Submissions from 2025
Analysis of Corneal Nerve Morphology and Stromal Haze Pre and Post Oxervate Therapy in Patients with Neurotrophic Keratopathy, Kaylin C. Arpaia
Submissions from 2024
A Comparative Study of the KARVI Scale and ASQ-3 Developmental Screening Tools, Alberto Allegre and Maria F. Lozano Bonilla
Utilization of Pap Smears and Cervicovaginal Fluid for Early Ovarian Cancer Screening & Detection, Natasha Bell and Subhash Chauhan
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Degeneration in Early-Stage Diabetic Retinopathy, Andrew B. Callan, Sonal V. Jha, Laura Valdez, and Andrew Tsin
Comparative effectiveness of endo arteriovenous fistula vs open surgical arteriovenous fistula: a preliminary analysis., Melissa M. Cruz, James J. Fitzgibbon, and Mohamad A. Hussain
Breathe Easy: The Potential of Vitamins as Adjunct Therapy in Asthma Management, Elena Dike and Alex Zuo
Beware of weight loss as a symptom: Investigating Quality of Life After Hiatal Hernia Repair, Victoria Elizondo, Joseph Lim, Mahir Patel, Angeli Patel, and Rohan Jeyarajah
Periacetabular osteotomy: an analysis of social media to determine the most common questions asked by the periacetabular osteotomy population, John M. Gaddis, Bretton Laboret, Ryan Bialaszewski, Elizabeth Bergman, Jenny LaCross, Edward P. Mulligan, and Joel Wells
The Impact of Diabetes Mellitus on the Severity of Alzheimer’s Disease in Hispanics in the Rio Grande Valley, Maria Camila Gonzalez Tovar and Kelsey Baker
Bone Morphogenic Protein and Osteoclasts, Yolanda V. Gutierrez, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Megumi Kitami, Yuji Mishina, and Yoshihiro Komatsu
The Role of T-cell Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase in Environmentally-Induced Epidermal Differentiation and Skin Cancer Progression, Jared Hensley, Smaran Marupudi, Lindsey Shim, and Dae Kim
Development of an Experiential Learning Lab Activity on Skeletal Muscle Physiology in Undergraduate MD Pre-clerkship Curriculum, Meyer B. Maddox, Angela Martinez, Daniel Salinas, Kelsey Baker, and Amin Shah
Investigating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Asian subgroups with dementia using the NACC database, Maria Sophia Zaraspe Malbas
The Effect of Diabetic Neuropathy on the Frequency of Joint Replacement in the Rio Grande Valley, Blake Martin, Jared Hensley, Kristina Vatcheva, and Kelsey Baker
The Role of TC-PTP in UVB-Induced Skin Differentiation, Smaran SR Marupudi, Jared Hensley, and Dae Joon Kim
Evaluating Industry Payment Transparency: Assessing Conflict Levels Among Orthopedic Surgeons in the CMS Open Payments Database established by the 2010 Physician Payments Sunshine Act, Anesu K. Murambadoro, Mario Keko, John J. Wixted, and Edward K. Rodriguez
Protocol for Generating DNA from FFPE Tissues for Identifying Microbial Signatures in NAFLD Tissues Using Metagenomics, Shweta Singh, Jennifer Z. Gordon, Subhash Chauhan, Monica Betancourt-Garcia, and Sheema Khan
Comparison of Scanning Beam Proton Therapy Versus Photon IMRT in Patients with Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Model Zerfu and Jing Zeng
Submissions from 2023
Establishing the First Student-Run Clinic to Provide Free Health Care to a South Texas Colonia, John Nicholas Cauba, Beatriz Tapia, and Andrew Callan
Outcomes of Nephrolithiasis Care by Patient Race: From a Statewide Quality Improvement Collaborative, Brianna A. Guillen, Fumihiko Nakamura, Brandon Dodd, Ademilola Tejuoso, Sarah Johnson, Will Cranford, Eric Wahlstedt, Andrew Harris, and Kellen Choi
Birth defect trends within Texas Public Health Region 11, 2000-2019: an analysis of Texas Department of State Health Services public data., Miguel A. Lopez, Jonathan M. Hebert, and Padmanabhan Rengasamy
Pharmacologic vs. Surgical Intervention in Recurrent Acute Otitis Media in Children; A Literature Review, Marlon C. Monayao
Barrier Identification of Home Blood Pressure Monitoring for Hypertensive Pregnant Patients in The Rio Grande Valley, Johanna Mora and Denise De Los Santos
Policy Proposal to Improve Access and Affordability of Generic Prescription Drugs, Surya Namboodiri
Barriers Faced by Families and Providers of Children Needing Complex Medical Care, Elvia D. Palomarez
Brain Microvessels from Dementia and No Dementia Subjects: A Model for Micro to Macro Protein Analysis?, Jiye A. Park, Mamatha Damodarasamy, C. Dirk Keene, William A. Banks, Shelly Erickson, Zin Z. Khaingd, Jeffrey Hyde, and May J. Reed
The effect of substance use on choroid plexus morphology and ultrastructure: a systematic review, Angelica Pham and Alan Francis
YBX1 Expression in HCC Cell Lines to Verify Its Role in Sorafenib Resistance, Irum Rahman and Manish Tripathi
A retinyl palmitate-loaded lipid-xanthophyll nanoparticle system for substrate delivery in minimal visual cycle in vitro, Giani C. Tah, Eugenia Poliakov, Sheetal Uppal, and Thomas Michael Redmond
Microbiota composition in Alzheimer's patients and how it affects cardiometabolic health: a literature review, Robert A. Weinberg
Submissions from 2022
Thrombosed orbital varix of the inferior ophthalmic vein: A rare cause of acute unilateral proptosis, Ahmed Abdusalam, Uche Ehiemua, John W. Thompson, Robert Starke, Alexis Morell, Evan Luther, Balint Otvos, Michael Silva, Victor Lu, and Vasu Saini
ACL Reconstruction Recovery Rates Trend Lower for Athletes with Additional Knee Damage, Ryan Ketan Ajgaonkar, Madison Kent, Mitzi S. Laughlin, Vitor H. Pinhiero, Kyle A. Borque, and Andy M. Williams
DEVELOPING A TOOL USED FOR ASSESSING SUNSCREEN UTILIZATION AND SUN EXPOSURE, Lois C. Akpati, Carlos Maldonado, Carlo Hector, Adriana Perales, Luis Cervantes, Margarita Faz, and Juan Carlos Alvarenga
Social Determinants of Health and Stage of Presentation of Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Taha Al Hassan, Saba Suleman, Adam Bender-Heine, and Rachel A. Giese
Stop the stroke: an analysis into the role of Gender and PMH in stroke symptom recognition, Shuaibahmed M. Arab and Kelsey Baker
Palmitoylation as a Regulator of MAGUK Proteins Postsynaptic Localization, Santiago Balderas, Rozena Shirvani-Arani, Xiaoqian Fang, and Yonghong Zhang
Molecular Mechanism of Immunotherapy Function in Prostate Cancer: A Comprehensive Review, Muhammad Bangash, Samuel K. Owusu-Mireku, Alejandro Rincon, and Bilal B. Hafeez
Karius Test for the Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Diseases in Children: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Pamela Campos, Utpal Bhalala, Oluwafemi Ojo, and Guyu Li
Transportation Barriers to Healthcare Access in Medically Underserved Populations, Aaron Carrillo
OXPHOS Inhibition via LUC7L2 as a Target for SF3B1-Mutant Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Carlos H. Cisneros Jr, Anagha Inguva, Hunter Tolison, Maria Amaya, and Craig Jordan
Postnatal Steroid Use to Counter Bronchopulmonay Dysplasia, Aaron Dadzie
Clinical Management of Larsen Syndrome in Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Case Report, Philippe J. Dentino
Influence of Age, Race, and Ethnicity on Pre-hospital Stroke Time Intervals in the Rio Grande Valley., Elio E. Garcia Sosa
Comparing Stroke Symptom Recognition and Intervention Times in the Rio Grande Valley, Joshua M. Ninan and Kelsey Baker
Patient Navigation Services in the Rio Grande Valley: Impacts on Clinicians, Students, and Patients, Sabrina Orta, Saba Suleman, Samuel Alvarez, Miguel Garza, and Ruayda Bouls
Review of Functional MRI and Connectivity Studies of Emotional Dysregulation and Substance Abuse, Michelle M. Pham and Alan N. Francis
From Bench to Bedside: Bridging the Gap Between Animal Behavior Research and the Study of Human Personality and Psychopathology, William Reckley and Mario Gil
Effectiveness of adeno-associated virus in H9C2 cardiomyoblast and HEK293T cell lines, Cristian Saenz, Andres J. Medina, and Genaro A. Ramirez-Correa
Obesity Management in Primary Care Medicine: A Review of Obesity Perception and Barriers to Weight Loss, Asma Syed and Saima Siddiqui
How Diabetes affects Interphotoreceptor Retinoid- Binding Protein (IRBP) Expression Using Cell Culture: Growth Curves, Andrew Tsin, Laura Valdez, Manny Edward Campos, and Sridhar Srinivasan
Characterization of POTE-2 Expression in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Lines, Alisha A. Valdez, Samantha Lopez, Kyle Doxtater, Ana Ayala Pazzi, Amayrani Sanchez, Sophia Leslie, and Manish Tripathi
Implementation of Vitamin D Screening and Planned Intervention of Supplementation for Deficient Collegiate Athletes of the Rio Grande Valley, Amanda J. Wheeler
Submissions from 2021
MIND, BODY, AND RACE: A Look Into How Implicit Racial Biases Influence Emotion Perception, Faiza Ahmad
Spinal Cord Injury: What About the Brain?, Nazaneen Amjadi, Kelsey Baker, and Monica Lozano Garcia
Cardiometabolic Responses in Individuals with/without Family History of Type 2 Diabetes, Christopher J. Cavazos
A Review of Temporary Functional Deafferentation, Victoria Cuello
Proliferation Migration Invasion analysis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after knockdown of POTEE gene expression, Aaron D. De La Cruz, Samantha Lopez, Kyle Doxtater, and Manish Tripathi
The Healthcare System Navigator Project at the UT Health RGV Area Health Education Centers., Miguel A. Garza
Phenotypic expansion of nucleolar protein 6, a potential haplo-essential gene contributing to reproductive failure, Alexandria N. Gonzalez
Detection of Duodenal versus Gastric Primary Neuroendocrine Tumors with 68Ga-DOTATATE PET, Shiv Govindji, Muhammad Bassel Darwish, Annie Laurie Benzie, Patrick James McLaren, Edward Cho, Houssam Osman, and Dhiresh Rohan Jeyarajah
Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Incidence of Myringotomy with Tympanostomy Tube Placement, Jordan Kishbaugh and Brian Perry
Report on the diabetes status in the Rio Grande Valley, Christopher Reid-Gordon and Hieu Tran
Prehospital Ultrasound Use by Paramedics for Trauma: A Literature Review, Aaron Silva
The Role of Zinc in PSD-95 Palmitoyl Modification and NMDAR surface expression., Safiya Syed, Xiaoqian Fang, Luis Acosta, Ivonn Ruvalcaba, Yonghong Zhang, and Lili Guerra
Submissions from 2020
Applying SIR Modeling Data to Predict the Growth of COVID-19 Cases in Hidalgo County and Guide Public Policy Interventions, Sidney Charm D. Reyes
Submissions from 2019
Rescue Transesophageal Echocardiography as a Tool to Improve Cardiac Critical Care Health Literacy in the Intensive Care Unit, Madeline Elaine Huff, Jerome C. Crowley, and Kenneth T. Shelton