Our program is pleased to offer an annual Department of Medicine Resident Research Award. Each year residents engaged in innovative research are selected to receive this award which provides funds for research items, presenting research at national meetings, and publication of research.

2026-2027 Department of Medicine Resident Research Awardees

First Place Awards 

Alice He MD (PGY1) (Hematology/Oncology)– An Exposome Analysis of Early-Onset Screenable Cancer Incidence in Philadelphia from 1990 to 2024

Ilan Remba MD (PGY1) (Endocrinology)– Endocrine Immune-Related Adverse Events After Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: Treatment Interruption, Rechallenge, and Real-World Outcomes

Jason Krastein MD (PGY1) (Hematology/Oncology) – Tumor Genomic Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients with Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Treated with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

Riya Tandra DO (PGY2) (Hematology/Oncology)– Axicabtagene vs. Lisocabtagene for Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Second Place Awards 

Ann Wilfred MD (PGY2) (Cardiology)– Analysis of Echocardiographic Variables in the Cardio-Obstetrics Population in an Urban, Tertiary Care Center

Anika Shah MD (PGY1) (Cardiology)– The Role of Metformin in Slowing Progression to Severe Aortic Stenosis and Transaortic Valve Replacement (TAVR)