Public Health Student Association Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

4th

$150

Rachel Jackson

HOW PAST, PRESENT, AND CONTINUED RELIGIOSITY AFFECT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE INCIDENCE AMONG AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS

3rd

$300

Katandria Johnson

HEALTHCARE ACCESS FOR TEXAS DISABLED HISPANIC CHILDREN

2nd

$450

Mohammad Rahman

ASSESSMENT OF SEVERE INJURIES AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS ON THE ROSEBUD INDIAN RESERVATION IN ROSEBUD, SOUTH DAKOTA

1st

$600

Sally Hoger

DISCOVERY OF A UNIQUE NATURAL PRODUCT SCAFFOLD THAT INHIBITS METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS (MRSA)

TCOM Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

3rd

$300

Darcie Weilbacher and Laura Barratt

DO TEXAS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS INTERPRET PLAIN-FILM RADIOGRAPHYS IN CLINICAL PRACTICE?

2nd

$400

Alan Lewis

TEXAS RURAL AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) PLACEMENT: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

1st

$500

Devin Flaherty

IMPROVED FLUID RESUSCITATION WITH PYRUVATE-FORTIFIED RINGER'S FOR HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK AND HINDLIMB ISCHEMIA

Graduate Student Association Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

3rd AM

$300

Erica Kafka

CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED DRUG DELIVERY TO NB4: FEASIBILITY OF NANOPARTICLE USE FOR CELLS IN SUSPENSION AND BLOOD DISEASE

3rd PM

$300

Mallika Valapala

INVOLVEMENT OF ANNEXIN A2 MEDIATED EXTRACELLULAR PROTEOLYSIS IN EXCITOTOXICTY OF RETINAL GANGLION CELLS

2nd AM

$400

T.J. Bartosh

L-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNELS MODULATE RETINOIC ACID-INDUCED MEF2 ACTIVITY AND EXPRESSION OF CARDIAC SPECIFIC GENES

2nd PM

$400

Subhamoy Dasgupta

C17ORFF37 REGULATES PROSTATE CANCER CELL MIGRATION AND INVASION BY NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B MEDIATED DOWNSTREAM TARGET GENES

Alcon Research Achievement Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

1st AM

$500

Devin Flaherty

IMPROVED FLUID RESUSCITATION WITH PYRUVATE-FORTIFIED RINGER'S FOR HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK AND HINDLIMB ISCHEMIA

1st PM

$500

Lorie Gonzalez

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SUBUNIT-DEPENDENT ACTIVITY OF CARISOPRODOL AT GABAAR

Postdoc

$700

Vidhya Rao

ENDOTHELIN-1 MEDIATED REGULATION OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COLLAGENS IN RAT OPTIC NERVE HEAD.

Tech Transfer Award

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

1st

$350

Amber Ondricek

PHYTOESTROGENS AS NEUROPROTECTANTS IN OPTIC NEUROPATHIES

Center for Community Health Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

AM

$250

Arti Sharma, Ph.D.

CARDIOMETABOLIC RESPONSES AND ETHNICITY IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND DIABETES

PM

$250

Guadalupe Leon

DIABETES IDENTIFICATION AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Neurobiology of Aging Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

1st

$500

R. Scott Duncan

EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE ON CALCIUM SIGNALING IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS

For Her Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

Pre-doc 1st

$250

R. Scott Duncan

EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE ON CALCIUM SIGNALING IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS

Post-doc 1st

$250

Patty Hardt, M.D.

EFFECTIVENESS OF UNIVERSAL RAPID HIV SCREENING FOR WOMEN IN LABOR: A SYSTEMS BASED APPROACH

PACE Awards

Place

Prize

Winner

Presentation Title

AM

$500

Alan Lewis

TEXAS RURAL AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR (AED) PLACEMENT: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

PM

$500

Rachel Jackson

DEPRESSION AND THE SEVERITY OF HIV SYMPTOMS IN HIV POSITIVE WOMEN

The names of all first place winners were placed in a hat to select the recipient of the Travel Service Everywhere drawing for a round-trip airline ticket to attend a national conference. The recipient of the drawing was Scott Duncan.