Scholarship Award Recipients
School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2023
Dr. Amuta’s research aims to prevent cervical cancer in Sub-Saharan African immigrant women who are
burdened by high cervical cancer incidence and mortality through an intervention that incorporates HPV
screening via self-sampling, promoting cancer screening.
Asha Vas, PhD, OT
School of Occupational Therapy
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2022
Dr. Asha Vas’s research on brain injury and neuroscience engaged students in hands-on application and translational research in community and in-situ contexts.
Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2019
Dr. June Levitt’s research on voice/speech production and motor speech disorders involved studies on voice disorders and remediation methods related to Parkinson’s disease.
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Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2018
Dr. Mindy Patterson built a successful research platform in the nutrition field for resistant starch, satiety biomarkers, and dependence like behavior, physical activity and body composition.
Chad Swank, PT, PhD, NCS
School of Physical Therapy
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2017
Dr. Chad Swank’s Parkinson’s disease and movement sciences research included community partnerships, and professional association partners.
Jyutika Mehta, PhD, CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathology, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2015
Dr. Jyutika Mehta’s research in electrophysiological of brain activity, more specifically in individuals with language disorders, intentionally engaged clinical scientist partners and students in her projects.
Shanil Juma, PhD
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2014
Dr. Shanil Juma’s impactful research on functional foods and bioactive components in fruits focused on the relation to bone and cartilage health.
Ron French, PhD
Kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2013
Dojin Ryu, PhD
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2012
Huanbiao Mo, PhD
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2011
Young-Hoo Kwon, PhD
Biomechanics, Department of Kinesiology
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2010
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