Abstract Committee

ACRM Abstract Research Awards

• Huffman-Capraro Award ($1000)  This is awarded for the best oral research presentation by a trainee (Fellow, Resident or Student). Priority is given for experimental study designs and to prospective studies. Authors whose abstracts are chosen for an oral presentation must submit a letter from their program director or department head, attesting to the degree of involvement by the trainee in the research and in the preparation of the abstract.
• Evelyn Green Laufer Award for the best overall oral presentation, as judged by the Abstract Committee.
• Sally E. Perlman Award for the best overall poster presentation.
• Resident Education Committee Award for Innovation in Medical Education ($500) for best original research oral or poster presentation. Submissions for consideration should further evidence-based teaching practices directed towards medical student, resident, and fellow education. Specific criteria will look at the use of education theories and innovative strategies in trainee education.
• Health Disparities Research Award ($500) for best original research abstract focusing on and highlighting disparities in groups who have systematically faced greater obstacles in obtaining and maintaining health resources based on their racial or ethnic group, religion, socioeconomic status, sex, gender, disability, sexual orientation, geographic location, or other characteristics linked to discrimination. Studies should address not only the disparities but focus on future actions and/or demonstrate how research, advocacy, education, or clinical intervention can affect outcomes for those impacted by healthcare disparities.

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2025-2026 Abstract Committee

Chair Alla Vash-Margita, MD Yale University New Haven, CT			Immediate Past Chair Megan Jacobs Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR
Abstract-Chair Elect Sarah Green Children’s Hospital Colorado  Aurora, CO			Maria Brown, MD Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus, OH
Maria Demma Cabral, MD University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS			Valerie Bloomfield University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS
Candice Dersch, MD Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA			Amy DiVasta, MD Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
Tazim Dowlut-McElroy, MD Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO			Frederick Eruo, MD Central Michigan University Saginaw, MI
Sarah Green, MD Children’s Hospital Colorado  Aurora, CO			Celeste Ojeda Hemingway, MD Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN
Andrea Huneeus, MD, MPH Universidad del Desarrollo  Chile			Jason Jarin, MD UTSW Medical Center Children's Health Dallas, TX
Rama Kastury, DO Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Ct			Andrew Lupo, M.D. Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO
Katrina Nicandri, MD Golisano Children's Hospital Rochester, NY			Laura Parks, MD University of Kansas Kansas City, KS
Shandhini Raidoo, MD University of Hawaii Honolulu, HI			Monica Rosen, MD University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, MI
Jennifer Salcedo, MD, MPH, MPP, FACOG  University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Edinburg, TX			Kristl Tomlin, MD University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Nivi Umasankar, MD Swedish OB/GYN Issaquah, WA