2013-14 Researcher of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardee Lectures

Researcher of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardee Lecture

Monday, April 14, 2014

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Art & Journalism Building, Room 225

The Sponsored Programs Office is pleased to invite you to attend the annual Researcher of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardee Lecture! Each year following the announcement of the Outstanding Researcher of the Year and Outstanding Creative Endeavor of the Year,  the Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) hosts a presentation event for each recipient to lecture and discuss their work for the campus community. This year's event will by held on Monday, April 14th at the Arts & Journalism Building (Room 225) from 2 pm to 3:30 pm. 

For additional information regarding previous Researchers of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardees, please visit the SPO website at www.bsu.edu/spo. 

Tom Holtgraves

Department of Psychological Science

2013-14 Researcher of the Year

Researching Language to Span Academic Boundaries

Matt Mullins

Department of English

2013-14 Creative Endeavor Awardee

Interactive Literature and Digital Media

BSU Faculty Member Named "Hero in Health Education"

From the Ball State University Communications Center: The Department of Physiology and Health Science is very proud to inform that Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani, Assistant Professor of Community Health Education and Faculty Fellow of the Global Health Institute, has been named a "Hero in Health Education" by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). The SOPHE's National Health Education Week (NHEW) for 2012 is from October 15-19. During NHEW 2012, SOPHE is celebrating the 2012 Heroes in Health Education Honorees who have made exemplary contributions to the field of health education and adolescent health and wellness. The honor letter read, "We are so pleased to recognize you as one of our 2012 Heroes in Health Education! It is well-deserved and SOPHE proudly salutes your efforts in educating individuals and communities about important actions they can take to maintain or improve adolescent health. Our most heartfelt congratulations to you!"

Dr. Khubchandani is also the recipient of the 2012 Governor's Award for Service Learning. The annual service awards, Indiana's most prestigious honor for volunteer work, recognize individuals and organizations for contributions of time and talent to the betterment of their communities. Dr. Khubchandani was honored at the Governor's Residence on October 1st 2012. He has also been invited to serve on a panel for mentoring public health education students nationwide. The panel has been organized by the Society for Public Health Education and will be held at San Francisco, CA in October 2012.

Join us in congratulating Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani!

Sabbatical Presentation: Dr. Kristin Perrone McGovern, Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services

Kristin Perrone McGovern
Ph.D., HSPP, LMHC

Kristin Perrone McGovern spent her sabbatical year in 2011-2012 doing postdoctoral training in neuropsychology in order to acquire competence in this specialization. She worked closely with Dr. Andrew Davis, who supervised her training in neuropsychological assessment. This training included diagnostic interviewing, neurobehavioral examination, neuropsychological testing, assessment scoring and interpretation, hypothesis generation, report preparation, report writing, family and individual feedback sessions, and consultation with referral sources. Guided didactic experience was accomplished through independent readings and discussion with Dr. Davis, in addition to attending two of his graduate classes in neuropsychology.

In addition to her clinical and didactic training with Dr. Davis, Dr. McGovern worked with collaborators from the University of Minho in Portugal and the University of Chicago on neuropsychophysiological research. In May 2011, prior to the beginning of her sabbatical academic year, Dr. McGovern was invited to speak at a a university in Portugal and then to stay and spend the week meeting with researchers at the Neuropsychophysiology Lab (NPL) in the Center for Research in Psychology (CIPsi) at the School of Psychology, University of Minho inf Braga, Portugal.  The main objective of the NPL is the development of research in the area of human clinical neurosciences, specifically the research of neuropsychological, neuroanatomical and psychophysiological correlates of several cognitive-emotional processes in a variety of neurological and psychiatry conditions.  While there, Dr. McGovern learned about different types of research methodology and met with research teams and developed a plan for collaboration on a research project. In May and June, 2012 a researcher from the University of Minho came to Ball State to work with our research team here, collecting and analyzing data for the empirical study.

Racial and Ethnic Minority Population Health Research at Ball State University

Nationwide, racial and ethnic minority groups suffer from health disparities. Ball State University took a unique initiative this summer to research the predictors and outcomes of racial and ethnic health disparities.

Jagdish Khubchandani
MBBS, PhD

Jagdish Khubchandani, MBBS, PhD (Assistant Professor of Community Health Education and faculty fellow of the BSU Global Health Institute) sponsored five health science students for the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation summer research program (funded by the National Science Foundation). Alicia McClendon, Eryn Pulliam Cannon, Chaztan Moore, Jillian Hicks, and Emily Sullivan received a funding of $3,000 each for the summer 2012 research.

The group is researching minority youth health disparities, adolescent dating violence in minority youth, and diabetes in racial and ethnic minority adults in the United States. In addition, a special topic, minority youth mental health disparities was also researched by the group. Dr. Khubchandani and his group have been invited to present the research on minority youth mental health at the Annual American School Health Association Conference in San Antonio, TX (Oct 10th, 2012).

Taking a step forward, Dr. Khubchandani and his students applied for Ball State University to become the Official summer host for NIDDK/ NIH Summer Student Research. BSU student Emily Sullivan has been sponsored by Dr. Jagdish Khubchandani for the NIDDK STEP-UP summer research fellowship. The Short-Term Education Program for Underrepresented Persons (STEP-UP) is a federally funded program managed and supported by the Office of Minority Health Research Coordination (OMHRC) in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health. NIDDK STEP-UP emphasizes increasing the participation of students from backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research on a national basis to promote the mission of NIDDK/ NIH.   To accommodate Dr. Khubchandani and Emily Sullivan’s proposed research, an exception was made by the NIDDK STEP-UP to make the Department of Physiology and Health Science at Ball State University a designated epidemiologic research center via the BSU Sponsored Programs Office.  Sullivan will be paid a stipend, and BSU will be given an award by NIDDK STEP-UP for supporting the research program. Currently, Sullivan and Dr. Khubchandani are looking at the National Health Interview Survey to assess the correlates of diabetes in minority adults. Dr. Khubchandani and Emily Sullivan presented part of their research at NIDDK/ STEP-UP conference in Boston on August 8th, 2012.

From left to right, Chaztan Moore, Emily Sullivan, Alicia McCledon, Eryn Cannon, and Jillian Hicks

Ball State Research - Summer 2012 Update!

The Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) is pleased to publish an update to the annual online “magazine,” Ball State Research. The publication features scholarly and creative activity of representative faculty members who have been funded by external sponsors.

The Summer 2012 Update explores two projects that are 2,000 miles apart but closely aligned in their commitment to understand and preserve cultural heritage.

• Preserving Indigenous Languages in Mexico 
• We Dig, Dig, Dig: The Applied Archaeology Laboratories of Ball State

Ball State Research + BeneFacta Day

The Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) is pleased to publish the annual online “magazine,” Ball State Research. The publication features scholarly and creative activity of representative faculty members who have been funded by external sponsors. We welcome your feedback about the e-publication in the comments of this post or on our Facebook page!

 The release of Ball State Research comes just in time for BeneFacta Day! Please join us as we celebrate the "good works" of Ball State researchers and creative scholars. Hosted by SPO, the celebration will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall (AR 217) of the David Owsley Museum of Art.

BeneFacta Day 

Wednesday, November 9 

4:30-6:30 p.m. 

David Owsley Museum of Art

Recital Hall, AR 217

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Ball State Research

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2010-11 Researcher of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardee Lectures

Researcher of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardee Lecture

Monday, April 18, 2011

3:00 p.m.

L. A. Pittenger Student Center Forum Room

(Map it!)

	Thomas Lauer Department of Biology 2010-11 Researcher of the Year Exotic Critters of our Great Lakes: Biological Pollution in Action
	Jennifer Blackmer Department of Theatre and Dance 2010-11 Creative Endeavor Awardee Science on Stage: The Limits of the Human

Each year, the Outstanding Researcher of the Year and recipient of the Outstanding Creative Endeavor of the year are announced at the annual faculty fall convocation. The Sponsored Programs Office (SPO) hosts a presentation event each year for the Research of the Year and Creative Endeavor awardee to lecture and display or discuss their work for the campus community.

For more information on past Researchers of the Year and Creative Endeavor Awardees, please visit the SPO website by clicking here.

Benefacta Day: November 10

BeneFacta Day, the annual event celebrating the "good works" of Ball State researchers and creative scholars, will take place on Wednesday, November 10, 4:30-6:30 p.m. in the Ball State Museum of Art.

This year, celebration is the keyword, as we put on our party hats, bring out the wine and cheese, and truly celebrate all those faculty and professional personnel who have received grant funding or who have submitted proposals during the previous year.

Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Museum of Art, as BSU faculty and staff have an opportunity to greet each other and share refreshments. A short program at 5:15 p.m. will include recognition of faculty who have pursued a sponsored project during the 09-10 AY.

All are cordially welcome to attend.

BeneFacta Day

Wednesday, November 10

4:30-6:30 p.m.

Ball State Museum of Art