May 14, 2018 | Erin Bluvas, bluvase@sc.edu
Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research, the second 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. UofSC has
provided a full list of winners from Discover USC 2018. Winners from the Arnold School are listed below.
Discover USC 2019 has already been scheduled for Friday, April 26, 2019.
Arnold School Graduate Student Winners
| Name | Category | Title of Presentation | Area of Study |
| Chamberline Ozigbu | Poster Session A | Physician’s Practice Variation in Blood Pressure Home Monitoring (BPHM) Recommendations: Results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survyey (NHANES) 2009 – 2014 | Health Services Policy and Management |
| Sarah King | Poster Session I | Improving the Walkability of a University Campus one STEP at a Time | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Christopher Perry | Poster Session P | Eye-hand coordination is modulated by attentional demands | Exercise Science |
| Jonathan Ruiz-Ramie | Poster Session P | Cardiovascular Health is Associated with Incidence of Elevated C-Reactive Protein over 18 Years of Follow-up: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study | Exercise Science |
| Phani Gummadidala | Poster Session Q | Flooding is Associated with Increase in Relative Abundance of Aspergillus and Penicillium spp. in Built Environment: Implications to Human Health | Environmental Health Sciences |
| Sara Walden Hanna | Poster Session S | Examining the Relationship Between Brain Lesion Site and Naming and Comprehension Ability Post-Stroke: A Dual Stream Model Investigation | Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Emmie Culclasure | Poster Session T | The Development of Orthographic Knowledge: Exploring Results | Communication Sciences and Disorders |
| Alicia Dahl | Three Minute Thesis, Heat F; Overall Second Runner Up | The Healthy Motivations for Moms-to-be Study: A Mobile Health Intervention for Targeting Gestational Weight Gain among Pregnant Women | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior |
| Tanzir Shuvo | Three Minute Thesis, Heat C | Alzheimer’s Attributable Costs in the United States: A Secondary Analysis of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey 2011-2015 | Health Services Policy and Management |
Arnold School Undergraduate Student Winners
| Name | Category | Place | Title of Presentation | Major |
| Nabihah Kumte | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Biology and Biomedical Sciences A | Second | Could Mast Cells Be Early Diagnostic Markers of Colorectal Cancer? | Public Health |
| Ryan McNutt | Validation of a novel task for designed to examine changes in heart rate variability related to arousal | Second | Validation of a novel task for designed to examine changes in heart rate variability related to arousal | Exercise Science |
| Nancy Kaura | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences B | Second | Muscle AKT Signaling Sensitivity to Short-Term Fasting in Tumor Bearing Mice | Exercise Science |
| Maggie Fitzpatrick | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences C | First | Effects of high definition transcranial direct current stimulation (HD-tDCS) on motor reaction time during speech production and hand movement | Exercise Science, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (Minor) |
| Chandler Melton | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences C | Second | Influence of Sex Differences in Concussion Recovery in a Pediatric Population | Exercise Science |
| Hope Woolf | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences C | Honorable Mention | Dietary Behavior Differences of Children with Minority and Low-Socioeconomic Backgrounds | Public Health |
| Victoria Turnbul | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences D | Second | Examining the Roles of Visual Processing and Eye-Hand Coordination in Parkinson's Disease Disability | Exercise Science |
| Rachel Desch | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences E | Second | Examining the Role of Social Support and Self-Efficacy Related to Healthy Eating During Pregnancy: A Mobile Health Approach | Public Health |
| Ella Ahrens | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences F | First | Propositional Density as an Indicator of Premature Language Decline in Women with the FMR1 Premutation | Communication Sciences and Disorders (Minor) |
| Karlye Denner | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences F | Second | Diabetic Care in the Latino Community | Exercise Science |
| Margaret Besse | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Psychology and Neuroscience D | First | Heart Rate Associations to ADHD Symptoms in Infants and Preschoolers with FXS | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (Minor) |
| Morgan Deal | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: Social Sciences B | First | Perceptions and Impacts of HIV-Specific Criminal Laws | Public Health |
| Taylor Cocuzza | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes A | Second | Turning a Passion into a Career Path within the Field of Physical Therapy | Exercise Science |
| Destiny Byrd | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes B | Second | Advocating for a Healthy Campus | Public Health |
| Terry Doan | Morning Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes C | Second | Changing Carolina Peer Leaders- An Experience that Paves a Way to a Future | Public Health |
| Akhila Padi | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Biology and Biomedical Sciences D | Second | The Role of Resveratrol in the Cardiovascular Consequences of Social Stress | Public Health |
| Jennifer Heiser | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences G | Second | Reliability of a measure of corticospinal integrity post-stroke | Exercise Science |
| Mackenzie Johnson | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences I | First | Knockout of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) facilitates Exercise-induced Beige Fat Formation | Public Health |
| Elizabeth Rizor | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences J | First | Functional Neural Correlates of Hand Motor Function Differ Based on Level of Motor Severity in Individuals Post-stroke | Exercise Science |
| Emanuel J. Ayala; William A. Clarkson | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences J | Second | HDL Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Oxidative Responses to Endurance Exercise Training | Exercise Science |
| Callie McLean | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences K | Second | A Review of Healthy Eating Interventions Using Faith Based Organizations in the Continental United States | Public Health |
| Peyton Rogers | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: Health Sciences L | First | Acceptability and Use of Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) among Low-Income Women in South Carolina | Public Health |
| Jessica Krauss | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and GLD G | Second | Leaders Still Need to Learn | Exercise Science, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (Minor) |
| Courtney Coxwell | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect and GLD K | Second | Think, Act, Be: The Person USC Has Made Me | Public Health |
| Kayla Madia | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Education themes E | Second | Growing in Leadership and Collaboration Through Service | Exercise Science |
| Hope Woolf | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes E | First | Listen to Your Heart | Public Health |
| Olivia Finnegan | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes E | Second | Graduation with Leadership Distinction: The Significance of Being a Group Fitness Instructor at USC | Exercise Science |
| Olivia Frieden | Afternoon Poster Presentation: U/P: USC Connect/GLD - Health themes F | First | How My Summer in Ghana Shaped My Carolina Experience | Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior (Minor) |