Graduate Research and Scholarship
UMES Faculty and Graduate Students Win ARD Awards
UMES graduate students, from left, Jocelyn Simmons and Wendy Attuquayefio, took first and second place ARD awards, respectively, for their posters. Pictured with them are Dr. Rondall Allen, second from left, dean, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, and Dr. Moses T. Kairo, right, dean, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences.
Representing UMES, one faculty member and two graduate students came away from the 19th Biennial Association of Research Directors Research Symposium in Jacksonville, Fla. with top awards. Some 700 researchers from the 1890 Land-Grant Universities attended. Jocelyn Simmons’ poster titled, “The Efficacy of a Field Collected Fungal Pathogen against Stinkbugs,” won first place in the graduate student poster presentation for outstanding achievement in plant health and production, and plant products. Wendy Attuquayefio won second place in the graduate student poster presentation for outstanding achievement in animal health and production, and animal products. Attuquayefio presented two posters titled, “Effects of Oxidized Diet on Plasma Oxidative Stress, Postmortem Muscle Metabolism, and Meat Quality Properties of Broilers,” and “Effects of Heat Stress on Broiler Productivity and Postmortem Glycolysis and Quality Properties of Broiler Breast Meat.” The two were among 236 undergraduate and graduate students competing in the poster competition with 68 receiving awards. Students also competed in oral presentations. Dr. Salina Parveen, a professor with over 27 years of experience in teaching, research, and outreach service associated with food
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safety, water quality, and food and environmental microbiology, received the ARD’s highest honor. In addition to the MorrisonEvans Outstanding Scientist Award, a cash prize of $1,000, was presented to her during the symposium’s closing ceremony. The award is in honor of Dr. Richard D. Morrison, president emeritus of Alabama A&M University, and Congressman Frank E. Evans of Colorado. Parveen has spent the past 17 years at UMES teaching graduate level courses in food science and technology. She has also trained more than 100 graduate, undergraduate, and high school students; some 30 educators and scientists; eight technicians; and five postdoctoral associates and/or visiting scholars. As a researcher, she has addressed regional, national and international issues of food safety and quality. Her grantsmanship has won her more than $13 million of competitive funding that supports her scientific inquiry as well as the training she gives. She has published three book chapters; over 150 abstracts in scientific meetings for local, national, and international audiences; 54 manuscripts in both nationally and internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals, and has been invited to give 60 presentations. Additionally, her students have won more than 15 awards as oral or poster presenters. Parveen also serves on several national and international scientific committees and as an editorial board member for many peer-reviewed journals.
