Thursday, July 27th we concluded the 2023 Mauricio Castillo, MD, Scholars Program with an Evening of Scholarship. UNC Medical Alumni Association sponsored the event at the Carolina Club, a celebration of the conclusion of the 8-week summer experiences of the 11 Castillo Scholars. At the event the scholars successfully showcased their summer research projects.
The Department of Radiology would like to give a special shout-out to our Radiology Castillo Scholars, Katherine Li, Diagnostic Radiology, and Estefania Gonzales, Interventional Radiology.
Katherine presented her project, “Developing an Automated Pipeline for CT-Derived Body Composition Analysis as a Predictor for Toxicity and Survival in Cancer Patients.” Dr. Yueh Lee was Kathrine’s research mentor on this project.
Estefania presented her project “Pelvic Venous Disorders (PeVD): A Preliminary Look into Imaging Findings and Allostatic Load in Patients with and without Symptoms.”
The full list of podium and poster presentations are as follows.
| CASTILLO SCHOLAR | PODIUM PRESENTATIONS |
| Katherine Poulos | “A Mixed Methods Study of Drivers for Treatment Choice for Patients with Newly Diagnosed T1 Renal Masses” |
| Seidah Congleton | “Identifying Factors Influencing Anesthesiology Residents’ Self-Evaluation of ACGME Core Competencies” |
| CASTILLO SCHOLAR | POSTER BOARD PRESENTATIONS |
| Olivia Cain | “Provider Perspectives and Practices on Neurocognitive Disorder in Children with Congenital Hypothyroidism” |
| Brayan Corona- Macedo | “Targeting KRAS in Glioblastoma Multiforme” |
| Justin Davidson | “eLearning Module Helping to Bridge The Orthopaedic Residency Learning Gaps” |
| Anysa Fernandez | “Improving the Readability of the Sinonasal Outcome Test Quality of Life Survey” |
| Estefania Gonzales | “Pelvic Venous Disorders (PeVD): A Preliminary Look into Imaging Findings and Allostatic Load in Patients with and without Symptoms” |
| Yuka Koyama | “Lipids in High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Subclasses and Risk of Myocardial Infarction (MI)” |
| Spencer Saunders | “Providing Educational Material to Patients Scheduled for Spinal Procedures” |
| Kristen Williams | “Sarcopenia as a prognostic factor for endometrial cancer outcomes” |
Best of Luck to Katherine, Estefania, and the rest of the 2023 Castillo Scholars in their 2nd year of Medical School.