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 Metal 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)