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HHP's Research Symposium 2017

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The department of Health and Human Performance held its annual Research Symposium on Oct 5th and 6th, 2017 in the Rockwell Pavilion - M.D. Anderson Library at the University of Houston. Audience members listened as HHP graduate students and faculty presented their research, over two days, on a wide variety of topics, including Kinesiology, exercise science, obesity, physiology and sports administration.

Elevator Speech Contest

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Participants in the Elevator Speech Contest (Winners: Stephanie Silveira, Katie Arlinghaus and Cherine Hatem)
Katie Arlinghaus, Stephanie Silveira, Ram Kinker Mishra, Cherine Hatem, Nishant Rao, Hoyeol Yu and Layton Reesor
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HHP graduate students competed in the “elevator speech” contest during which students give a two minute informative and persuasive sales pitch of their research to a panel of judges. The top three contestants receive funding to support their research. This years 1st place winner was Ms. Stephanie Silveira, with Ms. Katie Arlinghaus and Ms. Cherine Hatem tied for second place.

Click here for more information on each presenter and their research topic (pdf)

Images from HHP Research Symposium 2017