2014 ASRF Award Winners
Note to Award Winners:
You must fill out the Award Winners form in order to receive your monetary award. If
you did not fill one out immediately after the Awards Ceremony, you must come to the
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, 4th floor of Ross Hall, and
fill out the form in person. You will need to know your E-number.
Poster Presentations
Undergraduates
Biomedical and Health Sciences:
First Place, Group A:
Lucy Goffe
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kimi Sato
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRENGTH AND POWER TO AGILITY PERFORMANCE IN
COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL PLAYERS
Second Place, Group A:
David Hammond, Jr.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kevin Breuel
VALIDATION OF THE ILLUMIGENE MOLECULAR ASSAY FOR GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS
AND ASSESSMENT OF A SIMPLIFIED TESTING STRATEGY
First Place, Group B:
Hannah McNeill
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Phillip Musich
QUANTIFICATION OF XPA DNA REPAIR PROTEIN IN CANCER, NORMAL, AND
PROGEROID CELLS
Second Place, Group B:
Megan Sears
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. David Johnson
EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION OF HUMAN MAST CELL CHYMASE WITH NATIVE
GLYCOSYLATION IN PICHIA PASTORIS
Natural Sciences:
First Place:
Hannah Frye
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Tom Ecay
EGGSHELL CALCIUM REGULATES EMBRYONIC GROWTH AND CALCIUM TRANSPORT IN
AN OVIPAROUS SNAKE
Second Place:
Ashley Herrig
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Jones
DIEL RHYTHMS IN WEB-BUILDING BEHAVIOR IN THE ORB-WEAVING SPIDER CYCLOSA
TURBINATA (ARANEAE: ARANEIDAE)
Society, Behavior and Learning:
First Place, Group A:
Leigh Kassem
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Russell Brown
THE EFFECTS OF AT010 ON BEHAVIORAL COMPENSATION AFTER CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA
IN THE RAT
Second Place, Group A:
Megan Dew
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ginnette Blackhart
THE IMPACT OF TRAIT SELF CONTROL ON A SELF CONTROL DEPLETION TASK
First Place, Group B:
Heather Owens
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James Horton
POLYGRAPH AND DIFFERENTIAL NEURAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH UNTRUE
RESPONSES
Second Place, Group B:
Marjorie Schlitt
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Russell Brown
THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT ON ADOLESCENT NICOTINE
SENSITIZATION IN A RODENT MODEL OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
First Place, Group C:
Chelseigh Robinson
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Alison Deadman
MUSIC AND ART: EXPLORING CROSS-POLLINATION
Second Place, Group C:
Cheyna Haas Galloway
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Paul Tudico
THE ETHICS AND IMPLICATIONS OF PURSUING BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENTS
Graduate Students, Master’s Candidates
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Place, Group A:
Olaitan Akintunde
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Bert Lampson
PRODUCTION OF AN ANTIBIOTIC LIKE ACTIVITY BY STREPTOMYCES SP. COUK1 UNDER
DIFFERENT GROWTH CONDITIONS
First Place, Group B:
Laura Kirkby
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kerry Proctor-Williams
DEVELOPMENT OF METALINGUISTC AWARENESS: EVIDENCE FROM CHILDREN'S
OVERT PRODUCTIONS
Natural Sciences
First Place, Group A:
George Appiah Kubi
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Aleksey Vasiliev
APPLICATION OF CHAN-LAM COUPLING FOR SURFACE MODIFICATION
First Place, Group B:
Joseph Harris
Faculty Sponsor: Dr Chris Gregg
EVACUATION AND SHELTER IN PLACE MODELING FOR A RELEASE OF URANIUM
HEXAFLUORIDE
Society, Behavior and Learning
First Place, Group A:
Rabia Foreman
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Kerry Proctor-Williams
STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS TOWARD INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Second Place, Group A:
Joseph Ikekwere
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Megan Quinn
CANCER OF THE URINARY BLADDER: GENDER DIFFERENCES AS PREDICTORS OF
TUMOR GRADE
First Place, Group B:
Catherine Rowe
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Jameson K. Hirsch
FUNCTIONAL IMPAIRMENT AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS IN RURAL PRIMARY CARE
PATIENTS: MEDIATING EFFECT OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE
Second Place, Group B:
Jeremy Menzer
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrew Joyner
JOHNSON CITY'S NIGHTLIFE: A COLLEGIATE PERSPECTIVE
Graduate Students, Doctoral Candidates and Post-Doctoral Fellows
Biomedical and Health Sciences
First Place:
Joe Wu
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Gary Wright
INDUCTION OF HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYL TRANSFERASE BY HIF-1α:
IMPLICATIONS IN PROTECTION AGAINST ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
Second Place:
Sean Denver Stacey, Esq.
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Christopher Pritchett
THE MPSR/T OPERON INFLUENCES BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT AND MOTILITY
Society, Behavior and Learning
First Place:
Jennifer Price
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Jones
NEUROCHEMICAL CORRELATES OF BEHAVIOR IN LOCAL DOCILE AND AGGRESSIVE
VARIANTS OF THE SUBSOCIAL SPIDER, ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS
Second Place:
Elizabeth Cummins
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Russell Brown
THE ROLE OF DOPAMINE D1 AND D2 RECEPTORS IN ADOLESCENT METHYLPHENIDATE
CONDITIONED PACE PREFERENCE: SEX DIFFERENCES AND BDNF
Medical Students
First Place, Group A:
Ben Cearlock
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dr. Douglas Thewke
EFFECT OF OXIDIZED LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS ON MODULATION OF OSTEOGENIC
DIFFERENTIATION OF VASCULAR CELLS BY THE TYPE-2 CANNABINOID RECEPTOR
(CB2)
First Place, Group B:
Franchesca Robichaud
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. James Halama
MCCONNELL'S SIGN: CAN WE IGNORE IT?
Pharmacy Students
First Place, Group A:
Chris Garst
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Stacy Brown
EXTRACTION OF BIOMARKERS OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN AORTIC TISSUE AND PLASMA
First Place, Group B:
Haley Trivett
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Brooks Pond
QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATION OF D- AND L- ENANTIOMERS OF METHYLPHENIDATE
IN PLACENTA, MATERNAL AND FETAL BRAIN TISSUE BY LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHYMASS SPECTROMETRY
Medical Residents and Clinical Fellows
First Place, Group A:
Aaysha Kapila
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mark Young
THE CLASSIC MELANOSIS COLI
First Place, Group B:
Jennifer Phemister
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Mark Young
ROLE OF IVIG IN CLOSTRIDIAL MYONECROSIS.
First Place, Group C:
Aashish Morani
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Sharon Campbell
MIXED TOCOTRIENOL DIET SUPPLEMENTATION ATTENUATES BEHAVIORAL,
MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ALTERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH SOCIAL
DEFEAT STRESS IN FISHER 344 RATS.
Oral Presentations
Master’s Candidates
Arts & Humanities and Society & Behavior
First Place:
Emma Fredrick
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Stacey Williams
AN INTERSECTIONAL APPROACH TO THE STUDY OF SEXUAL STIGMA
Second Place:
Dusty Brice
Faculty Sponsor: Dr/ Katherine Weiss
HISTORY AND HYSTERIA: ABJECTION AND THE MONSTROUS FEMININE IN GRAHAM
SWIFT'S WATERLAND
Natural Sciences
First Place:
James Colton Watts
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Thomas Jones
DIEL PATTERNS OF FORAGING AGGRESSION AND ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR IN THE
TRASHLINE ORB-WEAVING SPIDER, CYCLOSA TURBINATA
Second Place:
Terence Moore
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Marina V. Roginskaya
OXIDATIVE DAMAGE TO DNA 2-DEOXYRIBOSE BY CARBONATE RADICALS AND
MITIGATION OF THIS DAMAGE VIA CARBONATE RADICAL SCAVENGING BY
INDOLAMINES
Doctoral Candidates:
Society, Behavior and Learning
First Place:
Tifani Fletcher
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrea Clements
PREVALENCE, TYPES, RISK FACTORS, AND COURSE OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
IN APPALACHIAN PREGNANT WOMEN
Second Place:
Samantha Sprague
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Eric Sellers
THE EFFECTS OF WORKING MEMORY ON BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE
PERFORMANCE
Doctoral Candidates, Medical Students, Pharmacy Students,
and Post-Doctoral Fellows
First Place:
Regenia Campbell
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Robert Schoborg
EXPRESSION OF HOST GENES ASSOCIATED WITH INFLAMMATION, SCARRING, AND
FIBROSIS IS ALTERED BY STRESSED CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION
Second Place:
Matthew Schwengels
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Zachary Walls
PRODUCTION OF A NOVEL PROTEIN FOR THE INTRACELLULAR SUPRESSION OF HER2
RECEPTORS USING RECOMBINANT BACTERIAL PROTEIN EXPRESSION
Medical Residents and Clinical Fellows
First Place:
Pranav Patel
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Ravindra Murthy
HEMOSUCCUS PANCREATICUS – A RARE CAUSE OF GI BLEED
Second Place:
Piyush Singh
Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Demetrio Macariola
OUTPATIENT CLINICAL ANTIBIOGRAM: NECESSARY TOOL IN THE CLINIC