This year’s USF Health Research Day set new records as more participants than ever filled the USF Tampa campus Marshall Student Center on March 3 to showcase the best of their scientific work.

The 33^rd USF Health Research Day included 457 research poster presentations by students, postdocs, residents, faculty, and staff across all health disciplines. Research Day is the largest research-oriented event of its kind at USF and remains the largest celebration of health sciences research collaboration across all four USF Health colleges (medicine, nursing, public health and pharmacy) as well as with colleagues in other USF colleges, including social work and engineering.

From left, Dr. Charles Lockwood, Dr. Kim Orth, Rhea Law, and Dr. Steve Liggett.

Research Day kicked off with the Annual Roy H. Behnke, MD, Distinguished Lectureship featuring speaker Kim Orth, PhD, professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Dr. Orth’s presentation was titled “Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: Tales of Bacterial Effectors” – click here for more about Dr. Orth and her work.

Dr. Kim Orth.

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Tampa General Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, was the presenting sponsor for USF Health Research Day 2023.

Following Dr. Orth’s presentation was the judging of work. Judges reviewed the posters that lined the Marshall Center Ballroom, asking the students for more detail and clarifications about their research projects. Presentations ranged from pilot, preliminary, empirical and case studies to system reviews and reviews of literature or charts.

Following the 13^th Annual Joseph Krzanowski Invited Oral Presenters by select students representing medicine, nursing, public health, and pharmacy, Research Day culminated with an Awards Ceremony in the Oval Theatre announcing the winners in 29 competitive categories – including 18 monetary awards totaling $8,600.

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For the list of Research Day 2023 award winners, click here.

For the list of Research Day judges and sponsors, click here.

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Photos by Freddie Coleman, video by Allison Long, USF Health Communications

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The noise level in the Marshall Student Center escalated to a palpable buzz as USF Health Research Day 2019 progressed.  Students, trainees, faculty, staff and visitors milled about the center’s ballroom the morning of Feb. 22, checking out rows of poster presentations and eagerly discussing research projects ranging from basic and translational science to clinical, epidemiological and outcomes studies.

Some 350 poster presentations representing the breadth and depth of USF Health research were part of this year’s Research Day.

This year, some 350 poster presentations showcased the best scientific work of students, residents, fellows and postdoctoral scholars across all four USF Health colleges – Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Pharmacy – including health-related collaborations with other USF colleges and several hospital affiliates.

Among the presenters was USF College of Public Health (COPH) doctoral student Joanna Mackie, who arrived early with her children Eva, 9, and Oliver, 4.  They helped their mother carry in her rolled-up poster and watched as she unfurled and attached it smoothly to board #70. Then, they settled on the carpet to play the game Jenga, stacking small wooden blocks beneath Mackie’s poster titled “Policy Analysis of Current Regulations and Guidelines Focusing on Nutrition and Mealtimes in Early Care and Education.”

Eva Mackie (left) and brother Oliver get a ground floor view of USF Health Research Day. Their mother Joanna Mackie was among the students presenting posters.

Joanna Mackie, a College of Public Health doctoral student, explains her study to the faculty judges.

“I don’t have child care today, and I thought it’s important for them to see Mommy’s research work in action,” said Mackie, who studies the prevention of obesity in the context of early child care. “This is a valuable day to come together and exchange ideas.  Sometimes we get so involved in our own work that we’re not even aware that another group’s work has overlap or interconnection with our research interests.”

Charles Lockwood, MD, senior vice president of USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine (MCOM) was one of 147 judges for the event – his fifth year judging Research Day here.

Charles Lockwood, MD, senior vice president for USF Health and dean of the Morsani College of Medicine, was one of the 147 Research Day judges.

“I really love seeing the energy and hearing their enthusiasm,” Dr. Lockwood said about interacting with the students as a judge. “What’s unique about our USF Health Research Day is that it’s not just looking at gene splicing and transgenic mice, it’s population-based health, it’s community activism, it’s understanding the limits of some of our technologies and their clinical applications, it’s working to enhance the care delivery systems.  The projects represent a fantastic mix of approaches to medicine and health.”

Stephen Liggett, MD, associate vice president for research at USF Health, said the annual gathering provides an opportunity for those from different disciplines and colleges to learn about one another’s work and perhaps forge collaborations to strengthen their research.  And, he said, it offers a valuable learning experience for those interested in pursuing careers in scientific discovery to benefit patients or community health and well-being.

Stephen Liggett, MD, associate vice president for USF Health, welcomes participants to 2019 USF Health Research Day.

“Virtually every one of the students or trainees at Research Day has a faculty mentor who helps them with this (poster) format that is typical of presentations at national scientific and medical meetings,” Dr. Liggett said. “It’s a good training exercise to be able to put your most relevant information down on a board and then be able to explain it to anyone who passes by, whether that’s someone who does not understand the research well or someone who understands it better than you do.”

Students and trainees spend several months to several years working on the projects they present.  The Research Day posters are diverse, but they follow a standard recommended format: presenting a hypothesis, concisely explaining why it’s important and what was done to tackle the issue or problem, and then the conclusion.

Isaac Raplee, a doctoral student in the MCOM Department of Molecular Medicine, greets judge Victoria Rich, PhD, dean of the USF College of Nursing. Raplee won the USF Health Dean’s Interdisciplinary Research Award for his poster titled “Aligning the Aligners: Comparing RNA sequencing data and gene expression quantification tools for formalin-fixed, parafin-embedded breast cancer specimens.”

“It’s been a great experience. Now we’re working on getting our work published in the Journal of Athletic Training,” said Rachel Shelton, a master’s student in the MCOM’s Athletic Training Program and coauthor of a study investigating effectiveness of alternative cooling methods in decreasing core body temperature. “It’s more than just coming up with a research idea. You go through a lot of effort to make sure you have all the information required to make a valid argument, yet rule out the information you don’t necessarily need.”

Lead author Walenska Santiago-Datil and coauthor Noor Ali stood next to their poster, a collaboration of the College of Public Health and the Department of Anthropology.  The study aimed to identify barriers to access, and gaps in reproductive services, available to college-age students — including those trying to or planning to get pregnant while still in college. Most fertility research involving college students focuses primarily on family planning, specifically pregnancy prevention, the students found in their literature review.

COPH master’s students Waleska Santiago-Datil and Noor Ali wait for the judges.

“This is an opportunity to showcase an issue (infertility experiences among college students) that the public may not be aware of,” said Santiago-Datil, a COPH graduate student.

The Roy H. Behnke keynote speaker was Gerald Dorn II, MD, the Needleman professor of medicine, associate chair for translational research, and director for the Center for Pharmacogenomics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.  Dr. Dorn kicked off Research Day with his presentation “The Mitochondrial Basis of Disease: Newly recognized diseases (and new approaches to old ones).”

Research Day keynote speaker Gerald Dorn II, MD, of Washington University School of Medicine, spoke about the mitochondrial basis of disease.

Trained as a cardiologist and a scientist, Dr. Dorn helped discover how mitochondria (the energy machine in cells) are poorly regulated in myocytes in heart failure, leading to progressive loss of pumping function.  His key observation that many neurodegenerative diseases may have similar mitochondrial dysfunction in neurons led to studies to unravel this common cause of cell death in two apparently different types of diseases, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). His laboratory developed a drug compound — a small molecule mitofusin agonist – shown to promote mitochondrial health and neuronal repair in experimental models of these disabling diseases.  Dr. Dorn recently founded a company seeking to expand the drug’s use to other neurological conditions, such as traumatic injury and Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Tampa General Hospital, the primary teaching hospital for USF Health Morsani College of Medicine, was the presenting sponsor for USF Health Research Day 2019.

COPH graduate student Kaylin Martin (right), speaks with judge Stephanie Marhefka, associate professor at COPH.

Following the 10^th Annual Joseph Krzanowski Invited Oral Presentations by 12 select students representing medicine, nursing, public health and pharmacy, the day-long celebration of research concluded with a ceremony announcing top award and certificate winners:

Top Award Winners

The 10th Annual Joseph Krzanowski, PhD Invited Oral Presenters
Samia Dutra, postdoctoral scholar, CON
Nandozie Emechebe, doctoral student, COPH
Helena Hernandez-Cuervo, doctoral student, MCOM
John Lockhart, doctoral student, MCOM
Adrian Moy, Med II student, MCOM
Udoka Okaro, doctoral student, MCOM
Waise Quarni, postdoctoral scholar, MCOM
Manumit Sarkar, postdoctoral scholar, COPH
Fredric Starling, doctoral student, COP
Christian Tan, resident, MCOM
Kenneth Taylor, doctoral student, MCOM
Kevin Wu, Med II student, MCOM

Kevin Wu, a second-year medical student, was one of two winners of the Joseph Krzanowski, PhD, Invited Oral Presentation Award sponsored by Tampa General Hospital. Wu’s study concluded that RAG deficient B cells show evidence of a defective immune screening process, known as peripheral tolerance checkpoint, that is more severe in adult patients than in pre-immune infants, and central tolerance breaks may also be present.

The Joseph Krzanowski, PhD Outstanding Oral Presentations Award (sponsored by TGH)
Kevin Wu, Med II student  — B cell tolerance checkpoints in autoimmunity in RAG deficiency
Christian Tan, resident — Newborn Murmur Management: A Quality Improvement Study

Outstanding Clinical Research Fellow Award (sponsored by TGH)
Rachel Sprague — β2-Adrenergic Receptor Expression in Human Endometrial Stromal Cells Potentially Mediates Catecholestradiol-induced Proliferation: Implications for Endometriosis

Christian Tan, MD (center), a resident, receives The Joseph Krzanowski, PhD, Invited Oral Presentation Award from Dr. Liggett and Sally Houston, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer of Tampa General Hospital. Dr. Tan’s quality improvement study indicated that  inappropriate echocardiograms in otherwise asymptomatic newborns with heart murmurs can be reduced with provider education, improved documentation and pediatric cardiology consultation.

Outstanding Innovations in Medicine Poster Presentation Award
Sadeea Rahman

Outstanding Med IV Student Watson Clinic Award
Ali-Musa Jaffer

Dr. Christopher P. Phelps Memorial Fund for Neuroscience Graduate Student Travel Award
Heather Mahoney

USF Health Dean’s Interdisciplinary Research Award
Isaac Raplee

USF Federal Credit Union Infectious Disease Research Award (sponsored by the USF Federal Credit Union)
Caroline Simmons

MCOM Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Poster Award in Neuroscience
Aimee Winter

MCOM Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Poster Award in Molecular and Cell Biology
Bojjibabu Chidipi

MCOM Outstanding Resident Poster Award
Carissa Simone

The Lisa DeSafey Jaap Memorial Award for Patient-Centered Health Care and Communications
Seon Kyung Nam
Certificate Winners

MCOM Doctoral Students
Chart Review Research – MaKenzie Judy
Cancer Biology Research – Udoku Okaro
Clinical Science Research – Sierra Bahr
Molecular and Cellular Biology Research – Ashley Liu

MCOM Masters Students
Research – Melinda Peters
Case Studies and Chart Review Research – Bola Yusuf

MCOM Medical Students I
Research – Louis Leon

MCOM Medical Students II
Basic Research – Kevin Wu
Clinical Science Research – Saranya Sundaram
Evidence-based Research – Gautam Krishna Koipallil
Chart Review Research – Nina Liu, Ethan Song and Joseph Balbona
Global Health Chart Review Research – Amanda Pitre
Education Research – Luke Furtak and Adam Elkhayat
Public Health Research – Andrea Diviney

MCOM Medical Students III
Clinical Science Research – Roger Kayaleh
Education and Global Health Research – Alex Leonard
Chart Review Research – Mahnoor Khan
Case Studies – Indira Ranaweera

MCOM Medical Students IV
Allergy and Immunology Chart Review Research – Jessica Kennedy
Clinical Science Chart Review Research – Jesus Diaz Vera

MCOM Residents and Clinical Fellows
Resident Case Studies – Alicia Billington
Resident Chart Review Research – Elizabeth Hoover
Clinical Fellows Case Studies – Shylah Marie Moore-Pardo
Clinical Fellows Chart Review Research – David Swoboda

COPH Poster Presentations
Fahad Mansuri
Cheyenne Wagi
Joanna Mackie
Rumour Piepenbrink
Kenneth Taylor
Sharonda Lovett
Ashley Hydrick
Samuel May
David Almario
Meredith Kernbach
Stacey Griner
Nicholas Thomas

College of Nursing & College of Pharmacy
CON Doctoral Student Research – Tina Mason
COP Doctoral Student Research – Tu Phan
COP Masters Student Research – Payal Gosh
COP Postdoctoral Scholar Research – Jennifer Rodgers

USF Health Undergraduate Students
Neuroscience Research – Danielle Blazier
Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease Research – Sina Hosseinian
Research – Alexis Coiner
Cardiovascular Research – Ethan Zheng
Chart Review Research – Hussien Mohamed
Case Studies – Julianna James

Some award winners pose for a group photo at the close of another annual USF Health Research Day.

-Video by Torie M. Doll and Photos by Fredrick J. Coleman, USF Health Communications and Marketing

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Because of their exceptional job performance at USF, 46 staff members earned Quiet Quality Awards and were recognized and presented with their award at a ceremony held July 7 in the Marshall Center. The staff represented all areas across the USF System, including three from USF Health.

Quiet Quality Award winners for FY 2015/16.

Quiet Quality Awards are for USF staff who excel in their work roles while also demonstrating professional traits that are beyond their basic job duties, such as problem-solving, positive attitude, leadership and resourcefulness.

At the awards ceremony, USF System President Judy Genshaft reminded everyone how valuable their work is to the entire University.

USF President Judy Genshaft.

“You are the stars,” President Genshaft said. “We have such great people at USF doing such great work. You aren’t out there with flags saying ‘Pick me!’ and you deserve recognition for all you do for this University. I value you all so much and can’t thank you enough. USF is on the move because of you and I thank you for all you do.”

Quiet Quality Staff Awards 2016 included three from USF Health. From left are Jillian O’Reilley (AHEC,) Jason Hepburn (Nursing), and Suzette Lemrow (Nursing), with Dr. Ed Funai.

Edmund Funai, chief operating officer and vice president at USF Health and vice president for Strategic Development for the USF System, was the keynote speaker for the ceremony and told the group that they are the backbone for USF.

“Every great institution, every great university, is built upon the pillars of its people,” Dr. Funai said. “The whole concept of the Quiet Quality Award is about people who go out of their way to do the right thing and be leaders without the underlying motive for recognition, and that is such a fabulous concept.”

The impact of staff like the Quiet Quality awardees can be seen in USF’s recent uptick in rankings and performance, Dr. Funai said.

Dr. Ed Funai.

“The progress the University has made, through a lot of the support you all provide, has been phenomenal,” Dr. Funai said. “The challenge going forward is to not only be great economic partners for Tampa Bay, but we want to take the prosperity that we help generate and really bake it into our entire System.”

Quiet Quality awardees are named each month across the fiscal year. Winners for FY 2015/16 (with those from USF Health in green) include:

July 2015:

Michelle Bryant – Student Services Progress Specialist – Student Disabilities Services – Tampa

Lisa Gutshall – Advising Staff Assistant – Office of Student Services – Sarasota/Manatee

August 2015: None named.

September 2015:

John Taylor – Desktop Support Tech. – Information Technology – Tampa

Edgar Calderon – Sr. Desktop Support Tech. – Information Technology – Tampa

Anastasios Georgiou – Desktop Support Tech. – Information Technology – Tampa

Ben Edwards – Building Security – Behavioral Sciences – Tampa

Todd Hughes – Veterans Services Administrator – Student Services – Sarasota/Manatee

Albert Delgado – Building Security – Behavioral Sciences – Tampa

Jane Duncan – Library Manager – Tampa

October 2015:

Lois McDougall – Human Resources Coordinator – Office of Human Resources – Tampa

Jerry McGinnis – Maintenance & Repair Worker – Parking & Transportation Services – Tampa

John Pedonti – Lead Maintenance & Repair Worker – Parking & Transportation Services

November 2015:

Dina Kathman – Executive Admin. Specialist to RVC – Sarasota/Manatee

Susan Barbour – Staff Assistant – Facilities & Management – Sarasota/Manatee

Jimmy Suarez – Academic Program Specialist – Physics – Tampa

Rosemary Frusci – HR Assistant – Human Resources – Tampa

December 2015:

Jillian O’Reilly – Fiscal Business Specialist – Tobacco Free Florida AHEC Cessation Program – Tampa

Rich Shopes – Communications Specialist – University Advancement – Sarasota/Manatee

Glenna Schubert – Enrollment Mgmt. Assistant – Office of Admissions – Sarasota/Manatee

Peggy Ragan – Academic Program Specialist – Business Dep. – Sarasota/Manatee

Laurie O’Brien – Accounting Assistant – Advancement – Tampa

Alyssa Smith – Student Services Program Spec. – Tampa – Wellness Education

Christine Uphoff – Office Manager – Office of Student Engagement – Sarasota/Manatee

Heather Willis – Program Specialist – Student Affairs – St. Petersburg

Shayla Johnson – Executive Admin. Assistant – University Advancement – Tampa

January 2016:

Shirley Grant – Receptionist – Facilities Planning – Tampa

Frances Harris – Accounting Specialist – University Controller’s Office

Edwin Rivera – Accounting Specialist – University Controller’s Office

February 2016: None named

March 2016:

Constance Churchill – Enrollment Management Specialist – International Admissions – Tampa

Regina Single – Enrollment Management Assistant – Registrar’s Office – Tampa

Susan Shannon – Academic Program Specialist – College of The Arts – Tampa

Erin Charles – Staff Assistant – Parking & Transportation – Tampa

Angie Chromiak – Sears – Receptionist – Arts & Sciences & Business – Sarasota/Manatee

Jesus Holland – Custodial Worker Building Services Vending – Physical Plant – Tampa

Desiree Cuesta – Henderson – Fiscal & Business Specialist – Administrative Business Center – Tampa

Michele Sebti – Academic Program Specialist – Anchin Center – Tampa

Shirley Turner – Receptionist – Human Resources – Tampa

Lora Crider – Administrative Specialist – College of Education Dean’s Office – Tampa

April 2016:

Mark Hopper – Police Officer – University Police – Tampa

Georgette Cox – Accounting Assistant – University Controller’s Office – Tampa

Richelle Heise – Office Manager – Academic & Student Affairs – Sarasota/Manatee

Victoria Ramirez – Teaching Laboratory Specialist – Biology Department – Sarasota/Manatee

May 2016:

Suzette Lemrow – Academic Program Specialist – College of Nursing (Academics) – Tampa

Jason Hepburn – Fiscal & Business Specialist – College of Nursing – Tampa

Chris Magyor – Information Technologist – Information Technology – Tampa

Clifton James – Fiscal & Business Assistant – Facilities Management – Tampa

Quiet Quality Staff Awards 2016

Fourteen graduating medical students showcased their capstone projects May 3 as part of the inaugural Gallery of Scholarship, held before the annual USF Morsani College of Medicine’s Student and Faculty Awards Ceremony.

The poster presentations summarized their work in the college’s Scholarly Concentration Program and offered a glimpse into their scholarly experiences while at the Morsani College of Medicine.

Started in 2007, the Scholarly Concentration Program provides medical students with an elective minor, of sorts, in one of 10 areas, providing them with opportunities for academic endeavors in areas of special interest. The concentrations are:  Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business in Medicine; Health Disparities; Health Systems Engineering; International Medicine; Law and Medicine; Medical Education; Medical Humanities; Medicine and Gender; Public Health; and Research.

There are 43 graduating seniors in the program this year, all of whom produced capstone projects and received certificates of completion at the annual Student and Faculty Awards Ceremony that followed the Gallery of Scholarship.

Among the 14 who presented their work at the inaugural Gallery of Scholarship — where they shared their scholarly pursuits with faculty, staff, friends, and family members — was Sarah Pullen, whose study looked at empathy levels among medical students.

“I knew about the program before I entered USF and was very interested in participating in it,” said Pullen, who will conduct her residency in psychiatry at the University of Washington in Seattle.  “The Scholarly Concentration Program gave me a chance to get to know faculty better and to pursue my interest in health disparities. It was a great, warm, supportive environment.”

USF graduating medical study Sarah Pullen (right), a scholarly award winner, with family friends.

At the awards ceremony, Pullen was presented with the Thomas and Elizabeth Flannery and William and Mary Tibbels Scholarly Award. Dr. Michael Flannery, whose family members are named in the award, presented it to Pullen.

The Scholarly Concentration Program allows for self-directed learning, enhances interactions between students and fosters relationships between students and faculty. Each concentration includes elements of course work, practical application, and scholarly presentation.

“The concentrations allow students to gain valuable early experience in various fields of study,” said Susan Pross, PhD, director of the college’s Scholarly Concentration Program. “Students are using these concentrations to delve deeper into their area of speciality, as well as trying out areas they’ve just always wanted to know about. The program has become a great recruiting tool because it adds so much value to their education and, as a result, to their careers.”

Susan Pross, PhD, director of the Morsani College of Medicine's Scholarly Concentration Program

The 14 students presenting their capstone projects in the Gallery of Scholarship were:

Margaret Elisa McQueen: “Designing a Regulated Market Solution to Eliminate Organ Shortages: The Case of Kidney Transplantation.” Mentor: William G. Marshall Jr., MD, MBA, Finance and Administration, Department of Psychiatry.

Sarah A. Pullen: “Empathy Study: Does Participation in Health Disparities Scholarly Concentration Affect Empathy of Medical Students?” Mentor: Desiree Rivers, PhD, USF Department of Family Medicine.

Lauren E.  Mullinax and Tanvi R. Patel: “Trouble in Paradise:  An Eye-Witnessed Account of Pediatric Health Problems Exacerbated by Sociocultural Circumstances of Panama’s Ngobe-Bugle Tribe.” Mentors: Eduardo C. Gonzalez. MD, USF Department of Family Medicine

Matthew C.  DuMouchel: “Occupational Hazards of Immigrant Agricultural Workers.” Mentor:  Deanna Wathington, MD, MPH, USF College of Public Health.

William G. Carson, III: “Treatment of Type II Endoleaks with Ethylene-Vinyl-Alcohol Copolymer (Onyx).” Mentors: Kamal Massis, MD and Bruce Zwiebel, MD, Department of Vascular and Interventional Radiology.

Dana M. Cruite: “Enhancing the Degeneration of ABeta Amyloid in APP+PS1 Mice Using rAAV Vector Expression of Neprilysin and Insulysin.” Mentor:  David G. Morgan, PhD, USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute.

Nicholas C. DeVito: “Patterns of Metastases and Correlation with Prognosis in Solitary Fibrous Tumor Hemangiopericytoma at Moffitt Cancer Center. Mentor: Anthony Conley, MD, Sarcoma Program, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Jennifer M. Eatrides: “Axillary Ultrasound in Breast Cancer and MRI in Surgical Planning of Breast Cancer.” Mentors: M. Catherine Lee, MD, Nazanin Khakpour, MD, FACS and John Kiluk, MD, FACS, Comprehensive Breast Program, Moffitt Cancer Center.

R. Evans Heithaus, Jr.: “The Impact of a Fundamental of Laparoscopic Surgery and Virtual Reality Training Program on Surgical Performance:  A Blinded Randomized Validation Trial.” Mentor: Steve Goldin MD, PhD, USF Department of Surgery.

Clara H. Kraft: “Phosphorylation Dynamics Regulate Hsp27-mediated Rescue of Neuronal Plasticity Deficits in Tau Transgenic Mice.” Mentor: Chad Dickey, PhD, USF Department of Molecular Medicine

Harry Lomas, IV: “Post Chemoradiation SUV is Highly Predictive of Disease Free Survival and Overall Survival in Esophageal Cancer.” Mentor: Ravi Sridhar, MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Andrew M. Pepper: “Evaluation of Expandable Endoprostheses in Pediatric Musculoskeletal Oncology.” Mentor: G. Douglas Letson, MD, USF Department of Orthopaedics, Sarcoma Program, Moffitt Cancer Center.

Erika S. Reese: “Comparing BMI, FAST Score and Energy Expenditure in Division I Intercollegiate Female Athletes.” Mentor: Eric Coris, MD, USF Department of Family Medicine.

Story by Sarah A. Worth, photos by Eric Younghans, USF Health Office of Communications.