Smrithi Sukumar
The Clinical Student Research Award is presented to undergraduate students who have submitted exceptional research for presentation at the AGS Annual Scientific Meeting. Smrithi Sukumar, a medical student at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is our 2019 Clinical Student Research Award recipient for her submission, “Apixaban concentrations in elderly NVAF patients: Is less enough?” Ms. Sukumar’s research examines plasma apixaban concentrations in relation to dosing during routine clinical care for older patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF). Ms. Sukumar is a Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) scholar, and has experience in a variety of research fields. She is a founder and coordinator of the UCSF Geriatrics Interest Group, and previously served as coordinator for UCSF Camp Cardiac, the Point of Care Ultrasound Elective, and the Society of Women in Medicine. She is currently the medical student representative for the UCSF Medical Alumni Association and the UCSF Indian Students Association.
Past Recipients of the Clinician Student Research Award
2018 Michael Liu
2017 Laura Hatchman
Jessica Rizzuto
2016 Margaret Puelle, BS
2015 Justin Yamamoto
2014 Julie Thai, MPH
Lucille Brunker
2013 Nerissa Duchin
Bianca Methvin
2012 Israel (Riley) Peña, Jr.
2011 Siobhan M. Case, BA, MS-II
2010 Cynthia So, BS, MSII
2009 Melissa M. Fish, MS-II
2008 Gina Fujikami, MSIV
2007 Priscilla Yee, MSIV