RAD 2008 Award Winners

Public Health Student Association Awards |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Fort Worth Innovation Award |
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Place |
Prize |
Winner |
Presentation Title |
1st |
$350 |
Amber Ondricek |
PHYTOESTROGENS AS NEUROPROTECTANTS IN OPTIC NEUROPATHIES |
Center for Community Health Awards |
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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 |
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Place |
Prize |
Winner |
Presentation Title |
1st |
$500 |
R. Scott Duncan |
EFFECTS OF PROGESTERONE ON CALCIUM SIGNALING IN HIPPOCAMPAL NEURONS |
For Her Awards |
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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 |
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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. |
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