THE WINNERS

10th Bialystok
International Medical
Congress for Young Scientists
THE
WINNERS
Case reports I
FIRST PRIZE
Artur Kośnik
“Tacrolimus-associated central pontine
myelinolysis after liver transplantation”
SECOND PRIZE
Julia Nowowiejska
“Zoster oticus. Ramsay-Hunt syndrome and its
complications – case reports”
THIRD PRIZE
Agnietė Valiulytė
“Herlyn – Werner – Wunderlich syndrome: a rare
cause of lower abdominal pain”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Merete Kallestad Hagen
“Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome as an extraalimentary manifestations of gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD)”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Monika Gruszczyńska
“Cornelia de Lange syndrome – rare genetic
disorder and effortless diagnosis”
Case reports II
FIRST PRIZE
Maciej Janica
“Positional asphyxia- case report”
SECOND PRIZE
Maryla Kuczyńska
“A LURKING THREAT: a case report of a critical
atherosclerotic aortic stenosis, accompanied by
accidental ultrasound finding of the idiopathic
“middle aortic syndrome” in a 60 y/o female
patient with the previous history of renal artery
balloon angioplasty”
THIRD PRIZE
Agnieszka Dybała
“Diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in infants
with congenital genetic syndromes in regional
hospital - Goldenhar syndrome”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Agnieszka Jarosińska
“Application of dacryocystorhinostomy in the
treatment of iatrogenic nasolacrimal duct
obstruction”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Sylwia Englert
“Hypokalemic periodic paralysis - a case report”
Intarnal Diseases I
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Jedlikowska
“Utility of QuantiFERON TB Gold test in diagnostics of
tuberculosis infection in children”
SECOND PRIZE
Emil Tomasz Grochowski
“Evaluation of early effects of ultra-rush specific immune
therapy on CD4+ T cells in Hymenoptera venom- allergic
patients”
THIRD PRIZE
Katarzyna Janczewska
“Influence of cigarette smoking on thyroid gland function
and presence of autoimmune disorders”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Julius Bartasius
“Factors influencing the upgrading of Gleason score after
radical prostatectomy”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Justyna Maciejiczek
“Hymenoptera venom hypersensitivity in allergy clinics
patients in the population of Silesia”
Pediatrics I
FIRST PRIZE
Jakub Dobroch
“Overweight as a complication of anticancer therapy
among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia”
SECOND PRIZE
Natalia Wasilewska
“Don’t we perform voiding cystourethrography in children
too often?”
THIRD PRIZE
Natalia Wasilewska
“Fibroblast growth factor 21 as a potential biomarker of
intrahepatic lipid content in obese children”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Paweł Wrzecionkowski
“The correlation between fecal calprotectin level and
chosen inflammatory markers in children with lower
gastrointestinal tract diseases”
Pediatrics II
FIRST PRIZE
Anna Krentowska
“The association between selected
endocrinopathies and central arterial pressure in
children and adolescents”
SECOND PRIZE
Magdalena Oleksińska
“Sleep quality in children with sensitization to food
and aeroallergens allergy”
THIRD PRIZE
Natalia Drobek
“Physical activity in children treated for neoplastic
diseases”
DISTINCTION
Katarzyna Gutowska
“Analysis of stem cells (CD133+/CD45+ and
CD133+/CD45- ) of children with growth hormone
deficiency and treated by growth hormone (GH)”
PhD I
FIRST PRIZE
Maciej Bryl
“Circle of Willis: radiologic atlas of anatomical
variants in computed tomographic angiography”
SECOND PRIZE
Anna Michalska
“The plasmid-mediated determinants of resistance
to aminoglycosides among Proteus mirabilis
clinical strains”
THIRD PRIZE
Urszula Radzikowska
“Endothelial progenitor cell levels in juvenile
idiopathic arthritis patients. Effects of antiinflammatory therapies”
PhD II
FIRST PRIZE
Anna Czajkowska
“The cytotoxic activity of novel betulin derivatives
in human breast cancer cells”
SECOND PRIZE
Kamil Grubczak
“Vitamin D3 Treatment Decreases Frequencies of
CD16-Positive and TNF-α-Secreting Monocytes in
Asthmatic Patients”
THIRD PRIZE
Anton Rodzich
“Surgery of the cavernous malformations of the
cerebral hemispheres”
Surgery I
FIRST PRIZE
Dawid Groth
“The submental island flap for reconstruction:
management of head and neck defects”
SECOND PRIZE
Aleksander Antoniewicz
“Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus sleeve
gastrectomy – the influence on the nutrition in
patients 12 months after surgery”
THIRD PRIZE
Paulina Uhma
“The influence of maxillary distraction on
permeability of nasal ducts”
DISTINCTION I
Szymon Franczyk
“Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in acute
scrotum syndrome”
DISTINCTION II
Weronika Kida
“Subjective evaluations of results of surgical
treatments in patients with craniofacial skeletal
defects”
Case reports III
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Roicka
“Nerve Sheath Myxoma (Neurothekoma) of the mouth – a
case report”
SECOND PRIZE
Artur Bandura
“Treatment with bortezomib can improve heart
insufficiency due to cardiac amyloidosis in course of
multiple myeloma”
THIRD PRIZE
Sylwia Gajda
“Coronary artery spasm and Raynaud’s phenomenon as
systemic vasospasm disorder”
DISTINCTION I
Paweł Bartnik
“Pregnant patient with multiple congenital anomalies”
DISTINCTION II
Joanna Kudraszew
“Gastrointestinal endometriosis and Crohn’s disease: a
diagnostic dilemma – case report”
Interdisciplinary I
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Zdanowicz
“MMP-9 expression in Wilms tumor in correlation with
clinicopathological features”
SECOND PRIZE
Magda Małachwiej
“Oral and parenteral chelation treatment in children and
young adults after antineoplastic therapy – preliminary
assessment”
THIRD PRIZE
Izabela Kołodziej
“Immune cells in colon adenocarcinoma: prognostic
relevance of cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells and
macrophage infiltration”
DISTINCTION I
Agata Semeniuk
“Correlation between transcriptional factor Nrf2 and
NFkB in UV-treated keratinocytes”
DISTINCTION II
Lina Matutyte
“Comparing students’ attitudes toward mental illness
between Lithuania and Italy”
Internal diseases II
FIRST PRIZE
Magdalena Sikora
“COPD Assessment Test – is it specific to COPD?”
SECOND PRIZE
Anna Malinowska
“Epidemiology and clinic features of sepsis in patients
hospitalized in the Department of Infectious Diseases and
Neuroinfections in years 2010-2014”
THIRD PRIZE
Damian Skrabaka
“Sexual dysfunction in patients with connective tissue
diseases”
DISTINCTION I
Konstantin Dotsenko
“Hypocholesterolemia in naïve HIV-infected patients and
its role in the development of bacterial complications”
DISTINCTION II
Monika Emilia Król
“Calprotectin concentration in serum and cerebrospinal
fluid of patients with Tick Borne Encephalitis”
Pharmacy
FIRST PRIZE
Joanna Mikłosz
“Efficacy and safety of heparin binding copolymer –
HBC1 for restoring of blood coagulation after
unfractionated heparin and enoxaparin treatment”
SECOND PRIZE
Daniel Mirosław Grochowski
“The influence of Rubus caesius extracts on
mutans streptococci growth and biofilm formation
and their phytochemical profiles”
THIRD PRIZE
Anna Hechmann
“Impact of streptomycin on melanization process
and antioxidant enzymes activity in HEMn-DP
melanocytes”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Dariusz Rapacz
“Evaluation of phytochemical profile of Potentilla
thuringiaca extracts and their biological effects on
mutans streptococci growth and biofilm formation”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Martyna Oprzondek
“Melanogenesis and antioxidant enzymes activity in
melanocytes HEMn-DP cultured with kanamycin”
Public Health I
FIRST PRIZE
Marta Butler
“Mediterranean eating habits and their effects on
the serum antioxidant activity”
SECOND PRIZE
Donata Vaitkūnaitė
“Detection of noise-induced hearing loss after short
excessive noise exposure using pure tone and
ultrahigh frequency audiometry”
THIRD PRIZE
Justyna Tomczuk
“Total polyphenol content in dietary supplements
containing plant extract”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Agnieszka Jarosińska
“Comparison of spirometric results between sitting
and standing position in school aged children in
Katowice, Poland”
PhD III
FIRST PRIZE
Olga Karpińska
“The potential role of endocannabinoids in contractile
effects of selected vasoactive substances in isolated human
and rat pulmonary arteries”
SECOND PRIZE
Natalia Pawłowska
“The influence of betulin derivatives on cytotoxicity
and DNA biosynthesis in human MCF-7 breast
cancer cells”
THIRD PRIZE
Edyta Andrulewicz
“α9β1 integrin modulates expression of type I
collagen, α2β1 receptor and MMPs activity in
glioma LBC3 cell line”
Surgery II
FIRST PRIZE
Mateusz Jankowski
“High-grade glioma- survival and quality of life of patients
who underwent surgery”
SECOND PRIZE
Mateusz Jankowski
“Clinical outcomes and prognostic factors of
patients with aneursymal subarachnoid
haemorrhage (aSAH)”
THIRD PRIZE
Rafał Kucharski
“Serum matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) in
patients with neuroepithelial neoplasms and
tumors of the meninges”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Karolina Welenc
“Efficacy of the surgical treatment of HakimAdam's syndrome by implantation of ventriculoperitoneal valve complex”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Diana Uljanionok
“Impact of preoperative anaemia on patients’
outcomes after major abdominal surgeries”
Basic Sciences
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Miniewska
“The influence of chlorpyrifos on the activity of
acetylcholinesterase in the serum and bone tissue
of rats”
SECOND PRIZE
Tomasz Charytoniuk
“Histological study of the Lymph Node of European
bison Bison bonasus (L.)”
THIRD PRIZE
Justyna Anna Kuźmińska
“Comparison of Blastocystis and Cryptosporidium
prevalence in immunocompetent healthly children
and children with inflammatory bowel disease”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Jakub Jaszczak
“Detection of microsporidial infections in
immunocompetent healthy children and children
with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Piotr Tarkowski
“The influence of subchronic administration of
mephedrone on activity of MMP-2 and MMP-9 in
mice blood serum”
Cardiology
FIRST PRIZE
Sylwia Sławek
“Antiplatelet and anticoagulation therapy in
patients undergoing cardiac electronic device
implantation”
SECOND PRIZE
Łukasz Wałejko
“Echocardiographic differences among patients
with paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation”
THIRD PRIZE
Sonia Beil
“Early and long term clinical outcomes of
bioresorbable vascular scaffold (absorb) in realworld population: insights from a multicenter
retrospective registry”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Paulina Werel
“The predictive assessment of 30-day mortality in
patients with acute Pulmonary Embolism in
Revised Geneva, Wells, Clinical and sPESI score”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Anna Puzio
“An enhanced heat shock protein-90 response and
a chronic low-grade inflammation in patients with
arterial hypertension”
Case reports IV
FIRST PRIZE
Andrzej Gottwald
“Interdisciplinary approach for the treatment of
adolescent male with anorexia nervosa: a case
report”
SECOND PRIZE
Karolina Kątska
“Progression of normal tension glaucoma in
Kearns–Sayre syndrome – a long term
observation”
THIRD PRIZE
Aleksandra Zomerfeld
“A broken heart syndrome in a patient with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Aleksandra Zomerfeld
“A dissecting abdominal aneurysm in a pregnant
women diagnosed with Marfan syndrome”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Emil Kania
“Closure of an Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula
with Flexible Self-Expandable Stent”
Dentistry
FIRST PRIZE
Joanna Tokajuk
“Local and general etiological determinants of
BMS- preliminary study”
SECOND PRIZE
Zofia Dąbrowska
“The influence of zinc supplementation on the
strength of rat’s teeth”
THIRD PRIZE
Mateusz Radwański
“Comparison of the shaping abilities of three
nickel-titanium rotary instruments. An ex vivo
study in simulated L-curved canals”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Zofia Dąbrowska
“Plans and the reality of the medical faculties
students in a survey”
Gynecology & obstetrics
FIRST PRIZE
Magdalena Zaremba
“Electrohysterography - a novel diagnostic tool
helpful in prediction the onset of labor in preterm
delivering patients”
SECOND PRIZE
Ekaterina Kukhta
“The evaluation of clinicopathologic charecteristics
of pregnancy at women with chronic nicotine
intoxication”
THIRD PRIZE
Daniela Wójcik
“Prenatal screening for Down syndrome – can
autoantibodies be valuable biomarkers in the
future?”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Joanna Kacperczyk
“Cervical cancer – knowledge, prevention and
exposure to risk factors among Polish students”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Paweł Bartnik
“The impact of antenatal classes attendance on pain
and fear during labor”
JURY DISTINCTION
Julius Bartasius
“Determinant factors for the treatment strategy of
gestational pyelonephritis”
Immunology & genetics
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Bazydło
“COL1A1 Sp1 binding site polymorphism in
association with low serum vitamin D level
predisposes to the increased low-energy fractures
rate in children”
SECOND PRIZE EX AEQUO
Dawid Groth
“Effects of pituitary-derived and gonad-derived sex
hormones on proliferation of acute myeloid
leukemia blasts”
SECOND PRIZE EX AEQUO
Jakub Marczuk
“Molecular characteristics of microsporidia
infection in pediatric oncologically treated
patients”
THIRD PRIZE
Magdalena Cielma
“CD80/CD86 molecules expression on monocytes
from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia”
Interdisciplinary II
FIRST PRIZE
Katarzyna Sapieżko
“Useful of p16 in the diagnosis of cervical
precancerous lesions”
SECOND PRIZE
Dorota Dąbrowska
“NETs in patients with oral squamous cell
carcinoma (OSCC)”
THIRD PRIZE
Dzina Paulava
“Brain histaminergic neurons following seven-day
ethanol administration in rats”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Magdalena Świstak
“Childhood psoriasis- a retrospective analysis of
patients hospitalized in the Department of
Dermatology and Venereology UMB in 2009-2014”
SECOND DISTINCTION
Jurgita Guseinovaite
“Impact of red blood cell transfusion on adverse
outcomes after on pump cardiac surgery”
Public Health II
FIRST PRIZE
Kamila Kulesza
“Sprouts as potential sources of dietary
antioxidants”
SECOND PRIZE
Sylwia Korzeniowska
“Knowledge of first-aid among first year medical
students from Medical University of Lublin”
THIRD PRIZE
Piotr Bańka
“Repeatability of spirometric results in sitting and
standing position in school-aged children in
Katowice, Poland”
FIRST DISTINCTION
Katarzyna Repetowska
“Dyspnea scales and education in patients
hospitalized in pulmonary departments in India
and Poland”
PhD IV
FIRST PRIZE
Agnieszka Iwaniuk
“The role of Fas/FasL complex in the induction of
apoptosis in human leukocytes exposed to Nnitrosodimethylamine (NDMA)”
SECOND PRIZE
Katarzyna Siemionow
“Celecoxib as a collagen biosynthesis inhibitor in
human dermal fibroblasts culture”
THIRD PRIZE
Adrian Podkowa
“Influence of a novel SLC6 family transporter
inhibitor on scopolamine-induced memory
impairments in mice”
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
BIMC Organizing
Committee
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