Sunday, January 26, 2020

BAHS students awarded CPUB grants

Undergraduate Kayla Sompel and graduate student Ian Whiteside  were awarded research grants from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Biologists (CPUB)  for the 2019-2020 academic year. CPUB is an organization composed of faculty in the fourteen institutions of the PA State System of Higher Education that fosters excellence in biology education and research.   


Ian Whiteside
Ian's research project examines the Effects of BORIS on Human Telomere Regulation and Stability.  Dr. Kate Beishline is  his research mentor.  Ian is 2018 graduate of Bloomsburg University, majoring in biology in the molecular biology option. As an undergraduate,he conducted research on developmental patterns of language milestones in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Ian has presented his research at several venues including the Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Symposium, the PASSHE Research Symposium, and Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society Northeast District 2 Convention. He was awarded first place for Best Poster Session at the College of Science and Technology Research Day. Ian was inducted into Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society and has tutored in the Health Science Learning Community.  
Kayla Sompel



Kayla's research in cancer biology is conducted in Dr. Angela Hess's lab. Specifically, Kayla examines the effects of Vemurafenib and Dabrafenib on Human Melanoma Cells. Kayla is a biology major in the pre-medical sciences option. She has served as the President of the Pre-medical Sciences Club for two years. She is also the Vice-President of Students Helping Honduras and the Treasurer of Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society. She is a recipient of the Biology and Allied Health Scholarship. Kayla has considerable medical experience, participating in Penn State College of Medicine's Primary Care Scholars Program and the International Medical Aid program in Mombasa, Kenya.

~from http://bloomsburgbiosynthesis.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Pre-med Students take on Geisinger's Jan Plan

Maria Figueroa and Casey Donahoe
Geisinger Medical Center’s Jan Plan brought students to the hospital's Danville campus from January 3 -10, 2020 for an intensive  experience that provides a first hand look at the medical profession. Jan Plan students had the opportunity to interact with medical students, residents, and physicians during rounds, case study discussions, and observations.  Participating in Jan Plan this year were Casey Donahoe, Biology major in the pre-medicine option and Maria Figueroa, enrolled in the Pre-medical Sciences Certificate program.  Casey and Maria shared their Jan Plan experiences:

Maria: I loved my Jan Plan experience. We shadowed doctors in different specialties, such as vascular surgery, emergency medicine, and internal medicine.It was very exciting standing next to the surgical team, watching as they inserted catheters or removed varicose veins. One of my favorite aspects of the Jan Plan program was simply meeting and talking with attending physicians, residents, and medical students-- it really gave me a chance to ask them questions, one on one, and learn a little more about their own individual experience in medicine. The Jan Plan experience reaffirmed my decision to pursue a career in medicine. I highly recommend the program to others students interested in the medical field. 


Casey: During my week walking the halls of Geisinger Medical Center I not only saw what day-to-day medicine looked like, but what it felt like. By Monday afternoon, it was already apparent that the pace and "feel" of each department differs. The teamwork and communication present between all staff members in Obstetrics and Gynecology was inspiring. Members of the fast paced Emergency Department seemed ironically unperturbed. Jan Plan provided me with an opportunity to observe a surgery. I had no clue what Urologic Surgery entailed until I was actually watching a malignant bladder tumor resection. Needless to say, I highly recommend participating in Jan Plan.

~from http://bloomsburgbiosynthesis.blogspot.com

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Haney Receives Center for Rural Pennsylvania Grant


Dr. Jennifer Haney, assistant professor of EGGS, has been awarded a $49,356 grant from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania.  Her proposal, An Examination of Recycling Programs in Rural Pennsylvania 2010-2018, is designed to answer a number of questions concerning economic and environmental issues impacting recycling programs in rural Pennsylvania.

As stated in Haney’s proposal, “The primary objective of this project is to determine the status of recycling services and programs offered to counties in rural Pennsylvania and needs of the recycling industry in rural Pennsylvania, and specifically, how the industry’s needs have changed from 2010-2018, focusing on the implications of these changes for the industry’s future in rural Pennsylvania.” 

Recycling programs across the United States are struggling to adjust to restrictions on imports and contamination set forth by China’s 2018 ban on 24 categories of solid waste.  Single-stream recycling, which many US recycling companies utilized, is now creating recycling waste that there is no market for.   Many rural areas, in particular, are not prepared for these sudden changes.

Dr. Haney’s research project has four primary goals.

  • Better understand the geographic extent and availability of recycling programs and services offered to residents in rural counties in Pennsylvana
  • Describe modifications to recycling programs and services to rural residents over time and the factors responsible for such changes 
  • Document changes in residential municipal solid waste (MSW) generation by weight (total tons) and recyclable materials, respectively, in rural counties compared to urban counties  in Pennsylvania   
  • Evaluate population attributes and associated changes by counties in Pennsylvania utilizing secondary data sources



Thursday, January 9, 2020

Students Present at American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention


Six students from the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders recently presented papers at the 2019 American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) Convention in Orlando, FL.  The students were Cecelia Campanile (AuD 3rd year Student), Kylie Connell (AuD 3rd year Student), Miranda Mikelson (AuD 2nd year Student), Jamie Daigle (AuD 2nd year Student), Kimberly Winn (AuD 1st year Student) and Monica Amarante (B.S. 3rd year Student). Faculty member coauthors were Dr. Thomas Zalewski, Dr. Mohsin Ahmed Shaikh, and Dr. Dong Zhang.

Jamie Daigle, Miranda Mikelson, and Dr. Shaikh’s poster, “ANSI: A Necessity in Standardizing Hearing Instruments” was recognized as a Meritorious Poster by the Convention Program Committee as showing extraordinary, exceptional and innovative work. 



Hearing Handicap and Auditory Processing Disorder Relationship in Elderly Individuals by Cecelia Campanile, Dr. Zalewski and Dr. Zhang.



Tinnitus Diagnostic & Intervention Services Provided by Pennsylvania Audiologists by Monica Amarante, Kimberly Winn, and Dr. Zalewski.



Ear Asymmetry in Adaptation to Noise in Speech Recognition by Kylie Connell, Dr. Shaikh, and Dr. Zhang.



Laterality in Speech Perception in Noise Ability & Contralateral Suppression of Otoacoustic Emissions by Dr. Shaikh, Kylie Connell, and Dr. Zhang.


 The ASHA convention is the largest gathering of speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the country.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Recent publication and presentations

Publications
Jennifer Haney, assistant professor of EGGS and John Bodenman, professor of EGGS, published a paper entitled, "Creating Markets for Recyclable Materials: The Case of Municipal Solid Waste in Haiti" in Middle States Geographer.

Rebecca Bourgault, assistant professor EGGS, published a paper entitled, "Determination of Primary Mineral Content and Calcium Sources in Forest Soils using Electron Probe Microanalysis Mapping and Cluster Analysis", in the Soil Science Society of America journal.  This work was a collaboration with scientists from USDA Forest Service, University of Vermont, University of Massachusetts and Stockton University.

Sean Hartzell, instructor of BAHS, published a paper entitled, "A salamander survey of the Turkey Hill Oxbow, Columbia County, Pennsylvania, with comparison to historic records from an institutional collection" in Bios.

Mehdi Razzaghi, professor of MADS, published a paper entitled, "Bayesian Model Averaging for Benchmark Dose Analysisin Developmental Toxicology", in Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences.  This work was a collaboration with the University of Bahrain.

Michael Shepard, professor of EGGS, published a paper, "The bidirectional and directional hemispheric reflectance of Apollo 11 and 16 soils: Laboratory and diviner measurements" in Icarus. This work was a collaboration with researchers at the University of California, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Arizona.

Diane Barrett, associate professor of MADS, published a paper, "Cloud Based Evidence Acquisitions in Digital Forensic Education", in the Proceedings of the EDSIG Conference.  This paper was also selected to receive a Distinguished Paper Award.

Karl Kapp, professor of Instructional Technology, published a book entitled, "Microlearning: Short and Sweet" with a MSIT graduate Robyn Defelice.

Pamela Cook and Rebecca Toothaker, assistant professors of Nursing, recently published a paper, "Nursing Students' Perceptions of Just Culture in Nursing Programs" in Nurse Educator. This was a fourteen school multi-site study.

Kyle Beyer, assistant professor of Exercise Science, had an abstract published in the Mid Atlantic Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine conference proceedings entitled, "Positional Difference in Linear Momentum During Vertical Jump in Division II College Football Players".  This work was completed by multiple exercise science graduate students.

Mindi Miller, professor of Nursing, contributed to a book chapter published in The Specialty Practice of Rehabilitation Nursing: A Core Curriculum. The book contains 25 chapters of content and was compiled and reviewed by 66 experts in the field.

Presentations
Kelly Dauber, assistant professor of Exercise Science, recently gave a talk entitled, "Ace the Face to Face: Communicating with Generation Z" at the Social and Emotional Learning in Health and Physical Education Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Kim Olszewski, associate professor of nursing, recently gave a podium presentations at the American Association of Occupational Health Professional National Conference, the National Safety Council 2019 Congress & Expo, and the Florida State Occupational Health Nurse State Conference.