A wide range of innovative research was on display during the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine’s seventh annual Research Conference Day on March 28. The event is a campus-wide celebration of the research and scholarly endeavors of the College’s students, faculty and institutional partners.
ICOM’s Research Day provides students the opportunity to showcase the scholarly projects they have conducted under the guidance of faculty mentors and in collaboration with local and national researchers. This year, ICOM students submitted a total of 90 poster presentations, highlighting the work of 117 student doctors, 27 faculty members, and 46 external collaborators.
“Research Conference Day was an extraordinary event where we celebrated our Student Doctor scholarship and the mentors who helped them,” said Sara Adams, PhD, Assistant Dean of Research at ICOM. “Our students demonstrated their dedication to inquiring into the healthcare field by investigating essential research questions and disseminating their findings with our extended community. The knowledge, skills, and practices obtained through scholarship helps further prepare them to be future physician scientists who lean on evidenced-based practices to take the best care of their patients.”
Faculty judges determined the winning research presentations in four categories. The award winners include:
- Student Choice Poster: Victoria Boczon, OMS-II
- Best Anatomy/Basic Science Poster: Sarah Temple, OMS-II; Luke Merritt, OMS-II; and Paul Hanna, OMS-II
- Best Case Study/Clinical QI/Medical Education Poster: Gabby Echt, OMS-III
- Best Literature Review/Meta-Analysis Poster: Gregory Swets, OMS-III; Dinwoodey Greer, OMS-III; and Ethan Cline, OMS-III
This year, the keynote address was delivered by Stephanie Langel, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Langel has research expertise in emerging infectious viral diseases, mucosal immunity, and the protective properties of breast milk.
