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2025 Research Poster Competition Winners

TAFP’s Annual Session and Primary Care Summit promotes scholarly activity by family medicine students, residents, and physicians, providing a unique opportunity to share research with the TAFP membership.

The competition is sponsored by the TAFP Foundation. The posters are designed to demonstrate a specific practice-based research activity, an evidenced-based review, or a case report (students only), with an emphasis on practice-based research. There are required elements for the abstract. 

If you’re interested in applying in 2026, visit the TAFP Research Poster Competition webpage for more information.

First place
Efficacy of Using HPV Self-Collection Kits to Increase Cervical Cancer Screening Among Under-Screened Women in the U.S.

Shana-Kay Lambert-Johnson, MD, and Fredricka Barr, MD
Medical City Fort Worth – University of North Texas Family Medicine Residency


Second place
Impact of GLP-1RA treatment on alcohol consumption in adults

Kailey Ellis, MD, and Laura Winikka, MD
Houston Methodist Family Medicine Residency


Third place
Blood, sweat, and stress: Does continuous glucose monitoring ease diabetes distress?

Clarence Lim, MD, and Edith Gonzalez-Godinez, DO
Houston Methodist Family Medicine Residency

First place
Impact of prenatal care facility on intimate partner violence screening in the prenatal period: Evidence from the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, 2016-2022

Timothy Ihongbe, MD, MPH, PhD, and Nimat Alam, MD, FAAFP, AGSF
Texas Tech University Family Medicine Residency Program of the Permian Basin


Second place
Implementing a Standardized Nurse-Visit Protocol to Improve Blood Pressure Control in a Primary Care Setting

Sachit Bhakta, MD, Harold Wilson, MD, Camila Conde, MD, and Marrisa Emadi, MD
UT Health San Antonio Department of Family and Community Medicine


Third place
Geospatial Distribution of JAMP Alumni Physicians in Medically Underserved and High Social Deprivation Areas

Nayeli Fuentes, MD, Michael Topmiller, PhD, Shikha Chandarana, PhD, MS, and Alison Huffstetler, MD, FAAFP
UT Tyler Family Medicine Residency Program, Robert Graham Center

First place
Use of point of care ultrasound in a low-resource setting to identify testicular malignancy: a case report

Dylan Noble, Michael Hembrough, Roxanna Farokhnia, Hailey Lawrence, PA, and Lesca Hadley, MD
Texas A&M College of Medicine


Second place
The Role of History and Physical Examination in Colovaginal Fistula Diagnosis: A Case Report

Allison Kim and Urmil Shukla, MD
University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine, Texas Surgery Center (Huntsville Memorial Hospital)

First place
PAD Patterns and Associated Healthcare Costs Among Adults with Diabetes in Border and Non-border Counties in Texas

Cori Grant, PhD; Lulu Xu, MS; Ruth Bush, MD; Priya Trakru, BA, BS; Jacqueline Garcia, MS; Olamide Alabi, MD, MS; and Omolola Adepoju, PhD
University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine

First place
Leveraging SMS and Behavioral Theory to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening in Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHCs) clinics

Tushar Talaparthy, Tonghui Xu, PhD, and Omolola Adepoju, PhD, MPH
University of Houston Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine


Second place
A 5-Year Evaluation of the Healthy Choices Team (HCT) Program as a Community-Based Lifestyle Intervention

Amin Golamy-Sadig; Muhammad Ayser; Lana Abdelrahim; Katrina Fisher; Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas; Raluca Popa; Suhaib Haq, MD, FAAFP; Yajaira Johnson-Esparza, PhD; Robert Wood, DrPH; Fozia Ali, MD, FAAFP; Ashlyn Huang, MD; and Corynne McEachern DO
UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine

First place
Building Confidence in Nutrition-Centered Dementia Care: Developing a Project ECHO® Training for Primary Care Clinicians

Vidya Sharma, PhD, RD, LD, CDCES; Sara S. Masoud, PhD, MPH; Caitlin E. Sangdahl, BS; Angelica E Davila, MD, MS; Richel Z. Avery, MD, FAAFP, DABOM; and Cynthia De La Garza-Parker, CHW-I
UT Health San Antonio


Second place
Improving hypertension control in a community health center through dedicated appointments

Arindam Sarkar, MD, FAAFP; Jay Orr, DO; and Lisa Danek, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Baylor College of Medicine