Resident Research Day
UCLA Neurosurgery Resident Research Day
UCLA Neurosurgery Resident Research Day is an event that enables PGY-4, PGY-5, and PGY-6 residents to gain public speaking and presentation experience during a fun, lower-pressure event designed to mimic podium talks at national meetings. Alumni of the UCLA Neurosurgery residency program participate in the event as discussants and provide constructive feedback and advice. Awards are then presented to the top three research presentations.
The event occurs annually and is open to everyone in the Neurosurgery department, related departments such as Neurology, medical students, and family members of residents.
2021 Research Presentation Winners
Bayard Wilson, MD
Project Title: Studying brain reorganization following transcutaneous cervical spinal stimulation in patients with chronic spinal cord injury
Mentor: Daniel C Lu, MD, PhD
Matthew Sun, MD
Project Title: Systemic adoptive transfer immunotherapy with TCR-transduced T-cells targeting NY-ESO-1 for meningiomas
Mentors: Richard G Everson, MD; Robert M Prins, PhD; Linda M Liau, MD, PhD, MBA
Joseph Bell, MD, PhD
Project Title: Spatial maps from a brain computer interface to restore vision to the blind
Mentor: Nader Pouratian
2022 Research Presentation Winners
Kunal Patel, MD
Project Title: pH Based Imaging Identifies Active Areas of Glioma Beyond the CE Portion of Tumor
Mentors: Benjamin M Ellingson, PhD; Harley I Kornblum, MD, PhD
Wi Jin Kim, MD
Project Title: Sympathetic Modulation for Treatment of Cerebral Vasospasm
Mentor: Geoffrey P Colby, MD, PhD
Benjamin Uy, MD, PhD
Project Title: Bispecific Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cells Against IL-13Rα2 and TGF-β for the Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme
Mentors: Yvonne Y Chen, PhD; Robert M. Prins, PhD; Richard G Everson, MD; Linda M Liau, MD, PhD, MBA
2023 Research Presentation Winners
Maya Harary, MD
Project Title: Mechanisms of Apoptotic Evasion in Meningioma
Mentors: Marco Giovannini, MD, PhD; Richard Everson, MD
Joseph Bell, MD, PhD
Project Title: Quantifying & Modeling Gait Impairment with Deep Learning
Mentor: Joel Beckett, MD, MHS
Bayard Wilson, MD
Project Title: Exploring the Value of Electrical Cervical Spinal Cord Stimulation for High-Functioning Injured Subjects
Mentor: Daniel C Lu, MD, PhD
2024 Research Presentation Winners
Wi Jin Kim, MD
Project Title: SMART Stent for In-Stent Restenosis Detection
Mentors: Geoffrey Colby, MD, PhD; Jun Chen, PhD
Zoe Teton, MD
Project Title: Glymphatic Dysfunction Following Adolescent Severe Traumatic Brain Injury is Exacerbated by Hemicraniectomy
Mentors: Mayumi Prins, PhD; Marvin Bergsneider, MD
Maya Harary, MD
Project Title: Overcoming Treatment Resistance in Meningioma
Mentors: Richard Everson, MD; Marco Giovannini, MD, PhD
2025 Research Presentation Winners
Shivani Baisiwala, MD
Project Title: Development of Autologous Human Brain Tumor-Immune Organoids for Immunotherapy Evaluation
Sheel M Shah, MD, PhD
Project Title: Molecular mechanisms of malignant transformation in low grade gliomas
Maya Harary, MD
Project Title: Overcoming apoptotic resistance in meningioma