PVM Scholars Recognized at Purdue One Health and Well-Being Research Event

A man wearing a black shirt is presenting a research poster to a woman — Poster competition Silver prize winner Gabriel Harris, graduate research assistant in the Basic Medical Sciences Department, explains his research to an attendee at the Purdue One Health and Well-Being Research Event in the Purdue Memorial Union. (Purdue University Photo/Tim Brouk)

Purdue University’s recent One Health and Well-Being Research Event: A Celebration of Interdisciplinary Health Research, put the spotlight on several scholars in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The one-day event was organized by the College of Health and Human Sciences in partnership with several other colleges including Purdue Veterinary Medicine. It is estimated that more than 300 people attended the event at the Purdue Memorial Union North and South Ballrooms March 10.

Over 140 posters were presented, spanning research on the health and well-being of animals, plants, humans, and the environment. A total of 16 posters were from students or post-docs performing research with faculty affiliated with the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Congratulations to the following poster competition winners from the College of Veterinary Medicine:

Graduate Student Competition

Gold Winner: Ying-Cheng Chen, Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Mentor: Dr. Marxa Figueiredo

Silver Winner: Gabriel Harris, Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Mentor: Dr. Marxa Figueiredo

Postdoctoral Researcher Competition

Gold Winner: Chayan Sharma, Department of Comparative Pathobiology

Mentor: Dr. Christopher A Rice

A special thank you to the following Purdue Veterinary Medicine faculty members who served as judges for the competition:

Dr. Dielson da Silva Vieira (BMS)
Dr. Ahmed Hassan (CPB)
Dr. Adam Kimbrough (BMS)
Dr. Leanne Nieforth (CPB)

And again, congratulations to the award recipients!

A group of four people are standing on a stage in front of a projector screen that reads "Purdue One Health". Three of the people are holding certificates. — Ying-Cheng Chen, graduate research assistant in the Department of Basic Medical Sciences (second from left), was among the Poster Competition Gold prize winners recognized on the stage in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom. (Purdue University Photo/Tim Brouk)

Writer(s): Kevin Doerr | pvmnews@purdue.edu

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