61st Annual Senior Scientific Awards
On May 10, 2007, twenty-four fourth year medical students participated in the 61st annual Senior Scientific Session. The event was founded in 1946 by Dr. Leon Jacobson to provide senior medical students with a forum to present their research. The event was chaired by Funmi Olopade, MD, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine. The following students were selected to receive awards which will be given at graduation.
The Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association Prize for the Best Overall Presentation
Jacqueline Ogutha
Jacqueline Ogutha
Obstetrics/Gynecology, Barnes Jewish Hospital
Topic: Reproductive Risk Factors and Breast Tumor Characteristics in African- American and Non-Hispanic White Women with Early Onset Breast Cancer
The Catherine Dobson Prize, given to a non-PhD student for the Best Clinical presentation
Adam DeVore
Adam DeVore
Internal Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Topic: The University of Chicago Pilot Study of Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control
The Leon O.Jacobson Prize, given to a non-PhD student for the Best Basic Biological Sciences presentation
Arif Ali
Arif Ali
Radiation/Oncology, Emory University
Topic: Speed and Age Affect Center of Mass Trajectory During Gait
The Leon O. Jacobson Basic Science Prize granted to the MD, PhD student whose basic science research is judged to be the most meritorious from among session participants
Megan McNerny, PhD
Megan McNerney, PhD
Pathology, University of Chicago Medical Center
Topic: 2B4 (CD244) Inhibits Murine Natural Killer Cells and Reveals a Novel System of Self-Tolerance
The Leon O. Jacobson Basic Science Prize granted to the MD, PhD student whose basic science research is judged to be the most meritorious from among session participants
David VanderWeele, PhD
David VanderWeele, PhD
Internal Medicine, University
Topic: Small Molecule Inhibitors and Head and Neck Cancer
