Resident Research
The OB/GYN residency program at the University of South Alabama requires its graduates to complete an original research or a quality improvement project.
We have a research curriculum that is integrated into resident didactics.
Dr. Candice Holliday and Dr. William Perez are the co-Directors of Research for the OB/GYN Department.
In May of each year, the Department hosts a Resident and Fellow Research Day where final resident research and QI projects as well as initial research ideas are presented before three outside judges. Initial research ideas are presented in order to elicit feedback and recommendations.
Examples of Past Presentations:
| Final Presentation | Narcotic use after cesarean delivery with Transverse Abdominis Plane (TAP) block compared to stand care |
| Final Presentation | The Modified Early Warning System in gynecologic oncology inpatients: clinical outcomes of a single institution cohort study |
| Final Presentation | Comparison of the incidence of small for gestational age infants born during the COVID-pandemic, H1N1 pandemic, and a non-pandemic year. |
| Final Presentation | The role of COVID-19 in teen pregnancy. |
| Initial Presentation | Outcomes with prolapsed membranes at periviable gestations |
| Initial Presentation | Barriers to continuity of care in the single hospital system |
| Initial Presentation | A comparison of topical steroid plus CO2 laser for treatment of vulvar lichen sclerosus versus topical steroids alone |
| Initial Presentation | Comparing estimated fetal weight by sonographers and residents to birth weight |
| Initial Presentation | Long term patient reported outcomes and quality of life in infants born at the limits of viability |
| Initial Presentation | Short interval pregnancy and TOLAC outcomes |
Our department funds residents to present their research at national conferences.
| 2023 South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Asheville, NC) | Teen Delivery in a Medically-Underserved Region During the COVID-19 Pandemic. |
| 2023 South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Asheville, NC) | Comparison of the incidence of small for gestational age infants born during two different pandemic years versus a non-pandemic year. |
| 2023 Central Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Nashville, TN) | Primary Posterior Uterine Rupture in Labor. |
| 2025 South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Asheville, NC) | Ovarian Ectopic Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature |
| 2025 South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (Asheville, NC) | Perspectives on Abstinence-Only Sexual Health Education. |