September 8, 2025
Lisa Lopez Snyder
Seven undergraduates in The Ohio State University School of Rehabilitation and Health Sciences are among the more than 250 Ohio State undergraduate student researchers who received awards for their research at the 30th Annual Richard J. and Martha D. Denman Undergraduate Research Forum in March 2025.
The Denman Undergraduate Research Forum provides an opportunity for graduating student researchers to share their research endeavors with the university community. Ten research categories were represented.
Students were reviewed on their ability to effectively communicate their research process and results through their written poster content and oral presentation. Award recipients received a placement medal, award certificate and certificate of scholarship.
The Denman Forum is the Office of Academic Enrichment’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry’s only competitive poster forum.
The seven HRS undergraduate research winners include the following individuals:
Health Sciences
- Madison Posner, 1st Place (Public Health): “Injury Patterns in the Pitcher’s Arm: Analyzing the Correlation Between Past Injuries and Subsequent Elbow Injuries in Major League Baseball”
- Sadaf Farsi, 2nd Place (Health Under the Microscope): “Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 5 Promotes Tissue Resident Memory T cells Populations in Severe Allergic Airway Inflammation”
- Brooke Sendik, 2nd Place (Innovations in Medicine): “Addressing the Anatomy Educator Gap: Trends in Health Sciences Education”
- Jay Patel, 3rd Place (Innovations in Medicine): “Effect of altered gluteus maximus strength on the magnitude and direction of hip joint contact forces during simulations of gait”
- Seyna Sall, Honorable Mention (Pediatric and Family Health): “Examination of Low-Income Working Mother’s Complementary Feeding Practices for Their 6–24-Month-Old Infants”
HIMS
- Delany Phillips, 3rd Place (Human Experience): “‘Thank you for listening to us’; Using Qualitative Methods to Make Quantitative Research for LGBTQ+ Participants More Inclusive & Affirming”
Medical Laboratory Science
- Hasan Abaza, 3rd Place (Understanding Cancer): “Understanding Differences in Transcription Factor Binding in Inflammation Related Genes Between Black and White Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients”