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Student Research Spotlight Eddie McCray, Class of 2022
dwin (Eddie) McCray, Class of 2022, has been accepted as a research fellow for clinical neurosurgery at Duke University. He is taking a gap year between his 3rd and 4th year of medical school to complete the fellowship and to get a Master’s in Healthcare Administration.
Student Doctor McCray's research is mostly related to spinal cancer or other types of cancer that have metastasized and spread to the spine and various factors that may lead to disparities in outcomes. ABOUT STUDENT DOCTOR MCCRAY’S RESEARCH We’re looking at multiple myeloma, which is a type of cancer that often presents itself in the spine. That [type of cancer] is normally treated with chemotherapy or radiation, but if that’s not working over time you’re prone to your spine collapsing because the bone is becoming damaged. You would have to have surgery to get rods and screws put in to stabilize your spine. Looking at the outcomes after those surgeries, there’s actually a lot of disparities based on gender, race, insurance status – whether you have private insurance, Medicaid, or no insurance. We look at the data and use statistical analysis to determine if there’s a difference between the subgroups. This allows you to be aware of how you may have some type of intrinsic bias that you’re not aware of that is causing you to treat one group of people differently than others. Sometimes it’s not something you’re doing – so, is there something in the system? This allows you to try and mitigate those issues to try and have equal outcomes.
10th Annual Wiggins Research Symposium Winners: ORAL PRESENTATION HIGH MERIT
Case Study of an Anomalous Accessory Muscle of the Posterior Forearm Arash Behroozi, Brandon Block, Jeremie Bourget, Monyetta Hanson Faculty Mentors: Dr. Bonnie Brenseke and Dr. David Green
ORAL PRESENTATION MERIT
Evaluating the Use of Mixed Reality to Teach Respiratory Anatomy Benjamin Robinson Faculty Mentor: Dr. Bonnie Brenseke
POSTER PRESENTATION HIGH MERIT
Acute Liver Failure Due to Herpes Simplex Virus 1 and 2 Tanner Mabry Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher Stewart
POSTER PRESENTATION MERIT
Histopathology of Type I Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma Kaylie Dunbar, Thomas Gignac, Robert Greer, and Tyler Strong Faculty Mentor: Dr. Howard Reisner 46 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
