Scholarship Award Recipients
![headshot of Ann Amuta](/media/images/health-sciences/aamutatwuedu_300px.jpg)
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.
![headshot of Asha Vas](/media/images/occupational-therapy/Vas-300.jpg)
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.
![headshot of June Levitt](/media/images/communication-sciences/Levitt-300px.jpg)
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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![headshot of Mindy Patterson](/media/images/nutrition/Patterson-300px.jpg)
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.
![headshot of Chad Swank](/media/images/physical-therapy/17-04-10-Chad-Swank-2.jpg)
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.
![headshot of Jytika Mehta](/media/images/communication-sciences/-Jyutika-Mehta-300px.jpg)
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.
![headshot of Shanil Juma](/media/images/nutrition/Juma-300px.jpg)
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
![headshot of Young-Hoo Kwon](/media/images/kinesiology/Y.H.Kwon-headshot.jpg)
Young-Hoo Kwon, PhD
Biomechanics, Department of Kinesiology
Scholarship Award Recipient: 2010
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