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Clinical Science Award Winners

  • Matthew Bomar, Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Top Honors (pictured left)
  • Alison Herman, Clinical Science – Distinction in Research (pictured middle)
  • Laura Taylor, Clinical Science – Distinction in Graduate Research (pictured right)
Lise Youngblade and Matthew Bomar
Lise Youngblade and Alison Herman
Lise Youngblade and Laura Taylor

Research Category Clinical Science

Kieran Abbotts, Graduate Student

Title: Caffeine Augments the Lactate and Interleukin-6 Response to Moderate Exercise in Men

Additional Authors: Taylor Ewell, Matthew Bomar, Hannah Butterklee, Jordan Rebik, and Christopher Bell

Faculty Mentor: Christopher Bell

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Kieran Abbotts

Title: Let’s give ’em something to walk about

Faculty Mentor: Brett Fling

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Matthew Bomar, Undergraduate Student

Awarded Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Top Honors

Title: Comparison of the Influence of Five Cannabidiol Formulations on Kidney and Liver Function

Additional Authors: Matthew Bomar, Taylor Ewell, Kieran Abbots, Hannah Butterklee, and Christopher Bell

Faculty Mentor: Christopher Bell

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Matthew Bomar

Title: Impact of Blueberry Consumption on Atherosclerotic Risk Biomarkers in Postmenopausal Women with Elevated Blood Pressure or Stage-1 Hypertension

Additional Authors: Emily K. Woolf 1; Nicole S. Litwin 1; Janee Terwood 2; Allegra R. Vazquez 1; Nathan Ketelhut 2; Kiri A. Michell 1; Brayden T. Smith 1; Lauren E. Grabos 1; Sylvia Y. Lee 1, Douglas R. Seals 3; Frank A. Dinenno 2; Sarah A. Johnson  1

1 Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
2 Department of Health and Exercise Science
3 Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Faculty Mentor: Sarah A. Johnson

Academic Unit: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Title: The Efficacy of Split-Belt Treadmill Training to Decrease Gait Asymmetry in People with Multiple Sclerosis

Faculty Mentor: Brett Fling

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Title: Case Series of Women Who Receive an Autism Diagnosis in Adulthood: Preliminary Evidence for the Adverse Impact of Late Identification

Additional Authors: Emily Daniels and Lily Tomasula-Martin

Academic Unit: Department of Human Development and Family Studies

Awarded Clinical Science – Distinction in Research

Title: An Occupation-Based Clinic Makeover: Perceptions and Experiences of Occupational Therapists

Additional Authors: Wendy B. Stav

Academic Unit: Department of Occupational Therapy

Sarah Morton, Graduate Student

Title: Potential mechanisms by which insufficient sleep impairs insulin sensitivity

Additional Authors: Bryan C. Bergman, Karin A. Zemski-Berry, Irene E. Schauer, Kenneth P. Wright Jr., and Josiane L. Broussard

Faculty Mentor: Josiane Broussard

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Sarah Morton

Title: Driving performance is influenced by whether the paretic or non-paretic leg is used for car pedal control following stroke

Additional Authors: Prakruti Patel and Neha Lodha

Faculty Mentor: Neha Lodha

Academic Unit: School of Biomedical Engineering

Title: Repetitive element transcripts are associated with inflammation in older adults

Additional Authors: Alyssa N. Cavalier, Cali M. McEntee, Devin Wahl, Gabriella T. McWilliams, Douglas R. Seals, and Thomas J. LaRocca

Faculty Mentor: Tom LaRocca

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Awarded Clinical Science – Distinction in Graduate Research

Title: The influence of vascular cognitive impairment on driving following stroke

Additional Authors: Prakruti Patel, Aviva Pollet, and Neha Lodha

Faculty Mentor: Neha Lodha

Academic Unit: Department of Health and Exercise Science

Emily Woolf, Graduate Student

Title: Blueberry consumption on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure or stage-1 hypertension

Faculty Mentor: Sarah A. Johnson

Academic Unit: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition

Emily Woolf
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