Past Research Days

Research Day 2017

First Place Award
Charlie Wang, MD “Utility of Routine Collection of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Antepartum Patients.”

Audience Choice Award
Charlie Wang, MD “Utility of Routine Collection of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Antepartum Patients.”

2017 Research Day Booklet

Research Day 2016

First Place Award
Sara Harris, MD “Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device Expulsion in Patients with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.”

Audience Choice Award
Sara Harris, MD “Levonorgestrel Intrauterine Device Expulsion in Patients with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.”
P. Gordon McLemore, Jr., MD “Utilization of Abnormal Circumference (AC) Measurement in Fetal Biometry in the Late Second and Early Third Trimesters in the Prediction of Small for Gestational Age (SGA) Infants.”

2016 Research Day Booklet

Research Day 2015

First Place Award
Melissa Kuwahara, MD “Interpregnancy Interval and Subsequent Pregnancy Outcomes after Dilation and Evacuation.”

Audience Choice Award
Holly Bullock, MD “Access to Ulipristal Acetate in Hawaii: Is A Prescription Enough?”

2015 Research Day Booklet

Research Day 2014

First Place Award
Michelle Tsai, MD “Oxidative Stress & Compensatory Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Placentas of Gravid Marijuana Smokers.”

Audience Choice Award
Michelle Tsai, MD “Oxidative Stress & Compensatory Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms in the Placentas of Gravid Marijuana Smokers.”

2014 Research Day Booklet

Research Day 2013

Most Outstanding Award
Jaimie Johnson, MD “Men’s Attitudes, Beliefs, & Roles in Pregnancy & Childbirth: An Ethnographic Study in Nepal.”
Steve Harvey, MD, MS “Choice of Effective Contraception among Native Hawaiian Women.”

Audience Choice Award
Lynne Saito-Tom, MD, MS “Intrauterine Device Use in Overweight and Obese Women.”

2013 Research Day Booklet

Research Day 2012

Best Overall Research Project
Justin Bohrer, MD “Obstetrical Outcomes in Patients with Low-Lying Placenta in the Second Trimester.”

Most Potential to Impact Clinical Practice Award
Maxine Karimoto, MD “Improving HPV and Pap Co-Testing Screening Rates for Women 30 Years and Older in the Kapi’olani Women’s Obstetrics and Gynecology Outpatient Clinic.”

Research Day 2011

Best Overall Research Project Award
Judy Honegger, DO “Rates of Elective Induction between 34 0/7 – 38 6/7 Weeks Gestation at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children.”

Most Potential To Impact Clinical Practice Award
Kassondra Grzankowski, MD “Microsatellite Instability in Endometrial Cancer in Patients with HNPCC.”

Best Study Design Award
Lauren Millet, MD “Rates of Bacteriuria in Laboring Women with Epidural Analgesic-Continuous vs. Intermittent Bladder Catheterization.”

Research Day 2010

Best Overall Research Project Award
Pai-Jong Stacy Tsai, MD, MPH “Racial Differences in Perineal Body Length in First Stage of Labor.”

Most Potential To Impact Clinical Practice Award
Celeste Adrian, MD “Assessment of the Accuracy of Information Regarding Emergency Contraception on the Internet.”

Best Study Design Award
Pai-Jong Stacy Tsai, MD, MPH “Racial Differences in Perineal Body Length in First Stage of Labor.”

Research Day 2009

Best Overall Research Project Award
Shera Sugibayashi, MD “Effectiveness of Examining Amniotic Fluid Arborization in Diagnosing PPROM in Early Pregnancies.”

Most Potential To Impact Clinical Practice Award
Karen Soules, MD “Does Cell Phone-Bluetooth Technology for the Outpatient Management of Diabetes in Pregnancy Improve Patient Compliance and Satisfaction When Compared with Traditional Methods of Blood Sugar Report?”

Best Study Design Award
Maria Barrett, MD “Knowledge and Misconceptions of Intrauterine Devices in Adolescent Patients.”

Previous Research Day First Place Awards

2008     Chrystie Fujimoto, MD “The Effect of Methamphetamine Use on the Placenta.”

2007     Aya Sultan, MD, PhD “Association of Ovarian Cancer and Atypical Endometriosis.”

2006     Reina Ahern, MD “Knowledge and Attitudes of Emergency Contraception in Hawai’i;s Adolescents.”
2006     Renee Sato, MD “Antepartum Seafood Consumption and Mercury Levels in Newborn Cord Blood.”

2005     Reni Soon, MD “Comparison of Active Phase and Second Stage of Labor in Adolescents and Adults.”

2004     Scott Eaton, MD “EKG Changes Occurring with Magnesium Administration for Preterm Labor.”

2003     Sapna Janas, MD “Rate of Complciation from Third Trimester Amniocen

2002     Ian Oyama, MD “Local Anesthetic for Use in Colposcopic Biopsies.”
2002     Melissa Lawrence, MD “Impact of Fetal Fibronectin Testing at Kapi’olani Medical Center.”

2001     Seema Sidhu, MD “Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Rectal Misoprostol Versus Oxytocin in Management of the Third State of Labor”

2000     Deborah Geary, MD “TDx Surfactant/Albumin Raito and Lamellar Body Count: Effect of Blood and Meconium Contaminants on Fetal Lung Maturity Assays.”

1999     Steven Nishi, MD “Sample Adequacy of Endocervical Curettage (ECC) Compared with Endocervical Brush.”

1998     Julie Ann Henriksen, MD “Nitric Oxide in the Human Placenta.”

1997     Cheryl Leialoha, MD “Uriscreen, a Rapid Enzymatic Urine Screening Test for the Detection of Bacteriuria in Pregnancy.”

1996     Christine Brody, MD “Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Section in Hawai’i: Experience at Kapi’olani Medical Center for Women & Children.”