Midwest Regional Conference Student Poster/Paper Award Winners

The two-day conference was held April 26-28, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wis., and included workshops, keynote addresses, symposia and poster sessions on topics such as translation of interventions into clinical practice, resilience, injury prevention, ethics, medical trauma, adherence, diversity, family functioning and health-related quality of life.

The following are the winners of the student poster/paper awards from that conference:

Poster Award Winners

• Erin Brannon, Oklahoma State University
  "Examining Longitudinal Feeding Practices and Child Eating Behaviors in a Minority Population: Feasibility and Validity Challenges"

• Moriah Brier, University of Pennsylvania
  "Profiles of Health Competence Beliefs Among Youth Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer"

• Aaron Davis, University of Alabama at Birmingham
  "The Effects of Sleep Restriction on Adolescents' Pedestrian Safety"

• Cathleen Odar, University of Kansas
  "Validation of the Factor Structure of an Obesity-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Measure with a Latino Sample"

Paper Award Winner

• Christopher Fitzgerald, Marquette University
  "Treatment Adherence Among Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Associations with Executive Functioning and Parental Involvement in Care"