Shapiro Summer Research students present Ob-Gyn-mentored projects at 2025 Research Forum
Students participating in the 2025 Shapiro Summer Research Program presented their work at the Annual Medical Student Research Forum on November 24, 2025. Students and their impressive presentations include:
Alyssa Solberg, mentored by Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD: Trends in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Highlight Persistent Racial and Rural-Urban Disparities: A Statewide Analysis
Bronwynn Ziemann, mentored by Bala Bhagavath, MD: Prevalence and Risk Factors for Cesarean Scar Defects
Brenen Skalitzky, mentored by Laura Cooney, MD: The Impact of Cesarean Scar Defects and Surgical Repair on Complications of Subsequent Pregnancies
Rachel Bayer, mentored by Manish Patankar, PhD: Exploring Oxidative Phosphorylation Inhibition and Mitochondrial Dynamics in Endometriosis Cell Lines
Anna Heintz, mentored by Bala Bhagavath, MD: Optimizing β-hCG Cutoffs to Predict Non-Viable Pregnancies in ART and Spontaneous Conceptions
Morgan Homme, mentored by Katie O’Brien, MD: Incidence of New Eating Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults Using Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) Agonists
Elizabeth Tressler, mentored by Aleks Stanic-Kostic, MD, PhD: Longitudinal serum biomarkers through 10-days postpartum in patients with and without hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Congratulations to everyone on their presentations and for completing the program!
**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Melis Baskaya