Duke School of Medicine Student Research Symposium

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Treatment and Survival Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests Witnessed by 9-1-1 Responders
Introduction: In the U.S., patients of Black race and Hispanic ethnicity have lower survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) when they...

Evaluating Emergency Department and Urgent Care Utilization Trends of Patients with Health-Related Social Needs
Background It is well known that health related social needs (HRSN) impact long-term health outcomes including quality and length of life. Our...

A seat at the table: Family conferences for infants with neurologic conditions
Background: The parent perspective on the value of family conferences in the intensive care unit is not well characterized. We aimed to...

Assessing medical student wellness in the United States
There is increasing recognition of the importance of medical student wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics that...

Beta-blocker use and hematopoietic stem cell transplant outcomes
Background: While hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an effective treatment for hematological malignancies, it is associated with...

Investigating the Relationship Between Heart Rate, QT, and QTc in Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood and Other ATP1A3-Associated Phenotypes
Background: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood (AHC) is a rare condition most frequently caused by mutations in ATP1A3, encoding for the alpha-3...

Evaluating Immunoproteasome Inhibition in Murine Cardiac Transplant Recipients: Can a Novel Therapeutic with Enhanced Specificity Reduce Toxicity and Prevent Antibody-Mediated Damage?
Objective: Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy (CAV), a process of vascular damage accelerated by antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), is the leading...

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Combined Spinal Epidural versus Dural Puncture Epidural Techniques for Labor Analgesia
Summary Background The dural puncture epidural technique (DPE) is a modification of the combined spinal epidural technique (CSE). Data...

A Case-Control Study of ALS in Eastern North Carolina: Investigating the Role of Algae and Pesticides in a Region of High ALS Mortality
Background: The development of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been associated with both genetic and environmental factors. In particular,...

Concerns and opinions of people currently or previously on oral and long-acting injectable forms of HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
Background Long acting injectable (LAI) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has the potential to increase PrEP uptake and adherence. However, the...