Winners of the 2008 Associate Poster Competition

Research, Clinical, or Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Posters

First prize in the Research, Clinical Vignette, and Patient Safety & Quality Improvement categories is entry into the national Poster Competition at the 2009 ACP meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Second and Third Place prizes will be cash awards. The Clinical Vignette second place winner will also be entered in the National Poster Competition.

Research

1st Place
Jessica Jellison, MD, UMC
Mineralcorticoid Receptor Antagonism attenuates Kidney Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System mediated Filtration Barrier Remodeling in the Transgenic Ren2 Rat

2nd Place
Ping Liu, MD, St. Luke's
Finding NEMO-2: Aa new potential Target for Anti-Viral Biotherapy

3rd Place
Marina Litvin, MD, Washington U.
Clostridium difficle Pseugo-outbreak: Effect of a Suboptimal Assay Lot on Perceived C. difficle Incidence

Clinical Vignette

1st Place (tie)
Zummera Bhatti, MD, SLU
Disseminated Kaposi Sarcoma and Lymphoplasmocytic Interstitial Pneumonitis ans Initial Presentation of HIV Infection

1st Place (tie)
Justin Sadhu, MD, Washington U.
Disseminated B lastomycosis in a heart transplant recipient

3rd Place
Jameel Muzaffar, MD, St. Mary's
Atherosclerosis-induced Retroperitoneal Fibrosis: A Steriod Responsive Condition

Patient Safety & Quality Improvement

1st Place
Jason Dundulis, MD, UMC
Improving DVT Prophylaxis Through Use of a Standardized Admission Orders Template

2nd Place
Shivak Sharma, MD, Washington U.
A Multifacted Educational Intervention for Residents Improved Inpatient Diabetes Care and Patient Outcomes

3rd Place
Elna Nagasako, MD, Washington U.
Removing Barriers to Glycemic Congril in Patients with Diabetes: APhone Based Intervention

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