⋅ ⋅ School of Health Sciences Purdue University Fall 2018-Summer 2019

The 2018-19 Academic Year marked the 39th year for the School of Health Sciences. As noted in our last newsletter from Winter 2018, by then Interim Head, Dr. Charles Santerre, this has been a time of transition. I am honored to have been given this opportunity to lead the School of Health Sciences (HSCI). Prior to my starting as Head, August 1st, 2018, I had several opportunities to visit the campus and many other opportunities to interact professionally with the faculty, students and alumni of our great School. I first got to know HSCI via its long-standing research strengths in the areas of Occupational and Environmental Health as well as Toxicology, especially in the context of metal toxicology. Indeed, I was welcomed many years ago by then Head Dr. Wei Zheng, to attend the annual Purdue reception at the Society of Toxicology (SOT) meetings – and enjoyed very much the professional connections fostered there with several of our outstanding faculty in the School, such as Drs. Cannon, Dydak, Freeman, Nie and Zheng. After my visits and getting to know our other areas of excellence in Medical Physics, Health Physics, Medical Laboratory Sciences and our strong Health Sciences pre-professional undergraduate programs, I came to Purdue excited by the remarkable record of success and

great potential of our truly transdisciplinary School.

This year HSCI has seen many new and exciting changes, our faculty and students have received laudable awards and recognition, and we are looking forward to implementing new strategies to continue our leadership and quality educational programs in a changing world. This newsletter focuses on all that has occurred since Summer 2018 thru the end of Summer 2019 (our 39th Academic Year as a School). I also invite you to keep an eye out on our Schools webpage, as we now routinely update our News and Happenings pages as well as post job and internship opportunities we receive that may interest both our current students and alumni. We welcomed our new Dean of our College this last year too, Dr. Marion Underwood, who has been a wonderful new supporter of our School's mission.

We welcomed three new faculty members, myself (TOX), Dr. Sa Liu (OEHS), and Lisa Hilliard (MLAB) increasing our faculty ranks to 17. Dr. Ellen Wells (OEHS) was promoted to Associate Professor (effective Fall 2019), and Dr. Ulrike Dydak (RADH) was promoted to full Professor (effective Fall 2018). Continued on page 3

Marion K. Underwood began her professional career in 1991 as an assistant professor of psychology at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she earned tenure before moving to the University of Texas at Dallas in 1998. She was associate dean of programs and administration in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences from 2013-15 before becoming dean of graduate studies and associate provost. She also was the Ashbel Smith Professor of Psychological Sciences at UT Dallas. Dr. Underwood is a graduate of Wellesley College with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and she holds a master’s degree and doctoral degree, both in clinical psychology, from Duke University.

Dr. Underwood is one of the foremost researchers in the developmental origins and outcomes of social aggression and how adolescents’ digital communication relates to adjustment. Her work appears in numerous scientific journals, and the National Institutes of Health has supported her research program since 1995. In 2003, she authored the book, Social Aggression among Girls, and in 2015, she was featured in the CNN special

report "#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens.” Since 2003, Dr. Underwood and her research group have been conducting a longitudinal study on the origins and outcomes of social aggression and how adolescents use digital communication. Underwood, an Association of Psychological Sciences Fellow, is a recipient of the National Institute of Mental Health’s FIRST Award as well as the NIMH Independent Scientist Career Award.

Dean Underwood succeeds Christine M. Ladisch who served as inaugural dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences, July 2010-June 2018.

Meet the Dean

Marion K. Underwood, Dean College of Health and Human Sciences

Aaron Bowman, Head School of Health Sciences

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Health Sciences 2018 Distinguished Alumnus

Lynne Fairobent B.S. Purdue University

Lynne Fairobent attended Purdue University and received a B.S. in Environmental Health (Health Physics) in 1978. She began her career as a Health Physicist with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington, D.C. In this position, her principal duties were the evaluation of the radiological dose consequences on the environment resulting from release of radioactive materials from commercial nuclear power plants. Additional duties included membership on the Protective Measures Team for the Incident Response Center and activities in licensing and inspections.

In 1983, Ms. Fairobent joined Science Applications International Corporation where she was involved in radiation effects on environmental systems and populations. Principal projects included assessing the environmental impacts of plutonium transport by air and review of draft environmental assessments for high-level waste repository sites. Her career continued at the

Nuclear Energy Institute where she developed and presented the position of the commercial nuclear power industry on issues related to radiation protection such as the proposed revision to 10 CFR Part 20, "Below Regulatory Concern," impact of BEIR-V, radioactive waste and the transportation of radioactive materials

Ms. Fairobent joined the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1991 as the Science Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she had diverse responsibilities as the coordinator of major policy, program, and operational viewpoints. Some key projects included serving as the DOE representative to the U.S. Interagency Committee on the health and environmental effects due to the oil fires and oil spills in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, as the project manager responsible for developing the Departmental Response to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation on Radiation Protection, and co-chaired the DOE Radiological and Toxicological Sabotage Policy Task Force.

During the next ten years, Ms. Fairobent held a number of positions including working as a Staff Scientist with the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, as the Director of Federal Programs, for American College of Radiology Association, and as one of the Peer Reviewers to the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s efforts to provide a U.S. production source for medical isotopes. Served as an expert for conversion of cesium-chloride (CsCl) irradiators.

In 2004, she joined the American Association of Physicists in Medicine as the Senior Manager of Government Relations. In this position, her principal responsibilities were

the Medical Physics Practice Guidelines and serving as the AAPM representative to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for work on International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards. This work resulted in the FDA Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) Director’s Special Citation award.

Ms. Fairobent is a Fellow of the Health Physics Society and has served on a number of committees within the organization including chair of the program committee. She has been a delegate to the International Radiation Protection Association, and has membership in a number of professional organizations related to medical imaging and association management. She was also selected as an Outstanding Reviewer for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. Ms. Fairobent is a member of the Purdue President’s Council and has recently concluded her tenure as a Member of the Advisory Board School of Health Sciences. Ms. Fairobent is currently serving a second term as the public member of the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board.

She has recently received the Board of Directors Award for Meritorious Service from the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (2018). This was in recognition of active participation in the program planning of the CRCPD national conferences, organizing the American Association of Physicists in Medicine training presented at many national conferences, and the development of the Qualified Medical Physicists Registry and the medical events database. In addition, she received an award from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (2018) for distinguished service to Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors. She has numerous presentations and publications throughout her career. Since January 2017, Ms. Fairobent has been providing consultative services regulatory affairs, waste management and emergency response, and program management.

Lynne and her husband, James, are the proud parents of two children, Megan and Ryan, in-laws to Ryan Mills, and the grandparents of Evan and Emmett Mills. Lynne enjoys spending time with her grandsons and walking her Golden Retriever, Reilly. Since graduating, northern Virginia has been her home. Her career has afforded her the opportunity to travel both in the US and abroad. Ms. Fairobent is an avid Disney fan and her dream job is to be Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.

Aaron Bowman and Lynne Fairobent

Left to right: Stan Shaw, Lynne Fairobent and Paul Ziemer

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HHS 2019 Distinguished Alumnus

Head’s Message (continued from page 1)

Dr. Charles Miller, a 1973 graduate from Bionucleonics (Radiation Health Physics) is a 2019 HHS Distinguished Alumnus. This award honors alumni who have significantly advanced their careers and have demonstrated noteworthy professional accomplishments that reflect favorably on their profession, Purdue and society.

Dr. Akshay Thomas, a 2009 graduate from the School of Health Sciences is a 2019 HHS Outstanding Young Alumni. This award honors alumni under the age of 35 with outstanding career development either through traditional channels or innovative approaches including involvement in professional organizations, college alumni association or community activities.

HHS 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni

We also had the honor to welcome back to campus our 2018 John Christian Distinguished Alumnus Lynne Fairobent (B.S. Health Physics 1978), Charles Miller (Ph.D. Bionucleonics 1973) the 2019 HHS Distinguished Alumnus, and Akshay Thomas (B.S. Health Sciences 2009) the 2019 HHS Outstanding Young Alumnus. In 2018-19 HSCI had 615 undergraduate students enrolled in our 5 majors, and 52 graduate students across our MS/PhD programs. In 2018, 53 Purdue undergraduate students participated in research experiences in HSCI laboratories, that is an average of 3-4 students per laboratory. The heavy involvement of HSCI undergraduate students in research is exemplified by the numbers of students engaging and being awarded for research on campus. For example, HSCI contributed 24% of our colleges posters at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) (20 out of 83 posters in Spring 2019), and 50% of our colleges oral presentations (3 of the 6 in Spring 2019); with 8 of these HSCI students receiving 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards. Special recognitions for teaching were received by several HSCI faculty, most notable, Dr. Jennifer Freeman received Purdue's highest award for undergraduate education, the Murphy Award. The School of Health Sciences is highly productive and active in its discovery mission. HSCI faculty were awarded $3.26M in direct research support received by Purdue University in 2018. Research productivity was high, with a total of 71 peer reviewed manuscripts published in 2018, that is 4.7 papers per tenured/tenure-track faculty member; in addition to another 8 book chapters and invited reviews/conference reports. Finally, at the end of this last summer, HSCI Associate Professor, Dr. Jason Harris (RADH), who served as interim Head before my arrival, was appointed as the new Associate Dean for Graduate and Online Education. My long-term vision for our School is to promote a highly productive and collaborative environment with international recognition for excellence in both research and training. My leadership style is one of transparency and brainstorming with high expectations of collegiality and productivity from individuals. I seek to guide by drawing goals and strategies from the unique perspectives and expertise of team members to enrich the quality of the organization. I take mentorship seriously and believe that by promoting an environment that values collaboration and commitment to quality we can accelerate the advancement of knowledge in Health Sciences. We are looking forward to celebrating 40 years of the School of Health Sciences, which formed on July 17, 1979 with Dr. John Christian as our inaugural Head. HSCI will keep you abreast of the happenings and events to celebrate - which will include special guest lectures, an expanded HSCI research retreat, and much more! I welcome alumni coming back to campus to reach out to myself or Karen Walker, our wonderful lead administrator, as I would be delighted to meet with you personally. I end with special thanks to Karen Walker, Kristy Fay and Helen Terrell for their help in putting together our HSCI newsletter.

Ever True, Hail Purdue! Aaron B. Bowman, PhD. Professor and Head

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The members of the Advisory Board (HSAB) for Purdue’s School of Health Sciences provide volunteer leadership for cultivation, stewardship, solicitation, and consultation activities that support the mission of the School. The Board is currently Chaired by Stanley Hampton, M.S; and met on campus Friday, October 12, 2018; with many of them attending our Distinguished Alumnus Banquet honoring Lynne Fairobent the evening before. The full day of meetings included reports by heads of all graduate and undergraduate educational programs, meeting our new Dean of the College Dr. Marion Underwood, 5 faculty spotlight presentations highlighting the research programs of HSCI, meeting our HSCI development and alumni engagement officers, and a tour of HSCI labs and facilities by our students. The day ended with a discussion of our long-term strategy and vision for the future. The HSAB provided valuable feedback on contemporary challenges and opportunities; and provided specific recommendations that the School shared with the Dean's office and have guided our decisions going forward. We, and the HSAB, thank Craig Yoder, Ph.D. for his years of service as Chair to the HSAB. We welcomed Minsong Cao and Colleen DesRosiers to the 2018-2019 HSAB. The next meeting is scheduled for October 18, 2019.

Left to right: Tim Kirkham, Stan Hampton (Chair), Stanley Roberts, Gary Carlson, Aaron Bowman, Bruce Mallett, Colleen DesRosiers, Robert Romano and Minsong Cao (not present: Rafik Bishara, Jill Harvilchuck, Sven Rundman and Paul Ziemer)

Name Appointment Date Name Appointment Date

Rafik Bishara 2012 Tim Kirkham 2015

Minsong Cao 2018 Bruce Mallett 2010

Gary Carlson 2011 Stan Roberts 2014

Colleen DesRosiers 2018 Robert Romano 2016

Stan Hampton (Chair) 2006 Sven Rundman 2006

Jill Harvilchuck 2017 Paul Ziemer 2005

Advisory Board (Fall 2018 - Summer 2019)

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Dr. Jennifer Freeman, Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences, was named a recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy, who was a history professor at Purdue from 1927 to 1970. Dr. Freeman was surprised with the news on Monday, March 18, 2019. The University's highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a $10,000 cash award and induction into Purdue's Teaching Academy, which provides leadership for the improvement of undergraduate, graduate and outreach teaching. The recipients were honored at an invitation-only luncheon on April 8, 2019. A list of past Murphy Award and Early Career Award recipients is at https://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/charlesAward.html. Dr. Freeman was selected for the new Fulbright Specialist Roster (August 2018 - August 2021). Part of the larger Fulbright Program, this was established in 2001 by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). The program pairs highly qualified U.S. academics and professionals with host institutions abroad to share their expertise, strengthen institutional linkages, hone their skills, gain international experience, and learn about other cultures while building capacity at their overseas host institutions. Dr. Freeman will be working with hosts to develop her project in the coming months. She was also named to the National Academy of Science committee focused on reviewing the safety of organohalogen flame retardants.

Dr. Jason Harris, Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences (HSCI), has been selected to become the new Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Online Education in the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), effective July 1, 2019. Jason earned a PhD in Health Physics from HHS’ School of Health Sciences in 2007 and returned to Purdue as a tenured associate professor in 2015. In addition to his appointment in HSCI, he holds a courtesy appointment in Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering. He is founder and director of Purdue’s Center for Radiological and Nuclear Security, director of HSCI’s health physics and industrial hygiene programs and, since 2018, has served as chair of the HSCI undergraduate curriculum committee.

Dr. Jason Harris has been named as the Director of the newly approved Center for Radiological and Nuclear Security (CRANS). Included as one of 135 University approved centers and institutes at Purdue, each center is developed to fill a particular need. CRANS will engender opportunities to establish deeper and more effective partnerships between academia, government, and industry to address formidable challenges in the field of nuclear security. Dr. Robert Bean is the Associate Director.

Dr. Harris helped organize a conference on Active Non-Proliferation. The conference was co-hosted by the INMM and CRANS and organized by the Purdue student INMM chapter, and had nearly 70 attendees. Attendance included students and faculty from eight universities, staff from five national laboratories, and staff from four governmental agencies. HSCI students from our Health Physics program helped with the conference coordination. Dr. Harris received an equipment supplement to his nuclear security education program grant from the Department of Energy through the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. The supplement was worth $250,000 and added an assortment of portable radiation detection equipment to be used in nuclear security applications. He was chosen as a participant in the Purdue Insights Forum for the 2018-2019 academic year. The comprehensive Insights Forum covers a wide range of subject areas including developing a vision, navigating differing priorities, building teams, developing an inclusive environment, and managing resources. Experts across campus provide content and each participant is asked to choose a senior mentor to help develop personal goals and objectives. Dr. Harris was nominated by Dean Chris Ladisch and is the only 2018-2019 Fellow to come from the College of Health and Human Sciences. The Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) Foundation has gifted $6,000 to the Industrial Hygiene (IH) program. The IH program is one of BCSP’s Qualified Academic Programs (QAPs), described as an exceptional program with bachelor's or master's degree program(s) in safety, health, and environmental (SH&E) practices holding superior program accreditation. Of the funds gifted, $1,000 is designated to help offset the cost of retaining the ABET program accreditation. The remaining $5,000 is provided as a scholarship to one student from the program that meets the criteria designated by the BCSP. Dr. Jason Harris is the BCSP Coordinator for the IH program.

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Jason Harris

Purdue Today/photo by John Underwood

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Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Ulrike Dydak received a University Core Facility Research Equipment Grant from the EVPRP for $40,000 to buy the “Simultaneous Multi Slice (SMS) Software License" for the Purdue Life Science MRI facility. SMS enables accelerated MRI imaging, reducing scan time to allow higher resolution or higher anatomical coverage at equal scan time. This grant enables that this novel scanner capability will now be an integral part of the MRI facility for the lifetime of the scanner. ISMRM Annual Meeting - The symposium session “Advances in Psychoradiology” was selected for the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), held in May 2019 in Montreal, Canada. Professor of HSCI, Dr. Ulrike Dydak, will co-chair this symposium together with Qiyong Gong (Vice-chair). Speakers include Liesbeth Reneman (Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands), Chunshui Yu (University General Hospital Tianjin, China), Matthew Kempton (King’s College London, UK), Bharat Biswal (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Ching-Po Lin (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan) and Steven Stufflebeam (Harvard Medical School, USA). In addition, Dr. Ulrike Dydak is invited speaker for a second Symposium selected for

the ISMRM 2019, entitled “MRI/S Biomarkers of toxicity,” chaired by John Wateron (University of Manchester, UK) and Claudia Green (Bayer, Germany), where she will speak on "Neuroimaging Markers of Metal Toxicity in Career Welders.”

INA Symposium - The INA symposium proposal "Use of Imaging Data for Risk Assessment: Updates, Challenges, and Future Perspectives" was selected for the 2019 meeting. (Roberto Lucchini is chair, other speakers include HSCI Professor Ulrike Dydak, Christoph VanThriel, David Bellinger).

Dr. Dydak has received many awards and recognitions for the 2018-2019 academic year, most importantly, she was promoted to full Professor in August, 2018. Other award and recognitions received were the Health Sciences Robert Landolt Teaching Award (Spring, 2018); and the College of Health and Human Sciences Outstanding Graduate Mentor (Spring 2018)

Dr. Linda Nie was selected for a Fulbright award to the Fulbright Global Scholar program. This program allows U.S. academics and professionals to engage in multi-country, trans-regional projects. As a truly worldwide award, U.S. scholars will be able to propose research or combined teaching /research activity in two to three countries with flexible schedule options; trips can be conducted within one academic year or spread over two consecutive years. The research program of HSCI Associate Professor Linda Nie was highlight in Purdue Today. Her cutting edge technology developed at Purdue enables personalized assessment for the accumulation of toxic metals due to industrial or environmental exposures. Emma Wallens, a senior in the School of Health Sciences Undergraduate Research Honors Program working with Dr. Linda Nie, published a full research article titled “Using Bone Lead as a Biomarker for Lead Toxicity in Condors: Accuracy of Portable L-X-ray Fluorescence (LXRF) Device to Quantify Lead (Pb) in Condor Bone In Vivo.” Boghos Tasklakjian, a senior m ajor ing in Medical Laboratory Sciences w orking

with Drs. Jennifer Freeman and Linda Nie, published a research snapshot titled “Synergistic Toxicity of the Heavy Metal Lead and Radiation.” https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/jpur/vol8/iss1/17/. Linda Nie: MPI on a supplement award on NIEHS R21 ES014700-02S1 (Validation of Portable XRF for In Vivo Measurement of Heavy Metal Exposures), $224,715 total costs. Mindy Joo started her position as a Medical Physics resident at the Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center in July, 2018.

Dr. Ulrike Dydak

Dr. Linda Nie

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Dr. Aaron Bowman's INA-17 Scientific Session Proposal "Next generation in vitro neurotoxicity testing: human induced pluripotent stem cell derived neuronal models” was selected for the International Neurotoxicology Association annual meeting (INA-17) to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany from September 29 - October 3, 2019.

Sessions will be co-chaired by Aaron Bowman (HSCI Head), co-chaired with Anke Tukker (Utrecht University, Netherlands) and Stefan Schildknecht (Konstanz University, Germany) will also speak.

Faculty News

A patent application has been filed by Drs. Uzay Emir (HSCI) and Mark Chiew (University of Oxford, UK) aims to acquire simultaneous multi-slice magnetic resonance spectroscopic images (MRSI) for 3D coverage. This technique is likely to be of broad interest across the neurosciences and in clinical settings as it permits in vivo neurochemical measurements in a timeframe that is experimentally and clinically feasible. Dr. Uzay Emir gave two presentations to children at

Cumberland Elementary School on April 19, 2019. His presentation was about Autism and brain imaging for Autism Awareness Month.

Dr. Uzay Emir

Dr. Jason Cannon was selected for the new Fulbright Specialist Roster (April 2019 – April 2022). The Fulbright Specialist Program, part of the larger Fulbright Program, was established in 2001 by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). The program pairs highly qualified U.S. academics and professionals with host institutions abroad to share their expertise, strengthen institutional linkages, hone their skills, gain

international experience, and learn about other cultures while building capacity at their overseas host institutions. Dr. Cannon will be working with hosts to develop projects in the coming months He has been admitted to the Faculty Leadership Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (FLAIR) Fellows Program. Sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Partnerships at Purdue University, FLAIR focuses on training and equipping faculty with the skills and resources they will need to effectively lead large, multi-disciplinary research teams, centers and research-centric administrative offices (including Associate Dean for Research and EVPRP positions). The FLAIR program complements and interfaces with the Office of the Provost’s INSIGHTS program that provides faculty training across the broad spectrum of academic leadership. The more focused FLAIR program concentrates on training in building, coordinating and directing large research efforts including interdisciplinary and, in some cases, international programs and centers. The FLAIR Fellows Program will provide training and mentoring in research leadership. It will familiarize faculty with university and external resources available for aiding in writing successful, large-scale, multi-faceted research proposals and directing major multi-disciplinary, and multi-institutional research efforts and centers. Dr. Cannon's INA-17 Scientific Session Proposal “Immune dysregulation as a primary mechanism of early neurotoxicity – relevance to disease” was selected for International Neurotoxicology Association annual meeting (INA-17) to be held in Düsseldorf, Germany from September 29 - October 3, 2019. Sessions will be chaired by Jason Cannon (HSCI Associate Professor), Barbara Viviani (University of Milan); Stefania Marzocco (University of Salerno) will also speak.

Dr. Jason Cannon Dr. Aaron Bowman

Lisa Hilliard has been chosen as a 2018 Teaching Academy Associate. Bringing together outstanding scholar-teachers from across diverse curricula, the Teaching Academy provides all interested faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to talk, learn, and work together on important and meaningful educational initiatives.

Lisa is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of the Medical Laboratory Science Program was one of 12 inductees selected across the university, and

1 of 4 selectees chosen from the College of Health and Human Sciences, based upon evidence of excellence in teaching, innovation in teaching methodology, teaching-related service, and scholarship in teaching and learning.

Lisa Hilliard

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Dr. Jae Hong Park is now a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) as recognized by the American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH). He passed the CIH exam fall semester 2018. He specializes in industrial hygiene, specifically, aerosol technology and air quality. He has taught HSCI 345 Introduction to OEHS and HSCI 552 Introduction to Aerosol Science. For more information about CIH, please visit http://www.abih.org/about-abih/cih-caih.

Ahmad Alhulail (Dydak Lab) w on a Purdue Graduate Student Travel Grant aw ard, as w ell as the Com pton Graduate Research Travel Award for attending the ISMRM MRS Workshop in Utrecht, Netherlands. (October and November 2018).

Eric Cameron (Dydak Lab) w as selected as HHS nom inee for the Purdue University Graduate School Excellence in teaching award (April 2018). Eric received a Student Travel Grant from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Imaging (June 2018) and won 1st place in the Poster Competition in Neuroscience/Neurodegenerative diseases at the "Purdue University Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture, and Policy Research Poster session” (March 2018)

David Edmondson (Dydak Lab) received the AstraZeneca Student Travel Award. He presented a seminar the CTSS speciality section at the Society of Toxicology meeting in March. He also received the Graduate Student Award by the SOT Neurotoxicology Specialty Section for having served as their graduate student representative. He received the Purdue Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award (April 2018); and the HSCI Graduate Service Award (April 2018)

Rachel Foguth (Cannon Lab) received the Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience aw ard travel grant. She used this grant to attended the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting in March, 2019.

Keturah Kiper (Freem an Lab) received 2nd place in the Neuroscience and Neurodegenerative Disease category for her poster presentation at the Health and Disease: Science, Technology, Culture and Policy on February 28, 2019.

Shraddha Rane received a Health Physics Society (HPS) fellow ship as w ell as a HPS travel aw ard to support her research on the development of a radiological facility security risk model.

Marcia Robinson received an Health Physics Society (HPS) Student Travel Aw ard to attend the 2018 HPS Annual Meeting.

Dr. Shreesh Sammi, a Post Doctoral Research Associate in Dr. Jason Cannon's lab has received a Postdoctoral Supplemental Travel Grant. This award is to defray the cost of attending a conference between January 1 and June 30, 2019.

Mishael Theis (Park Lab) w as aw arded a scholarship from the Indiana Chapter of the Am erican Society of Safety Professionals at the Indiana Chapter ASSP meeting in Indianapolis on February 27, 2019.

Dr. Jonathan Shannahan was awarded the 2019 Outstanding Young Immunotoxicologist Award by the Society of Toxicology Immunotoxicology Specialty Section. Thumbs Up Award - Jonathan and Jasmine Moisides (PRF-UDO) received “thumbs up” recognition as result of their quick action in response to a medical emergency in the HANS on August 6, 2018. They reacted to a life-threatening emergency and quite possibly saved the person's life. We are very thankful for the quick reaction of

these two individuals, and any other that assisted at HANS during the emergency. Thank you! -- Vivian Scott (Bldg. Services). (Source: Purdue Today)

Dr. Jonathan Shannahan

Dr. Jae Hong Park

Faculty News (cont.)

Dr. Carlos Pérez-Torres has received funding for his projected entitled "Initial Characterization of a Swine Model of Radiation-Induced Brain Injury." This will provide resources for his research program to use the Pre-Clinical Research Laboratory with Gert Breuer, and Life Science MRI Facility with Ulrike Dydak.

Dr. Carlos Pérez-Torres Dr. Wei Zheng

Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition and Awards

Dr. Wei Zheng, Professor HSCI, was a panelist/table leader at the March 27, 2019 Timmy Global Health at Purdue Global Roundtable. This event featured an open discussion of international health and global healthcare topics between students and experts, such as Dr. Wei, in international health related research.

For more HSCI Faculty News, see our website which is updated weekly.

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Striatal Cholesterol Precursors Are Altered with Age in Female Huntington's Disease Model Mice. Pfalzer AC, Wages P, Porter N, Bowman AB. Published in Journal of Huntingtons Disease. 2019;8(2):161-169. doi: 10.3233/JHD-180321. Human-induced pluripotent stems cells as a model to dissect the selective neurotoxicity of methylmercury . Prince L, Aschner M, Bowman AB. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj. 2019 Feb 10. pii: S0304-4165(19)30028-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.02.002. [Epub ahead of print] Post-translational modifications in MeHg-induced neurotoxicity. Ke T, Gonçalves FM, Gonçalves CL, Dos Santos AA, Rocha JBT, Farina M, Skalny A, Tsatsakis A, Bowman AB, Aschner M. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis. 2019 Aug 1;1865(8):2068-2081. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.10.024. Epub 2018 Oct 29. Review. Developmental exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) selectively decreases brain dopamine levels in Northern leopard frogs. Foguth R, Flynn W, Perre C, Iacchetta M, Leeds LS, Sepulveda MS, Cannon JR. Published in Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 2019 Aug 15;377:114623. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2019.114623. Impairment of Motor Function Correlates with Neurometabolite and Brain Iron Alterations in Parkinson's Disease. Pesch B, Casjens S, Woitalla D, Dharmadhikar S, Edmondson DA, Zella MAS, Lehnert M, Lotz A, Herrmann L, Muhlack S, Kraus P, Yeh CL, Glaubitz B, Schmidt-Wilcke T, Gold R, van Thriel C, Brüning T, Tönges L, and Dydak U. Published by Cells. 2019 Jan 29;8(2). pii: E96. doi: 10.3390/cells8020096. A Noninvasive Comparison Study between Human Gliomas with IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations by MR Spectroscopy. Shen X, Voets N, Larkin SJ, de Pennington N, Plaha P, Stacey R, McCullagh JSO, Schofield CJ, Clare S, Jezzard P, Cadoux-Hudson T, Ansorge O, and Emir UE. Published by Metabolites. 2019 Feb 20;9(2). pii: E35. doi: 10.3390/metabo9020035. Zebrafish as an Emerging Model for Bioassay-Guided Natural Product Drug Discovery for Neurological Disorders. Pitchai A, Rajaretinam RK, Freeman JL. Medicines (Basel). 2019 May 30;6(2). pii: E61. doi: 10.3390/medicines6020061. Microarray, IPA and GSEA Analysis in Mice Models. Oprescu SN, Horzmann KA, Yue F, Freeman JL, Kuang S. Bio Protoc. 2018 Sep 5;8(17). pii: e2999. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2999. Comparative Assessment of Tungsten Toxicity in the Absence or Presence of Other Metals. Wasel O, Freeman JL. Toxics. 2018 Nov 9;6(4). pii: E66. doi: 10.3390/toxics6040066. Embryonic atrazine exposure elicits proteomic, behavioral, and brain abnormalities with developmental time specific gene expression signatures. Horzmann KA, Reidenbach LS, Thanki DH, Winchester AE, Qualizza BA, Ryan GA, Egan KE, Hedrick VE, Sobreira TJP, Peterson SM, Weber GJ, Wirbisky-Hershberger SE, Sepúlveda MS, Freeman JL. Published by Journal of Proteomics. 2018 Aug 30;186:71-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.07.006. Epub 2018 Jul 20. Nuclear and Radiological Source Security Culture Assessment of Radioactive Material Users at a University. Rane S; Harris J, Foss E, Sheffield C. Published by Health Physics. 2018 Nov;115(5):637-645. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000877. Cold stress provokes lung injury in rats co-exposed to fine particulate matter and lipopolysaccharide. Luo B, Shi H, Zhang K, Wei Q, Niu J, Wang J, Hammond SK, Liu S. Published by Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 2019 Jan 30;168:9-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.10.064. Epub 2018 Oct 25. (68)Ga-labeled dimeric and trimeric cyclic RGD peptides as potential PET radiotracers for imaging gliomas. Zhao ZQ, Ji S, Li XY, Fang W, Liu S, Published by Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 2019 Jun;148:168-177. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.03.033. Epub 2019 Mar 28. Determination of bone sodium (Na) and Na exchange in pig leg using In Vivo neutron activation analysis (IVNAA). Coyne, MD, Lobene AJ, Neumann CR, Lachcik P, Weaver CM and Nie LH. Published by Physiological Measurements. 2019 Jun 21. doi: 10.1088/1361-6579/ab2ba5. [Epub ahead of print]. A Dosimetry Study of Portable X-ray Fluorescence in Vivo Metal Measurements. Specht AJ, Zhang X, Goodman BD, Maher E, Weisskopf MG, Nie LH. Health Phys. 2019 May;116(5):590-598. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000971.

Recent Publications from Health Sciences

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Recent Publications from Health Sciences (cont.)

Blood lead, bone lead and child attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-like behavior. Lin Y, Huang L, Xu J, Specht AJ, Yan C, Geng H, Shen X, Nie LH, Hu H.Yanfen, Sci Total Environ. 2019 Apr 1;659:161-167. doi: 10.1016 /j.scitotenv.2018.12.219. Epub 2018 Dec 15. Childhood lead biokinetics and associations with age among a group of lead-poisoned children in China. Specht AJ, Weisskopf M, Nie LH. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2019 Apr;29(3):416-423. doi: 10.1038/s41370-018-0036-y. Epub 2018 Apr 30. Characteristics of metallic nanoparticles emitted from heated Kanthal e-cigarette coils. Wilson MD, Prasad KA, Kim JS, Park JH. Published by Journal of Nanoparticle Research (2019) 21: 156. Influence of Dose Uniformity when Replicating a Gamma Knife Mouse Model of Radiation Necrosis with a Preclinical Irradiator. Boria AJ, Perez-Torres CJ. Published by Radiation Research. 2019 Apr;191(4):352-359. doi: 10.1667/RR15273.1. Epub 2019 Feb 19. In vitro toxicity assessment of emitted materials collected during the manufacture of water pipe plastic linings. Kobos L, Teimouri Sendesi SM, Whelton AJ, Boor BE, Howarter JA and Shannahan JH. Published by Inhalation Toxicology. 2019 Mar;31(4):131-146. doi: 10.1080/08958378.2019.1621966. Epub 2019 Jun 12. Metabolomic insights of macrophage responses to graphene nanoplatelets: Role of scavenger receptor CD36. Adamson SX, Wang R, Wu W, Cooper B, Shannahan JH. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 7;13(11):e0207042. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207042. eCollection 2018. Altered formation of the iron oxide nanoparticle-biocorona due to individual variability and exercise. Kobos LM, Adamson SX, Evans S, Gavin TP, Shannahan JH. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2018 Sep;62:215-226. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2018.07.014. Epub 2018 Jul 29. Experimental challenges regarding the in vitro investigation of the nanoparticle-biocorona in disease states. Adamson SX, Lin Z, Chen R, Kobos L, Shannahan JH. Toxicol In Vitro. 2018 Sep;51:40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.tiv.2018.05.003. Epub 2018 May 5. Association between blood lead level and subsequent Alzheimer's disease mortality. Horton CJ, Weng HY, and Wells EM. Published by Environmental Epidemiology. 2019 May;3(3):e045. doi: 10.1097/EE9.0000000000000045. Epub 2019 Jun 12. Association between self-reported length of time in the USA and blood lead levels: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2016. Horton CJ, Acharya L, Wells EM. BMJ Open. 2019 Jul 10;9(7):e027628. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027628. The association of bone, fingernail and blood manganese with cognitive and olfactory function in Chinese workers. Rolle-McFarland D, Liu Y, Mostafaei F, Zauber SE, Zhou Y, Li Y, Fan Q, Zheng W, Nie LH, Wells EM. Sci Total Environ. 2019 May 20;666:1003-1010. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.208. Epub 2019 Feb 21. Subchronic Manganese Exposure Impairs Neurogenesis in the Adult Rat Hippocampus. Adamson SXF, Shen X, Jiang W, Lai V, Wang X, Shannahan JH, Cannon JR, Chen J, and Zheng W. Published by Toxicolological Sciences. 2018 Jun; 163(2): 592–608. HSCI Faculty HSCI Trainees and Graduate Students For more HSCI Publications, see our website which is updated weekly.

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American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce)

Health Sciences Happenings

Drs. Jason Harris, Sa Liu, and Jae Hong Park and three students attended the American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition (AIHce) in Minneapolis, MN. Li Liao (Ph.D. Student), Mishael Theis (Master Student), and Alec Graff (Undergraduate Student) presented posters and networked with industrial hygienists around the world. During the AIHce, students, faculty, and alumni also gathered at the Purdue alumni reception to network and discuss all the things happening with the OEHS program.

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

The symposium session “Advances in Psychoradiology” was selected for the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), held in May 2019 in Montreal, Canada. Professor of HSCI, Dr. Ulrike Dydak, will co-chair this symposium together with Qiyong Gong (Vice-chair). Speakers include Liesbeth Reneman (Amsterdam University Medical Centers, The Netherlands), Chunshui Yu (University General Hospital Tianjin, China), Matthew Kempton (King’s College London, UK), Bharat Biswal (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA), Ching-Po Lin (National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan) and Steven Stufflebeam (Harvard Medical School, USA). In addition, Dr. Ulrike Dydak was invited speaker for a second Symposium selected for the ISMRM 2019, entitled “MRI/S Biomarkers of toxicity”, chaired by John Wateron (University of Manchester, UK) and Claudia Green (Bayer, Germany), where she will speak on "Neuroimaging Markers of Metal Toxicity in Career Welders.”

Dr. Uzay Emir was an invited speaker for the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) Educational Session “Physics for Physicists” to present on “The Physics of MR Spectroscopy”

Chicago AIHA Student Night 2019

The Chicago Local Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's annual Student Night was held on February 27, 2019. Twelve HSCI faculty and students attended the event. Six undergraduate students presented research posters and two graduate students gave oral presentations during the evening. Environmental Health Science major Ryan O'Connell (working with Dr. Ellen Wells) won the first place in the undergraduate poster competition for his poster "An Analysis of Soil Contamination in East Chicago near the USS Lead Superfund Site". Occupational and Environmental Health Science PhD student Li Liao (working with Dr. Jae Hong Park) won the second place in the graduate student oral presentation competition for her talk "A New Approach for Evaluation of Occupational Exposure to Bioaerosols,"

The Chicago AIHA Chapter also provided funds to support our student's travel to present their research at the national AIHA meeting in Minneapolis May, 2019.

Health Sciences students Pingyu Xia and Xin Shen received Magna Cum Laude awards (top 10%) for their abstracts

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Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference

Undergraduate students conducting research in laboratories within the School of Health Sciences had an outstanding performance at the Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC). In sum, students in HSCI labs contributed 20 scientific posters and delivered 3 oral presentations. A special recognition for our HSCI undergraduate award winners:

Oral Presentations: Alec Graff (Park) - Interdisciplinary Research: Second Place Oral Presentation Award Hannah Gallion (Wells) - College of HHS: Third Place Oral Presentation Award Jennifer Davis (Dydak) - Interdisciplinary Research: Third Place Oral Presentation Award

Poster Presentations: Rachel Yuska (Perez-Torres) - College of HHS: 1st Place Poster Award Lucas Turner (Freeman) - College of HHS: 2nd Place Poster Award Frank Yanko and Chloe Rivers (Bowman) - College of HHS: 2nd Place Poster Award Claire Jackson (Wells) - Archival Research: 2nd Place Poster Award

March 10-14, 2019 many of the Health Sciences faculty and graduate students attended the 58th Annual Society of Toxicology Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland.

Our Purdue Night at the SOT was held at the Pratt Street Ale House. It was great to see so many alumni and friends of the School.

The Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (OVSOT) Meeting was held at the University of Louisville on Friday November 30, 2018. Attendees from HSCI included: Drs. Jennifer Freeman and Jonathan Shannahan along with graduate students Saeed Alqahtani, David Edmondson, Keturah Kiper, Lisa Kobos, Brian Sumprer, Janiel Ahkin Chin Tai, and Ola Wasel; and undergraduate students Lauren Brulinski, Jennifer Davis, and Lucas Turner; and alum Sherleen Fu. Lisa Kobos, a PhD student in the Shannahan laboratory, received the 1st place PhD graduate student presentation award which includes a $1500 travel award to the 2019 Society

of Toxicology meeting in Baltimore, MD and service as the OVSOT graduate student representative from May 2019-April 2020. Lucas Turner, an undergraduate researcher in the Freeman laboratory and HSPP major, received the 2nd place undergraduate student poster award.

Health Sciences Happenings (cont.)

Society of Toxicology 58th Annual Meeting and Tox Expo

From right to left: Andy Monnot, Mamta Behl, Wei, Dallas Cowan, Sherleen Adamson, Lilly Xia, Stefanie O’Neal, Xiaoli Shen and Gang Zhao

The Ohio Valley Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology Meeting

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The School of Health Sciences and Health Sciences Graduate Student Organization hosted the first annual HSCI Retreat on April 5, 2019 at the Indianapolis Zoo. Presentations were given about interviewing from Tim Kirkham and advice for getting through graduate school and your career from Dr. Rekha Balanchandran, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Aaron Bowman’s laboratory. Dr. John Zimbrick, an adjunct professor, spoke about his life, full of amazing work in Health Physics. There was also a game of Jeopardy that tested the student and faculty knowledge of both science, including questions from toxicology, medical physics, and health physics, and the various talents of professors in the Health Sciences.

The retreat also gave graduate students and postdocs the opportunity to present their research in a brief three minute “elevator speech” during the Research Blitz. Presentations were split into three categories: Toxicology, Radiological Health Sciences, and postdoc presentations. Awards, funded by the School of Health Sciences, were given to the top three presentations in each group that could be used for continuing education. First place prizes were given to Syeda Tauqeerunnisa, (Cannon lab), Janiel Ahkin Chin Tai, (Freeman Lab), and Mychaela Coyne (Nie Lab)

Second place for the postdoctoral presentations went to Vivek Lawana, and third to Shreesh Sammie. Sana Tabbasum won second place in Radiological Health Sciences and Sara Lin won third. For the toxicology section, Amanda Timberlake won second place and Rachel Foguth got third. Congratulations to all winners!

After the retreat, all attendants were invited to enjoy the zoo for the rest of the afternoon to enjoy the lions and tiger and bears, oh my!

Graduate Student Retreat

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Office of Student Services

Study Abroad

Last May, 12 students from HSCI and the College of Health and Human Sciences took a 14-day trip to Ireland to study International Public Health. The trip was co-led by Dr. Ellen Wells (HSCI) and Sara Boyd from the Technological University Dublin (formerly the Dublin Institute of Technology). The students learned and researched about air quality, water quality, humanitarian crisis response and disasters, food safety and allergens, housing and homelessness, mental health and more. Students took excursions to Blarney Castle, the Rock of Cashel, Spike Island, and Waterford. In addition, students had an extensive tour and discussion about public health, pharmaceuticals and various career paths in public health while at the Ringaskiddy Pfizer plant. The highlight of the trip was attending an joint Ireland-Northern Ireland professional environmental public health conference in Kilkenny where the students presented their own posters on contemporary public health issues in the US or Ireland and received great reviews from the distinguished attendees.

On behalf of the School of Health Sciences and College of Health and Human Sciences, we would like to welcome the Class of 2023 to Purdue! We are excited and happy they have joined our Boilermaker family! For the second straight year at Purdue, we have a record breaking number of incoming students at around 8,000 with this year being the second-largest incoming class in Purdue history since last year broke the school’s record at 8,300 incoming students. The School of Health Sciences has also had record breaking incoming classes in the last two years with around 227 and 220 students respectively. As we continue to celebrate our “150 Years of Giant Leaps” at Purdue, we continue to have even more students in Health Sciences interested in health and wanting to make people’s lives better.

Our Health Sciences advising team is here to provide our undergraduate students with a safe place to explore their passions and interests. We work to foster a growth mindset and hope to provide our students with the tools and resources on campus to overcome their biggest challenges. We are here to give support, advice, and advocate on behalf of our undergraduate students in Health Sciences. Students are welcome to make appointments with us via BoilerConnect: https://www.purdue.edu/boilerconnect/.

We want our students to be successful not only academically, but also care about their overall well-being throughout their four years at Purdue and beyond. We enjoy getting to know each student individually along with helping them work towards and achieve their own educational and career goals. We hope all our Health Sciences’ students have a great fall 2019 semester. Please do not hesitate to email us, call us, or come see us in HAMP 1163 if you have any questions or concerns. We are happy to help and certainly welcome faculty, staff, students, and alumni to come see us any time.

Boiler Up! HSCI Advising Team

Ashley Versprille, Ph.D. Lead/Senior Academic Advisor

Kelly Wrede, M.S. Senior Academic Advisor

Sonina Hernández Mikkelsen, M.A. Academic Advisor

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The School of Health Sciences celebrated its successes at their Annual Graduation and Awards Banquet on Friday, April 12, 2019. Graduates, Distinguished Students, Honor Students and Club Presidents were honored for their many contributions to academic achievement and service research. Also recognized at this banquet was our Robert Landolt Excellence in Teaching Award winner, Professors Wei Zheng, and our 2019 Young Alumni recipient, Andrew Monnot.

Annual Graduation and Awards Banquet

The School of Health Sciences congratulates each award winner. The fine accomplishments of our students emphasizes that through study, research, and service, we are reaching the goal of achieving improved human health in today’s world.

Lisa Hilliard and Paige Arrowood Justin Bryant and Lisa Hilliard David Martinus and Carlos Perez-Torres Jim Schweitzer and Logan Hoffman

Lisa Hilliard and Taruna Jagtiani Ellen Wells and Hannah Walter

Lauren Brulinski and Paige Arrowood Jennifer Freeman and Lucas Turner Ulrike Dydak and Molly Cromer Jonathan Shannahan and Brittany J0nes

Undergraduate Award Winners

Graduate Award Winners

Jennifer Freeman and Keturah Kiper

Linda Nie and Mychaela Coyne

Ulrike Dydak and David Edmondson

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Barbara Young Award Taruna Jagtiani

Bootsma Distinguished Medical Laboratory Sciences Scholarship

Paige Arrowood - Justin Bryant - Lauren Brulinski

Distinguished Health Sciences Student Award Lucas Turner

Jeff Kizer Award Meredith Robins

Robert R. Landolt Radiological Health Scholarship

David Martinus

Merit Scholarship in Radiological Health Sciences Molly Cromer

Undergraduate Service Award

Kali Chemelewski

Richard Vetter Scholarship Hannah Walter

Tom Widner Scholarship

Logan Hoffman

Paul Ziemer Outstanding Freshman Scholastic Performance Service Scholarship Brittany James

Wayne V. Kessler Graduate Student Award in Health Sciences

David Edmondson

Graduate Service Award Mychaela Coyne

Bruce and Becky Mallett Scholarship

Keturah Kiper

Outstanding Young Alumni Andrew Monnot

Robert Landolt Excellence in Teaching Award Wei Zheng

Undergraduate Awards - Spring 2019

Graduate Awards - Spring 2019

Faculty / Alumni Awards - Spring 2019

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Medical Laboratory Sciences 2018-2019

Medical Lab Sciences Clinical Placements 2018 - 19

Franciscan Health Hammond, IN

Indiana Medical Center Indianapolis, IN

Catherine Egley Elizabeth Parker

Victorial Frey Jingyi Ren

Franciscan Health Indianapolis, IN

IU Health Methodist Indianapolis, IN

Rachel Baker Amanda Gaskins

Franciscan Health Peoria, IL

Good Samaritan Vincennes, IN

Katelyn Rader Richard Li

Hannah Neal

Northshore University Heath Evanston, IL

Parkview Memorial Fort Wayne, IN

Jacqueline Mercader Sydney Neu

Boghos Taslakjian Sarah Jaworski

Medical Lab Sciences Clinical Placements 2019 - 2020

Franciscan Health

Indianapolis, IN St. Elizabeth Medical Center

Edgewood, KY

Kileen Moore Lauren Brulinski

IU Health Methodist Indianapolis, IN

Northshore Univ. Health Peoria, IL

Justin Bryant Taruna Jagtiani

Lexi Ferngren Tarin Peltier

Tiarra Harney

Laura LeVander Parkview Memorial

Fort Wayne, IN

Tori Parmley

Jordan Ward

A Note from the Director’s Desk – The MLAB Program Year in Review Reflecting back over the last year, it has been one for the books. We began the year with addition of a new clinical affiliate partner, St. Elizabeth Medical Center, based in Edgewood, KY. Along with 9 other clinically placed students, a student is already set to begin their clinical training at this new facility starting late this summer. This also marks a fifth year we have had 100% clinical placement of all qualified students. Their hard work combined with HSCI and alumni support is certainly helping our MLABers stand out among a competitive crowd. In November, 8 alumni with varying years of experience returned to campus to discuss the profession and their experiences with students during Health Professions Week. While the organization required considerable investment, it was a great success - giving the students a chance to engage with MLAB professional in diverse roles outside the classroom. It will make a beneficial annual addition to our other now regular events; Breakfast with Deaconess Hospital, Directors Night and Dinner with a MLAB Pro. Our MLAB students also stepped up with me to support our school and the community by holding a blood drive for the Indiana Blood Center. 23 pints were collected in support – much thanks to all donors and advocates of the event. Plans are already underway for another drive this Fall. MLAB students also pulled together to continue our annual tradition of decorating holiday trees and wreaths for donation to an annual auction held by the American Pharmacists Association Academy of Student Pharmacists of which all proceeds benefit the Arthritis Foundation. Finally, this weekend we close the year with graduation of 15 clinical students, all of whom passed their national board exam the first time and obtained high paying positions (average starting salary of $55,000) throughout the United States. In fact, many of our students received multiple job offers along with sign on bonuses averaging around $3,500.00. The driving force behind these competitive offers is expected continue even increase as demand for these highly, selectively trained professionals continues to grow due to retiring baby boomers. With the creation of a learning community, Diagnostic Detectives, addition of another clinical affiliate in the works along with growth and an exciting new program at an existing affiliate, the coming year is slated to be another success. Here’s to our students and clinical partners, much thanks for their continued contributions to our program success! Lisa Hilliard Clinical Assistant Professor & Program Director

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It has been a busy summer for one of our HSCI family, Clinical Assistant Professor Lisa Hilliard. Participating in 4 outreach initiatives throughout the summer, Lisa has spread the word about our clinical and application driven undergraduate programs here in the School of Health Sciences.

Purdue Grandparents University - 2019

Purdue alumni were welcomed to campus June 27-28 for Grandparents University. This two day program allows grandparents or other older adult relatives and children ages 7 to 14 an opportunity to live the college life at Purdue. Participants attend classes in a major of their choice, eat meals and stay overnight in the residence halls and explore campus. Captured in this collage of images, student participants and their grandparents learned about the diagnostic value of bodily fluids and applied their knowledge to solving clinical cases like Medical Laboratory Scientists do every day. They also learned about the anatomy of the heart, its function and remnants of fetal modifications then they applied their new knowledge dissecting porcine (pig) specimens. It was a whirlwind of learning, sharing and fun with over 150 participants!

Clinical Applications for future Medical Professionals (C.A.M.P) was held July

22-24, 2019 on the West Lafayette campus. Available to rising high school juniors and seniors, this hands-on learning opportunity allowed students to experience health science and medical school projects such as animal heart dissections, medical simulations, and exercise science. The Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences and the Indiana University School of

Medicine-West Lafayette partnered to present this unique, collaborative event related to occupations in Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Kinesiology, Clinical Psychology, Public Health, Audiology, and Speech-Language Pathology. Six current students from the College of Health and Human Sciences at Purdue University served as counselors throughout C.A.M.P. All academic sessions were taught by faculty from the College of Health and Human Sciences and the Indiana University School of Medicine-West Lafayette.

A Summer of Outreach

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Calvin J. Acker Courtney A. Casbon Kristie A. Flora Morgan B. Hughes

Annabelle J. Adams Lauren M. Casbon Julia R. Folland Alexis L. Humphrey

Seema N. Al-Hiraki Kaitlin M. Castro Carly A. Francis Andrew D. Huynh

Julie B. Allison Kendall N. Chase Katherine E. Frede Claire E. Jackson

Grace. Almester Kali A. Chemelewski Noah A. Freimuth Taruna H. Jagtiani

Jack M. Amaro Jenny. Chen Hannah D. Gallion Brittany V. James

Joseph A. Amaro Lisa. Chi Amanda. Gaskins Sarah J. Jaworski

Brian B. An Chizorom J. Chijioke Jorden R. Gentry RaeAnna L. Jenks

Col H. Anderson Michael D. Clark Olivia K. Gerardot Elizabeth R. Jenkins

Rachel D. Anderson Benjamin P. Clarke Naomi J. German Megan E. Johnson

Paige E. Arrowood Rebecca L. Coan Rachel Y. Gitter Taylor M. Jurisich

Delanie E. Baker Gillian G. Coffey Jenna M. Glogoza Sankalp S. Katta

Madison M. Baker Samuel A. Coffey Camille A. Goodwyn Christina N. Kaucic

Aishwarya. Balakrishna Abigail L. Colwell Karly A. Gotschall Niharika. Kaul

Corinne C. Ball Emma C. Connell Sarah R. Gould Sukhmani. Kaur

Lauren M. Ball Haylee D. Cooper Alec M. Graff Erin M. Kay

Bridget M. Barnebey Derrick D. Cotton Madison N. Graham John G. Kay

Alyce F. Baron Amanda J. Coy Nicole L. Graham Karly E. Keppeler

Stephanie M. Barthuly Molly M. Cromer Alec M. Graff Mansoorah. Kermani

Erin M. Beatty Kelly E. Dalheim Paige K. Graham Dana D. Kilbourne

Kaitlin R. Begley Daniel K. Dalton Jessica L. Grasso Zoe N. Killen

Sofia K. Beitia Ashley L. Daniel Bailey L. Hall Damaria J. Killingbeck

Kayla A. Beland Jennifer L. Davis Alyssa M. Hansen Hanna D. King

Bryana M. Bell Justin D. Davis Kurt K. Hardy Hannah R. King

Erica R. Bergman Emily G. Dawley Kylie A. Hase Nicole G. Kinman

Sonia N. Bhatt Heather L. DeMark Tanner S. Haston Kaleigh-Jo T. Kirby

Nudar A. Bhuiya Mia L. DelVecchio David. Hayes Riley N. Kishman

Brooke H. Bilbrey Abigail P. Deren Emma R. Heinold Allison D. Knox

Alexa A. Binckes Riya M. Desai Madeline R. Henley Kristin C. Koehm

Brandon A. Bledsoe Mikalyn X. Doty Ryan C. Henry John M. Koenig

Gavin J. Bowling Nicole R. Dubish Michael A. Herrera Anusha V. Kotapalli

Rebekah M. Brainerd Sai Sachit. Dwibhashyam Kiersten L. Hess Kate A. Kragness

Aaron S. Brask Hope S. Edens Heather C. Heyrman Morgan M. Kramer

Chloe A. Brengman Madison C. Eicher Victoria. Hillebrandt Josey M. Kronewitter

Daniel I. Broerman Samuel J. Embry Josie L. Hitchings Jayden J. Kruse

Rachel M. Brookhart Hope S. Edens Logan J. Hoffman William H. Kuang

Lauren E. Brulinski Erika J. Elliott Sara R. Hofmann Katarina J. Kuhn

Grant A. Brunt Carley E. Ernst Stephanie M. Homme Kaleigh A. Lacas

Grace M. Buechel Andrea N. Evans Autumn L. Horner Alyssa L. Lackey

Julius E. Byrd Rhett A. Farmer Reagan K. Howard Sydney M. LaFrenier

Lyndsey J. Campbell Kelsey D. Farris James J. Hsiao Natalie R. Lamport

Matthew J. Caplis Sam. Fathizadeh Lauren K. Hudson Rylee N. Lane

Elizabeth M. Carlton Alexis R. Ferngren Jeremy R. Huff Sophia J. Lange

Distinguished Students (Dean’s List, Semester Honors, or Both)

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Distinguished Students (cont.)

Miranda F. Nichols Lam D. Phan Marissa N. Scheid Katherine I. Torrance

Claudia S. Nieves Jenna R. Phillips Andrew J. Schmidt Madelyn M. Trapp

Jordan N. Nofzinger Devon M. Podlesak Kaitlin M. Schopmeyer Reilly J. Trieloff

Courtney C. Oare Andrew M. Porter Lacey R. Schram Karlie A. Trost

Ryan P. O'Connell Zachary R. Powley Sophia E. Seal Lucas W. Turner

Daniel J. O’Connor Kaushal A. Prasad Tara A. Seibert Courtney T. Umphress

Marissa A. Okeley Charles G. Price Caitlyn N. Sellers Allyssa D. VanBuskirk

Isabelle. Olejniczak Samantha A. Purcell Courtney L. Sheffield Marley N. Vehslage

Kelsey L. Oliver David M. Putt Allison C. Sheffler Sujana A. Vemuru

Kennady T. Oliver Michael P. Quinlan Sylwia. Skutnik Christopher M. Vincent

Matthew C. Overton Arteen F. Rasti Brittany R. Sloat Emma K. Wallens

Cara T. Paliakas Andrew D. Redman Kailyn J. Smith Hannah J. Walter

Dhruti N. Patel Leeah S. Reidenbach Kamri A. Smith Andy D. Wang

Jessica R. Patterson Sydney R. Rivera Kiara K. Smith Sarah K. Ward

Parikshit S. Pawar Chloe N. Rivers Benjamin A. Stacy Kelly E. Warne

Rachel L. Payne Elizabeth A. Roach Grace E. Starrs Mary K. Warner

Tarin E. Peltier Meredith I. Robbins Faith. Stirm Andrew E. Warrick

Ashley M. Perry Trenton P. Rogers Madaine Lorenz L. Talucod Desiree D. Watts

Brooke M. Perry Grace A. Rohlf Jenna M. Tarnowski Isabel R. Weatherhead

Daphne D. Peter Sally L. Romanek Tyniquia S. Taylor Kunqian C. Zhu

Cori A. Pflug Isabella A. Rojas Claire E. Tighe

Huong T. Pham Nikita. Saxena John O. Titus

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2018 - 2019 Graduates

Fall 2018

Summer 2018

Spring 2019

Summer 2019

David Alderman Saiful Islam Nicholas Lisowski Taylor M. Russler

Lisa Chi Rachel L. Kidder Connor Lucas Courtney L. Turriff

Maisoon H. Eltahir Zoe N. Killen Devon M. Podlesak Andy D. Wang

Kristie L. Flora Sarah E. Lammers Kendra Rodriguez Jingyi Zhou

Sonia N. Bhatt Cassandra E. Kindler Mariel A. Netherton Hope K. Spalding

Meagan Curley Varsha Kumar Chinyere Onyeukwu Emily D. Winger

Catherine J. Egley Sarah J. Jaworski Sydney L. Neu Jingyi Ren

Victoria A. Frey Richard Albert Lee Li Elizabeth J. Parker Aaron W. Sako

Amanda D. Gaskins Jacqueline Mercader Kyle M. Percak Boghos Taslakjian

Ryan C. Henry Hannah P. Neal Katelyn M. Rader Sarah C. Tragesser

Aliyah Armstead Madison Eicher Ian Macias Katherine Torrance

Col Anderson Katherine Frede Olivia Mole Bora Tuncer

Delanie Baker Hannah Gallion Kathryn Moro Lucas Turner

Hannah Baker Christopher Gerth Miranda Nichols Valerie Valerio

Rachel Baker Alec Graff Deepali Patil Emma Wallens

Nudar Bhuiya Damion Grey Rachel Payne Kelly Warne

Estivan Carreon Chace Henning Huong Pham Kendall Wilson

Samuel Coffey Eashan Iyengar Sydney Rivera Katrina Wong

Princess Daniels-Porter Kaleigh-Jo Kirby Jeffrey Salay Leslie Wong

Lara David Katherine Krupski Nikita Saxena Rachel Yuska

Emily Dawley Natasha Laroia Tara Seibert Ashley Zeese

Alexis Edgerson Yutong Liu Allison Sheffler Mia Zubeck

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Gifts from our alumni and friends are critical to achieving our strategic goals for scholarly excellence, student success and sustainable development in the School of Health Sciences. Your thoughtful and generous donations allow the School of Health Sciences to continue to provide our students the opportunity to work alongside our faculty receiving hands-on experience through life-changing research. You play an essential role in helping our students become the best-educated and well-trained professionals. Gifts like yours make the difference —they are critical to the success of School of Health Sciences.

This year, a generous gift from a former student and colleague has enabled a 2:1 match in partnership with Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering to provide a unique opportunity for us to come together to see the John Christian & Paul Ziemer Professorship continue their storied legacy here at Purdue University. The impact both Drs. John Christian (Radiological Control & Bionucleonics Depts Inaugural Head 1955-1979, then HSCI Inaugural Head 1979-1983) and Paul Ziemer (HSCI Head 1983-1990 and 1993-2000) had not only on Purdue, but the nation through their research and service is a matter of high pride for our School. This endowed professorship will carry the same innovative and forward-thinking spirit that both are known for by their peers and friends. Establishing a professorship enables the School to attract and retain the highest caliber faculty to continue their legacy. On behalf of the HSCI I extend our heartfelt thanks for this support and urge everyone to make a matching donation towards this professorship! If you wish to target a gift towards this professorship, with matching funds to augment the impact of your gift, just enter "John Christian & Paul Ziemer Professorship" in the 'Other' donation box. Donate now by selecting the "make a gift online" link at https://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hsci/giving/index.html

Donor List (January 2018 – July 2019)

We would like to thank the following for their generous support of our School.

Susan Adam Wendy Jiang Gladys Smith

Thomas Adam Michelle Kidd Lori Smith Phenis

Nancy Bailey Timothy Kirkham Janette Smock

Michael Barringer Mary Kizer Michael Spoerner

Rafik Bishara Cathy Krings Noel Stanton

Cynthia Boggs Terri Lee-Wang Bill Stewart

Roy Borden Marcia Lesniak William Stewart

Judith Bruno Sarah Lugar Kristina Stinnett

Kiana Calvin Bruce Mallett James Stiver

Jamie Chaffee Kathryn Manteuffel Megan Stocks

Thomas Christophel Trenton Mays Travis Stoutenborough

Sarah Coy Richard McDowell Richard Vetter

Jennifer Cutshaw Charles Miller Roberta Walter

Linda Davis Carl Modelevsky Samuel Wang

Beverly DeOcampo Linda Nie Ellen Wells

Colleen DesRosiers Joanne Nordin Kathleen Widner

Natasha Draper Michael Parker Jennifer Wolfgram

Debra Dunaway Brandt Patz Genevieve Wu

Dawn Essenmacher James Paulus Craig R. Yoder

Lynne Fairobent Dennis Paustenbach Wei Zheng

Nagy Farid Patti Quiring

Robert Fosnough Melinda Rabe

Stanley Hampton Margaret Reid Corporate Donors

Nicholas Harmon Stanley Roberts Benevity AOGF - Abbott Laboratories

Jason Harris Robert Romano Benevity AOGF - Voya Financial

Leslie Hawrysz Sven Rundman Branfman Family Foundation Inc.

Jennifer Henkle Craig Schwartz Eli Lilly & Co. Foundation

Christopher Hostetler James Schweitzer Exelon Foundation

Harry Hubble Sandra Severs Good Electronics Network

Daniel Huff Cheryl Simon International Manganese Institute

Phillip Jenkins James Simpson Showalter Trust