Submissions from 2026
Intraoperative code status: Moving from misinformation to respect for patient autonomy., Jacob Applegarth, Abram Brummett, Jacob Morton, Nathan M. Novotny, and Ngan Nguyen
Systemic Strategies to Prevent Early Diabetic Retinopathy: Targeting Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism and Eicosanoid Signaling, Mohammad S Aqil, Marcus Yaldo, Gieth Alahdab, Charlene Hsiung, Amany Tawfik, and Mohamed Al-Shabrawey
Systemic Strategies to Prevent Early Diabetic Retinopathy: Targeting Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism and Eicosanoid Signaling, Mohammad S Aqil, Marcus Yaldo, Gieth Alahdab, Charlene Hsiung, Amany Tawfik, and Mohamed Al-Shabrawey
"Unilateral Atypical Venous Drainage of the Lower Limb: A Case Report of Novel Anatomical Variations in an Anatomy Lab Donor", N. Belair, Mallikarjuna Barremkala, and Jickssa Gemechu
Resident Physicians' Attitudes Towards State Advanced Practice Provider Independence Laws, Forrest Bohler, Nick Petrykowski, Silvana Iskandar, Madeline N Pham, Emily Hellmann, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, Jesse C Selber, and Varna Taranikanti
Public Interest in Vitamin A During US Measles Outbreaks, Forrest Bohler, Madeline N Pham, James R Burmeister, and Varna Taranikanti
Leveraging H5P Plug-In Technology to Increase Interactivity Within an Asynchronously Delivered Physiology Lecture in the First Year of Medical School, Brenda Bortis, Cody Bailey-Crow, and Akshata R Naik
Real-World IOL Performance with Bilateral Plano Outcomes After Cataract Surgery: A Prospective, Comparative Study, Wyche T Coleman Iii, Curtis R Martin, Ayorinde W Cooley, Cameron J Davidson, Brittany B DeNaro, Nicolas Zaunbrecher, Tim Link, Fatma F Shakarchi, Christopher L Shelby, and Stephen A LoBue
Undergraduate Medical Students' Perceptions of an Interactive and Collaborative Cloud-based Learning Strategy: Survey at a Single Institution, Claudio Cortes, Trenton D Jackman, Anne M Dersch, and Tracey A H Taylor
Undergraduate medical students' perceptions of an interactive and collaborative cloud-based learning strategy: survey at a single institution., Claudio Cortes, Trenton D. Jackman, Anne M. Dersch, and Tracey AH Taylor
Fentanyl Induces Behavioral Sensitization and Decreases Class IIa HDAC Expression-Activity in Brain as Measured by [¹⁸F]TFAHA PET Imaging in Female and Male Rats, Cameron J Davidson, Itzick Nahmoud, Mahmoud Teran, Erek Binkowski, Nareen Sadik, Majd A Yahya, Susanne Brummelte, Alana C Conti, Nerissa T Viola, Srinivasu Kallakuri, and Shane A Perrine
Discovery of a Pyridine-Piperazine-Based Small Molecule That Enhances the Activity of Peptidase Neurolysin, Heba ElSayed ElZorkany, Haya Kandil, Srinidhi Jayaraman, Asmaa Aly, Shiva Hadi Esfahani, Dhavalkumar Patel, Dennis Dannecker, Monika Maciag, Alyssa Paul, Kaitlin Lowran, Shikha Kumari, Samik Bose, David A Ostrov, Colin G Wu, Alex Dickson, Thomas J Abbruscato, Paul C Trippier, Benjamin J Orlando, and Vardan T Karamyan
Structural and Functional Dissection of Human Neurolysin Through Alanine-Scanning Mutagenesis, Heba ElSayed ElZorkany, Asmaa Aly, Shiva Hadi Esfahani, and Vardan T Karamyan
Do Bots Provide Correct and Adequate Guidance Regarding Acidity: A Blinded Comparison Rated by Patients and Physicians, Kartikay Goyal, Manjeet Kumar Goyal, Varna Taranikanti, Praneet Wander, Rishi Chowdhary, Shivam Kalra, Gargi Prashar, Ashita Rukmini Vuthaluru, and Omesh Goyal
Development and Validation of an Algorithm to Identify Severe Sepsis Onset from Electronic Medical Records, Ramin Homayouni, Shane Morrell, Joel David Karsten, Riya Chhabra, and Paul D Bozyk
Cognitive Emotion Regulation as a Statistical Mediator of the Association Between Autistic Traits and Academic Performance in University Students, Tina Izad, Rebecca Bienstock, Hannah Knoll, Michael Nazmifar, and Changiz Mohiyeddini
Roots of Resilience: Positive Childhood Experiences, Sense of Belonging, and Burnout Among Medical Students, Tina Izad, Lauren Walkon, Rachel Lloyd, Michael Nazmifar, Rebecca Bienstock, and Changiz Mohiyeddini
Should We Teach FAD(H2) Is an Electron Carrier or a Cocatalyst, and Why Does It Matter?, Eric M. Jones
Bridging Physiology and Psychology: A New Framework for Teaching Homeostasis, Suzan Kamel-ElSayed, Nermien E Waly, and Changiz Mohiyeddini
RETRACTED: Kebede et al. Determinants of Disease Progression in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, Molla Asnake Kebede, Yewondwosen Tadesse Mengistu, Biruk Yacob Loge, Misikr Alemu Eshetu, Erkihun Pawlos Shash, Amenu Tolera Wirtu, and Jickssa Mulissa Gemechu
It Takes a Village: A Case Study on Leveraging Community Strengths, Assets, and Investment to Support a Pathway into STEMM for K-12 Youth Residing in a Low-SES Area, Kyeorda Kemp, Nedi Affas, Mackenzie Farrow, Nooraldin Kamalaldin, Savanna Lavendar, Paige Pistotti, Lucia Sperra, Aeshah Tawfik, and Michele Wogaman
A Five-Domain Functional Framework for Integrative Physiology: A Coherent and Operational Approach to Whole-Body Function, Serena Y Kuang
Countercurrent Multiplication Revisited: Key Conceptual Updates and Framework Expansion, Serena Y Kuang
How Should We Teach Homeostasis? Filling the Gaps and Envisioning the Future, Serena Y Kuang and Akshata R Naik
How Should We Teach Homeostasis? Filling the Gaps and Envisioning the Future, Serena Y Kuang and Akshata R Naik
How Should We Teach Homeostasis? Filling the Gaps and Envisioning the Future, Serena Y Kuang and Akshata R Naik
Student-run Free Clinics: Revisiting the Balance of Service and Education, David Lee, Allyson Tayag, Rana Amoush, Kurt Wharton, and Jason Adam Wasserman
Giving and Taking: Navigating the Complex Relationship with Student-run Clinics, David Lee, Allyson Tayag, Rana Amoush, Kurt Wharton, and Jason Adam Wasserman
Giving and Taking: Navigating the Complex Relationship with Student-run Clinics, David Lee, Allyson Tayag, Rana Amoush, Kurt Wharton, and Jason Adam Wasserman
Environmental Disasters Affecting Health Professions Education: Surviving the Storm and After., Kin Ly, Susan Ely, Erica Ausel, Andy Brenneman, Steve Garwood, Catherine Gathu, Mark Hernandez, Uzoma Ikonne, Douglas McKell, Akshata R Naik, and Tracey AH Taylor
Bridging the Gap: Global Dialogue on Environmental Disasters and Health Professions Education, Kin Ly, Mark J. Hernandez, Erica Ausel, Catherine Gathu, Douglas Mckell, and Tracey A H Taylor
Development of a Deep Learning-Based Grid Walking Test for Assessing Post-Stroke Motor Function in Mice, Monika Maciag and Vardan T Karamyan
Assessment of Stage Two Hypertension Treatment Plans Written by Generative AI, Tai Metzger, Zaheen Hossain, Kody Park, Stephen Vu, Simon Dixon, and Tracey A H Taylor
A Mixed Methods Evaluation of a Whole Food Plant-Based Nutrition Program for Medical Students, Tai Metzger, Deena Sukhon, Sophie Fisher, Zaheen Hossain, and Virginia Uhley
NPY Y₁ and Y₂ Receptors In the Regulation of Mouse Recognition and Procedural Memory: Interplay With Cellular Signaling, Noradrenergic Transmission and Monoamine Concentrations, Agnieszka Michalak, Łukasz Kurach, Artur Wnorowski, Anita Kowal, Dominika Przygodzka, and Vardan T Karamyan
NPY Y NPY Y1 and Y2 receptors in the regulation of mouse recognition and procedural memory: Interplay with cellular signalling, noradrenergic transmission and monoamine concentrations., Agnieszka Michalak, Łukasz Kurach, Artur Wnorowski, Anita Kowal, Dominika Przygodzka, and Vardan T. Karamyan
From Cultural Competence to Cross-Cultural Fluency: A Framework for Transnational Medical Education in an Era of Global Health Workforce Mobility, Changiz Mohiyeddini
The Algorithmic Patient: On the Ontological Disruption of Selfhood, Suffering, and Healing in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Changiz Mohiyeddini
Integrating Reflex, Feedback, and Prediction: A Tiered Model of Physiological Regulation for Contemporary Medical Education, Changiz Mohiyeddini and Suzan Kamel-ElSayed
Utilisation of Simulation-based Training to Teach Bedside Management of Acute Gastrointestinal (GI) Bleeding: A Scoping Review Protocol, Jacob Michael Morton, Jacob Applegarth, Usman Bin Hameed, Marcelino Morato, Nishant Aggarwal, Nathan Novotny, and Ngan Nguyen
Utilisation of simulation-based training to teach bedside management of acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding: a scoping review protocol., Jacob Michael Morton, Jacob Applegarth, Usman Bin Hameed, Marcelino Morato, Nishant Aggarwal, Nathan Novotny, and Ngan Nguyen
Deletion of 12/15-Lipoxygenase Preserves Retinal Thickness and Function and Selectively Restores Dysregulated miRNAs in Experimental Diabetes Mice, Mohamed Moustafa, Youstina Guirguis, Julia Humble, Martena Grace, Ming Wang, Andrew N Ensley, Michael Risner, Alan Saul, Ahmed S Ibrahim, and Mohamed Al-Shabrawey
Towards Convergence: Evidence for the Fascia System as a Body-Wide Continuum, Laurice D Nemetz, Neil D Theise, Carla Stecco, Helene Langevin, Robert Schleip, Antonio Stecco, and Rebecca L Pratt
Uncovering Gaps in Obesity Medicine Competencies: Insights from Ten U.S. Medical Schools, Magdalena Pasarica, Robert F Kushner, Angelina V Leary, Monica Agarwal, Dee-Ann Carpenter, Colleen Croniger, Ricardo Correa, Eduardo Grunvald, Mark S Johnson, Julie Loza, Andrew Mock, Amber Olson, Jonathan Purnell, Kim Pfotenhauer, Virginia Uhley, Sadie Trammell Velasquez, Amanda Velazquez, and B Gabriel Smolarz
Organs-on-Chips in Drug Development: Engineering Foundations, Artificial Intelligence, and Clinical Translation, Nilanjan Roy and Luca Cucullo
Deep Learning in Lower Gastrointestinal Cancer Detection: Advances in Endoscopic, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Diagnostics, Tanisha Sehgal, Tanvi Joshi, Rishi Chowdhary, Omesh Goyal, Shivam Kalra, Rohit Goyal, Varna Taranikanti, Ashita Rukmini Vuthaluru, and Manjeet Kumar Goyal
Deep Learning in Lower Gastrointestinal Cancer Detection: Advances in Endoscopic, Radiologic, and Histopathologic Diagnostics, Tanisha Sehgal, Tanvi Joshi, Rishi Chowdhary, Omesh Goyal, Shivam Kalra, Rohit Goyal, Varna Taranikanti, Ashita Rukmini Vuthaluru, and Manjeet Kumar Goyal
Characterizing Attending Feedback Styles in General Surgery: A Residency-Wide Survey and Needs Assessment., Spencer Wilhelm, John T. Nida, Felicia Ivascu, Ngan M. Nguyen, and Nathan M. Novotny
Characterizing Attending Feedback Styles in General Surgery: A Residency-Wide Survey and Needs Assessment, Spencer Wilhelm, John T Nida, Felicia Ivascu, Ngan Nguyen, and Nathan M Novotny
Submissions from 2025
Assessing the Effects of Antidepressant Use on Stroke Recurrence and Related Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Propensity Score Matched Analysis, Faisal F Alamri, Daniyah A Almarghalani, Yasser Alatawi, Eman A Alraddadi, Omar Babateen, Ahmed Alayyafi, Ziyad Almalki, Khaled Alsalhi, Khaled Alzahrani, Ahmed Alghamdi, Hussain Aldera, and Vardan T Karamyan
Tailored Education: Helping Every Student Across the Finish Line., Erica L Ausel, Anthony D. Brenneman, Susan M. Ely, Steve AH Garwood, Catherine Gathu, Mark Hernandez, Uzoma Ikonne, Kin Ly, Douglas McKell, Akshata Naik, and Tracey AH Taylor
Medical Student Attitudes Toward Advanced Practice Provider Independence Legislation, Forrest Bohler, Nikhil D Aggarwal, Christine A Simon, James R Burmeister, and Varna Taranikanti
Publication Trends of Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Applicants Without Numeric Step 1 Scores, Forrest Bohler, James R Burmeister, Ethan Dimock, Ava Harvey, Zachary A Koenig, Kongkrit Chaiyasate, and Cameron J Davidson
Moral Bricolage and the Emerging Tradition of Secular Bioethics, Abram Brummett and Jason T Eberl
Bioethics as an emerging moral tradition and some implications for adversarial cooperation., Abram Brummett, Jason T Eberl, and Matthew Shea
Advance Notification for Conscientious Refusal in Rural Health Care, Abram Brummett, Nick Petrykowski, and Forrest Bohler
Advance Notification for Conscientious Refusal in Rural Health Care., Abram Brummett, Nick Petrykowski, and Forrest Bohler
Beyond the Binary: A Five-Pillar Framework for Hybrid Medical Education Post-Pandemic, James R Burmeister, Ismail Zazay, and Rebecca L Pratt
The Refractive Cataract Surgery Survey (RCSS): A Validated Questionnaire for Quick Clinical Use, Wyche T Coleman Iii, Curtis R Martin, Cameron J Davidson, Brittany B DeNaro, Christopher L Shelby, and Stephen A LoBue
The Refractive Cataract Surgery Survey (RCSS): A Validated Questionnaire for Quick Clinical Use, Wyche T Coleman Iii, Curtis R Martin, Cameron J Davidson, Brittany B DeNaro, Christopher L Shelby, and Stephen A LoBue
Health literacy and syphilis knowledge: findings from a national survey of U.S. women of reproductive age., Elena Ghezzi, Boyun Kim, Kyeorda Kemp, and Deidre Hurse
Discovery of a Three-Piece Inflatable Penile Prosthesis Implant During Donor Dissection: Anatomical Case Study, Bennett Hendricks, Arian Pakray, Joshua Thomas, Serly Tomas, Mallikarjuna Barremkala, and Jickssa Gemechu
The Value of Simulation for Training General Surgery Novices in Robotic Surgery: A Systematic Review, Kathryn K Howard, Hussein Makki, Misa Mi, Nathan M Novotny, and Ngan Nguyen
Nitazoxanide Reduced Inflammatory Markers and Mitochondrial Changes in Human Retinal Endothelial Cells Grown in High Glucose, Youde Jiang, Neeraja Purandare, Li Liu, Mohamed Al-Shabrawey, Lawrence I Grossman, and Jena J Steinle
AI-Generated "Slop" in Online Biomedical Science Educational Videos: Mixed Methods Study of Prevalence, Characteristics, and Hazards to Learners and Teachers, Eric M Jones, Jane D Newman, Boyun Kim, and Emily J Fogle
Survey of Medical Student Attitudes Regarding Uterine Transplant for Cisgender and Transgender Women: An Observational Study, Brandon J Kim, Deidre Hurse, and Abram Brummett
Survey of Medical Student Attitudes Regarding Uterine Transplant for Cisgender and Transgender Women: An Observational Study, Brandon J. Kim, Deidre Hurse, and Abram Brummett
Survey of medical student attitudes regarding uterine transplant for cisgender and transgender women: an observational study., Brandon J. Kim, Deidre Hurse, and Abram Brummett
Alterations of Bioactive Lipid Profiles in the Retina Following Traumatic Optic Neuropathy in Mice, Min Young Kim, Nandini Koneru, Gieth Alahdab, Michael Risner, Ahmed S Ibrahim, Krishna Rao Maddipati, and Mohamed Al-Shabrawey
Conceptualizing Myocardial Contractility As An Emergent Property That Characterizes Myocardial Contraction, Serena Y Kuang and Gorune Geloian
A Unified Framework for Van 't Hoff's Law: Addressing the Complexity of Osmotic Concentration, Serena Y Kuang, Xiaonan Li, Xiaoqi Yang, and Eric Jones
Unravelling Tonicity: Causes of Confusion and Pathways to Clarity, Serena Y Kuang, Xiaoqi Yang, and Xiaonan Li
From Compliance to Moduli: Clarifying Basic Mechanical Properties of Biological Tissues, Nora Laban, Radwa Dawood, and Serena Y Kuang
Quadruple Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Cadaveric Study and Anatomical Implications, BHJ Lee, R Chellakudam, J Meri, P Pistotti, L Schwartz, M Yaldo, and Mallikarjuna Barremkala
ACQUIRED: An Innovative Asynchronous Modality to Increase Quality Teacher-Learner Dialogue and Overcome Classroom Barriers in Basic Science Medical Education., Brianne E. Lewis, Stefanie M. Attardi, and Kara E. Sawarynski
The Impact of a Study Trip to Auschwitz: Place-based Learning for Bioethics Education and Professional Identity Formation, Maxwell Li, Ramona Stamatin, Hedy S Wald, and Jason Adam Wasserman
An Investigation into the Public's Attitude Toward Opting out of Brain Death, Nicholas Ludka, Deidre Hurse, and Abram Brummett
Enzymes in Secondary Pharmacology Screening Panels: Is There Room for Improvement?, Monika Maciag and Vardan T Karamyan
The Missing Enzymes: A Call to Update Pharmacological Profiling Practices for Better Drug Safety Assessment, Monika Maciag and Vardan T Karamyan
WAS 2024 Fall Series Push and Pull: Navigating Strains in Health Education., Douglas McKell, Akshata R Naik, Erica Ausel, Anthony Brenneman, Susan Ely, Steve Garwood, Catherine Gathu, Mark Hernandez, Uzoma Ikonne, Kin Ly, and Tracey AH Taylor
Substance Use is Associated With Frequent Emergency Department Visits in Cardiac Patients, Tai Metzger, David A Berger, and Ramin Homayouni
Enhancing Exam Question Quality in Medical Education Through Bootstrapping, Changiz Mohiyeddini
Evaluation of Exam Questions Using Bootstrapping: Practical Applications in R and SPSS with a Case Study, Changiz Mohiyeddini
Freedom and Mental Health: An Overview of the Impact of Fundamental Rights on Psychological Wellbeing, Changiz Mohiyeddini
Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening: Demographic and Socioeconomic Influences, Elie Mulhem, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Yuying Xing, Hany Eraqi, Holly MacIntyre, and Ramin Homayouni
Association of Health Behaviors with Healthcare Workers' Physical and Psychological Well-Being: Learning From the COVID-19 Pandemic., Elie Mulhem, Lori Lackman Zeman, Karen Childers, Sujoy Roy, and Ramin Homayouni
Tools/Instruments for Assessing YouTube Videos on Surgical Procedures for Patient/Consumer Health Education: A Systematic Review, Manasa Pavuloori, Amy Lin, and Misa Mi
A Guided Approach to Establish a Functional Humanized Brain-on-a-Chip Microfluidic Model of the Neurovascular System, Snehal Raut, Aditya Bhalerao, and Luca Cucullo
Antidiabetic Agents as Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Therapies in Neurological and Cardiovascular Diseases, Snehal Raut and Luca Cucullo
Evaluation of Systemic and Brain Pharmacokinetic Parameters for Repurposing Metformin Using Intravenous Bolus Administration, Sejal Sharma, Yong Zhang, Dhavalkumar Patel, Khondker Ayesha Akter, Sounak Bagchi, Ali Ehsan Sifat, Ehsan Nozohouri, Yeseul Ahn, Vardan T Karamyan, Ulrich Bickel, and Thomas J Abbruscato
Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Arab Americans Living in Southeast Michigan, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Ramin Homayouni, Karen Childers, David Lick, Andrew Oleszkowicz, Erik Weitz, and Elie Mulhem
Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Infection and Vaccine Uptake Across Multiple Waves of the Pandemic in Southeast Michigan: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Ramin Homayouni, Karen Childers, Chen Shen, and Elie Mulhem
Racial and Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Infection and Vaccine Uptake Across Multiple Waves of the Pandemic in Southeast Michigan: A Retrospective Cohort Study, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Ramin Homayouni, Karen Childers, Chen Shen, and Elie Mulhem
A Novel Tool to Assess the Capacity of People with Dementia to Designate a Surrogate, Devan Stahl, Jason Adam Wasserman, Lauren Barron, and Sally P Weaver
The Importance of Categories. A Response to Brief Communication of Dr. Graham Scarr, "Commentary on the Recent Article: Stecco et al. (2025) Towards a Comprehensive Definition of the Human Fascial System. Journal of Anatomy. DOI: 10.1111/joa.14212", Carla Stecco, Rebecca Pratt, Laurice D Nemetz, Robert Schleip, Antonio Stecco, and Neil D Theise
Towards a Comprehensive Definition of the Human Fascial System, Carla Stecco, Rebecca Pratt, Laurice D Nemetz, Robert Schleip, Antonio Stecco, and Neil D Theise
Unveiling the Therapeutic Potential of Synthetic Protease Inhibitors: Targeting the Proteosome in Colorectal Cancer, Varna Taranikanti, Brianne Lewis, and Sarah Lerchenfeldt
On What Grounds? A Pilot Study of References Used in Clinical Ethics Consultation and Education, Kelly Turner, Abram Brummett, and Erica Salter
On What Grounds? A Pilot Study of References Used in Clinical Ethics Consultation and Education, Kelly Turner, Abram Brummett, and Erica Salter
Advancing COPD Management Through Novel Pharmacological Agents: Ensifentrine and Dupilumab, Lauren L Walkon, James R Burmeister, Michael Nazmifar, Forrest Bohler, Anna Kochanowska-Karamyan, and Samuel A Allen