist Device Infections is Associated with Decreased Expected Mortality: A Clinical Risk Prediction Score
BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Louisa Bai, MD – WINNER
(from the research program of Dr. Ruben Nava)
B Cells Mediate Lung Ischemia Reperfusion Injury via Synergistic BCR-TLR4 Signaling
Sophia Roberts, MD – FINALIST
(from the research program of Dr. Mohamed Zayed)
A Novel Arteriovenous Graft Platform for Pancreatic Islet Xenotransplantation
2022
CLINICAL, OUTCOMES, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION RESEARCH
Franklin Olumba, MD – WINNER
(from the research program of Dr. William Chapman)
RESTORE Declined Livers Study: A single center prospective trial to increase transplant opportunity
Heidy Cos, MD – FINALIST
(from the research program of Dr. Dominic Sanford)
The Surgical Prehabilitation and Readiness (SPAR) Program Reduces Postoperative Length of Stay and Need for Postoperative Discharge to Post-Acute Care Facilities in High Risk Surgical Patients
BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH
Kenneth Newcomer, MD – WINNER
(from the research program of Dr. William Hawkins)
Co-Inhibition of xCT and MEK Presents a New Therapeutic Methodology for Pancreatic Cancer
Paul Kepper, MD – FINALIST
(from the research program of Drs. Samantha Morris and Brad Warner)
Deconstructing the etiology of Hirschprung’s Disease via single-nucleus and spatial transcriptomics