Four winners have been selected in the third annual Picture This: A Research & Scholarship Photo Contest sponsored by the College of Health Sciences.
Thank you to all the students and faculty members who took time to submit and take part in this year’s contest.
The photos will be displayed alongside previous winners in Raynor Library for the campus community to see.
Creative representation of scholarship winner
Faculty researcher: Dr. Scott Dale, associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Klinger College of Arts and Sciences
Photo credit: Dr. Scott Dale
Research Focus: What do we visualize when we imagine Hispanic culture?
Caption: Printed around 420 years ago, one of the last remaining first editions of “Don Quijote” by Miguel de Cervantes is in New York City, where Dr. Scott Dale researched the text.
Research imaging winners
Faculty researcher: Dr. Le Zhou, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, Opus College of Engineering
Photo credit: Dr. Le Zhou, Dr. Roger Guillory, Alyssa Fons
Research Focus: Microstructure of vascular stent wires
Caption: A “smiley face” from a wire designed for braided vascular stents — thinner than a strand of human hair. The face is made of iron, while the eyes, nose and mouth are made of molybdenum. The photo is captured at 800x magnification, using a scanning electron microscope.
Faculty researcher: Dr. Kristi Streeter, assistant professor of physical therapy, College of Health Sciences
Photo credit: Amanda Morales
Research Focus: Labeling phenic afferents in the cervical spinal cord
Caption: A virus with a red fluorescent tag was used to trace phenic afferents in a section of the C4 spinal cord. Labeled phenic afferents are seen in red and neurons are shown in green.
Clinical research winner
Faculty researcher: Dr. Abiola Keller, associate professor and interim associate dean for research, College of Nursing
Photo credit: Cortney Kriens
Research Focus: Understanding the relationship between probiotic supplementation during pregnancy and the health of newborns.
Caption: A newborn simulation mannequin grasping a nurse’s finger during a simulated clinical assessment.
