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  • American Academy of Physician Assistants (various awards)
  • American College Health Foundation (various awards)
  • American Counseling Association (various awards)
  • American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association (ADARA) Martin Seligman Student Psychology Research Award
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (various awards)
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  • National Association for Addiction Professionals (NAADAC) William White Scholarships
  • Texas Academy of Physician Associates (various awards)
  • American Academy of Physician Associates, Student of the Year Award
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  • American College Health Foundation (financial aid)
  • American Counseling Association (Various awards)
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation (various awards)
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  • American Academy of Physician Associates (various awards)
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  • American Counseling Association Courtland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship
  • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (various awards)
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  • Texas Academy of Physician Associates (various awards)
  • Texas Association of Addiction Professionals Scholarships

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Presentations

National Poster Presentations

Escobar, J.*, Hongxing, L. (2023, October 10) The Effects of Chronic Psychological Stress on the Lifestyles of Hispanic College Students. Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics & Native Americans in Science National Diversity in STEM, Oregon.  

Local Poster Presentations

Elliott, C.*, Aguirre, P., Serra, L., Vidal, S., Enrique, D., Arriaga, M., & Chew, S.A. (2024, April 11-12). The Application of Porous Polycaprolactone Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

Galal, Y.* & Galal, Y*. (2024, April 11-12). Applying Dosage for Type 1 Diabetes Through Reinforcement Learning. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

Rodriguez, A.,* Cabrera, E., Saju, A., Roy, D., Gil, M., Mao, X., Vaccari, J.P.dR., Roy, U. (2024, April 11-12). Effect of Spaceflight on Inflammasome Signaling and Neuroinflammation.  UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

Trevino, S.*, Ybanez, K., Rookstool, T., Rico, R., Arriaga, M., & Chew, S.A. (2024, April 11-12). Injectable Alginate Scaffolds for the Delivery of Minocycline for the Treatment of Glioblastoma. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

Garcia, K.*, Duarte, M., Mendez, I., Arriaga, M., Levy, A., & Chew, S.A. (2024, April 11-12). Evaluating the Combination of Y15 and Metformin for the Treatment of Platinum-Resistant Ovarian Cancer. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX.  

Rodriguez, A.*, Amieva, J., Arriaga, M., Quintanilla, J., Davila, I., Martirosyan, K., & Chew, S.A. (2024, April 11-12).Electrosprayed Minocycline and Temozolomide-loaded PLGA Microparticles with PEG for the Treatment of Glioblastoma. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

Charles, D.*, Gamez, D., Saveron, J., Guajardo, E., Aguillon, L., Wang, K., Maestre, G., & Xu, C. (2024, April 11-12). Unraveling the Impact of Familism, Lifestyles and APOE Gene on Risk Alzheimer's Diseases in Low-Resource Ethnic Hispanic Community. UTRGV College of Health Professions Health Forward Conference, Brownsville, TX. 

State Poster Presentation

Escobar, J., Lu, H. (2023 July 30) The Effects of Chronic Psychological Stress on the  Lifestyles of Hispanic College Students. Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Conference, University of Texas, El Paso, TX.  

Mata, C.*, Garcia, S., Sanchez, J., & Hernandez, A. (2023 February) Cancer Survivors' Self-Efficacy and Spirituality Outcomes Following a Holistic Integrative Intervention. Texas American College of Sports Medicine.  

 

Local Poster Presentation

Atkinson, J.*, Ulloa, E.,* Escobar, J. & Nair, S. (2023 April 16). A Study of The Relation Between the Stress and Physical Activity. UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Brownsville, TX.  

Castillo, A.*, Mendoza, K.*, Guerrero, V.* & Nair, S. (2023 April 16). Perceived Stress and Lifestyle with Physical Activity. UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Brownsville, TX.  

Mitchell, J.,* Hernandez, S.,* Escobar, J.* & Nair, S. (2023 April 16). Engaged Scholar Symposium (2023), "The Effects of Stress on Hispanic College Students. UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Brownsville, TX.  

Salinas, B.,* Torres, L.,* & Ureste, K.* (2023 April 16). Effects of Chronic Psychological Stress and Diet Intake In College Students. UTRGV Engaged Scholar Symposium, Brownsville, TX.

Publications

Karabulut, M., Lopez, J. A.,* & Karabulut, U. (2019). Aerobic training session length affects arterial elasticity. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging, 40(1), 14–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpf.12596 

Vora, N. J.,* Vatcheva, K., Saldivar, M. G., Nair, S., Lehker, M. W., & Chew, S. A. (2020). Biomedical Freshman Research initiative: A course-based undergraduate research experience at a Hispanic-serving Institution. Journal of Latinos and Education, 22(1), 357–370. https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2020.1763352 

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