RAD 2008 Award Winners
| 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 |
| 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 Fort Worth Innovation Award | |||
| Place | Prize | Winner | Presentation Title |
| 1st | $350 | Amber Ondricek | PHYTOESTROGENS AS NEUROPROTECTANTS IN OPTIC NEUROPATHIES |
| 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. |
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