Thornton Award For Clinical Research

A Case of Epstein-Barr Pneumonitis in an Immunocompetent Adolescent Female Laura Victoria

The Distribution of Emm Types and Antimicrobial Resistance in Invasive Group A Streptococcus Isolates in Connecticut, 2015-2022. Amanda Hickey, MPH

Trends in the Incidence of Clostridioides difficile Infection (CDI) in New Haven County—Connecticut,2011–2022  Cameron Davis, MPH

When it Rains it Pours: Rainfall and Legionnaires’ Disease Risk in Connecticut, 2013–2022.   Chris Heneghan

RSV-Associated Mortality in Connecticut(CT), 2013–2019  Emily Zmek, MPH

Implementing Electronic Case Reporting in Connecticut, 2024 Suzanne Speers, MPH

Young Investigator Award for Residents & Fellows

Baseline HIV Genotypic analysis and Drug-Resistance Mutations in Hartford, Connecticut Nishka Umesh Shetty

Adolescent vaccination rates, Connecticut and the United States, 2022  Monica Brackney, MS

Avascular necrosis and osteoporosis, an unlucky combination in a 30-year-old HIV patient.  Blake Piepenbrink, DO

The association between the timing of prior natural infection and vaccination and subsequent risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization among individuals with hybrid immunity to SARS-CoV-2.  Karthik Rohatgi

​Prevalence of Hepatitis B Core Antibody in IVIG product by Chemiluminescent Microparticle Immunoassay (CMIA)  Anu Maharjan, PhD

Antibody responses against the SARS-CoV-2 BQ.1 variant in a highly exposed Brazilian Cohort.  Mariam Fofana

Histoplasmosis and Hemophagocytosis.  Blake Piepenbrink, DO

Twenty Years of Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in Connecticut, 2004–2023.  Eileen Flaherty

Potential Averted Burden due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines, New Haven and Middlesex Counties—Connecticut, October 2022–April 2023  Daewi Kim, MBS

TB or Not TB: A Case of Atypical Tuberculosis  Shrimahitha Duraiyarasan, MD

A rare case of Lyme carditis complicated by severe tricuspid regurgitation Laura Victoria

Leptospirosis in Peru, 2006-2022 Paloma Carcamo

Paxlovid Utilization and Social Vulnerability: Trends in Connecticut from 2022-2023  Laura Hohenstein, BS

Provider cost of leptospirosis treatment at a rural hospital in Sri Lanka  Udayani Prabha Kumar

Friedland Award For international Research

Syphilitic Hepatitis: An Atypical Presentation of an Uncommon Disease Type (A Case Report)  Johanna Gleason-Vergadoc, MD

Andriole Award For Basic Research

A Call of Vigilance: Reigniting Awareness of the Forgotten Nemesis in Patients with AIDS  Esravila A. Wibisono, MD

Diagnostic Stewardship: Changing Behavior One Urine Culture at a Time  Beth Warne

Changes in mortality trends following the introduction of COVID-19 to Connecticut in 2020.  Margaret Lind     

A Rare Case of Acute Epiglottitis from Pasteurella multocida in an Immunocompetent Patient.  Melissa Colaluca, MD

Compliance Rates to Updated CDC STI Guidelines and an Automatic Communication Intervention Following Positive STI Results in the ED  Noor Taweh

​​Clinical and Economic Impact of BioFire® Blood Culture Identification 2 Implementation in Patients with Staphylococcus Bacteremia. Colin Duell,PharmD

Improving Capture of Reportable Laboratory Results in Non-Standard Formats Using Casetivity Christina Meneo, MPH

Emphysematous Pyelonephritis  Lara Kim Rotter, MD

Transmission Dynamics of Zika Virus post-Introduction: Long-term Longitudinal Study in a Vulnerable Urban Community in Salvador, Brazil.  Nivison Nery, Jr.

Sharing is Caring: Single vs. Multiple-Fellow Triaging Systems in a Large Academic Infectious Disease Service – A Quality Improvement Project.  Francisco Machiavello Roman, MD

Risk factors for community-acquired candidemia in Connecticut (2019-2022)  Maria A. Correa, MPH

Impact of Air Quality on COVID-19-Associated Hospitalizations, New Haven County, October2022–April 2023  Julie Plano, MS

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Education for Internal Medicine Residents (PRIMER) – Preliminary Report.  Brenton Nash, MD

Monitoring wMel introgression with oviposition traps as an alternative to adult trapping during Wolbachia-based vector control.  Elisabeth Nelson

Legionella micdadeipneumonia  Lara Kim Rotter, MD

The Potential Impact of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines on Antibiotic Resistant Invasive Pneumococcal Disease in Connecticut.  Htet Htet Wrigley

Does Vaccination Status drive SARS-CoV-2 viral within-host diversity in COVID-19  Sindiso Nyathi

Cerebral Toxoplasmosis Diagnosed by Cell Free Metagenomic Next Generation Sequencing As A Presentation of Initial HIV Infection  Ahmed Naseer, MD

Is It Really Hepatitis A? Hepatitis A Surveillance in Connecticut 2019–2023 - Elena Washington

Mass SARS-CoV-2 testing and contact tracing in a correctional system during the pandemic  Charlotte Kim

Promoting Understanding and Enrollment in the Ryan White Program, a Quality Improvement Project.  Catherine Pulaski, DO

Use of Bezlotoxumab for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Haven, Connecticut.  Adaora Okoli

Challenges in Diagnosis and Management of Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection  Lara Kim Rotter, MD

The association between prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and odds of emerging Omicron subvariant reinfection and associated hospitalization among unvaccinated individuals: a test-negative case-control study   Lianhan Shang