Anatomy graduate students receive awards, present papers
Students in the Penn State College of Medicine anatomy graduate program recently received awards and presented papers.
Gary J. Farkas, PhD candidate in anatomy, is a member of Dr. David Gater’s laboratory in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Farkas was selected as a winner of the MARC American College of Sports Medicine President’s Cup and will be supported to present his work at the National Annual Meeting of the ACSM in spring 2017 in Denver. The title of his talk was “Adipose Tissue Differs and Correlates to Carbohydrate Metabolism and Proinflammatory Adipokines by Level of Spinal Cord Injury.”
Michael D. Ludwig, PhD candidate in anatomy, is a member of Patricia J. McLaughlin’s laboratory in the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences. Ludwig presented a poster titled “Low Dose Naltrexone is a Safe and Effective Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis: Preclinical and Retrospective Clinical Studies” at the fifth annual meeting of the International Multiple Sclerosis Conference on Cognition at the New York Academy of the Sciences in the World Trade Center, June 23 and 24, 2016.
Caitlin A. McMenamin, PhD candidate in anatomy, is a member of Kirsteen N. Browning’s laboratory in the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences. McMenamin received the Alumni Society Award at the 2016 Graduate Student Oath and Awards Ceremony in August. Recipients of this award have achieved exemplary academic records and have additionally provided their colleagues and community with examples of involvement above and beyond the expected.
Bradley A. Staten is an exemplary first-year graduate student in anatomy. Staten was a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served two tours in Afghanistan as a medic. He was invited by the Penn State Alumni Association to take part in the Military Appreciation Day during the Iowa football game at Beaver Stadium in November. Before coming to the College of Medicine, he worked for NASA in California as part of the Space Biosciences Research branch. From Oct. 26 to 29, 2016, he attended the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research conference in Cleveland, where he presented an important part of the laboratory’s mission toward the journey to Mars.
Michelle B. Titunick, PhD candidate in anatomy, is member of Patricia J. McLaughlin’s laboratory. Titunick was selected as a junior mentor in the Junior Mentors Program. As a mentor, she helped summer interns learn basic laboratory techniques, prepare an abstract, perfect an oral presentation and prepare a Journal Club presentation.
Amanda R. White, PhD candidate in anatomy, is a member of Gregory M. Holmes’s laboratory in the Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences. White was a first-time attendee at the American Association of Anatomists’ annual meeting in April 2016, where she was a Langman Graduate Student Platform Winner, receiving a second-place award among the finalists. She was also recognized by the National Neurotrauma Society for outstanding achievement in the trainee poster competition for her poster titled “Oxidative Status and Reduced Colonic Giant Experimental Spinal Cord Injury” at the NNS Annual Symposium in Lexington, Ky., in June 2016.If you're having trouble accessing this content, or would like it in another format, please email the Penn State College of Medicine web department.