Obesity Research Institute

Meetings

Obesity Research Institute Annual Meeting and Networking Event

• May 2021
  • 6th Annual Meeting Video
  • 6th Annual Meeting Flyer
  • Education, Environment, & Health Disparaties: Opportunities as a Hispanic Serving Instution
  • Congratulations to the 2021 ORI Competition Winners
  • Video Abstract Competition
    • Undergraduate Competition: Lauren Boleng
    • Graduate Competition: Adam Wynn, Masha Yavari, and Flavia Sardela de Miranda
    • Post-Doc Competition: Kalhara Menikdiwela
  • Virtual Meeting Presentation Competition
    • Adam Wynn - First Place
    • Masha Yavari and Flavia Sardela de Miranda - Second Place (tie)
• May 2019
  • 5th ORI Annual Meeting
  • Congratulations to the 2019 ORI Poster Competition Winners
    • Oral Presentation:
      • Postdoc: Kembra Albracht-Schulte (Nutritional Sciences)
      • Graduate Student: Mohammed Jodeiri-Farshbaf (Biological Sciences)
    • Poster Presentation:
      • Hunter Turnipseed (Kinesiology & Sports Management), 1st place Grad Student
      • Harsh Shah (NS), 2nd place Grad student
      • Vipulkumar Patel (TTUHSC-El Paso, SOM), 3rd place, Postdoc
      • Tariful Islam (NS), 3rd place Grad Student
• May 2018
  • 4th ORI Annual Meeting 2018
  • Meeting Video
  • Congratulations to the 2018 ORI Poster Competition Winners:
    • Oral Presentation:
      • Kalhara Menikdiwela 1st
      • Nadeeja Wijayatunga 2nd
      • Rebecca Beights 3rd
    • Poster Presentation:
      • Hunter Edwards & Mizanur Rahman 1st
      • Prakash Parajuli 2nd
      • Zahra Feizy 3rd
• March 2017
  • Agenda FRC
• May 2016
  • Agenda Booklet
  • Graduate Students' Poster Presentation
  • Congratulations to the 2016 ORI Poster Competition Winners:
    • Jennifer Hewitt, Chemical Engineering, TTU (Mentor: Dr. Siva Vanapalli)
    • Maliha Munir, Nutritional Sciences, TTU (Mentor: Dr. Shaikh Rahman)
    • Kandis Wright, Cell Biology & Biochemistry, TTUHSC; (Mentor: Dr. Janette Dufour)
    • Sumedha Linyage, Plant & Soil Sciences/Fiber & Biopolymer Institute, TTU (Mentor: Dr. Noureddine Abidi)
  • Nutritional Science Faculty, Students Win National Conference Awards.
  • Nutritional Sciences professor discusses need for better data in Obesity Research.
• May 2015
  • Flyer
  • Agenda Booklet
  • Meeting Video
  • Congratulations to the 2015 ORI Poster Competition Winners:
    • Christine Prater (Mentor Dr. Carr) Department of Biological Sciences, TTU. Why frogs don't get fat.
    • Ashlee Taylor (Mentor: Dr. Reed) Department of Nutritional Sciences, TTU. Qualitative research identifies intervention needs of military parents to prevent childhood obesity.
    • Nadeeja Wijayatunga (Mentor: Dr. Moustaid-Moussa) Department of Nutritional Sciences, TTU. Inflammatory and Metabolic changes following Bariatric Surgery.
    • Kelli Kaufman (Mentor: Dr. Binks) Nutritional Sciences, TTU. A Cross Sectional Descriptive Study with Further Analysis of Body Mass Index, Psychosocial Correlates and Pain as Predictors of Activities of Daily Living in African American Adult Sickle Cell Disease Clinic Patients.
• May 2014
  • Flyer
  • Agenda Booklet