Summer Research Program Abstracts
Summer Research Program abstracts from 2026-current.
If you are a McGovern Medical School at UTHealth first-year medical student, you can gain hands-on laboratory experience under the supervision of a faculty sponsor during the summer between your first and second year of medical school.
As a summer research program student, you will be guided by your faculty mentor on a research project over 10 weeks. Students are expected to work 40 hours weekly on their research in their selected faculty mentor’s laboratory. At the conclusion of the program, you will submit an abstract of your research. Your mentor will also help you develop a poster that must be presented at the annual Research Forum held in the fall.
Submissions from 2026
Acceleration of Coagulation Kinetics for Clot Burst Pressure Assessment, Hanuk Kwon
Age and Sex Modulation of No Signaling in Mouse Brain, Emmaline R. Thorpe
A Head of the Curve: Investigating Helmet Therapy Compliance in Patients with Craniosynostosis, Racquel V. Lyn
AI-Enhanced Predictive Model for Adverse Clinical Outcomes of Chronic Diseases in Older Adults, Grace C. Giles
A leg up: Flap choice in the management of defects of the distal third of the leg, Nikitha Bhavani
AMCF-1 Overexpression Enhances Motor and Physiological Outcomes in a Mouse Model of Leigh Syndrome, Andrew Fanous
Analysis of Surgical Irrigants in High-Pressure Paint Injection Injuries As Determined By Fluorescent Particle Imagery, Elise Ehrlich
A New Tool to Improve Prediction of Clinical Outcomes After Endovascular Therapy for Patients with Large Infarct Core., Demi K. Waworuntu
A Novel Acoustic Emission Technology for Assessing Osseointegration in Bone-Anchored Implants, Ethan Snyder
Assessing the Effects of Tunicamycin in Trophoblast Stem Cell Differentiation, Kay Chi Pua
Assessing the Potential Risk Factors for Major Surgical Complications in Operative Fixation of Patients with Pelvic Ring Disruptions, Benjamin Roberts
Assessment of the Best Practices of Pose Estimation and Machine Learning use for Clinical Gait Analysis, Micah B. Stull
Associations Between TRPM4 Gene Variants and Intracranial Pressure Dynamics Following Traumatic Brain Injury, Emily H. Saweris
Bacteriophage Encapsulation with Type A and Type B Gelatin Microparticles to Treat Antimicrobial-Resistant Orthopedic Device-Related Infections, Aiden A. Willis
Beyond the Numbers: Body Mass Index in Gender Affirming Mastectomy, Alyssa M. Griffith
Biomechanical Assessment of Extensor Pollicis Longus Following Dorsal Wrist Approach: A Pilot Investigation, Jacob Jefferson
Biomechanical Gait Analysis to Classify Neurological Gait Scores in a Spina Bifida Sheep Model, Shreya Pandiri
Bridging the Gap: Assessing Barriers to Patch Testing Across Diverse Skin Tones, Ritesh V. Soule
Bridging the Gap: Patient Perspectives on Transition of Care in Hirschsprung Disease, Stefanie F. Faucher
Centering Community Voices: Protocol for Qualitative Inquiry in a Produce Prescription and Chatbot Intervention, Yesmeena Mahmoud Shmaitelly
Complex Care: Impact of Congenital Malformations and Caregiver Health Literacy on Perceived Outcomes, Poorna R. Menon
Complications and Patient-Reported Outcomes Following Total and Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty in Patients Under 50 Years of Age, Xavier Becsey
Concurrent Gastroschisis and Biliary Atresia: Surgical and Supportive Management, Joseph M. Pydyn
Connecting the Dots…Perceptions of the Healthcare Provider on Prevalence and Cause: Addressing the Disparity with Obstetric Maternal Mortality, Ariell G. Hopkins