AMA Research Challenge People’s Choice Voting

2025 AMA Research Challenge-People's Choice Awards
Research Challenge
Jan 19 - 23, 2026
Virtual

Voting has closed for the 2025 AMA Research Challenge People’s Choice Voting. Check back to find out which finalist receives which recognition. 

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Learn more about the recognition categories and the five finalists.

2025 People’s Choice categories

  • Outstanding Poster Design: For the finalist who created a poster that’s clear, polished, and genuinely enjoyable to look at—great science, presented beautifully.
  • Outstanding Presentation: For the finalist who explains their work in a way that draws you in—confident, clear, and easy to follow from start to finish.
  • Outstanding Research Award: For the project that truly stands out—strong science, solid methods, and results that matter.
  • Innovative Research Award: For the finalist who brings fresh ideas to the table—creative thinking, new approaches, and research that moves the field forward.
  • Rising Star in Medical Research: For the finalist who shows real promise as a future leader in research—talented, motivated, and already making an impact.

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Bijoya Basu

Third year medical student

  • Poster: A hormone circuit from fat to hippocampus drives a novel, druggable anxiety pathway
  • Topic: Basic Science
  • Medical institution: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Tiffany Bellomo, MD

Resident, vascular surgery

  • Poster: Lipoprotein(a) is a Prognostic Marker of Extracoronary Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease Progression
  • Topic: Clinical and Translational research
  • Medical institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

Karishma Popli, MD, MBE

Chief resident, adult neurology

  • Poster: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Novel Neuropalliative Care Education Curriculum
  • Topic: Medical Education
  • Medical institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Addison Shenk

Fourth year medical student

  • Poster: Hands-On Naloxone Training: Advancing Curriculum and Assessment Through Simulated Manikins Learning
  • Topic: Medical Education
  • School: Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Anthony Wong

Fourth year medical student

  • Poster: Machine Learning-Guided Design of Next-Generation Triple Agonist Peptide Therapeutics for Metabolic Disease
  • Topic: Basic Science
  • Medical institution: Carle Illinois College of Medicine

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