2020 Department of Medicine Research Day award winners

This year’s Department of Medicine Research Day, held virtually October 15, had a record attendance of more than 350 researchers, faculty, staff, and medical students. Presenters from across the department’s 10 divisions shared the exciting basic, translational, and clinical research currently being conducted. The event included two Featured Research talks, oral presentations, poster presentations, a keynote, and a presentation of awards.

The event’s keynote address was titled, “Hemolytic anemia as a mechanism for vasculopathy and pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease and other hemolytic conditions,” and was delivered by Mark Gladwin, MD, chair of the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Medicine and director of the Vascular Medicine Institute.

Research Day attendees commented on the “great attendance and talks” and “timely topics and outstanding science.”

Congratulations to this year’s Research Day award winners!

Best Oral Presentation – Clinical/Health Services Research 

• Zanthia Wiley, MD (Infectious Diseases)

Best Oral Presentation – Basic Science Research

• Cody Elkins (Graduate Student)
• Pavithra Chandramowlishwaran (Fellow – Digestive Diseases)

Best Poster Presentation – Clinical/Health Services Research 

• Ambreen Merchant (Digestive Diseases)

Best Poster Presentation – Basic Science Research 

• Cesar Romero, MD (Renal Medicine)

Best poster presentation presented to a non-faculty graduate student (i.e. PhD, MS, MSCR, MPH)

• Stephen Gurley (MD/MPH Student)

Special thanks to our Office of Research and Office of Faculty Development for organizing this event! We would also like to thank Kathy Griendling, PhD, vice chair for Research and Faculty Development in the Department of Medicine and associate dean for Faculty Affairs and Professional Development in the School of Medicine; Sarah McClellan, MPH, senior program coordinator of research; Ameeta Kalokhe, MD, associate professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases; and Viranuj Sueblinvong, MD, associate professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.