Division I: Undergraduate students
All of the Division I awards are sponsored by the Philip D. Cooper Memorial Research Trust Fund, Inc. Dr. Cooper was an ETSU professor in the Department of Marketing and Management, a dedicated educator, an active researcher, and a pioneer in the area of healthcare marketing. To learn more about Dr. Cooper read Tribute to a Marketing Scholar published in the Journal of Services Marketing.
Arts & Humanities; Social & Behavioral Sciences
1 st place: Katherine Smith, Dept. Psychology
2 nd place: Stephanie Grissom, Dept. Economics, Finance and Urban Studies
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
1 st place: Holly Gragg and Sarah Patton, Carson Newman University, Dept. Mathematics
2 nd place: Neem Bhatt, Dept. Biological Sciences
Biomedical Sciences
1 st place: Jessica Vencill, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2 nd place: S. Matthew Fitzgerald, Dept. Internal Medicine
Division I: Undergraduate students: Kara Kuntz Award for the best presentation in the Arts and Humanities:
Patrick Fessenbecker, Department of English
Division II: Graduate Students (1-2 years)
Arts & Humanities; Social & Behavioral Sciences
1 st place: Marla Perna, Dept. Psychology
2 nd place: Kelley Lewis, Dept. Communicative Disorders
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
1 st place tie: Tapasree Roy Sarkar, Dept. Biological Sciences and Christy Strong, Dept. Biological Sciences
2 nd place:
Biomedical Sciences
1 st place: An Xuong "Mike" Tran, Microbiology
2 nd place: Yiyong Liu, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Division III: Graduate Students (2+ years)
Arts & Humanities
1 st place:
2 nd place:
Natural Sciences & Mathematics ; Social & Behavioral Sciences
1 st place: Stephanie Thacker, Dept. Psychology
2 nd place: Andrea Danielle Rose, Dept. Communicative Disorders
Biomedical Sciences
1 st place: Douglas Corrigan, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2 nd place: Cerrone Foster, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Division IV: Medical Students
1 st place: Matthew Standridge
2 nd place: Shannon Pitts, Dept. Internal Medicine
Division V: Residents/ Post-doctoral Fellows
1 st place: Dr. Denise Milhorn, Dept. Microbiology
2 nd place: Dr. Annette Rau, Dept. Microbiology
Division VI: Case History
1 st place: Dr. Vipul Brahmbhatt, Cardiology
2 nd place: Dr. Said Iskandar, Internal Medicine
Oral Presentations
1 st place: Dr. Mustafa Saad, Internal Medicine
2 nd place: Dr. Panous Kougias, Surgery
Student Choice Awards
Division I : Undergraduate Students: Sarah Collier, Dept. Pharmacology
Division II : Graduate Students (1-2 years): Deidra Mountain, Dept. Physiology
Division III: Graduate Students (2+ years): Brent Lockhart, Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Division IV: Medical Students: Matthew Standridge
Division V: Residents/Post-doctoral Fellows: Dr. Annette Rau, Department of Microbiology
Division VI: Case History: Dr. Ahmad Halawa, Department of Internal Medicine