2017
Ben Nguyen, MSIII “Medical Student Mask-Making”
Laura Mourafetis, MSIV “Procedure Guide: Selected Surgical Techniques from the 14th and 16th Centuries”
Neema Pithia, MSIV “The Vital Importance of Diversity Education within the Medical School Curriculum”
2016
Janet Solis, MSIV “Intuitive Eating”
Neha Mitragotri, MSIV “Pet Therapy in the Specialty of Pediatrics.”
Sarah Abedi, MSIV “The Role of Film in Medicine”
Srikanth Krishnan, MSIV “The State of Empathy in Medicine and Medical Education”
2015
Lorianne Burns – Exploring Medical Student Poetry
2014
Idris Leppla – Psychiatry before Antipsychotics: Representations in Literature
Sharwin Tafazoli – Burnout and the Needs of Medical Students
2013
David Cheng – A Qualitative Investigation on Chronic Pain in a Geriatric Population
Nina Narasimhalu – Superimposing Shakespeare on Modern Medicine: How Physicians Continually Find Meaning and Inspiration in Their Work
Michelle Meshman – Homeless, Obese, Diabetic and Noncompliant: Ethical Issues in Dialysis
2012
Matt Fradkin – The Melodies of the Maladies
Emily Hersh-Burdwick – Motivational Interviewing for Latino Patients with Diabetes
2011
Jennifer Alloo – Narrative Medicine
Lauren Ross – Value, Dysmenorrhea and the Definition of Disease
Marco Angulo – Diversity in Medicine
Jonathan Kirsten – Success, Suffering, and Stigma within the ‘Model Minority:’ An Analysis of Mental Health Disparities among Asian American University Students
Christina Hamilton – The Tree of Medicine: Tibetan Health Beliefs and Practices
Christina Umber – Becoming a Doctor
Kristina Coale – Stories of Pediatric Palliative Care
2010
Katherine Homann – How Technology Will Reshape the Future of Emergency Medicine
Gunjan Christensen – Educational/health programs serving HIV+ patients in India
Beverly Cho – Medical Readers Theater: An Innovative Method for Educating Medical Students about Psychosocial Aspects of Aging and Healthcare
Bryan Ellerson – Divergent Assumptions Underlying Healthcare Models: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
John Rose – Health Disparities in the OR
Renzo Cardena – Essentials of Public Health
Esmeralda Moran – The Effects of Becoming a Patient-Educator (Promatora) on the Patient-Educator
2008
Eva Boyd – Medical Students and International Volunteering: What We Can Give and What We Can Take Away
2007
Akta Patel – Grey’s Anatomy: Dissecting the Popular Medical Drama
Carl Smith – Curanderismo in the U.S.
Darren Raphael – Hispanic Health and Health Care Access Disparities: A Photographic Journey
Cristian Jivcu – Trained Incapacity and Occupational Psychosis in the Medical Profession
Polly Sacks – Personal and Professional Reflections on Hurricane Katrina
2006
Sayeh Beheshti – Personal and Societal Views of Illness Described in Selected 19th and 20th Century Fiction
Brenda Jensen – Effects and Coping Styles of Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities.
Cyrus Khaledy – Analysis of Children’s Drawing for a Possible Early Marker of Abuse
Gail Ryan – A Doctor’s Diary: A Comic Strip Approach to Death and Dying
2005
Amir Bernaba – How Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Reinforce and Challenge Societal Paradigms of Loss and Restitution in Relation to Illness, Abuse, and Medical Intervention
Elena Ruiz – Quinceanera: Exploration of Physician Emotional Caring and Connection with Pediatric Patients
Jade Jeng – Max and the Mission: Invisible! (a training manual for pediatric MRI)
Polly Niravath – Clinical Distance vs. Emotional Involvement: A Closer Look at the Oncologist’s Role in Patient Care
2003
Grainne McEvoy – Medicine and the Poetry of Edward Taylor