1. American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET), Portland, OR, April 2025. POSTER AWARDED 1ST place at the DIVISION OF PHARMACOLOGY EDUCATION. Medical Student as Teacher Program to Promote Pharmacology Education in High School Curricula (Abstract ID: 160564). Casey Gerlach, Pooja Varanasi, Sophia Ripley, John Taylor, Raquel Ritchie, Carrie Nazaroff, *Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD, FAAPE.The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Volume 392, Issue 3, 102487. https://jpet.aspetjournals.org/article/S0022-3565(24)44136-0/fulltext
2. Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) National Conference Durham, NC - March, 2025. "Understanding Diabetes: A Comparative Analysis of Diabetes Literacy and Confidence in South Asian and White Populations in Michigan". ORAL PRESENTATION Sunshine Liu, OMS-III, Chris Vela, OMS-III, Akila Nallabelli, OMS-III. https://www.apamsa.org/nc2025/ Award - Health Equity Award
3. Michigan State University (MSU) Graduate Academic Conference (GAC) East Lansing, MI - February 2025. “Empowering Patients Through Understanding Diabetes: The Social Impact of Community-Based Biomedical Education". POSTER PRESENTATION Sunshine Liu, OMS-III, Akila Nallabelli, OMS-III, Chris Vela, OMS-III. https://cogs.msu.edu/gac/ .Award - AWARDED 1ST PLACE
4. Michigan Association of Osteopathic Family Physicians: Winter Family Medicine Update. Bellaire, MI. January 17-18, 2025. “Paving New Paths in Patient-Centered Diabetes Education”. ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATION. Christopher Vela OMS-III, Sunshine Liu OMS-III, Akila Nallabelli OMS-III, *Carolina Restini PharmD, PhD, FAAPE. AWARDED 1ST PLACE. https://www.maofp.org/event-5847627
5. 27th annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). East Lansing, MI – April 11th, 2025. “Empowering MSU Greek Life to Recognize and Treat an Opioid Overdose”. Matthew Hendrick, Jack Burke, Alexis Maloof, Dana Simon, OMS-III, Shreya Mullapudi, OMS-III, Bret Bielawski, DO, FACP, Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD, FAAPE. https://urca.msu.edu/uuraf
6. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Arlington, TX – April 2025. “Osteopathic Medical Students: Transportation Access Research & Patient Care in Street Medicine”. POSTER PRESENTATION 3rd PLACE WINNER. Nikila Nallabelli, OMS-III, *Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD, Khaitlyn Figueroa, OMS-II, Richard Bryce, DO. Klump, B. M., Varre, A., Karns, J. P., Garg, E., Patel, R., Parikh, U., Mansour, A., Nazaroff, C., & Restini, C. (2025). A community outreach program enhances education on opioid and e-cigarette misuse among teenagers. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1490166. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1490166
7. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Arlington, TX – April 2025. “Biomedical-Based Diabetes Education for Community Health Literacy by Osteopathic Medical Students”. Poster presentation: Akila Nallabelli, OMS-III; Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD, FAAPE; Christopher Vela, OMS-III; Sunshine Liu, OMS-III. https://www.aacom.org/programs-events/educating-leaders-2025 . AWARDED 1ST PLACE
8. American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) Arlington, TX – April 2025. "Applying an Evidence-Based Education Method on the Health Impact of Marijuana Among Adolescents." POSTER PRESENTATION. Basma Klump, PhD, OMS-IV; Krishna Gogineni, OMS-II; Esha Garg, OMS-III; Carrie Nazaroff, PhD; Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD.
9. “International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), Calgary, Canada – June 14-17, 2025. “Medical Student as Teacher” Program: Successfully teaching biochemistry concepts to high school students.” Ho, H. T., Hannah, M., Gerlach, C., Varanasi, P., Ripley, S., Taylor, J. M., Nazaroff, C., Restini, C., & Ritchie, R. P. https://julnet.swoogo.com/iamse2025/poster-abstracts
10. MSUCOM Research Day, Novi, MI – May 13, 2025. “Examining Ageism in U.S. Reseidency Programs: Nationwide Survey Using Fabroni Scale of Ageism.” Megan Thomas, Monica Pelowski DO MPH, Emily Anibal, Amarpal Dosanjh, Rachel Cameron, Josh Pierce, Carolina Restini PharmD, PhD, Dale D’melloMD. https://osteopathicmedicine.msu.edu/events/2025/msucom-research-day-2025
11. MSUCOM Research Day, Novi, MI – May 13, 2025. “Bridging Gaps in Diabetes Education: Innovative Medical Student-led Education Model Improves Knowledge and Confidence in Diverse Populations.” Akila Nallabelli, Christopher Vela, Sunshine Liu, Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD. https://osteopathicmedicine.msu.edu/events/2025/msucom-research-day-2025
12. MSUCOM Research Day, Novi, MI – May 13, 2025. “Assessing Osteopathic Medical Students’ Perceptions on Training to Identify Social Determinants of Health: A Pilot study in a Detroit Street Medicine Program.” Nikila Nallabelli, Khaitlyn Figueroa, Aya Abu-Zama, Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD. Richard Bryce, DO. https://osteopathicmedicine.msu.edu/events/2025/msucom-research-day-2025
13. “ Society for Community Research and Action” (SCRA) Biennial 2025, East Lansing, MI –June 19, 2025. “A Student-Led Initiative to Overcome Barriers to Access in Free Clinics and Street Medicine Programs.” Khaitlyn Figueroa, Nikila Nallabelli, Aya Abu-Zama, Carolina Restini, PharmD, PhD. Richard Bryce, DO. https://scra27.org/biennial-2025/
14. Bloch, R.R., Noyes, K., Bautista, N. et al. Causal Mechanistic Reasoning as a Tool to Explore Medical Students’ Predictions of Pharmacology Phenomenon: Connecting Core Concepts with Clinical Applications. Med.Sci.Educ. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02432-6