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Three NORC Ph.D. Students placed in UAB Graduate Student Research Days 2013 Competition

March 18, 2013

Frankie Heyward, Kenneth Kell and Chelsea Singleton, PhD trainees in the UAB Pre-Doctoral Training in Obesity-Related Research Program (HL105349) of the UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC), received awards in the UAB Graduate Students Research Days 2013.

UAB Graduate Student Research Days, sponsored by the Graduate School, the Graduate Student Association, and Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society,  was held for all degree-seeking UAB graduate students.  The competition was limited to 50 master’s students, competing on February 26, and 150 doctoral students, competing on February 27 & 28. These limits were strictly enforced and were determined on a first-come, first-served basis for eligible participants.

	Frankie Heyward - Neuroscience 3rd Place - Session 6 – Biomedical and Life Sciences Title: Diet-induced obesity in adult mice is associated with impaired hippocampus-dependent spatial memory and reduced hippocampal Sirt1 gene expression
	Kenneth Kell - Nutrition Sciences 2nd place - Session 8 – Public Health and Social & Behavioral Sciences Title: Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Dietary Patterns in the REGARDS Study Population
	Chelsea Singleton - Epidemiology 3rd place - Session 12 – Public Health and Social & Behavioral Sciences  Title: Associations between Neighborhood Quality and Physical Activity in New Cuban Immigrants