Summer Research Poster Session 2025 Award Winners

Chicago Medical School

1st place: Ethan Rodriguez and Joseph Kainov. “Doxorubicin Conjugated Nanoparticles to Decrease Systemic Toxicity in Breast Cancer Treatment.” Mentor: Dr. Erin Howe.

Second Place: Alexis Olson and Mary Kosoyan. “Assessing the Impact of Linguistic Accessibility in Healthcare on Explaining Latine Chronic Health Inequities in Lake County, IL.” Mentors: Drs. Amanda Simanek and Namhee Kim (Michael Reese Foundation Center for Health Equity Research).

Third place: Samuel Liu. “A Comparison of the Host Inflammatory Response between Peptide Amphiphile-Based Scaffolds and Recombinant BMP-2 in a Rat Model.” Mentor: Erin L. Hsu.

College of Pharmacy

1st Place: Riya Kini and Angel John. “Measuring the Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence in Grading Drug Information Responses Against Human Graders.” Mentors: Drs. Sean Kane and Danielle Candelario

2nd Place: Austin Swanson, Audrey Hetzer and Amanda Thomas. “An Evaluation of Physician Office Visits Among Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease.” Mentors: Drs. Ateequr Rahman and Rahul Deshmukh

3rd Place: Lira Zajmi. “Educational Approaches and Needs to Promote Clinical Adoption of Precision Medicine/Pharmacogenomics in an Interprofessional Healthcare Team.” Mentor: Dr. Kristin Wiisanen

Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine

1st Place: Hanna Shawabkeh. “Posterior Muscle Group Lengthening may Reduce Risk of Reoperation when Performed Concurrently with Transmetatarsal Amputation.” Mentor: Dr. Adam Fleischer

2nd Place: Pierce Burke. “Objective Quantification of Plantar Tissue Stress Changes in Association with Digital Flexor Tenotomies within the Diabetic Foot.” Mentors: Drs. Ryan Crews and Adam Fleischer

3rd Place (Tie): Savanna Sierzega. “Does Fear of Falling Impact the Relationship between Cognitive Demands and Performance Fatigability?” Mentor: Dr. Noah Rosenblatt

3rd Place (Tie): Madison Mond. “Preliminary Studies in Spatially Enhanced Biofeedback for Reducing Plantar Pressures in Healthy Participants.” Mentors: Drs. Christopher Connaboy and Alex Dzewaltowski