The MD/PhD program at Penn State College of Medicine sent five students to the 37th Annual MD-PhD National Student Conference in Copper Mountain, Colo., in July.

Nadia DiNunno presents her poster.
- Nadia DiNunno (G4, Wang lab)
- Poster Presentation: The structure of mammalian-derived HBV capsid in complex with a fluorescent HAP13 derivative
- Tim Helmuth (G2, Connor lab)
- Maryknoll Linscott (G4, Gunther lab)
- Oral Presentation: PIK3CA and cMYC promote the expansion of distinct Ras-initiated, long-lived premalignant clones in a multistage murine breast cancer model
- Havell Markus (G2, Liu lab)
- Oral Presentation: Utilizing electronic health records to identify high-risk ANA-positive patients that may progress to systemic lupus erythematosus
- Kyra Newmaster (M3, Kim lab)
- Oral Presentation: Predicting CNS Tumor MMP9 Methylation Status Using MRI Features
Linscott’s oral presentation earned a conference award for Best General Medicine II Oral Presentation.

Maryknoll Linscott, a student in the College of Medicine’s MD/PhD program, presents her talk, which won a conference award.