The ETSU College of Public Health finished another outstanding Appalachian Student Research Forum on April 25, 2023, featuring 27 students and/or alumni and 23 faculty/staff receiving awards, as outlined below.
Oral Presentation Award Winners (student/faculty)
First Place:
- Kajol Dahal/Nathan Hale, Melissa White-Archer
- Kristen Surles/Kate Beatty, Mike Smith, Debbi Slawson, Katie Baker, Jordan DeJong, Amal Khoury
- (non-College of Public Health student)/Megan Quinn
Second Place:
- Haleigh Leslie/Nathan Hale, Casey Balio, Melissa White-Archer
- Olivia Sullivan/Sam Pettyjohn, Amy Wahlquist
Third Place:
- Sandra Anazor, Chidiebube Usuru and Valentine Nriagu/Megan Quinn
- Jared Casteel*—co-author/Suman Dalal
Poster Presentation Award Winners (student/faculty)
First Place:
- Olamide Asifat/Shimin Zheng
- Noah Burnett/( non-College of Public Health faculty)
- Ashlee Eastman/( non-College of Public Health faculty)
- Valentine Nriagu. Aamir Shaikh*and Eugene Annor/Hadii Mamudu, Manik Ahuja
- Jared Casteel*-co-author/ Suman Dalal
- Phoebe Tchoua/Debbi Slawson, Katie Baker, Joel Hillhouse, Hadii Mamudu
- (non-College of Public Health student)/Sean Fox
- (non-College of Public Health student), Kristy Thomas* co-author/Amy Wahlquist
Second Place:
- Adedeji Adenusi/Shimin Zheng
- Oluseyi Aderinwale/Megan Quinn
- Kristy Thomas*-co-author/Amy Wahlquist
- Seth Turney-co-author/( non-College of Public Health faculty)
- Nathan Dockery/Melissa White-Archer
- Blakeley Griffin/Melissa White-Archer and Kate Beatty
- Francis Onakpoma, Francis Okeke, Charles Olomufe, Olamide Asifat, Saudikatu Mamudu/Hadii Mamudu, Manik Ahuja
- Ameila Pelletier/Sean Fox
Third Place:
- Francis Okeke/David Shoham
*Alumni
Many more faculty, staff and students participated in the forum, but were not recognized with an award. Opportunities for involvement in research is a key “best practice” for student recruitment for undergraduate students, and, of course, an essential part of graduate education for many of our students.