The 2nd Annual
TEAM
RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday . April 19 . 2022 - Thursday . April 21 . 2022
Bringing faculty and students across campus together to exchange ideas and promote more productive
research teams.
Thank you for supporting this year's event and continue checking back here for information on the 3rd Annual Team Research Symposium which will take place in 2023
2 0 2 2 S C H E D U L E O F E V E N T S
WELCOME CEREMONY
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Democratizing Access to Best Practice Healthcare in New Mexico - Project ECHO
Sanjeev Arora, MD, MACP, FACG
Director and Founder, Project ECHO
Public Impact Research Presentations
Panelists:
Daniel Beene
PhD Student, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
2022 Recipient, Science for Health of Indigenous Populations (SHIP)
Presentation Title: Advancing Indigenous Health Equity: GIScience and Geographies of Indigenous Health
Dana Bell
Director, Cradle to Career Policy Institute
Senior Research Scientist, Cradle to Career Policy Institute
Presentation Title: Barriers and Facilitators to CACFP Access in New Mexico's Home-based Child Care Settings
Noah Painter-Davis, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
Presentation Title: First District of NM Juvenile and Young-Adult Diversion Program
Katie Witkiewitz, PhD
Regent's Professor, Department of Psychology
Presentation Title: Dissemination and Implementation of Mindfulness-Based Programs in New Mexico Communities
Re-Imagining UNM's Grand Challenges Program
Speakers:
Ellen Fisher, PhD
Vice President for Research
University of New Mexico
Anita Grierson
Operations and Interdisciplinary Research Development Director
Grand Challenges Program
BREAK
Graduate Team Research Concept Competition
Moderated by:
Tim Schroeder, PhD
Director, UNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network
Director, UNM ECURE Program
A Methodological Approach to Next-Gen Science Sharing through 3D Modeling
Blair Mirka, Geography and Environmental Studies
Amanda Dobrov, Public Archaeology
Kathleen Webster, Biology
Kyana Montoya, Biology
Rhiannon Nolan, Earth and Planetary Sciences
Multicomponent telehealth treatment for opioid-dependent incarcerated women in New Mexico
Emily Starratt, Clinical Psychology
Gabriella Bellissimo, Health Exercise & Sports Science
Lissa Knudsen, Communication & Journalism
Katherine Rickers, Sociology
Realizing Change for the UNM Community: Networking Basic Needs Resources
Cassidy Tawse-Garcia, Geography and Environmental Studies
Ramona Malczynski, Geography and Environmental Studies
Hally Bert, Community and Regional Planning
Researchers Panel
Moderated by:
Mary Jo Daniel, PhD
Associate Vice President for Research
University of New Mexico
Frances Hayashida, PhD
Professor and Director
Latin American and Iberian Institute
Lloyd Lee, PhD
Professor
Native American Studies
Johnnye Lewis, PhD
Director, Community Environmental Health Program
Research Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
UNM College of Pharmacy
Trevor Spoelma, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Management
UNM Anderson School of Managment
Cunlu Zhou, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow, Center for Quantum Information and Control
Grand Challenges Lighting Talks
Moderated by:
Anita Grierson
Operations and Interdisciplinary Research Development Director
Grand Challenges Program
Jim Cavanagh, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Yi He, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Yolanda Lin, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Studies
Anjali Mulchandani, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction & Environmental Engineering
Networking
Convergence on Tap: Campus Convergence
Moderator:
Jeffrey, Rack, PhD
Faculty Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative
Director, Laboratory for Magneto-optical Spectroscopy
Judy Cannon, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
UNM School of Medicine
Presentation Title: From experiments to computational models and back again: models of immunity
Lorenda Belone, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences
UNM College of Education
Presentation Title: Family Listening Program a Culturally-Centered Dissemination and Implementation Project
Emily Starratt
PhD Student, Dpeartment of Psychology
Presentation Title: Workforce Enhancement for New Mexico Addiction Treatment Providers
How to Develop Collaborative Research
Moderated by:
Hannah Torres, PhD
Director
UNM Faculty Research Development Office
William Michener, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Melinda Morgan, JD
Director, UNM Sustainability Studies
Mark Stone, PhD
Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
How to Strengthen Industrial/Academic Collaborations in the Bioscience Sector
Moderated by:
Michael Prossnitz
Program Manager
Accelerating Solutions for Commercialization & Entrepreneurial Development
John Chavez, MBA
Managing Director
New Mexico Start-Up Factory
Steve Graves, PhD
CEO and President
BennuBio
Dave Hanson, PhD
Co-Founder and Chief Development and Innovation Officer
GrowVera
Eric Prossnitz, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico
Academic Principal Investigator, ASCEND Accelerator Hub
Prisca Tiasse, PhD
Founder and President
The Community Lab
Undergraduate Team Research Concept Competition
Moderated by:
Tim Schroeder, PhD
Director, UNM Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network
Director, UNM ECURE Program
At the Intersection of Social Determinants of Health and Epigenetics: A Study of Type II Diabetes
Nikita Jaiswal, Health, Medicine and Human Values
Cory Henn, Biology
Can Seaweed Farming Save the Coral?
Samantha Multari, Biology and Physics
Joseph Witiuk, Liberal Arts
Combatting Food Insecurity: LoboEats
Amiah Dutra, Psychology
Jane Keth, Chemical Engineering
Exploring regional differences between social determinants of health and amphetamine use in metropolitan and rural communities
Jude Chavez, Psychology
Misha Lockamy, Biology
Daisy Ortega, Engineering
Piezo Electric Shock Absorber
William Mitchell, Physics
Kaelin Gagnon, Chemistry
LUNCH
Demystifying Evaluation for Team Research Projects:
Perspectives from an Evaluator and a Project Manager
Spearkers:
Selena Connealy, PhD
Associate Director
NM EPSCoR
Rachel Boren, PhD
Director
Southwest Outreach Academic Research (SOAR)
Evaluation & Policy Center New Mexico State University
Administrators Panel
Moderated by:
Julia Fulghum, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Special Assistant for Graduate Education
Ellen Fisher, PhD
Vice President for Research
University of New Mexico
Kristopher M. Goodrich, PhD
Associate Dean for Research and Distance Education
UNM College of Education & Human Sciences
Christopher D. Lippitt, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
UNM College of Arts & Sciences
Ganesh Balakrishnan, PhD
Director, New Mexico EPSCoR
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Student Awards Ceremony
Presented by:
Pamela Cheek, PhD
Associate Provost for Student Success
University of New Mexico
Networking
Convergence on Tap: Alumni Team-Based Research Experiences
Moderator:
Jeffrey, Rack, PhD
Faculty Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Science Cooperative
Director, Laboratory for Magneto-optical Spectroscopy
Sandia - UNM Partnerships
Have you ever been interested in working with Sandia National Laboratories on a potential research project? Learn from a panel of current Sandia-UNM collaborators on how their projects began and where their partnerships have taken them.
Moderated by:
Edl Schamiloglu, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Distinguished Professor UNM School of Engineering
Tito Busani, PhD
Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
UNM Center for High Technology Materials
Kimberly Butler-Kim, PhD
Sandia National Laboratories
Aaron Olson, PhD
Sandia National Laboratories
Christopher Perfetti, PhD
Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering
University of New Mexico
Andrew Suchanek, PhD
Sandia National Laboratories
Co-op Collaboration Series Kick-off:
Asking Different Questions in Collaborative Research
Speakers:
Kalindi Vora, PhD
Visiting Professor, Yale University
Professor, University of California at Davis
Director, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute
Sarah McCullough, PhD
Associate Director
University of California at Davis Feminist Research Institute
Sandia National Laboratories Student Networking Table
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