Student Research Symposium
2021 COMP-Northwest Student Research Symposium Posters
PATIENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS, EASE OF USE, AND SATISFACTION OF DIFFERENT PAIN RATING SCALES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN
By: Rachel Sinit, OMS-II, Clarice Martinez deCastro, OMS-II, Madeleine Stack, OMS-II, Danielle Weismann, OMS-II, Nicholas Scrivens, OMS-II, Taryn Caroll, OMS-II, Edie Sperling, DPT, Kimberly Mauer, MD
THE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
ON DEPRESSION AND FATIGUE
IN MEN BEING TREATED
FOR PROSTATE CANCER
By: Kellie A Gaura, OMS-III, Bryce E Beatty, OMS-III, Natalie Ohlde, OMS-II, Lauryn Orsillo, OMS-II, Elisabeth Guenther MD, Johannie Spaan PhD
A FACTORIAL TRIAL OF ULTRASOUND AND MANOMETRY TO IMPROVE THE SUCCESS OF THORACIC EPIDURAL PLACEMENT
By: Briana J. Martiszus, BS, OMS-II,
Ryan M.J. Ivie, MD
INVESTIGATION OF MEDICAL STUDENTS’ EXPOSURE TO PATIENTS WITH DISABILITIES AT WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
By: Kendall Lucara, OMS-II, Sara Henderson, OMS-III, Megan Blair, OMS-III, Anita Nelson, MD, Elisabeth Guenther, MD, MPH, FAAP
USE OF STRICT SPINAL PRECAUTIONS BY SKI PATROLS: DO THEY WORK?
By: Ciara O’Driscoll1, OMS-IV, Derek Deng1, OMS-II, Elisabeth Guenther2, MD, MPH
MEDICAL STUDENT AWARENESS AND INTEREST IN PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
By: Cassandra Coleman, OMS-III, Christian Shafer, OMS-III, Edie Sperling PT, DPT
THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF FIRST RESPONDERS
A REVIEW OF THE LEBANON FIRE DEPARTMENT
By: Caroline Baber, OMS-III, Mandilin Hudson, DO
DO BEHAVIORAL TEST SCORES REPRESENT REPEATABLE PHENOTYPES OF TEST SUBJECTS?
By: Nadav Menashe, OMS-II, Youstina Salama, OMS-II, Johannie Spaan, PhD, Michelle Steinauer, PhD
A PILOT STUDY TO ASSESS MEDICAL STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THEIR OSTEOPATHIC MANIPULATIVE THERAPY EDUCATION
By: Rachel Gantz, OMS-IV, Nathan Leavitt, OMS-IV, Jessica Mazzi, OMS-II, Johannie Spaan, PhD, Glen Kisby, PhD
A STUDY OF VOLUNTEER AND CAREER FIREFIGHTER FITNESS IN A RURAL SETTING
By: Robin Faulkner, OMS-II, Cailin Johnson, OMS-II, Max Jette, OMS-II, Adam Hall, OMS-III, Dr. Elisabeth Guenther, MD
TRUST IN THE OREGON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM DURING COVID-19
By: Mabry Gentry, OMS-II, Hannah Graham, OMS-II, Maxwell Jette, OMS-II, Elizabeth Kim, OMS-II, Michelle Steinauer, PhD
EXPERIENCE OF ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE HOTELS FOR COVID-19 IN HAWAIʻI
By: Victoria Y Fan, ScD; Tiana M Fontanilla, MPH; Craig T Yamaguchi, OMS-I; Stephen M Geib, MURP; Joshua R Holmes, MPH; Sunja Kim, MPH; Bobby Do, BA; Thomas H Lee, PhD; Deveraux K P Talagi, PhD; Yara Sutton, MS; Amihan Aiona, BSW; Amy B Curtis, PhD; Edward Mersereau, MSW
CHRONIC, CONGENITAL BELL’S PALSY–ANATOMIC VARIATIONS OF THE FACIAL NERVE
AND SURROUNDING FEATURES
By: Jonathan W. Holland, OMS-III, BSN, Blake A. Dickenson, OMS-III, BS,
Edie Sperling, PT, DPT, OCS, CMPT
HOW TO IMPROVE THE INTERFACE BETWEEN DERMATOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY: A REVIEW AND COMMENTARY REGARDING THE MANAGEMENT OF DELUSIONAL PATIENTS
By: T. Starzyk, MA, OMS-IV & J. Koo, MD
THE ROLE OF NATIVE LENS Α-CRYSTALLIN IN AMYLOID SUPPRESSION USING Β-
AMYLOID AS A MODEL AMYLOID CLIENT
By: Leilani A. Lopes, OMS-1, Steve L. Reichow, PhD
WHAT IS THE COST OF IMMUNE DEFENSE FOR SNAILS INFECTED WITH
SCHISTOSOME PARASITES?
By: Michelle Li, OMS-II, Natalia Schekochikhina, OMS-II, Yanwei Zhang, OMS-II, Aamna Asif, OMS-II, Hannah Tavalire, PhD, Johannie M. Spaan, PhD, Michelle L. Steinauer, PhD
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIGHLY DIVERSE GENOMIC REGIONS
OF AN IMPORTANT AFRICAN VECTOR OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS
By: Ryan Burd, Jared Cayton, Tom Pennance, Jacob A. Tennessen, Fredrick, Rawago, Maurice Odiere,
George Owino, Michelle Steinauer
CAN RESILIENCE BE TAUGHT? DO MEDICAL STUDENTS FEEL THEY NEED IT?
STUDY RESULTS.
By: Saakshi S Dulani, OMS-II, ElikaSalimi, OMS-II, Anita Nelson, MD, Mandilin Hudson, DO
OPPOSITE PATTERNS OF SCHISTOSOME RESISTANCE IN TWO SNAIL LINES SUGGESTS
SIGNIFICANT INTRASPECIES VARIABILITY IN HOST IMMUNE GENES
By: Nicole Sims OMS-II, Jewell Roth OMS-III, Tom Pennance PhD, Johannie Spaan PhD, Michelle Steinauer PhD
OPTIMIZATION OF A DIAGNOSTIC ASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF
SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI IN BIOMPHALARIA SUDANICA
By: Yvonne Lam, OMS-II; Nathaniel Bigot, OMS-II; Tom Pennance, PhD; Michelle Steinauer, PhD
TENOFOVIR ALAFENAMIDE FUMARATE ALTERS MARKERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL BIOGENESIS
IN THE BRAINS OF TRANSGENIC MICE
By: Nicholas R. Scrivens, OMS-II, Mary K. Swinton, OMS-II, Jerel A. Fields, PhD
TREM2 REGULATES THE PHAGOCYTIC CAPABILITIES OF HMC3 CELLS;
IMPLICATIONS FOR HIV ASSOCIATED NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS
By: Mary K. Swinton, OMS-II, Jerel A. Fields, PhD
PERCEPTION AND CONTRACEPTION:
ATTITUDES TOWARDS HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL ON TIKTOK
By: Halley Egnew, OMS-II, Vivian Yu, OMS-II, Dr. Elisabeth Guenther, MD MPH, Dr. Anita Nelson, MD