Resident Research Night recognizes excellence in resident research

The Duke Internal Medicine Residency Program highlighted and celebrated resident research Tuesday night at the annual Resident Research Night, where more than 40 posters displayed resident research. [caption id="attachment_15853" align="alignright" width="300"] Murat Arcasoy recognizes Califf Medicine Resident Research Award winners, from left, Laura Musselwhite, Alexander Fanaroff, and Mandar Aras.[/caption] Three residents presented their work and received Robert Califf Medicine Resident Research Awards:

• First place: Laura Musselwhite, MD, MPH, junior assistant resident, “Vitamin D, D-dimer, IFNγ and sCD14 levels are independent predictors of IRIS in a prospective international study”
• Second place: Mandar Aras, MD, PhD, senior assistant resident, “Peripheral metabolite profiles predict cardiomyopathy in a cohort of cardiac catheterization patients”
• Third place: Alexander Fanaroff, MD, senior assistant resident, "A simple predictive instrument to rule out acute coronary syndrome”

The award for Best Quality Improvement poster went to Tim Mercer, MD, MPH, senior assistant resident, and the Best Poster award went to Nina Beri, MD, junior assistant resident. Additionally, Brice Weinberg, MD, professor of medicine (Hematology) and immunology, was recognized with the Greenfield Research Mentorship Award, and Francis A. Neelon, MD, associate professor of medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition), Emeritus, was recognized for Best Medicine Grand Rounds.