Duke School of Medicine Student Research Symposium

Provocative Mesenteric Angiography for Occult Lower Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
Background: For patients with occult lower GI hemorrhage and a negative arteriogram, provocative mesenteric angiography (PMA) is a technique that...

Disparities in patient-reported distress in head and neck cancer
Background: Distress is common among cancer patients, and impacts morbidity and mortality. Head and neck cancer (HNC) is considered one of the most...

Analysis of timely follow up in the evaluation of postmenopausal bleeding
Background: Postmenopausal bleeding (PMB) is the most common initial presentation of endometrial cancer. The American College of Obstetrics and...

Laparoscopy versus laparotomy for pediatric patients with abdominal firearm injuries
Background: Current guidelines recommend exploratory laparotomy for pediatric patients with abdominal firearm injuries. Recent research in adults...

The association of pediatric vitiligo with sensorineural hearing loss and visual acuity deficits
Background: Prior studies have investigated the association between vitiligo and sensorineural hearing loss in adults, with the knowledge that...

How Medical Learners Engage with Shame: A Hermeneutic Analysis
Background: Shame is a powerful emotional reaction to a global negative self-evaluation. Prior research has characterized shame’s destructive...

Exercise-Induced Improvements in Capillary Density are Influenced by Sex, Hormone Replacement Therapy, and Exercise Intensity
Background: While cardiometabolic disease (CMD) is the number one cause of death for women in the US, age at CMD onset is 10-20 years after that of...

STRRIDE-Extension: The cumulative effects of training at different weekly energy expenditures on cardiorespiratory fitness and markers of metabolic syndrome
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests individuals accrue similar health benefits regardless of exercise session frequency or duration so long as total...

Evaluation of a Digital Phenotype for the Early Recognition of Pediatric Sepsis
Background: Sepsis is a life-threatening response to infection that results in significant morbidity and mortality in children. International...

The Impact of Maternal Psychological Health on Human Milk Oligosaccharides Composition
Background and objective: Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are carbohydrates abundant in human breast milk. Their composition varies widely among...