Past Summer Research Students

Treatment of Low Back Pain in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine
Austin Wisnousky, M2
Mentor: Barcey Levy, MD, PhD
The Impact of Point of Care HbA1C Testing on HbA1C Levels and Medication Management in a Community-Based Free Clinic Setting
Martin Goree, M2
Mentor: George Bergus, MD MA-Ed

Prevalence and impact of medical scribe experiences on subsequent medical student learning
Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, M1
Mentors: Kelly Skelly, MD & Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Increasing Focus on Communication Skills in Clinical Teaching: A pilot study
Nicoll Manhica, M2
Mentors: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD & Katherine White, MD
Evaluation of the Delirium Observation Screening Scale in the Diagnosis of Elderly ICU Patients
Marissa Martin, M2
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

How Accurately Do Resident Case Presentations Reflect the Content of Clinical Interviews? – A Comparative Analysis
Garrick Priebe, M2
Mentors: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD & Kelly Skelly, MD
Analysis of Physician and Practice Baseline Surveys for The ICARE (Improved Cardiovascular Risk Reduction to Enhance Rural Primary Care) Study
Sriya Subramani, M2
Mentors: Barcey Levy, MD, PhD

Dignity Therapy: Narratives at End of Life
Emily White, M1
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

How socioeconomic status impacts patient perceptions of healthcare: a qualitative study
Nicholas Arpey, M1
Mentors: Anne Gaglioti, MD & Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD

Validity of the Delirium Observation Screening Survey for Identifying Delirium in Home Hospice Patients
Shea Jorgensen, M1 & Christopher Nguyen, BS
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Validity of DOSS in elderly hospitalized patients
Katherine Gavinski, M1
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD
Hospice eligibility and barriers to hospice referral in the dialysis population
Jordan Peterson, M1
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Determining if patients who died at UIHC were hospice eligible at their penultimate admission
Katherine Freund, M2
Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD
Diabetes management in a rural and ethnically diverse primary care clinic
Kathleen Vondehaar, M1 & Michael Marquardt, M1
Mentors: Jeanette Daly, RN, PhD & David Bedell, MD
Ambivalent proximity and the public-private world of waiting in the surgical intensive care unit
Gabriel Gao, M1
Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD
FIT vs Colonoscopy
Paul Kim, M2
Mentor: Barcey Levy, PhD, MD
Implementing a palliative care volunteer program
Anna Schmitz, M1
Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD

A Stepped Intervention Approach for Encouraging Colorectal Cancer Screening
Samuel Dvorak, M1
Mentor: Barcey Levy, PhD, MD
Domestic Elder Abuse Associated with Substance Abuse
Lara Galloway, M2
Mentor: Jeanette Daly, PhD
Multidisciplinary Reports of Nursing Home Mistreatment
Jessica McCool, M2
Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD
Perspectives of Mandatory Reporting of Elder Abuse by Critical Care Nurses and Physicians
Amy Schmeidel, M2
Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Delirium in palliative care: Making a bad situation worse
Juan Roman, M2
Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD
Perspectives of mandatory reporting of elder abuse by healthcare professionals
Amy Schmeidel, M1
Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD
Self-care management of diabetic patients
Alex Wittry, M1
Mentor: Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD

Outcomes of care for type 2 diabetic patients attending the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic
Lisa Niedergeses, M1
Mentor: George Bergus, MD
Compliance with clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetic patients attending migrant farm worker clinics
Daniel Runde, M2
Mentor: David Bedell, MD

Are you afraid of anyone at home? Validity of screens for elder abuse
Hilary Buri, M2
Mentors: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD
Colorectal cancer screening interventions
Tim Noonan, M2
Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
Motivators and barriers to self-care in patients with type II diabetes
Christine Walsh, M2
Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
Assessment of alcohol use and associated risk behaviors among HIV positive individuals in rural areas in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation
Julia Wymore, M2
Mentor: Rick Dobyns, MD

Use of pre-consent in the ED to improve patient satisfaction
Jay Monnahan
Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
Defining the scope of implied consent in the ED
Raul Easton, MPH
Mentors: Dr. Mark Graber & Dr. Stephan Scheckel
Unexplained Illness
Brandy Ficek
Mentor: Paul James, MD
Unexplained Illness
Necole Streeper
Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD
Unexplained illness
Enid Wright
Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
Pilot test of elder abuse instruments
Hilary Buri
Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD
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Sara Miller
Mentor: John Ely, MD
Depression in pastors and support
Steve Rippentrop
Mentor:
Polycystic ovary syndrome and emotion
Beth Hollinrake
Mentors: Dr. Alison Abreu & Dr. Anuja Dokras-Jagasia

Evaluating the utility of an adjusted GPA in medical school admissions
Tom Didier
Mentor: Clare Kreiter,PhD
Patient factors influencing control in Type II Diabetics
Sarah Cotter
Mentor:
The use of haloperidol versus promethazine for benign headache pain in the emergency department
Leah Kasparek
Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
The cost of inter-hospital patient transfer communication breakdowns
Chris Wyatt
Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
Identificatin of physician and patient barriers for colon cancer screening
Brad Hess
Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
Study to indentify barriers and facilitators to colon cancer screening from the patient-and provider-specific perspectives in rural northwest Iowa
Rebecca Sand
Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
Exploring Iowa family practice physcians' perceptions of elder abuse reporting
Rebecca Oswald
Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

The Management of Unexplained Illness in Primary Care
Matt Anderson M2, Katie Geelan-Hansen M2, Terri Nordin M1, Aaron Swenson M2
Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD
Barriers to Control for Type II Diabetes
Sara Cotter M1
Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD
Cruciferous Vegetables as a Cause of Colic in Breastfed Infants
Chiquitia Anderson M2
Mentor: Alicia Weissman, MD
Informed Consent and Medical Ethics
Jessica Pierre M2
Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
Comparison of Pediatric Growth Assessment Standards between Russian and American Populations
Raisa Chyorny M2
Mentor: Richard Dobyns, MD, MPH

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