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The Health Scholar Showcase is an annual event hosted by Texas State University’s Translational Health Research Center, which seeks to improve health by connecting faculty and community partners to engage in innovative research. Health Scholar Showcase highlights some of the best health research happening on campus.
Learn more about Health Scholar Showcase: https://healthresearch.txst.edu/events/health-scholar-showcase.html
Recent Submissions
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A Model-based Test for Treatment Comparison based on Left-truncated and Interval-censored Survival Data
(2023-04)In this research, we develop a new model-based test to compare treatments based on left-truncated and interval-censored (LTIC) data. -
Future Doctors at the Present Crossroad: Nudging College Major Choices toward Health Sciences
(2023-04)Healthcare labor markets across the globe face a long-lasting and persistent labor shortage. According to the WHO, the gap between labor supply and demand in the healthcare industry is expected to reach 18 million by 2030. ... -
Connecting Outdoor Air Pollution to Healthy Financial Cognitive Skills
(2023-04)We investigate the impact of air pollution on human financial cognition using highly granular data on consumer financial reports from 2012 to 2019. Our results offer important policy implications in the design of ... -
Hospital Price Transparency Perceptions and Observations in the United States: A Rapid Review
(2023-04)The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) began implementing the Hospital Price Transparency Rule in 2019, requiring all participating hospitals to publish their chargemasters online (gross charges) for all ... -
Impact of Musculoskeletal Pains on Productivity and Fall Accidents Among Hispanic Construction Workers in Texas
(2023-04)No abstract prepared. -
Leveraging Telehealth for the Management of Breast Cancer Symptoms
(2023-04)Breast cancer affects 2.3 million women and kills 685,000 globally, making it the most prevalent cancer. The telemedicine modality has been used to treat the symptoms associated with breast cancer recovery. Objective: ... -
Guar gum, a versatile natural polymer to improve human health and water quality
(2023-04)Humans are constantly exposed to hazardous chemicals present in water, air, food, and soil which can lead to a multitude of negative health impacts. Advanced materials can play a key role in preventing these impacts and ... -
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Dynamic and Lightweight Encryption towards Data Confidentiality in Medical loT Devices (MloT)
(2023-04)Medical IoT is growing at an exponential rate because of its promises to help advance patient engagement and improve delivery of health care. However, it also incurs a range of security concerns. As medical IoT devices may ... -
Evaluating the Association Between Hospital Labor Costs and the Quality of Care
(2023-04)Throughout the history of healthcare delivery, patient care has been a personal issue. The competent healing touch of a caregiver is a critical component to the care patients receive. Thus, the more skilled the provider ... -
Maternal Consumption of a Western-type Diet During Gestation and Lactation Increases Depression-Related Behavior and Novelty Reactivity but not Body Weight in Rat Offspring
(2023-04)Adolescents and young adults are at the highest risk for major depression. In fact, according to the CDC, roughly 43 % of high school students reported a depressive episode in 2021 alone. Death by suicide, an outcome of ... -
Modulation of Vitamin D Status by Gut Microbiota: Impact on Depression and Anxiety-related Behavior in Adult C57BL/6J Mice
(2023-04)Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common mental health disorders that affect U.S. adults today (1). As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, symptoms of both disorders were exacerbated globally (2). In ... -
Characterization of Supra-Concentrate of Human Bone Marrow Stem Cells for the Treatment of Spine and Musculoskeletal Disorders
(2023-04)The use of autogenous stem cells is one of the pillars of regenerative medicine. The past one and a half decades have witnessed the discovery and characterization of a new type of adult stem cells named Very Small ... -
Political Party Collective Norms, Perceived Norms, and Mask Wearing Behavior: A Test of the Theory of Normative Social Behavior
(2023-04)The theory of normative social behavior (TNSB; Rimal, 2008) postulates that people are influenced by others’ behaviors, which they glean from messages and experience. Recently, the TNSB was expanded to include ... -
Learn, Do, Teach: Developing Nursing Students’ Population Health Core Competencies Through Interprofessional Health Education
(2023-04)The purpose of the study was to determine if nursing students develop and improve competencies in population health principles through preparing, conduction and evaluating health teaching for community health workers (CHW). -
International Service-Learning Experiences Improve Student Physical Therapists’ Cultural Competence: A Three-Year Study
(2023-04)One of the American Physical Therapy Association’s (APTA) strategies to decrease health disparities for racial and ethnic minorities is to improve physical therapists’ cultural competence. The current literature does not ...
