NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine’s Office of Graduate Medical Education hosts an annual Research Day each spring that recognizes our institution’s scholarly advancements and achievements. This event celebrates the research accomplishments of our house staff and medical students, as well as the most recent faculty scholars, and features more than 100 poster presentations and selected platform presentations.

House staff, medical students, pharmacy residents, and postdoctoral research trainees are invited to submit abstracts to participate in this collaborative scholarly event. A panel of abstract reviewers scores the abstract submissions and selects outstanding abstracts for platform presentation. High-scoring abstracts receive runner-up status and are given Honorable Mention ribbons to display on their posters. Participants then create posters from their abstract research and present their work to a team of judges. Poster presenters are awarded with poster-of-distinction certificates in the following categories: basic science, case reports, clinical research, quality improvement, and medical education/other.

To start the day, all attendees are invited to view the posters while the judging teams circulate to hear more from the presenting authors. After deliberations, posters of distinction are chosen, and certificates are awarded to ten winners following the keynote address and lunch in the afternoon.

Next we invite everyone in the main room to hear opening remarks from medical education leadership at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, followed by the oral presenters. These presentations whose abstracts scored highest by our abstract reviewers were chosen to be oral presenters and presented their research from the following research categories: basic science, clinical research, medical education/other, and quality improvement.

At 12 pm our invited keynote speaker addresses a topic that is relevant and enlightening to our community of educators, researchers, medical students, and house staff. The day concludes with a collaborative research forum for faculty to network and reflect on the day’s events.

The school’s 18th Annual Medical Student and House Staff Research Day took place on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, with welcome remarks from Wendy L. Kinzler, MD, associate dean of graduate medical education; Gladys M. Ayala, MD, MPH, dean and chief academic officer of Grossman Long Island School of Medicine; and Steven E. Carsons, MD., vice dean and director, Center of Clinical Research, vice dean. The 2025 keynote address, “Hidden Insights: Advancing Cardiovascular and Bone Health with Opportunistic Imaging” was given by Miriam A. Bredella, MD, MBA, professor of Radiology and Vice Chair for Strategy, Associate Dean for Translational Science, and Director of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

Platform Presentations

Basic Science Category
Binu Prakash, PhD, Foundations of Medicine
"Hepatic Delivery of Microrna-30C Analog C2 Reduces Plasma Cholesterol in Mice and Monkeys and Atherosclerosis in Mice without causing Liver Injury"
Mentor: M. Mahmood Hussain, PhD, Foundations of Medicine

Clinical Research Category
Emily Schneider, MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine
“Should Fetuses with Growth Restriction at Term Undergo Trial of Labor?”
Mentor: Hye Heo, MD, MFM

Med Ed/Other
Zvi, Grossman, BA, MS2, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
“Exploring Peer-to-Peer Advising in Medical School Admissions: Beyond Traditional Support Systems”
Mentor: Judith Brenner, Senior Associate Dean of Medical Education, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine

Quality Improvement Category
Julia Lo Cascio, BS, MS3, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
“Timely and Effective Management of Fever in Pediatric Oncology Patients”
Mentor: Sylwia Jasinski, MD, Oncology/Hematology

Poster-of-Distinction Certificate Recipients

Basic Science:

Chandana Prakashmurthy, MS, Foundations of Medicine
"Pla2g12b C129Y Mutation Disrupts Intestinal Lipid Metabolism: Insights from Transcriptomics and Zonation Studies"

Quality Improvement:

Erica Alcantara, DO, Pediatrics
"Think Before You Drink: Reduction in the Percentage of 2–3 Years Old Patients with BMI Above the 85th Percentile Through Education on Sugar Sweetened Beverages Using a Visual Model"

Med Ed/Other:

Joseph Gelfinbein, MS3, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
"Scaling Note Quality Feedback Using GPT-4: Comparing AI and Human Contingency and Discharge Planning"

Case Report:

Aisha Ghias, MD, MSc, PA, MPH, Pulmonary
"Bilateral Paget-Schroetter Syndrome: A Rare Presentation with Chest Pain"

Eisha Butt, MS3, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
"Esophageal Amyloidosis Presenting as Dysphagia: A Case Report of Systemic Amyloid Involvement with Diagnostic Challenges"

Clinical Research:

Evan Bloom, MD, Orthopedic Surgery
"Comparative Analysis of Custom-Tailored Knee Care Aids and General ChatGPT in Providing Knee Replacement Information: A Blinded Study"
 
Emma Roelke, MD, Internal Medicine
Poster Presented by Sarah Lee, MS3, NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
"Inpatient Penicillin Allergy De-Labeling: Feasibility and Obstacles"

Samantha Fountain, MMedSci, Grossman Long Island School of Medicine
"Racial Disparities in Cardiac Risk Index Calculators for Vascular Surgery Complication Rates"

Jordyn Piacenti, PharmD, Pharmacy
"The Safety of Intravenous Methocarbamol in Patients with Renal Impairment"

Erin Miller, MD, MPH, OBGYN
Poster Presented by Ifeoma Ogamba-Alphonso, MD, Maternal Fetal Medicine
"Assessment of Hemodynamic-Aligned Antihypertensive Therapy in Postpartum Management of Preeclampsia"