This annual event is a wonderful opportunity for the School of Medicine's Medical
students, Residents, and Fellows from the Permian Basin campus to come together to
discuss related topics in research to build collaborations and friendships. Research
day will be handled virtually and consists of oral presentation competitions, keynote
address, and poster presentations on current research.
Administrative support for this event is handled by the School of Medicine's Research
Department staff. The program is handled by the Research Scientific Committee and
the School of Medicine Research Department.
On behalf of the Scientific Organizing Committee, we would like to give thanks to
Dr. Timothy Benton, Dr. Lavi Oud, judges, moderators, presenters, and attendees for
joining us for the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center 31st Annual Permian Basin Research Day 2022. We are all proud of every presenter who shared
with us their contributions to the scientific community as a whole and would like
to give Dr. Samuel Prien, our keynote speaker, a personal thanks for his outstanding
presentation. The virtual event was a success and without everyone who attended; presenters,
judges, moderators, and attendees, alike, this event would have not been possible.
For this time, we would like to announce the winners for Friday's Research 2022 symposium.
For Oral Presentations:
Case Report/Case Series Category
1st Place
Karthik Chamarti, MD:Schistocytosis in Vitamin B12 Deficiency Mimicking Thromboitc ThrombocytopeniaPurpura: A Rare Complication ___________________________________________ Kejal Shah, MD: - Allupurinol Induced Diffuse Erythroderma with Concomitant PlaquePsoriasis- A Case of Prolymphocytic Leukemia
Priya Velumani, MD:Hypophosphatasia - A Rare and Unique Bone Mineralization Disorder
Clinical Research Category
1st Place
Edward Woo, MD+, Gousia Shoukat, MD+Impact of Prior USe of Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors on the ClinicalOutcomes in Pre-Vaccinated HospitalizedCOVID-19 Patients+ = Authors contributed equally
2nd Place
Chintan Trivedi, MD+, Darshini Vora, MD+Association of Fluoxetine with Insomnia Among Children and Adolescentswith Depression+ = Authors contributed equally
3rd Place
Chintan Trivedi, MDSuicidality Among Transgender Patients Admitted to the Inpatient Hospital:A Propensity Matched Analysis
Quality Improvement Category
1st Place
Kejal Shah, MDEffect of Reflective Thinking Format of Note-Writing on the Clinical Making ofThird and Fourth-Year Medical Students:A Pilot Study
For Poster Presentations:
Case Report/Case Series Category
1st Place
Mariana Trevino, MS-3Bilobate Placenta with Intervillous Thrombosis and Infarct - A Reportof Good Neonatal Outcome
2nd Place
Sabrina Leung, MD+, Taelah Wooten, DO+Ashley Lopez, MD+Large Ovarian MucinousCystadenoma in Early Pregnancy+ = Authors contributed equally
3rd Place
Prince Ernest, MD"Double Whammy": Tricuspid andMitral Endocarditis in IV Drug User with Diffuse Septic Emboli___________________________________________Raafae Agha, MD+, Zershana Khan, MD+Development of PTSD After Severe COVID+ = Authors contributed equally
Clinical Research Category
1st Place
Anudeeksha Sateeshkumar, MS3Underdiagnosis of Obesity/Overweightin an Academic Outpatient Setting
2nd Place
Madeleine Holguin, PharmDSafety and Efficacy of Vancomycin Utilization Prior to and Post Implementation of a New DosingProtocol
3rd Place
Aiswarya Lakshmi Nandakumar, MDMood Disorders and It's Associationwith Thyroid Related Abnormalities
Quality Imporvement Category
1st Place
Ahmad Hamdan, MDImproving Providers' Attitudes and Knowledge of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexualand/or Ally (LGBTQIA+) Health
Our Keynote Speaker: Dr. Samuel Prien, Ph.D.
Dr. Samuel Prien, Ph.D., is Director of the Clinical and Research Laboratories and
Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Texas Tech University
Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). He holds a joint appointment as professor of Animal
and Food Sciences at Texas Tech University (TTU). Dr. Prien completed his training
at TTU, earning a Ph.D. in Animal Science with an emphasis in reproductive physiology
in 1991.
Dr. Prien supervises three clinical labs that work directly with medical teams to
assist in the treatment of infertilty patients while dedicating time to teach on both
campuses, training 50 graduate students over the last 30 years.
Dr. Prien's main emphasis is in translational work in improving assisted reproductive
technologies for treating infertility in humans and improving genetics and reproductive
efficiency in animals. Having received numerous grants totaling over two million dollars
in funding has earned him a multitude of publications. He has presented over hundreds
of times at regional, national, and international conferences and is no stranger to
innovation. He currently holds five U.S. Patents, with eighteen associated international
patents, three copyrights, and has eight other patents pending. Dr. Prien was recently
named a Fellow in the National Academy of Inventors, the first faculty named an NAI
Fellow at TTUHSC.
