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Our Graduates and Their Research

Each year, fourth-year students complete a research project exploring a topic of their choosing related to the medical humanities. Past research projects include:

Graduates of 2011

Photograph courtesy of Eugene Boisaubin

• "Happiness in Medicine" — Jacqueline Alcala, M.D.
• "History of Vaccines and Autism — Michelle Christie, M.D.
• "Predictable Irrationality in Radiology" — Jed Hummel, M.D.
• "Eudaimonistic Scientia: An Empirical Future for Normative Ethics?"
  — Judson Merritt, M.D.
• "The Osler-Cushing Relationship: A Historical Lesson in Mentorship"
  — Saint-Aaron Morris, M.D.
• "International Medical Research with a Focus on Informed Consent"
  — Raphael Nwojo, M.D.
• "What is a Picture Really Worth?: Radiation Protection in the Context of the Overuse of Medical Imaging" — Ashley Roberts, M.D.
• "The Psychology of Crisis: Cases from Narrative" — Kyle Walker, M.D.
• "The Art of Teaching in Medical Education: Reflections of a Medical Student" — Nathan Wright, M.D.

Graduates of 2010

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• "Appreciative Inquiry of the Medical Humanities Certificate Program"
  — Isaac Chua, M.D.
• "The Intersection of Integrative and Physical Rehabilitation Medicine"
  — Marie Frando, M.D.
• "Failure to Communicate" — Timothy Fuller, M.D.
• "The Hairy Truth: A Look into the Role of Hair in the Construction of Identity" — Elizabeth Geddes, M.D.
• "Art and Anatomy: The Works of Andreas Vesalius, and Art in Orthopaedic Surgery" — John Heydemann, M.D.
• "Primary Care: Where Has It Been and Where Is It Headed?" — Felicity Kelly, M.D.
• "Shades of Gray: Uncertainty in Memory Recovery Therapy" — Kristin Leverett, M.D.
• "Sapere Vedere" — Kendell Sowards, M.D.
• "So Close, at Arm's Length: A Look at the Physician-patient Relationship in a Rural Practice" — Lindsey Styles
• "Tipping the Scale" — Joseph Tayar, M.D.

Graduates of 2009

• "The Disconnect between Physician Communication and Patient Understanding and Action" — Andrea Glaser, M.D.
• "Dermatological Patient Encounters: Reflection and Discussion" — John Griffin, M.D.
• "Empathy and the Medical Humanities" — Lindsey King, M.D.
• "Decision Making with Mature Minors in Psychiatry" — Meghan
  Magley, M.D.
• "Death in Medicine" — Stacy Norrell, M.D.
• "Doctoring Death: A Play in One Act" — Eira Roth, M.D.
• "Medical Student Wellness" — Lilit Sargsyan, M.D.
• "A Medical Student Primer for Community Activism" — Katherine Vu, M.D.

Graduates of 2008

• "Suffering" — Kathryn Burk, M.D.
• "Humanism and the Medical Image" — David Fetzer, M.D.
• "A Story of Burnout" — Marissa Jennings, M.D.
• "A Survey on the Role of Religion and Spirituality in Gynecologic Oncologists" — Alaina Johnson, M.D.
• "A History of Health Care Reform and Art in Twentieth Century
  America" — Joseph Lockridge, M.D.
• "Photography and Grieving in the Death of a Child" — Eileen
  Merkle-Stewart, M.D.