Obesity Research Institute
Obesity Research Institute
Meetings
Obesity Research Institute Annual Meeting and Networking Event
May 3rd 2023
8th Annual Meeting Video
8th Annual Meeting Flyer
8th Annual Meeting Program
Student ORI Poster Competition Winners
Undergraduate: Julia John (1st TTU - Lubbock)
Graduate: Nazia Afrin Trina (1st TTU Lubbock), Mohammad Yosofvand (2nd TTU Lubbock), Souvik Patra (3rd TTU Amarillo)
Post Doc: Joao Pedro Torres Guimaraes (1st TTU Lubbock), Bhupender Sharma (2nd TTUHSC El Paso)
Student GNO Poster Competition Winners (Members of GNO were eligible)
Andrea Sosa-Holwerda (1st TTU Lubbock), Shadi Nejat & Hsiao-Chun Wang (2nd TTU Lubbock)
May 11th 2022
7th Annual Meeting Video
7th Annual Meeting Flyer
7th Annual Meeting Program
Student ORI Poster Competition Winners
Undergraduate: Sara Phy (1st- TTU) & Rama Supraja Balaga (2nd-TTU)
Graduate-Non-Medical: Jacob Nicasio (1st- TTU El Paso)
Gradute- Medical: Anu Satheeshkumar (1st-tie TTUHSC), Daniel Wood (1st-tie TTUHSC),
& Dominic Ancona, Leticia Cortes & Amy Hu (2nd- TTUHSC)
Post Doc: Kalhara Menikdiwela (TTU)
Student GNO Poster Competition Winners (Members of GNO were eligible)
Mahsa Yavari (1st-TTU), Shadi Nejat (2nd- TTU), Maryam Seifishahpar (3rd- TTU)
Student Laura W.Bush Institute Competition Winners (eligibility was determined by
LWBI prior to meeting)
Joao Pedro Torres Guimaraes (1st-TTU), Chineme Chima-Nlewen (2nd-TTUHSC), & Mohammad
Yosofvand (3rd TTU)
May 2021
6th Annual Meeting Video
6th Annual Meeting Flyer
6th Annual Meeting Program
Education, Environment, & Health Disparities: Opportunities as a Hispanic Serving
Institution
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
May 2016
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