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Texas State Division of Academic Affairs College of Health Professions Research Research Forum

Research Forum

Winners of the 2023 College of Health Professions Research Forum

POSTERS

For 2023 there were a total of 50 posters submitted. 

FACULTY RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place:  Professor Katherine Sawyer, "Access to Radiation Therapy in Costa Rica for Prostate Cancer", (Radiation Therapy)

Second Place:  Dr. Virginia Tufano, "The State of Mental Well-being Among First-Semester Nursing Students", (Nursing)

Third Place: Dr. Virginia Tufano, "Motivators for Nursing Educators to Persist in their Profession: A Phenomenological Study", (Nursing) 


FACULTY/STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place:  Dr. Jose Betancourt, Dr. Gerardo Pacheco, Abby Eoff, Shivani Patel, "Chagas Disease as a Disease of Operational Military Significance: A Review of Existing Policies" (Health Administration)   

Second Place:  Hope Martinez, John Mantanona, Melinda Powers, Rachel Sausman, Dr. Karen Gibbs, "Creating a DPT Instructional Resource for Wound Management Laboratory Activities", (Physical Therapy)   

Third Place:  Jessica Basa & Dr. Theresa Garcia, "Barriers in Seeking Treatment for Perinatal Depression in Low-Income African Americans: An Educational Literature Review", (Nursing)

EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE REVIEW CATEGORY

First Place:  Ryan Kerr & Victoria Rangel, "A Comparison of Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing and Traditional Culture Methods in Detecting Infectious Organisms", (Clinical Laboratory Science)

Second Place:  Olivia Miller, "The Impact of Circadian Rhythm on a Cancer Patient's Treatment", (Radiation Therapy)

Third Place:  Emma Platt & Sarah Olsen, "MicroRNAs used in monitoring effects of exercise on Type II Diabetes Mellitus", (Clinical Laboratory Science)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CATEGORY


First Place:  Marisa Martinez, Kritin Verma, "To assess and alternative vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) for vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) dysfunction using three patented glasses to determine improvement in a patient with severe vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) dysfunction", (Communication Disorders)