Scientific discovery is the essence of progress in health-related science and the hope in medicine for uncovering the unknown to identify treatments and cures to human disease.
Medical Student Scholarly Project at the Medical College of Georgia offers the opportunity for all medical students in good academic standing to become engaged in a scholarly project, in close mentorship with faculty who are nationally and internationally distinguished scientists, clinicians, and academic scholars. The program provides opportunities to think creatively about solutions – it is primarily experiential in format, and it places predominant value on the discovery of new knowledge generated through systematic experimentation and/or analysis of data. Please see the process for all Scholarly Projects below, and contact Dr. Brittany Ange at bange@augusta.edu if you have any questions.
Jump to: Process Resources Medical Student Research Repository Forms
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PART 2: Choose either a "12-Week Research Project" or a "4-Week Scholarly Experience", or submit a scholarly product that you have completed
PART 3: If you want help getting a mentored project or if you want to determine if your project meets requirements, please email Dr. Ange at bange@augusta.edu.
PART 4: Complete the "Scholarly Project Completion" once your project is complete and the (optional) "Student Self-Assessment" Forms*
Scholarly Project Completion Form & Student Self-Assessment Form
PART 5 (Optional): Present Scholarly Project at MCG Enrichment Poster Presentation
*Please note that educational research projects involving medical students or residents must go through an approval process. More information is included here: Medical College of Georgia Policy for Review of Educational Research Proposals
Please click on the dropdown options below for more detailed information regarding Student Scholarly Research CV.
Publications
2024
2023
Beatty, C., Richardson, K. P., Tran, P. M. H., Satter, K. B., Hopkins, D., Gardiner, M., Sharma, A., & Purohit, S. Multiplex analysis of inflammatory proteins associated with risk of coronary artery disease in type-1 diabetes patients. Clinical Cardiology, n/a.
Brener, S., Jiang, S., Hazenberg, E., & Herrera, D. (2023). A Cyclical Model of Barriers to Healthcare for the Hispanic/Latinx Population. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10.1007/s40615-023-01587-5. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01587-5
Delgado, A., Collins, P., MacArthur, R. (2023). Consequences of COVID-19 on Pediatric Obesity and Endocrinopathies: A Review of the Literature. Medical Research Archives, 11(5).
Mirzaie, A. A., Delgado, A. M., DuPuis, D. T., Olowofela, B., Berceli, S. A., Scali, S. T.,Huber, T. S., Upchurch, G. R., Jr, & Shah, S. K. (2023). Assessing the quality of reporting of studies using Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) data. Journal of vascular surgery, 77(1), 248–255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2022.06.024
Paff, M. L., Harrison, A. J., Erickson, S. R., Ferster, A. E., & Neuharth-Pritchett, S. M. (2023). Calculating “At-Risk” Rates and Service Utilization Disparities in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education Services. Adversity and Resilience Science, 4(1), 57-70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42844-022-00075-9
Jang, W., Lu, S., Xu, X., Wu, G., & Lambert, N. A. (2023). The role of G protein conformation in receptor-G protein selectivity. Nature chemical biology, 10.1038/s41589-022-01231-z. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-022-01231-z
Kaufman, RE., Snipes, M., Wallace, C., & Terris, M. (2023). Urology Reach on Social Media: Appealing to Future Potential Applicants. Société Internationale d’Urologie Journal, 4(2), 112-116. https://doi.org/10.48083//JKKQ650
Keenum, M. C., Chatterjee, P., Atalis, A., Pandey, B., Jimenez, A., & Roy, K. (2023). Single-cell epitope-transcriptomics reveal lung stromal and immune cell response kinetics to nanoparticle-delivered RIG-I and TLR4 agonists. Biomaterials., 297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2023.122097
Li, C., Andrzejak, S. E., Jones, S. R., Williams, B. M., & Moore, J. X. (2023). Investigating the association between educational attainment and allostatic load with risk of cancer mortality among African American women. BMC women's health, 23(1), 448. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02529-3
Moore, J. X., Anderson, L. N., Li, C., Benson, R. D., Rychtarikova, A. G., Williamson, L. D., Wolf, L. E., Whisenant, E. B., Roark, E., Jones, S. R., & Ledford, C. J. (2023). Toward equitable payment for inclusive participation. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2023.5
Mehra, M., Brody, P. A., Mehrotra, S., Sakhalkar, O., & Maugans, T. (2023). Google Trends™ and Quality of Information Analyses of Google™ Searches Pertaining to Concussion. Neurotrauma reports, 4(1), 159–170. https://doi.org/10.1089/neur.2022.008
Mudd, T. W., Jr, Fox, A. D., Ghaly, M., & Keruakous, A. (2023). Case report: Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome secondary to PEG-asparaginase-induced hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis. Frontiers in oncology, 12, 1094964. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2022.1094964
Bui, T., Patel, P. A., & Boyd, C. J. (2023). Altmetric Analysis of the Online Attention Directed to Artificial Intelligence Literature in Ophthalmology. Asia-Pacific journal of ophthalmology (Philadelphia, Pa.), 10.1097/APO.0000000000000587. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000587
Kavian, J. A., Wilkey, H. L., Patel, P. A., & Boyd, C. J. (2023). Harvesting the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Surgery: Uses, Implications, and Ethical Considerations. The American surgeon, 31348231175454. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031348231175454
Mysona, B. A., Zhao, J., De Greef, O., Beisel, A., Patel, P. A., Berman, L., Smith, S. B., & Bollinger, K. (2023). Sigma-1 receptor agonist, (+)-pentazocine, is neuroprotective in a Brown Norway rat microbead model of glaucoma. Experimental eye research, 226, 109308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2022.109308
Patel, P. A., & Ali, M. J. (2023). Social Media in the New Age of #Ophthalmology. Seminars in ophthalmology, 38(3), 217–218. https://doi.org/10.1080/08820538.2023.2178112
Patel, P. A., & Boyd, C. J. (2023). Altmetric Analysis of the Most Mentioned Articles Online in the Contemporary Craniofacial Surgery Literature. The Journal of craniofacial surgery, 34(1), 227–230. https://doi.org/10.1097/SCS.0000000000009108
Patel, P. A., Jiao, C., Patel, K. K., & Boyd, C. J. (2023). Industry funding to editorial board members of high-impact ophthalmic journals. Clinical & experimental ophthalmology, 51(1), 96–99. https://doi.org/10.1111/ceo.14184
Patel, P. A., Nahm, W. J., Patel, K. K., & Boyd, C. J. (2023). Geographic Trends in General Surgery Resident Compensation Across the United States. Journal of surgical education, 80(5), 639–645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsurg.2023.02.003
Patel, P., Patel, P., Ahmed, H., Bal, S., Armstrong, G., & Sridhar, J. (2023). Content, readability, and accountability of online health information for patients regarding blue light and impact on Ocular Health. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38715
Patel, P. A., Patel, P. N., & Ahmed, H. (2023). Epidemiologic Trends in Ophthalmic Trauma Related to Major Sports: An NEISS Study. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 1–3. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09286586.2023.2173246
Patel, P. N., Patel, P. A., Sheth, A. H., Ahmed, H., Begaj, T., & Parikh, R. (2023). Ophthalmologist Turnover in the United States: Analysis of Workforce Changes from 2014 through 2021. Ophthalmology.
Simon, A. B., Derella, C. C., Blackburn, M., Thomas, J., Layman, L. C., Nicholson, M. S., Waller, J., Elmarakby, A., Saad, K. M., & Harris, R. A. (2023). Endogenous estradiol contributes to vascular endothelial dysfunction in premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes. Cardiovascular Diabetology., 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-023-01966-6
Simon, A., Derella, C., Blackburn, M., Thomas, J., Waller, J., Layman, L., Nicholson, M., & Harris, R. (2023). Improving nitric oxide bioavailability to treat endothelial dysfunction in women with type 1 diabetes: impact of race. Physiology, 38(S1), 5730136. https://doi.org/10.1152/physiol.2023.38.S1.5730136
2022
Lee, B. R., Lee, T. J., Oh, S., Li, C., Song, J. A., Marshall, B., Zhi, W., & Kwon, S. H. (2022). Ascorbate peroxidase-mediated in situ labelling of proteins in secreted exosomes. J Extracell Vesicles, 11(6), e12239. https://doi.org/10.1002/jev2.12239
Lee, H. K., Lee, B. R., Lee, T. J., Lee, C. M., Li, C., O'Connor, P. M., Dong, Z., & Kwon, S. H. (2022). Differential release of extracellular vesicle tRNA from oxidative stressed renal cells and ischemic kidneys. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05648-3
Delgado, A., Elengickal, J., Collins, P., Shakya, S., & MacArthur, R. (2022). The Importance of In Person School Activities Despite COVID-19: A Review of the Literature. Medical Research Archives, 10(5).
2021
Delgado, A., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Clinical endpoints in oncology - a primer. American journal of cancer research, 11(4), 1121–1131.
Elengickal, J. A., Delgado, A. M., Jain, S. P., Diller, E. R., Valli, C. E., Dhillon, K. K., Lee, H. K., Baskar, R., & MacArthur, R. D. (2021). Adapting Education at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: the Pandemic Medicine Elective. Medical science educator, 31(2), 843–850. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01216-y
Kashif, H., Shah, D., & Sukumari-Ramesh, S. (2021). Dysregulation of microRNA and Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Roles in Neuroinflammation. Int J Mol Sci, 22(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22158115
Moore, J. X., Gilbert, K. L., Lively, K. L., Laurent, C., Chawla, R., Li, C., Johnson, R., Petcu, R., Mehra, M., Spooner, A., Kolhe, R., & Ledford, C. J. W. (2021). Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Community Sample of African Americans Living in the Southern United States. Vaccines, 9(8), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080879
Marks, H., Kunkel E., Salem, F., Martin, C., Anderson B., & Agarwal S. (2021). First Clinical Experience with Single-Port Robotic Trans Anal Minimally Invasive Surgery: Phase II Trial of the Initial 26 Cases. Dis Colon Rectum.64 (8):1003-1013. https//doi: 10.1097/DCR.0000000000001999. PMID: 34001709.
Mudd, T. W., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Management of hepatotoxicity of chemotherapy and targeted agents. American journal of cancer research, 11(7), 3461–3474.
Mudd, T. W., Jr, Lu, C., Klement, J. D., & Liu, K. (2021). MS4A1 expression and function in T cells in the colorectal cancer tumor microenvironment. Cellular immunology, 360, 104260. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cellimm.2020.104260
Mudd, T. W., Jr, Khalid, M., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Cardiotoxicity of chemotherapy and targeted agents. American journal of cancer research, 11(4), 1132–1147.
Picon, H., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Cancer stem cells in head and neck cancer. American journal of stem cells, 10(3), 28–35.
Moore, J. X., Gilbert, K. L., Lively, K. L., Laurent, C., Chawla, R., Li, C., Johnson, R., Petcu, R., Mehra, M., Spooner, A., Kolhe, R., & Ledford, C. J. W. (2021). Correlates of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Community Sample of African Americans Living in the Southern United States. Vaccines, 9(8), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080879
Patel, P. A., Gopali, R., Reddy, A., & Patel, K. K. (2021). The relative citation ratio and the h-index among academic ophthalmologists: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis. Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 71, 103021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103021
Patel, P. A., Lee, T. J., Kodeboyina, S. K., Jones, G., Bollinger, K., Ulrich, L., Bogorad, D., Estes, A., Zhi, W., Sharma, S., & Sharma, A. (2021). Intra-population differences of apolipoproteins in the aqueous humor. Lipids in health and disease, 20(1), 128. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12944-021-01555-0
Guddati, A. K., & Picon, H. (2021). Analysis of Demographics and Outcomes of Surgical Resection in the Central Nervous System of Patients with Metastatic Melanoma. World journal of oncology, 12(6), 225–231. https://doi.org/10.14740/wjon1408
Picon, H., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Analysis of Trends in Mortality in Patients with Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma of the Head and Neck. International journal of general medicine, 14, 6245–6250. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S299145
Picon, H., & Guddati, A. K. (2021). Cancer stem cells in head and neck cancer. American journal of stem cells, 10(3), 28–35.
Shakya, S., Elemica, J., Morris, J.A., Forseen S. (2021). Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.
RSNA Case Collection. https//:doi:10.1148/cases.20213675
Shakya, S., Morris, J.A., Bapuraj, J., Forseen S. (2021). Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM). RSNA Case Collection. https//:doi:10.1148/cases.20213203
2020
Picon, H., & Guddati, A. K. (2020). Mechanisms of resistance in head and neck cancer. American journal of cancer research, 10(9), 2742–2751.
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Conference Papers
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Presentations
2024
2023
Mohammad N, Lakshman N, Oxenrider A, Jadeja RN, Thounaojam M. (2023, March). Bile acid receptor signaling in a mouse model of choroidal neovascularization. Second Annual Culver Vision Discovery Institute Savannah River Eye Meeting. Augusta University.
2022
Malkami, C., Tober, C., Brown, S.P., Jirau-Rosaly, W., Rockich-Winston, N. (2022, Sept.30-Oct. 2) Assessing Medical Students’ Ability to Recognize and Care for Adolescent Patients with Low Sexual Health Literacy [Poster session]. ACOG District IV Meeting.
Malkami, C., Vernon, M.M., West, L.M., Moore, J.X. (2022, June 7-9).Identifying Breastfeeding Trends and Disparities in the United States, 1999-2018 [Poster session]. 2022 National Breastfeeding Conference & Convening.
2021
Brody, P., Mehra, M., Chawla R., Mehra, K., Spearman-McCarthy, V. M.D. (2021, December). Are Annual Overdose Deaths for High-Risk Drugs Impacting Corresponding Google Search Frequencies [Poster presentation]. American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Annual Meeting. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ajad.13297
Farooq, M., Potturi, Y., Mehra, M., Nijim, W., Sood, A., Nijim, A. M.D. ( 2021, October). Do increased vaccination sites per person lead to increased vaccination rates - a study of Alabama [Poster presentation]. American Medical Association Research Challenge. Virtual.
Mehra, M., Brody, P., Nijim, W., Nijim, S. M.D.( 2021, October). Is Transplantation Google Search Frequency Impacted by Annual UNOS Waitlist Incidence? [Poster presentation]. Medical Association Research Challenge. Virtual.
Mehra, M., Sood, N., Mittal, A. and Bates, C. (2021). Employing Alu Elements to Detect Chromosomal Inversions. [Conference presentation abstract]. The FASEB Journal, 35. https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.S1.05152
2020
Mehra, M., Schwade, M., Young, L. Ph.D. (2020, September). Characterization of Atrial Fibrillation Hospital Admissions: A Single Center Retrospective Cohort Study [Poster presentation]. American College of Physicians GA Chapter. Virtual.
2019
Abstracts
2024
Waris, I., Gadipudi, A., Vincenty-Acosta, A., Baez-Lugo, A., & Wallace, G. (2024). A Rare Case of Checkpoint Inhibitor-induced Myasthenia Gravis (P4-14.011). Neurology, 102. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000204455
2023
2022
Shakya, S., Sharma, P., Kim, T., Kruse, J., & Vatakencherry, G. (2022, September 17). Shoulder Artery Embolization for Adhesive Capsulitis. [Abstract]. 8th Annual Academic Interventional Radiology Symposium. Alexandria, VA, USA.