Scholarship Award Recipients

Hui-Ting Goh

Hui-Ting Goh, PT, PhD

School of Physical Therapy

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2024

Dr. Goh has active federal grants on recovery from neurological conditions, is a collaborative research partner and mentor to junior faculty.

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Ann O. Amuta, PhD, MPH, CPH

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.

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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.

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Xiaofen Du, PhD

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2021

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June Levitt, PhD, CCC-SLP

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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 Mindy Patterson, PhD, RDN 

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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.  

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Ron French, PhD

Kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2013

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Dojin Ryu, PhD

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2012

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Huanbiao Mo, PhD

Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2011

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Young-Hoo Kwon, PhD

Biomechanics, Department of Kinesiology

Scholarship Award Recipient: 2010

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