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Research Exploration Part 1: Hypothesis to Submission

Anika Banerjee

Starting Question: How do rural and urban disparities in cardiovascular (or other specialty) mortality evolve over time?

Adjusted Question: How has rural and urban disparities affected cardiovascular (or other specialty) mortality over time?

Available to meetMondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays between 9 am and 4 pm; Tuesdays between 12 and 4

Mentor: Dr. Tasma

Contact Person for scheduling a meeting with Mentor: Danielle Gluza (danielle.gluza@utoledo.edu)

Andrew Edgington

Starting Question: Has the duration of intravenous antibiotics decreased in children with bone and joint infections since the introduction of the guidelines in 2021 - https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/bone-and-joint-infections---osteomyelitis/

Mentor(s): Dr. Polavarapu, Dr. Mukundan, Dr. Singh; Dr. Polavarapu and Dr. Mukundan prefer to be contacted by email. This group will serve as mentors for this project.

Aylia Naqvi

Starting Research Question: Evaluating the Impact of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists on Aortic Aneurysm Progression

Available to meet : After noon most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

Mentor: Dr. Qiu

Contact Person for scheduling a meeting with Mentor: Danielle Gluza (danielle.gluza@utoledo.edu)

Brayden Seliger

Starting Question: In patients who have had penicillin allergy delabeling, what is the incidence of an adverse event secondary to use of penicillin (any type)?

Mentor(s): Dr. Duggan, Dr. Sahloff -- email both Dr. Duggan and Dr. Sahloff too schedule the initial meeting and then you all decide what is best for future meetings.

Emma Bova

Starting Question: Does the COVID-19 vaccine act as a trigger for autoimmune disease diagnoses in genetically predisposed children?

Mentor(s): Dr. Polavarapu, Dr. Mukundan, Dr. Singh; Dr. Polavarapu and Dr. Mukundan prefer to be contacted by email. This group will serve as mentors for this project.

Julia Foos

Starting Question: What is the incidence and prevalence of chronic recurrent osteomyelitis? How long do they have symptoms before a confirmatory diagnosis?

Mentor(s): Dr. Altorok; Request a meeting by contactking Jacki McBee (jacki.mcbee@utoledo.edu)

Kevin Lei

Starting Question: How do intersecting factors like race, gender, and income affect heart failure outcomes?

Availabile to meet: Most weekdays atter 1 pm 

Mentor: Dr. Askari

Contact person for scheduling a meeting with mentor: Danielle Gluza (danielle.gluza@utoledo.edu)

Lindsey Davidson

Starting Quesiton: How many emergency room/urgent care visits before children get admitted for serious infections. Does it change with age?

Mentor(s): Dr. Polavarapu, Dr. Mukundan, Dr. Singh; Dr. Polavarapu and Dr. Mukundan prefer to be contacted by email. This group will serve as mentors for this project.

Maya Girn

Starting Question: Investigate the relationship between exposure to Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and the occurrence of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in the United States

Mentor(s): Dr. Kennedy, Dr. Haller, Dr. Fribley

Megha Girn

Starting Question: Does integrating mental health care improve heart failure outcomes?

Available to meet: 7 am-Noon on Tuesdays; 12-1 (and usually 12-6 pm) on Wednesdays

Mentor: Dr. Shabpiray

Contact person for scheduling a meeting with mentor: Danielle Gluza (danielle.gluza@utoledo.edu)

Zachary (Zach) Stevenson

Starting Question: How many newborns born to mothers with HCV infection get screened for HCV?

Mentor(s): Dr. Polavarapu, Dr. Mukundan, Dr. Singh; Dr. Polavarapu and Dr. Mukundan prefer to be contacted by email. This group will serve as mentors for this project.