Faculty and students from the College of Public Health played a major role in the most recent Jay W. Boland Research Day (which includes what was previously known as the Appalachian Student Research Forum). Between research posters, oral presentations and community engagement reports, 60 of the 240 total presentations (25 percent) featured faculty, staff, or students from the College of Public Health. Over 70 students were able to present their research, which had been supported by 23 faculty and staff.
Impressively, of the 46 poster and oral presentations selected as award winners, 14 (30 percent) were from the College of Public Health.
Dean Randy Wykoff said “It is incredibly impressive to see one quarter of all of the research featured at this conference, and almost a third of the award winners come from a college that makes up only seven percent of the overall student body. I am exceptionally proud of our students and deeply appreciative of their faculty mentors.”
The award winners were:
Peter Adediji (faculty mentor: Bill Brooks)
Madison Cox (faculty mentor: Amy Wahlquist)
Nikita Cudjoe (faculty mentor: Shimin Zheng)
Kajol Dahal (faculty mentor: Nathan Hale)
Lynsey Gunter (faculty mentor: Sean Fox)
Lydia Hoskins (faculty mentor: Jodi Southerland)
Harrison Ihrig (faculty mentor: Beth O’Connell)
Richard Kilonzo (faculty mentor: Roger Blackwell)
Elizabeth Quagraine (faculty mentor: Md Rasheduzzaman)
Leah Sawyer (faculty mentor: Matthew Zahner)
Linsey Stiles (faculty mentor: Sean Fox)
Casey Stophel (faculty mentor: Ranjan Chakraborty)
Katelyn Whitwell (faculty mentor: Sean Fox)
Rhonda Williams (faculty mentor: Nathan Hale)