The C. Frank Webber Prize for Student Research 2017 winners

From Left to Right: Dr. Yanna Cao, Dr. Tien Ko, Tolulope Obafemi, Nayana Ramachandra, Crystal Nwannunu, Dean Barbara Stoll,
(Special Guest – The Late Dr. Webber’s grandson, Paul Harrington), Carlos Flores, Dr. Gary Rosenfeld, & Dr. Patricia Butler
Picture Credit: Linh Trinh – Office of Educational Programs

First Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Crystal Nwannunu, Dermatological Disorders in ESRD Patients: Effect on Quality of Life
              Sponsored by Donald A. Molony, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, and Stephen K. Tyring, M.D., Ph.D. M.B.A. Department of Dermatology

Second Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Nayana Ramachandra, Impact of Smoking on Trauma Patients Expected to Receive Massive Blood Transfusion
Sponsored by Charles E. Wade, Ph.D., Department of Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR)

     Tolulope Obafemi, Comparable Responses in Male and Female to Cerulein-Induced Pancreatic Injury and Recovery
Sponsored by Tien C. Ko, M.D., and Yanna Cao, M.D., Department of Surgery

Third Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Carlos Flores, The Association of Adipocytokines with Insulin Resistance, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis in a Mexican-American Border Population
                   Sponsored by Absalon Gutierrez, M.D, Department of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology