Family Medicine

Past Summer Research Students - 2002 to 2012

Summer Research Students - Summer 2012

• Validity of DOSS in elderly hospitalized patients
  Katherine Gavinski, M1
  Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD
• Hospice eligibility and barriers to hospice referral in the dialysis population
  Jordan Peterson, M1
  Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2010

• Determining if patients who died at UIHC were hospice eligible at their penultimate admission
  Katherine Freund, M2
  Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD
• Diabetes management in a rural and ethnically diverse primary care clinic
  Kathleen Vondehaar, M1 & Michael Marquardt, M1
  Mentors: Jeanette Daly, RN, PhD & David Bedell, MD
• Ambivalent proximity and the public-private world of waiting in the surgical intensive care unit
  Gabriel Gao, M1
  Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD
• FIT vs Colonoscopy
  Paul Kim, M2
  Mentor: Barcey Levy, PhD, MD
• Implementing a palliative care volunteer program
  Anna Schmitz, M1
  Mentors: Michelle Weckmann, MD & Ann Broderick, MD  

Summer Research Students - Summer 2008

• A Stepped Intervention Approach for Encouraging Colorectal Cancer Screening
  Samuel Dvorak, M1
  Mentor: Barcey Levy, PhD, MD
• Domestic Elder Abuse Associated with Substance Abuse
  Lara Galloway, M2
  Mentor: Jeanette Daly, PhD
• Multidisciplinary Reports of Nursing Home Mistreatment
  Jessica McCool, M2
  Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD
• Perspectives of Mandatory Reporting of Elder Abuse by Critical Care Nurses and Physicians
  Amy Schmeidel, M2
  Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2007

• Delirium in palliative care: Making a bad situation worse
  Juan Roman, M2
  Mentor: Michelle Weckmann, MD
• Perspectives of mandatory reporting of elder abuse by healthcare professionals
  Amy Schmeidel, M1
  Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD
• Self-care management of diabetic patients
  Alex Wittry, M1
  Mentor: Arthur Hartz, MD, PhD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2006

• Outcomes of care for type 2 diabetic patients attending the Iowa City Free Medical Clinic
  Lisa Niedergeses, M1
  Mentor: George Bergus, MD
• Compliance with clinical guidelines for type 2 diabetic patients attending migrant farm worker clinics
  Daniel Runde, M2
  Mentor: David Bedell, MD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2005

• Are you afraid of anyone at home? Validity of screens for elder abuse
  Hilary Buri, M2
  Mentors: Gerald Jogerst, MD & Jeanette Daly, PhD
• Colorectal cancer screening interventions
  Tim Noonan, M2
  Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
• Motivators and barriers to self-care in patients with type II diabetes
  Christine Walsh, M2
  Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
• Assessment of alcohol use and associated risk behaviors among HIV positive individuals in rural areas in the Leningrad Region of the Russian Federation
  Julia Wymore, M2
  Mentor: Rick Dobyns, MD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2004

• Use of pre-consent in the ED to improve patient satisfaction
  Jay Monnahan
  Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
• Defining the scope of implied consent in the ED
  Raul Easton, MPH
  Mentors: Dr. Mark Graber & Dr. Stephan Scheckel
• Unexplained Illness
  Brandy Ficek
  Mentor: Paul James, MD
• Unexplained Illness
  Necole Streeper
  Mentor: Marcy Rosenbaum, PhD
• Unexplained illness
  Enid Wright
  Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
• Pilot test of elder abuse instruments
  Hilary Buri
  Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD
• Title unknown
  Sara Miller
  Mentor: John Ely, MD
• Depression in pastors and support
  Steve Rippentrop
  Mentor:
• Polycystic ovary syndrome and emotion
  Beth Hollinrake
  Mentors: Dr. Alison Abreu & Dr. Anuja Dokras-Jagasia

Summer Research Students - Summer 2003

• Evaluating the utility of an adjusted GPA in medical school admissions
  Tom Didier
  Mentor: Clare Kreiter,PhD
• Patient factors influencing control in Type II Diabetics
  Sarah Cotter
  Mentor:
• The use of haloperidol versus promethazine for benign headache pain in the emergency department
  Leah Kasparek
  Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
• The cost of inter-hospital patient transfer communication breakdowns
  Chris Wyatt
  Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
• Identificatin of physician and patient barriers for colon cancer screening
  Brad Hess
  Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
• Study to indentify barriers and facilitators to colon cancer screening from the patient-and provider-specific perspectives in rural northwest Iowa
  Rebecca Sand
  Mentor: Barcey T. Levy, PhD, MD
• Exploring Iowa family practice physcians' perceptions of elder abuse reporting
  Rebecca Oswald
  Mentor: Gerald Jogerst, MD

Summer Research Students - Summer 2002 

• The Management of Unexplained Illness in Primary Care
  Matt Anderson M2, Katie Geelan-Hansen M2, Terri Nordin M1, Aaron Swenson M2
  Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD
• Barriers to Control for Type II Diabetes
  Sara Cotter M1
  Mentor: Arthur J. Hartz, MD, PhD
• Cruciferous Vegetables as a Cause of Colic in Breastfed Infants
  Chiquitia Anderson M2
  Mentor: Alicia Weissman, MD
• Informed Consent and Medical Ethics
  Jessica Pierre M2
  Mentor: Mark Graber, MD
• Comparison of Pediatric Growth Assessment Standards between Russian and American Populations
  Raisa Chyorny M2
  Mentor: Richard Dobyns, MD, MPH