2026 Research Week Poster Session Winners

During Research Week, several OHSU research departments hosted poster sessions to highlight their important and innovative research happening institution-wide.  Congratulations to the following poster session winners! 

Research & Innovation Poster Session

First place (tie), Student Poster Presentations 

Annuah Anderson, School of Nursing 
Exploring Family Psychosocial Risk During a Child’s Open-Heart Surgery 

George Celis, Molecular Microbiology & Immunology 
Immature tertiary lymphoid structures form in upper respiratory tract lateral nasal gland in response to Influenza infection 

Alec Gosiak, Biomedical Engineering 
3D Printing of Tissue Models using Dissolvable Photo-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) as Sacrificial Templates 

Emergency Medicine Scholarship Day

First place (tie), Student Poster Presentations 

All winners are members of the Department of Emergency Medicine. 

First place, Student Research 
Ky Bissell 
Area Level Deprivation and Stroke Prophylaxis for New Atrial Fibrillation in the Emergency Department 

First place, Resident Research 
Kristin Potter 
Lead Screening in Patients with Gunshot Wounds 

First place, Fellow Research 
Christopher Kennedy 
Observed Toxicokinetics of Amlodipine in Overdoses 

First place, Faculty Research 
Courtney Temple 
Trends in Nitrous Oxide Abuse and Misuse: A 22-Year Analysis of United States Poison Center Data 

First place, Resident Quality Improvement 
Grace Furnari 
Breaking the Bottleneck: A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Overnight CT Turnaround Times in the Emergency Department 

First place, Faculty Quality Improvement 
Josh Johnson 
A Hybrid Physician-in-Triage and Rapid Medical Evaluation Model Reduces LBTC in a Crowded Community Emergency Department 

First place, Student Case Report 
Lily Sloan 
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Intentional Clonidine Overdose: A Rare Manifestation of a Common Toxic Exposure 

First place, Resident Case Report 
Myra Khushbakht 
Acute on Chronic Cyanide Toxicity Following Amygdalin and Coffee “Parasite Cleanse” 

First place, Fellow Case Report 
Christopher Kennedy 
T1-Weighted Basal Ganglia Hyperintensities Secondary to Chronic Dietary Supplement Use 

First place, Faculty Case Report 
Kelsey Hilley and Emily Mollenkopf  
Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Patient with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis 

First place, Resident, Education 
Myra Khushbakht 
Qualitative Review and Joint Needs Assessment of Poison Centers in Thailand and Japan 

First place, Faculty, Education 
Courtney Temple 
Preservation of Toxic Plants and Fungi for Medical Toxicology Training

GME Health Systems Science Symposium*

*Presenter names are in bold 

First place, Quality 
Emily Purzycki, Lucy Ward, Lisa Bayer  
Poster title: Improving the patient experience with intrauterine device (IUD) placement through an educational initiative 

First place, Safety 
Madeleine Gertz, Peter Liu, Alex Belzer, Nilan Schnure, Anne Smeraglio, Pascale Schwab 
A Quality Improvement Initiative to Improve Contraception and Pregnancy Planning in Women with Rheumatic Diseases on Teratogenic Medications 

First place, Innovation 
Jae W. Lee, Jennifer L. Brodsky, Siting Chen, Trevor Gohl, Jason Hernandez, James C. Chesnutt, Robert J. Peterka, Peter Fino, Laurie King  
Balance Deficits are Present Across Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Symptom Subtypes 

First place, Advocacy 
Zhengchun Lu, Rabeka Ali, Rhiannon Gall, Erandi Velazquez-Miranda, Chengyun Tang, Marcela Riveros Angel, Vanderlene L Kung, Guang Fan 
Screening in Community Outreach Programs 

Honorable mentions 
Mako Wakabayashi, Tiantian White, Brendan Kelley, Rita Swartzwelder, Dakota Lundstrom, Lila Hawkinson, Rachel Craven, Brandon Carey, Rebekah Schiefer, Ryan Norton, Emma Brooks, Joe Skariah  
Improving Postpartum Depression Screening Rate at a Rural Health Center in Oregon 

Nithya Koka 
Implementation of Validated Patient-Reported Outcomes in the OHSU Allergy & Immunology Clinic