MedStar Health Teaching and Research Scholars Capstone

The first virtual MedStar Health Teaching and Research Scholars Capstone program was held on Thursday, May 20th to celebrate education, innovation, and scholarship from our Teaching & Research Scholars. This event culminates the two years of research done by the scholars while in either program. It was also chance to view the works in progress of the scholars who have completed their 1st year. 

The evening started with an open poster session to view the research of our graduating Teaching and Research Scholars as well as those in their first year. Following this, the formal presentations began with opening remarks from our very own Dr. Stephen Evans, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer.   

Heather Hartman-Hall, PhD, Director of Residency Well-Being and Behavioral Health Education in the Internal Medicine Department at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, represented for the Teaching Scholars graduates and presented "We don’t really talk about it: Role Modeling and Coping with Patient Deaths in the ICU" (see poster). She was followed by Research Scholar, Pashna Munshi, MD, Associate Clinical Director of the Stem Cell Transplant and Cellular Immunotherapy Program at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, who presented, "We’re in This Together: Self-Preparedness, Caregiver Burden, and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patient/Caregiver Dyads in the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Setting" (see poster). 



The evening concluded with closing remarks by Aviad Haramati, PhD, Professor of Integrative Physiology in the Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular & Cellular Biology and Medicine (Nephrology), Founding Director of the Center for Innovation and Leadership in Education (CENTILE), and co-director of the Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences Graduate Program at Georgetown University Medical Center. 

Congratulations to all of our Teaching and Research Scholars for their achievement!

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