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Students participate in Undergraduate Research forum
April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022
Fourteen School of Health Professions students participated in the 2022 Spring Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievements Forum. Students presented research in diverse categories, including Life Sciences, Behavioral/Social Sciences, Applied Design, and Humanities.
Health Professions faculty mentored 17 student presenters from multiple disciplines, as well.
Health Professions student researchers
Abdullah Alsharafi
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Jamie Hall
- Presentation: Construction of 3D Geometries of the Foot, Shank, and Distal Femur from CT Scans
Lauren Greene
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Carolyn Orbann
- Presentation: Whooping Cough Trends in Missouri from 1914-1920
Carly Hays
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Carolyn Orbann
- Presentation: InsuRxance: Using Health Literacy to Prevent Excess Healthcare Spending
Josiah Kaboga
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Aaron Stoker
- Presentation: Differences in Metabolic Responses by Cervical and Lumbar Intervertebral Discs Based on Pfirrmann Grades
Sam Kasser
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Trent Guess
- Presentation: Evaluation of Task-Based Differences in Center of Pressure Excursion Velocity
Sharmarke Khadar
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Christopher Josey
- Presentation: Social Identity Focused News
Osaid Khan
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Carolyn Orbann
- Presentation: The Spanish-Flu Pandemic and Infectious Diseases Impact on Missourians of the early 20th Century
Madeline Lee
- Major: Public Health
- Mentor: Amanda Rose
- Presentation: Friendship Qualities in Adolescents: The Correlation of Positive and Negative Affect with Perceived Closeness
Alyssa Norrenberns
- Major: Public Health
- Mentor: Amanda Rose
- Presentation: Friendship Qualities in Adolescents: The Correlation of Positive and Negative Affect with Perceived Closeness
Donasha Robinson
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Trent Guess
- Presentation: Tibiofemoral Motion During Dynamic Tasks While Performing Cognitive Dual-Tasking
Aleasia Ryan
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Scott Frey
- Presentation: Correlates of Post-Amputation Pain
Alexis Seals
- Major: Social Work
- Mentor: Ashley Givens
- Presentation: Perceptions of Parenting through a Community Supervision Center
Lauren Tigner
- Major: Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences
- Mentor: Stacy Wagovich
- Presentation: Mental State Verb Use in Narratives By Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Chloe Webb
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: Trent Guess
- Presentation: Evaluation of Task-Based Differences in Center of Pressure Excursion Velocity
Health Professions faculty mentors
Ashley Givens
Social Work assistant professor
- Alexis Seals, social work
Trent Guess
Physical Therapy associate professor
- Olivia Guess, computer science
- Andrew Harrison, computer engineering
- Sam Kasser, health science
- Donasha Robinson, health science
- Chloe Webb, health science
- Sam Weiss, biomedical engineering
Jamie Hall
Physical Therapy assistant teaching professor
- Abdullah Alsharafi, health science
- Megan Pullen, electrical engineering
Bill Janes
Occupational Therapy associate clinical professor
- Brendan Crowell, biomedical engineering
- Samuel Kutz, biomedical engineering
- Caitlin Schmidt, biomedical engineering
Andrew Kiselica
Health Psychology assistant professor
- Veronica Pozdal, biological sciences
Carolyn Orbann
Health Sciences associate teaching professor
- Lauren Greene, health science
- Carly Hays, health science
- Osaid Khan, health science
Stacy Wagovich
Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences associate professor
- Lauren Tigner, speech, language and hearing sciences