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College of Health Professions

Research Forum

Winners of the 2024 College of Health Professions Research Forum

POSTERS

For 2024 there were a total of 66 posters submitted. 

FACULTY RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place:  Dr. Gerardo J. Pacheco, “Results and Lessons Learned from a Youth Pregnancy Prevention Community Intervention in Rural South Texas”, (Health Administration)

Second Place:  Mr. Nathan Rodrigues, "High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation Using Noninvasive Interfaces", (Respiratory Care)

Third Place: Dr. Kimberly Lee, "Leadership Runway from Higher-Education to Healthcare Career Success (An Initial Study)", (Health Administration)

FACULTY/STUDENT COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place:  Dr. Denise Gobert, "Gender-Specific Concussion Risk-Management: Should We Take Another Look at the Use of Mouthguards" (Physical Therapy)   

Second Place:  Dr. Jie Yang; Gracie Bouchard; Darcy Carothers; Jaycee Danford; Kelsey Majek; Alexis Reinwald; Grace Sargent; Zo Starnes-Kemper; "Acoustic Characteristics of English Intonation in Mandarin-English Bilinguals", (Communication Disorders)   

Third Place:  Dr. Steve Spivey; Jerry Abraham; Maria Perez; Michelle Salinas; "Effectiveness of Positive Psychology on the Well-Being of DPT Students", (Physical Therapy)

EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE REVIEW CATEGORY

First Place:  Isaiah Whitehead; Baha Boyd; Sabrina Mendoza; "Applications of CRISPR Technology to Breast Cancer and Triple Negative Breast Cancer Research", (Medical Laboratory Science)

Second Place:  Tracy Wilson, "MediCodeCompanion: An App to Improve Health Literacy", (Health Informatics & Information Management)

Third Place:  Sarah Barnett, ""Exploring Non-Adherence to Adjuvant Hormone Therapy Among Breast Cancer Patients", (Radiation Therapy)

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place:  Anna Bella Bellard, "Exploring the Effectiveness of Reverse Mentoring and Traditional Mentoring in a Multigenerational Healthcare Workforce", (Health Administration)

Second Place: Sarah Paddock, "Positive Themes Emerging from Collaborative Stories Created by Persons with Aphasia", (Communication Disorders)

Third Place: Tia Shore, “Lithotomy Versus Alternative Birthing Positions Effect on Patient Outcomes”, (Nursing)

GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH CATEGORY

First Place: Samantha Hatcher, “Clinician Utilization of Movement System Approach to Physical Therapy Assessment, Diagnosis, and Intervention”, (Physical Therapy)

Second Place: Jenna Bowen, “Neuromuscular Trunk and Pelvic Responses in Children with and without Cerebral Palsy to Instrumented Hippotherapy”, (Physical Therapy)