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
Caregiver Health Literacy is Associated With Pediatric Burn Recovery Outcomes, Ananya Sampathkumar, Anna SabuKurian, Erin M. Morris, et al.
Centering Community Voices: Protocol for Qualitative Inquiry in a Produce Prescription and Chatbot Intervention, Yesmeena Mahmoud Shmaitelly
Characteristics in Patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Undergoing Bracing that Impact Corrected Spinal Curves, James A. Flegle
Choroidal and Retinal Vasculature Changes Following Creatine Ingestion in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Subjects, Zeal Pathak, Milin Patel, Avery Zhou, et al.
Clinical Characterization of Non-Severe Retinal Hemorrhages in Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Case Series, Scott Koh, Marybeth Farazdaghi, Ashley Gibson, et al.
Clinical Observation of GLP-1RA and Substance Use (COGS) Study Preliminary Data Outcomes, Akshara S. Narahari and Nzingha Johnson
Comparison of Refractive Accuracy of IOLMaster 700, Lenstar LS 900, and Anterion for IOL Power Calculation, Travis Williams MD MS, Mena Kozman MD, Siddhant Patil, et al.
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
Defining Rectus Abdominus Muscle Changes following Ventral Hernia Repair, Ananya Hari
Delirium Education: Raising awareness and empowering family members and caregivers to detect and prevent delirium in the hospital, Alexandra H. Goff
Del Nido Versus Blood Cardioplegia in Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Sahej Bhogal
Determining Optimal Surveillance Practices for Pediatric and Young Adult Germ Cell Tumors, Alexandra M. Dunker
Development of a 3D-Printed Hemodynamic Model to Characterize Doppler Signatures of Obstructed TAPVR, Michael R. Turner, Maher R. Saadeh, Holly D. Bauser-Heaton, et al.
Development of a Culture System for Eosinophils Derived from Human Cord Blood Stem Cells, Christian Lachance
Development of an AI-Driven Application for Automated Evaluation of Lower Extremity Impairments in Stroke and Rehabilitation, Alexander H. Do
Dysregulation of Lipid Metabolism in Chronic Hypoxia in Neonates, Mason L. Wong
Educational Attainment and Symptom Improvement in Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Longitudinal Cohort Analysis Across Treatment Modalities, Marjorie Harrison; Giselli Scaini MSc, PhD; and Aspen Viamontes
Effect of Obliquity on Metaphyseal-Diaphyseal Ratio and Anterior Humeral Line Alignment in Pediatric Supracondylar Fractures: A 3D Radiographic Study, Mason T. Chimenti
Effect of PPARα Inhibition on Metabolic Maturation in Primary Murine Cardiomyocytes, Aedan Christian S. Villegas, Brenna Servantes, Ximena Medina Romero, et al.
Effects of Blood Brain Barrier Permeability Upon Exposure to Patient Plasma from Traumatic Injury, Mackenna S. McGraw