Judy Ensslin, MS, RDN, LDN, program director, Melissa Matsumura, MS, RDN, LDN, program manager, and Alyssa Kalter, nutrition educator, of the PA Tracks Nutrition Education Program, Department of Nutrition Sciences, recently presented at an educator training for statewide Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education sponsored by the Pennsylvania Nutrition Education Network, “Nutrition Programming in High School:  Navigating the Options.”  Their three, short videos focused on the rewards and challenges of working with high school students, presented the teachers’ thoughts about the SuperTracker curriculum, and highlighted the tower gardens at Saul High School.

 

Jennifer Nasser, PhD, associate professor, and Brandy-Joe Milliorn, PhD, assistant professor, of the Nutrition Sciences department, along with Drexel MS in Human Nutrition graduates Alicia Anskis ’12, Samantha Mogil ’16, Maria Gabriella Cucalon ’15, Meredith Binder Price ’15, and Katie Petroka ’15, and Nutrition Sciences PhD student Eram Albajri, presented posters at the New York City Obesity Forum at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai on Monday, September 19, 2016.

• Effect of a dopamine agonist on food reinforcement and autonomic response to binge food cues in those with and without BED.

JA Nasser, C Wolper, RN Rosenthal, A Anskis, A Kuc, SA Hashim, A Geliebter 

• Changes in neural activity of the prefrontal cortex during eating in humans.

JA Nasser, H Ayaz, RP Golen, B Makwana, E Albajri, MB Price, S Mogil, G Cucalon,  A DelParigi

• Facilitators and barriers to healthy eating and disease management among low income seniors residing in subsidized housing.

K Petroka, R Campbell-Bussiere, BJ Milliron

 

 

Julie Kinzel, MEd, BA, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Ryan Clancy, MSHS, MA, BS, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Physician Assistant Olympics

 

Julie Kinzel and Ryan Clancy were awarded the Partnership Award for the role that they played in the success of the Physician Assistant Olympics.  Seven PA Programs from the Philadelphia area were honored for the charitable collaboration.  The PA Olympics has grown from a collaboration among three programs to seven programs and raised over $56,000 for 14 local student-selected charities.

 

Presentations:

PA and MFA: Cultivating Better Patient Care with Art

Adrian Banning, MMS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor, Drexel University

Christina Vogel, MFA, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

 

Pooling Your Resources: Internal/External Collaborative Research

Maha Lund, DhSc, PA-C, Karen Mulitalo, MPAS, PA-C 

Nina Multak, PhD, PA-C, Associate Clinical Professor

Patrick Auth, PhD, PA-C, Clinical Professor

 

Performance Coaching Principles for Student Success

Diana Smith, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Paul Furtow, PsyD

Patrick Auth, PhD, PA-C, Clinical Professor

 

 

Posters:

Graduate Record Examination and Performance Prediction

Diana Smith, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Ellen Feld, MD, Associate Clinical Professor

Julie Kinzel, MEd, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Ann Madden, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Charles Stream, MPH, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

 

Emotional Intelligence in the Admission of PA Students

Meghan Schneider, MMS, MSPH, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Ryan Clancy, MSHS, MA, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Gretchen Fox, MMSc, PA-C, Associate Clinical Professor

Catherine Nowak, MS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Clare Pisoni, MPAS, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Charles Stream, MPH, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Patrick Auth, PhD, PA-C, Clinical professor

 

Reflection Papers to Assess Violence Screening

Juanita Gardner, MPH, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Megan Schneider, MMS, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Ellen Feld, MD, Associate Clinical Professor

Nina Multak, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Clinical Professor

Patrick Auth, PhD, PA-C, Clinical Professor

 

Assessing Curriculum Intervention About Student Debt

Catherine Nowak, MS, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Megan Schneider, MMS, MSPH, PA-C, Clinical Instructor

Charles Stream, MPH, PA-C, Assistant Clinical Professor

Patrick Auth, PhD, PA-C, Clinical Professor