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Student Research Day has record abstracts The Perry V. Halushka-MUSC Student Research Day (SRD) on Nov. 2 featured 232 competitors in oral and poster presentations including a surge in undergraduate participation from across the state.   Perry V. Halushka-MUSC Student Research Day 2007 winners  “Student research day provides participants with the experience of presenting in front of peers and judges who give them feedback,” said the 2007 SRD chairman Steve Kubalak, Ph.D., associate  professor of cell biology and anatomy. “It tests their knowledge of their research areas, preparing them for national and international  scientific forums.”   Judges Drs. Timothy Fitzharris, Rickey Carter and Keith Borg listen to College of Dental Medicine student Gwendolyn Reeve explain her poster. Twelve faculty teams judged the poster competition. Special awards included  the Kinard Gadsden Award, the Williard and Betty Peterson Award, and the Eric James Award, named for the former SRD chairman. College of Dental Medicine student Marshall Chapman explains his poster to Dr. Ted Magill. College of Graudate Studies student Kristen Foster accepts the Willard and Betty Peterson Award from Dr. Perry Halushka, dean of the College of Graduate Studies. The award, named in honor of support given to the College of Graduate Studies by Willard and Betty Peterson, was presented for the first place PhD III oral presentation Nov. 2. Student Research Day Winners Undergraduate I Poster: 1st—Brittany Brooks, Burke High School; 2nd—Stephanie Paolini, University of South Carolina, Columbia Undergraduate II Poster: 1st—Jennifer von der Heiden, College of Charleston; 2nd—Elizabeth Byrd, College of Charleston Clin/Prof/Masters I Poster: 1st—George D. Grass; 2nd—Letitia Bolds Clin/Prof/Masters II Poster: 1st—Susannah W. Chrysostom: 2nd—Justin D. Ward Clin/Prof/Masters III Poster: 1st—Jeannie Collins; 2nd—Jenna L. Walters Clin/Prof/Masters IV Poster: 1st—Kelly Matmati; 2nd—Vandy T. Gaffney PhD I Poster: 1st—Joshua Swearingen; 2nd—Matthew Shotwell PhD II Poster: 1st—DeAnna A. Baker; 2nd—John T. Lucas PhD III Poster: 1st—Scott W. Miller; 2nd—Barbara R. Lyon PhD IV Poster: 1st—Rebecca Johnston; 2nd—Blake C. Ellis PhD V Poster: 1st—Elaine Wirrig; 2nd—Christopher Potter Postdoc/Res/Fellow Poster: 1st—Srinivasan Shanmugarajan; 2nd—Craig A. Blum Undergraduate III Oral: 1st—Andrew Ciupek, University of Maryland at Baltimore County;  2nd—Margaret Zawaski, Clemson University Undergraduate IV Oral: 1st—Delisa Adams, North Carolina State University; 2nd—John J. Yang, University of South Carolina Clin/Prof/Masters V Oral: 1st—Theodore McRackan; 2nd—Jennifer L. Bowens Clin/Prof/Masters VI Oral: 1st—Robert M. Hendry; 2nd—Brandon L. Williams PhD VI Oral: 1st—Russell W. Jenkins; 2nd—Nikole E. Kimes PhD VII Oral: 1st —Millie Embree; 2nd—Amy Nowacki PhD VIII Oral: 1st—Kristen Foster; 2nd—Loretta Hoover Postdoc/Res/Fellow Oral: 1st—Narendra Kumar Bairwa; 2nd—Andrew W. Hunter Interprofessional Collaboration Research:1st—Theodore McRackan; 2nd—Youssef Zeidan Sigma Xi Poster: Barbara Lyons Sigma Xi Oral: Joshua Rhett MUSC Library Bioinformatics: 1st—Joshua Swearingen; 2nd—Brian Muller VA: 1st—Jennifer Mulligan; 2nd—DeAnna Baker Kinard Gadsden Award: Elaine Wirrig Eric James Award: Millie Embree Willard and Betty Peterson Award: Kristen Foster Health Disparities: 1st—Cerrone Cohen; 2nd—William Mountford; 3rd—Vandy Gaffney and Jerome Higgs (Voorhees College) For information about student research day, go to http://srd.musc.edu/.     Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.