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
Ultrasound-Enhanced Targeted Delivery of Atheroglitatide for Prevention of In-Stent Restenosis, Elizabeth Jaime Nava
Understanding Delays in Human Milk Fortification Timing and Impact on Growth Outcomes in Very Low Birthweight Preterm Infants, Maria Poblete, Sepideh Saroukhani, Manouchehr Hessabi MD, MPH, et al.
Understanding Patient Reported Outcome Measures and Perceptions in Trauma, Jerome D. Scott
Use of Sonorheometry to Treat Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy, Dawson L. Weiss, Gabrielle E. Hatton, Miranda E. Wood, et al.
Using Advanced AI to Identify Social Adversity Factors in Acute Heart Failure Exacerbation, Alexa Cumming
Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) to Evaluate Complex School Settings, Carlie P. Coerver and Tricia A Zucker
Venous Thromboembolism in Pediatric Intestinal Failure: A Single-Center Experience, Grant Ebel BS, Rachel Bordelon MD, Julia Dansby MD, et al.