The C. Frank Webber Prize for Student Research 2021 Winners

Picture from Left to Right:  Zachary Roccaforte, Rachel Tindall, Brooke Beanland, Charles Osamor, Max Skibber,
Michael Talanker, and Dr. Gary Rosenfeld
Photo Credit:  Linh Trinh – Office of Educational Programs

First Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Zachary Roccaforte, Anterior Temporal Lobectomy After Failed Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
              Sponsored by Nitin Tandon, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery

     Rachel Tindall, A Novel Molecular Mechanism in Promoting Pancreatic Carcinogenesis
              Sponsored by Tien C. Ko, M.D., and Yanna Cao, M.D., MS, Department of Surgery

Second Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Brooke Beanland, Host Sex as a Biological Variable in Epithelial Barrier and Muscle Contractile Function of Human Intestinal Organoids
              Sponsored by Allison L Speer, M.D., Department of Pediatric Surgery

Third Place:       Monetary award plus plaque

     Charles Osamor, Preclinical Evaluation of APR-246, a p53 reactivator in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
              Sponsored by Dr. Abdullah Osman, MDACC, Department of Head and Neck Surgery

     Max Skibber, Mechanotransduction of Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Improved Immunomodulation
              Sponsored by Dr. Charles, Cox, Department of Pediatric Surgery

     Michael Talanker, Antithrombin Supplementation Attenuates Clot Kinetics in Hypercoagulable Trauma Patient Plasma
              Sponsored by Jessica Cardenas, Ph.D., Department of Surgery