Sonography faculty and students attended the annual Society of Diagnostic and Medical Sonography meeting In New Orleans, Louisiana this September.   Prof. Jennfer Bagley presented two sessions, “Exploring Vascular Abnormalities from Normal to Rare” and “Demystifying Academic Research”.   

In addition, three 2024 graduates received awards in the W. Frederick Sample Student Excellence Competition.   In the literature review category, Jayden Reed won first place for her paper: “Sonographic Techniques and Methods in the Evaluation of Patients with Oropharyngeal Dysphagia.”  

Jennifer Ibarra Pantoja won second place for her paper: “The Use of Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasonography vs Laryngoscopy in Vocal Cord Paralysis.” 

In the original research competition, Mackay Whalen won first place for her paper: “Comparing Abdominal and Retroperitoneal Organ Sonographic Measurements to Actual Measurements: A Pilot Study.”    

This is the eighth year in a row that sonography students have won first and second place in the literature review category, and the fifteenth time that a student has won or placed in the literature review category since 2008. It marks the fifth time since 2014 that an OU Sonography student has won or placed in the original research category.  

The W. Frederick Sample Student Excellence Award was established in memory of Dr. Frederick Sample to acknowledge outstanding achievement in the field of diagnostic medical sonography and to encourage students to submit original research and literature review papers for publication in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (JDMS).