Student Research and Accomplishments
DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND STUDENTS RECEIVE TOP HONORS IN 2009 NATIONALS
For the Seventeenth consecutive year, Seattle University Diagnostic Ultrasound students have received top honors at the Annual Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) conference. The 2009 award ceremony will be held in Nashville, Tennessee this year in October. The W. Fredrick Sample Student Excellence Award Competition has award categories for Original Research and Literature Review.
The Sample Award for Literature Review resulted in a Seattle University First place by student intern
Bailey Nelson, Paper titled: Fetal Intra-abdominal Umbilical Vein Varix: A Review of the Literature
The Sample award for Original Research also resulted in a Seattle University First & Second place by
student interns, Alison Freeberg and Erika Hutson respectively.
Alison Freeberg, First place paper title is: “False Positive Outcomes of Standard Morphological Imaging Predictors of Fetal Aortic Coarctation”.
Erika Hutson, second place paper title is: " An Examination as to the Usefulness of Tourniquet Application When Mapping Upper Extremity Veins for Hemodialysis Access."
These students completed their work as part of their senior synthesis experience. Each student will also present their paper at the awards ceremony in October 2009. The winning papers will be published in the SDMS peer-review journal, Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. The faculty and staff of Diagnostic Ultrasound would like to congratulate this year’s winners.
Sarah Curtis, and Kilee Owens were recently honored for their work submitted to the W. Frederick Sample Student Excellence Award competition, sponsored by the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (SDMS), at the SDMS national convention in Las Vegas, Nevada in October, 2007. The competition is international as students from ultrasound programs across the United States and Canada submit scientific papers in either the original research category or the literature review category. These students completed their work as part of their senior synthesis experience and submitted their papers for the annual competition. All three papers will be published in the SDMS’ peer reviewed journal, Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.
Ms. Curtis completed her BS in Diagnostic Ultrasound in September 2007 and is employed at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Her original research paper titled “Quantification of Right Ventricular Volume and Function in Patients with Previously Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: a Comparison of Echocardiography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.” was awarded first place for original research in the Sample Award Competition.
Ms. Owens completed her BS in Diagnostic Ultrasound in September, 2007 and is employed at the Children’s Medical Center in Seattle. Her original research paper titled “Velocity Vector Imaging as a Tool for Diagnosing Mild Diastolic Dysfunction as Compared to Traditional Methods.” was awarded second place for original research in the Sample Award competition.
This is the fifteenth consecutive year that an SU ultrasound student or recent graduate has received top honors in either the original research category or the literature review category or both.
Previous award winners
Amy Moon, Jeff Gerig, Dale Cyr, Mary Brennan, Nicole Damato, Michelle Rhodes, Lea Guerra, Contessa Erhardt, Leigh Otting, Shaun Bornemeier, Kim Connors-Pace, Rebecca Elijah, David Stolte, Lisa LeVan, Kelly Grove, Jana Johnson, Megan Lim, Laura Thomas, Nicole White, Amelia Madsen, April Valentine, Danielle Thorsen, Joana Powell, Amber Reas, Joleen Rodriguez, Melissa Okonek, Krislynn Barnhart, Britta Fehst, Pauline Suon and Nichole Tuning.