May 22, 2017 | Erin Bluvas, bluvase@sc.edu
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the first Discover USC showcase included more than 1,000 projects from students, postdoctoral fellows, and
medical scholars. Arnold School students were well represented among the presenters
that presented research, scholarship, leadership and creative projects to more than
2,000 attendees. UofSC has provided a full list of winners from Discover USC 2017. Winners from the Arnold School are listed below.
Discover USC 2018 has already been scheduled for Friday, April 18, 2018.
Arnold School Graduate Student Winners
| Name | Category | Title of Presentation | Area of Study |
| Varun Chandrashekaran | Poster Session D | High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1)-RAGE interaction mediates ectopic Intestinal inflammation in NAFLD | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Megan Hayes | Poster Session F | Exploring Rural Public Library Assets for Asset-Based Community Development | Speech Pathology |
| Julianna Jayne | Poster Session I | Role of Drill Sergeants in Basic Training Soldiers Nutrition Behaviors | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Abeer Alharbi | Poster Session L | Estimating the Impact of Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the Likelihood of Receiving Mammography and Pap Smear Screenings | Health Services Policy & Management |
| Shraddha Vyas | Poster Session R | Association between Type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetes duration Colorectal cancer risk | Epidemiology |
| Phani Gummadidala | Poster Session Q | Production of Folipastatin and Unguinol in Talaromyces virginiae, sp. nov. correlates with its ability to Inhibit Growth and Aflatoxin Synthesis of Aspergillus parasiticus | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Caroline Dunn | Three minute Thesis, Heat C winner | Reliability assessment of a novel tool to evaluate physical activity and healthy eating opportunities in faith-based settings: The Church Environment Audit Tool | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Rebecca Hirschhorn | Three minute Thesis, Heat F winner | Epidemiology of injuries requiring emergency transport among college and high school student-athletes | Exercise Science |
| Sayward Harrison | Postdoc Poster Session, First Place | First Line of Defense: An Evaluation of the Role of Primary Care in the Prevention of Childhood Obesity in South Carolina | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Courtney Monroe | Postdoc Poster Session, Second Place | Harnessing Social Networks Via Technology for Weight Loss in Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
Arnold School Undergraduate Student Winners
| Name | Category | Place | Title of Presentation | Major |
| Haley Yaw | Social Sciences A | First | Examining Disparities in Public Perceptions of Veterans and Veteran Healthcare | Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Katherine Watkins | Social Sciences A | Second | Experiences of Latinos during the 2015 Flooding in South Carolina | Exercise Science, Spanish |
| Miranda Hannah | USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction A | First | My Experience with the MedEx Academy | Public Health, Biology |
| Lizeth Morales | USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction B | Second | The Power to Create Cultural Change at the University of South Carolina | Psychology, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Morgan Vejdani (along with Adriana Zavala) | USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction C | Second | Food4Thought: Bridging the Gap Over Dinner | Public Health |
| Jonathan Blalock | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Biology and Biomedical Sciences | First | Cancer Cachexia-induced Disruption of the Skeletal Muscle Structure-Function Relationship | Exercise Science, Economic |
| Katharine Bishop | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Psychology and Neuroscience A | First | The Strong Black Woman: African American Women’s Views On Hair Management-Related Stress | Psychology, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Chandler Melton | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health A | First | Effects of Sub-Concussive Blows on Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Health | Exercise Science |
| Kelly DeAngelis | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health A | First | Brain Activation During Movement Choice In Older Adults | Exercise Science, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Rebekah Parris | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health B | Second | Osmolarity of enteral nutrition and medications and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates | Chemistry, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavio |
| Lauren Boeckermann | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Social Sciences F | First | Dreaming Big and Living Small: Examining Motivations for Tiny House Living | Public Health, Women's and Gender Studies |
| Daniel Glover | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction J | First | Civic Engagement: From Pastime to Career Path | Public Health, Business Administration |
| Frances Ramsay | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction K | First-tie | DisAbility: Working with and Becoming an Advocate for Children with Disabilities | Exercise Science, Spanish |
| Taylor Stoll | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction K | First-tie | GLD: Student Leadership as a Gateway to Success | Exercise Science, Psychology Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Morgan Bross | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction K | Second | Promoting Physical Activity and Nutrition in Children: P2YP | Exercise Science |
| Samantha Giaccio | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction R | First | Serving Abroad Serves the United States | Exercise Science, Spanish |
| Claire Hildebrand | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction R | Second | The Unexpected Value of Course Learning | Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Amanda McGoye | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction S | First | Transforming Health Care Through Community Service | Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Kimberly McRae | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction T | Second | Medicine as a Social Science | Exercise Science |
| Destiny Byrd | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: Public Health E | First | A comparison of dietary assessment from two electronic records during behavioral weight-loss interventions | Public Health, Medical Humanities |
| Molly Lonneman | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: Public Health E | Second | The development of an online stroke resource for stroke survivors, TIPPS: Tools & Inventions for/from People Post-Stroke | Exercise Science, Spanish |
| Trey Wright | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: Public Health E | Honorable Mention | Feedback on three different mobile diet tracking methods during a behavioral weight loss intervention | Public Health |
| Elizabeth Karnavas | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math E | Honorable Mention | Hydroponics at USC | Public Health, Criminal Justice |
| Irini Guada | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction AA | First | Finding my Passion “On the Hill”: Growth Begins Here | Public Health |
| Katherine Watkins | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction BB | Second | To Serve Well is to Learn Much: How Lessons in Teamwork, Cultural Humility, and Research Bolstered my Personal and Professional Capacities in Cross-Cultural Medical Service | Exercise Science, Spanish |
| Kimberly Narro | Afternoon Oral Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction FF | First | Discomfort Leads to Growth | Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Kelly Gross | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences C | Second | Peer Influence on Language-Based Inclusion | Public Health, Spanish |
| Madison Myer | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Psychology and Neuroscience D | First | Literature Review of the Effects of After School Programs on Depression, Anxiety, Academic Success, and Stress in Latina/o Youth | Public Health, Psychology |
| Courtney Strickland | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Psychology and Neuroscience G | Second | The contribution of visual cue synchrony to recognition of interrupted natural and vocoded speech | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Julia Norkitis | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health F | First | Examining the Influence of Attentional Mechanisms on Visual Search during Motor Skills | Exercise Science, Psychology |
| Elizabeth Rizor | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health F | Honorable Mention | Resting-state functional connectivity differs based on level of motor function in individuals post-stroke | Exercise Science |
| Jeff Spraker | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health H | First | International Survey Of Stand Up Paddle Boarding | Exercise Science |
| Ying Wang | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Public Health J | First | Non-Exercise Estimated Cardiorespiratory Fitness and All-cancer Mortality | Public Health |
| Sarah Eddy | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Social Sciences I | Second | Iceland Isolation: The Effect of Technology on a Study Abroad Experience | Exercise Science |
| Allissa Desloge | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction HH | First | The Fight for Women’s Rights: Change through education, empowerment, and advocacy | Public Health, Spanish |
| Sydney Garner | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction KK | Second- tie | Emphasizing the | Public Health |
| Addison Lewis | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction LL | Second | Addison's Experience- GLD | Exercise Science |
| Kyle McCoil | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction NN | Honorable Mention | Graduation With Leadership Distinction: How I Discovered My Passion For Higher Education and Student Affairs | Public Health, Psychology |
| Emily Taylor | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction PP | Second | Servant Leadership Leads to Lasting Purpose | Exercise Science |
| Kenchina Allen | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and Graduation with Leadership Distinction QQ | Honorable Mention | Giving Back | Public Health, Business Administration |