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