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PORTLAND, Maine

2009 Westbrook College of Health Professions Scholarship and Research Day winners announced

 The University of New England's Westbrook College of Health Professions' Annual Scholarship & Research Day was held on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

Students across the health professions offered oral presentations and posters representative of research, innovative projects and social advocacy conducted during the school year.

This year WCHP's Scholarship & Research Committee (Regi Robnett, Ph.D., occupational therapy and Shelley Cohen Konrad, Ph.D., School of Social Work, co-chairs) initiated the first annual Nona Spear Award in Professor Spear's memory.

The award was presented by Karen Pardue, interim director of the Department of Nursing. Winners of the award were selected from 21 oral presentations and 23 posters.

Winning posters:

40 Voices: A collaborative project with Portland's Homeless Community: Nancy Carroll, Erika Schlieper & Danielle Turcotte (Teresa Sarmiento, faculty advisor) - School of Social Work

Take Action Today (TAT): A Televised Health Promoting Program for Physical, Mental, Cognitive, Perceptual and Social Health: Vanessa Sherman, Kelly Cowan, Christa Hartigan, Shawna Sullivan & Lisa Lundstrom (Elizabeth Moyer, faculty advisor) - Occupational Therapy

Winning oral presentations:

Effects of a training partner on the athlete's work rate during aerobic and anaerobic activities: Shawn Paquette, Erin Fitzgerald, John Pecchia, Courtney Danis & Shannon Timoney (Shireen Rahman, faculty advisor) - Applied Exercise Science

Shelter Justice ME: A website resource: David Aronson, Amy Levesque, Daniel Stromgren, Michael Anderson (Lauren Como, faculty advisor) - School of Social Work.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.