CHSU Annual Research Day Highlights Local Research
May 6, 2024
California Health Sciences University (CHSU) hosted its annual Research Day at the College of Osteopathic Medicine campus on Saturday, May 4. The annual event continues to grow every year and allows for medical professionals, faculty, residents, medical students, and master’s program students to showcase their research and scholarly activities.
Keynote Speaker
This year’s keynote speaker was Marina Roytman, MD, FACP, Health Sciences Clinical Professor, UCSF; Liver Program Director, UCSF Fresno; and President of the Fresno Madera Medical Society. Dr. Roytman presented about, “The Central Valley’s Rise in Alcoholic Hepatitis During the Pandemic.”
Dr. Roytman trained at Oregon Health Science University and at Mount Sinai hospital in New York City. She has been a UCSF Clinical Professor and Liver Program Director at UCSF Fresno since 2017 where she teaches hepatology to Gastroenterology fellows, Internal Medicine residents, medical students, and advanced practice providers.
Her academic interests include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, drug-induced liver injury, viral hepatitis and alcohol-related liver disease as documented by her publications and her role as principal investigator in multiple clinical trials.
More recently, she has been involved in research in alcohol-related liver disease given the dramatic rise of it during COVID-19 pandemic. She continues to be actively involved in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease research given that epidemic proportions portions of this condition is in the United States.
Poster Competition
CHSU Research Day also included a competition for the best poster for Students, Faculty, and Resident Physicians/Pharmacists. The top three presenters in each category were recognized with an award and certificate at the event.
Research Day Best Poster Awards
Resident Award Recipients
Youstina Morkos, MD, Resident Physician, Adventist Health
Kevin Lieu, MD, Resident Physician, Kaweah Health
Rosalie Kogan, MD, Resident Physician, Sierra View Medical Center
Student Award Recipients
Chelsey Preciado, OMS-III, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Cori DeLisi, OMS-III, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Abhayjit S. Saini, Student, UC Santa Barbara
Fatima Yusuf, OMS-II, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
Faculty Award Recipients
Nupur Hajela, PT, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Health and Human Services, Fresno State; Adjunct Faculty, CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
John Hipskind, MD, Emergency Medicine, Kaweah Health
Excellence in Public Health Award
CHSU-COM Student Doctor, Tina Singh was awarded the 2024 Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service Physician Professional Advisory Committee. Geni Perryment, PhD, Community Engagement Lead and Assistant Professor at CHSU College of Osteopathic Medicine presented the award to Student Doctor Singh.
This award was established to recognize medical students’ contribution to public health. CHSU-COM nominated Student Doctor Singh for the award for her commitment to public health and to the goals and priorities of Healthy People 2030 and the Surgeon General’s Priorities.
The Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service is dedicated to leading the Nation’s public health promotion and disease prevention programs and to advancing public health science. Driven by a passion for public service, the officers of the U.S. Public Health Service serve on the front lines in the Nation’s fight against disease and poor health. Both Healthy People 2030 and the Surgeon General’s Priorities provide science-based national objectives to improve the health of all Americans and guide the work of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Abstract Booklet
The Research Day Abstract Booklet contains abstracts for all posters and presentations.
Thank you to Dr. Ed Merino, Dr. Avtar Nijjer-Sidhu, Dr. Geni Perryment, Jessica McCune, and the CHSU Research Committee for your work in planning the Annual CHSU Research Day! See you again next year!
