Awards

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

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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