Congratulations and welcome to the four medical students who received Summer Research Fellowships this summer that will be hosted by the Department of Anesthesia.

FAER Medical Student Anesthesia Research Fellowship:

• Alyssa Johnson, mentored by Dr. Andy Feider, “Comparison of Retrograde and Antegrade Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation on the Ability to Aspirate Blood Samples in the Operating Room”

Iowa Medical Student Research Program Summer Research Fellowship Awards:

• Erik Anderson, mentored by Drs. Unyime Ituk and Cynthia Wong, “Systematic review of total or high spinal anesthesia.”
• Nolan Asprey, mentored by Drs. Dionne Peacher, Kenichi Ueda and David Kaczka, “Effect of titrated PEEP versus low PEEP on cerebral tissue oxygenation in obese patients during one lung ventilation.”
• Michael Heffernan, mentored by Drs. Cynthia Wong and Unyime Ituk, “Relationship between numeracy and pain burden in parturients using patient-controlled epidural labor analgesia (PCEA): a prospective cohort study.”