Work-In-Progress Seminar Series

Learn about the important research and teaching innovations in the School of Health Professions by attending our Virtual Work-In-Progress Seminar Series below.
The Office of Research will send a Zoom link out to the SHP community a week before the presentation.

January 16, 2024 @ 12:00PM
Optimization of CMV and Hepatitis Genotype ordering thru Implementation of Diagnostic Stewardship Approach: A Pilot Study 

Presenter: Christian Baguistan
Mentor: Nadine Fydryszewski
Department: Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences


January 18, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Utilization of Peripheral Blood Flow Cytometry

Presenter: Kathryn Golab
Mentor: Nadine Fydryszewski
Department: Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences


January 30, 2024 @ 12:00PM
Cardio-Metabolic Effects of One Hundred Hours of Exoskeleton Assisted Walking in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury

Presenter: Steven Knezevic
Mentor: Sandra Kaplan
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences


February 8, 2024 @ 1:00PM
The Use of Lower Extremity Patient Reported Outcome Measures in Outpatient Physical Therapy

Presenter: Marielle Blackburn
Mentor: Sandra Kaplan
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences



February 20, 2024 @ 12:00 PM
Evaluation of Clinical Scoring Systems in the Utilization of ADAMTS13 Testing at a Large Academic Medical Center

Presenter: Anthony Agyapong
Mentor: Nadine Fydryszewski
Department: Clinical Laboratory and Medical Imaging Sciences


September 26, 2024 @ 1:00PM
ADORA, An Algorithm for Drug Combinations to Revert Activity of Transcriptional Drivers

Presenter: Michael Craige
Mentor: Antonina Mitrofanova
Department: Health Informatics


January 11, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Advancing Nutrition Students’ Clinical Skills: Enteral Nutrition Workshop with Feeding Tube Placement Simulation 

Presenters: Jennifer Bridenbaugh & Jennifer Tomesko
Department: Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences


March 12, 2024 @ 12:00PM
Developing a Continuing Education Program: Insights from the RU Physician Assistant PANCE/PANRE Board Review Course

Presenters: Jessica Gomes, Nkechi Mbadugha & Matthew McQuillan
Department: Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice


May 21, 2024 @ 12:00PM
Evaluation of Student Confidence Level Pertaining to Waived Point-Of-Care Blood Glucose Testing

Presenter: Patrice Paolella
Department: Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences


March 21, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Topic: Identifying an Early-Stage Biomarker in ALS with Human Surface Electromyographic Recordings: Potential Grant Idea

Presenter: Nathan Wages 
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences


April 16, 2024 @ 12:00PM
Topic: Utilizing Mobile Neuroimaging in Motor Function and Brain Connectivity Studies

Presenter: Soha Saleh
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences


May 16, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Topic: Mobile Health (mHealth) for Management of Gestational Diabetes

Presenter: Shrisiti Rawal
Department: Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences


September 19, 2024 @ 1:00PM
Topic: TBA

Presenter: Zhaomeng Niu
Department: Health Informatics



October 10, 2024 @ 1:00 PM
Topic: TBA

Presenter: Nima Toosizadeh
Department: Rehabilitation And Movement Sciences