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The UCF College of Medicine “beat every medical school in the world” in a recent online academic medicine poster competition from Cureus, The New e-Journal of Medicine.
UCF submitted 70 posters on topics ranging from transplantation to public health, beating out medical schools from Stanford, University of Washington, Vanderbilt, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Yale and Case Western. Cureus President Tobin Arthur sent an email to one of UCF’s winning students, congratulating the medical school on its strong showing. “What a great job by you and your peers,” Arthur wrote. “We’d love to come throw a party at UCF and give the dean a plaque commemorating the fact that you guys beat every medical school in the world for this competition!”
Dr. Deborah German, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine, said she was thrilled with UCF’s winning performance, nothing that “I am particularly happy that we were ahead of all of my alma maters.”
Six UCF students received multiple awards.
- Second-year student Rabia Zafar won first place in the neurology category and second place in allergy/immunology.
- Fourth-year student Elona Rrapo won first place in the “other” category and third place in HIV/AIDS.
- Fourth-year student Rafik Zarifa won second in psychiatry and second in quality improvement.
- Fourth-year student Shawna Bellew won third place in internal medicine and third place in OB/GYN.
- Third-year student Christina Hsu won third place for her poster in general surgery and third place in public health.
Here are all the winning UCF students in their categories of research.
Allergy/Immunology
Rabia Zafar, second place
Diabetes & Endocrinology
Racha Khalaf, first place
Environmental Health
Glenn Gookin, second place
General Surgery
Christina Hsu, third place
Health
Sarina Amin, second place
HIV/AIDS
Elona Rrapo, third place
Infectious Disease
Brittany Pease, second place
Internal Medicine
Brian Mayrsohn, second place
Shawna Bellew, third place
Neurology
Rabia Zafar, first place
Ob/Gyn
Eric Gelman, second place
Shawna Bellew, third place
Other
Elona Rrapo, first place
Cassandra Dennys, second place
Pain Management
Malgorzata Krzyszczak, second place
Psychiatry
Rafik Zarifa, second place
Psychology
Alexa Rodriguez, third place
Public Health
Christina Hsu, third place
Quality Improvement
Rafik Zarifa, second place
Radiation Oncology
Margaret Kozak, first place
Transplantation
Zaw Maung, second place
For more information on the competition, go to http://www.cureus.com/competitions/1