RELEASE DATE: January 27, 2022
Ochsner Academics recently named the recipients of the 8th Annual Award for Outstanding Research by Trainees. The Outstanding Research by Trainees award encourages high quality research activity by Ochsner trainees and provides for regional dissemination of trainees’ research results. The award is also designed to promote recognition of Ochsner as a leader in clinical, translational, and health services research.
This program provides up to five awards in each of three categories: medical students, residents, and fellows. The awards cover the cost of abstract submission and registration to attend and present at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI), which is held in conjunction with the Southern Regional Meetings (SRM) of the American Federation for Medical Research. This meeting will be held in New Orleans on February 10-12, 2022.
This year, SSCI selected the following “Outstanding Research by Trainees” award recipients for presentation of their research study at the annual conference:
Zoe Blake
UQ-OCS medical student
Prevalence Of Genetic Testing And Mutations In Metastatic Prostate Cancer In Real-World Practice At A Single Institution. Z Blake, D Maslov, J Burton, S Gadde, D Markabawi, A Khan, S Righi, A Esmaeili, V Catalfamo, W Long, M Matrana, D Johnson and
K Tawagi, New Orleans, LA.
Also named a winner of the SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Travel Award.
Harini Priya Rajasekaran
UQ-OCS medical student
Calcineurin Inhibitor Pain Syndrome: The Onset And Distribution Of Pain. H Rajasekaran, M Duggan and C Edwards, New Orleans, LA.
Also named a winner of the SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Travel Award.
Kiana Moussavi
UQ-OCS medical student
The Application Of Ultrasound In Diagnosis And Surveillance Of Chronic Occipital Neuralgia. K Moussavi, E Azizi, Y Eshraghi and J Posas, New Orleans, LA.
Also named a winner of the SAFMR/SSCI Student Research Travel Award.
James O’Leary
UQ-OCS medical student
Prevalence And Factors Associated With Advance Health Directives In Frail Older Inpatients. JJ O'Leary, New Orleans, LA.
For more information, contact Courtney Parke at courtney.parke@ochsner.org.
