The AMA Research Challenge is the largest national, multi-specialty medical research conference for medical students, residents and fellows, and international medical graduates to showcase and present research.
2024 winner
Ayush Kumar, a third-year medical student from the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, was the winner of the 2024 AMA Research Challenge and was awarded the grand prize of $10,000, presented by Laurel Road.
- Poster: Enhancing the Radiosensitivity of Triple-negative Breast Cancer by Targeting VEGF/Neuropilin-2 (PDF)
- Topic: Basic Science
- School: University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Watch the video and learn more about the finalists.
2023 winner
Jesse Kirkpatrick, a third-year medical student from Harvard School of Medicine, was the winner of the 2023 AMA Research Challenge and was awarded the grand prize of $10,000, presented by Laurel Road.
- Poster: Detection of cholangiocarcinoma with protease activity probes (PDF)
- Topic: Basic Science
- School: Harvard School of Medicine
Watch the video and learn more about the 2023 finalists.
2022 winner
Leelabati Biswas, a MD/PhD Candidate from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, was selected the winner for 2022 and was awarded the grand prize of $10,000, sponsored by Laurel Road.
- Poster: Decoding Pregnancy Loss: Validating a Novel Genetic Biomarker of Poor Egg Quality (PDF)
- Topic: Basic Science
- School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
- Making the Rounds podcast: Listen to the interview and read the transcript
Watch the video and read more about the 2022 finalists.
2021 winner
Marielisa Cabrera-Sánchez was the overall winner of the 2021 AMA Research Challenge and was awarded the grand prize of $10,000, sponsored by Laurel Road.
- Poster: Genomic Adaptation of Moraxella catarrhalis During Persistence in the Airways of COPD patients” (PDF)
- Topic: Basic Science
- School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Watch the 2021 finals broadcast and read more about the 2021 finalists.
2020 co-winners
Victoria Danan and Shamsh Shaikh were announced on Jan. 13, 2021, as co-winners of the first AMA Research Challenge.
Victoria Danan
- Poster: Winning The Ventilator Lottery: A comparison of five scarce resource allocation protocols (PDF)
- Topic: Health Systems Science
- School: FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
Shamsh Shaikh
- Poster: The Effect of Pod-based Electronic Cigarettes (“JUUL”) on Endothelial Phenotype: Preliminary Results (PDF)
- Topic: Basic Science
- School: Boston University School of Medicine
Watch the 2020 finals broadcast and read more about the 2020 winners.
