Haya Al Any  

The Association between RLS and Depression, and the Effect of Dopamine Agonists on the Clinical Course of Depression among Patients with RLS
Mentor:   Will Heise, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

• SP Presented

  • Al Any, H., Heise, C. W .. (2022, April 08). The Association between RLS and Depression and the Effect of Dopamine Agonists on the Clinical Course of Depression in Patients with RLS. [Poster presented]. 27th Annual Poster Exhibition at the American Medical Student Association's Annual Convention /Washington D.C., DC, USA. 

Jeff Boward

Exploring Vascular Disease as an Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Factor Using Pulse Pressure and White Matter Hyperintensities
Mentor:  Michael Malek-Ahmadi , PhD
Affiliation: Banner Alzheimer's Institute

Andrea Busicescu

Validation of the RBD Symptom Severity Scale (RBDSSS) in the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy (NAPS) Consortium
Mentor:  Joyce K Lee-Iannotti , MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

• SP Published

  • Choudhury P, Lee-Iannotti JK, Busicescu AO, Rangan P, Fantini ML, Avidan AY, Bliwise DL, Criswell SR, During EH, Elliott JE, Fields JA, Gagnon JF, Howell MJ, Huddleston DE, McLeland J, Mignot E, Miglis MG, Lim MM, Pelletier A, Schenck CH, Shprecher D, St Louis EK, Videnovic A, Ju YS, Boeve BF, Postuma R; as the NAPS Consortium. Validation of the RBD Symptom Severity Scale in the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Consortium. Neurology. 2024 Feb 13;102(3):e208008. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000208008. Epub 2024 Jan 5. PMID: 38181331.

Ashley Guest

Microscale Electrophysiological Functional Connectivity in  Human Cortico-Basal Ganglia Network
Mentor:  Bradley Greger, PhD
Affiliation:  Arizona State University

• SP Published

  • Guest AC, O'Neill KJ 3rd, Graham D, Mirzadeh Z, Ponce FA, Greger B. Microscale electrophysiological functional connectivity in human cortico-basal ganglia network. Clin Neurophysiol. 2022 Oct;142:11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.clinph.2022.06.017. Epub 2022 Jul 16. PMID: 35930889.

Angela Hu

Risk Factors for COVID-19 in Psychiatry
Mentor:  Srinivas Dannaram, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - Thunderbird Medical Center

Kie Lovell

Abnormal CYP2D6 Phenotypes are More prevalent in those with Treatment Resistant Depression
Mentor:  Will Heise, MD
Affiliation:  Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

• Presented SP

  • Lovell K, Heise W, Hashemzadeh M. The Prevalence of Abnormal CYP2D6 Variants 2023 Apr 15 in those with Treatment-Resistant Depression. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Arizona Psychiatric Society; Chandler, AZ. 

Sneha Singh

Exploring the Gut Microbiome in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Via the International MS Microbiome Study (iMSMS)
Mentor:  Sergio Baranzini, Ph.D
Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco

• SP Published

  • iMSMS Consortium. Electronic address: sergio.baranzini@ucsf.edu; iMSMS Consortium. Gut microbiome of multiple sclerosis patients and paired household healthy controls reveal associations with disease risk and course. Cell. 2022 Sep 15;185(19):3467-3486.e16. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.021. PMID: 36113426; PMCID: PMC10143502.

Michael Ye

Recent Trends in Asian American Mental Health
Affiliation: University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Presentation Topic:  Mental Health & Neurology