*RUSM has a first-time residency attainment rate of 96%, calculated as the percent of students attaining a 2025-26 residency position out of graduates or expected graduates in 2024-25 who were active applicants in the 2025 NRMP match or who attained a residency position outside the NRMP match. AUC’s first-time residency attainment rate for 2024-2025 graduates and expected graduates is 95%. SABA’s four-year residency placement rate of 97% is calculated as the percent of students attaining a residency position out of all graduates or expected graduates in 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 who were active applicants in the NRMP match or attained a residency outside the NRMP match. As of July 17, 2025, they have not published their 2025 rates. SGU’s US residency placement rate of 94% pertains to graduates over five years from 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 with the rate calculated as the total number of students/graduates who obtained a US residency divided by the total number of students/graduates who applied to a US residency program in a given year as of April 2025.
Congratulations to five Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) students who were selected as this year’s Research Day winners for their oral papers and poster presentations — Dominique Jenkins, Alexandria Laws, Mohammad Saba, Yousif Slim, and Brittany M. Barba.
Best Poster
Impact of Mind-Body Medicine in Diabetes, Hypertension, and COPD Management by fifth-semester student Dominique Jenkins
Best Oral Paper
The Potential Impact of Dietary Intervention on Recurrence-Free and Overall Survival in Ovarian Cancer Patients: Results from an Observational Study by seventh-semester student Alexandria Laws
Best Case Report
A Case of Sigmoid Volvulus in an Unexpected Demographic by ninth-semester student Mohammad Saba
Runner-up Poster
Curcumins Effects on Ulcerative Colitis: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review by fifth-semester student Yousif Slim
Runner-up Oral Paper
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact on Geriatric Mental Health Among Diverse Seniors at a FQHC by eighth-semester student Brittany M. Barba
To see all of the day’s agenda, including a complete list of presentations, view the Research Day program.
A special thank you to the RUSM Research Day Committee members for their tireless efforts. Members include Liris Benjamin, Thomas Butler, Stephanie Date, Mounia Hanzazi and Jennifer Connolly, as well as other valuable event contributors — the RUSM audio-visual team for technical support, Nathalie Watty Brouwer and Rhasheda Skeete for administrative support, and the Ross Academic Research Society (RARS) students for assisting with the Research Day proceedings.
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