Health Scholar Showcase 2024: All of Us


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When: Friday, March 1, 2024 | 2pm-5pm
Where: University Performing Arts Center, 
405 Moon St, San Marcos, TX 78666
Registration: RSVP Today


Attending the Showcase

Join us for the annual Health Scholar Showcase highlighting the theme All of Us. As a premier event of Translational Health Research Center since 2017, the Health Scholar Showcase brings together faculty researchers, staff, and community guests for an afternoon of interdisciplinary dialogue and discovery as we share some of the best examples of faculty health research and sponsored programs at Texas State.

Theme: All of Us

Based off the NIH All of Us research program: Improving health takes All of Us – whether you are contributing via health information, engaging in research, or supporting community initiatives, All of Us must come together to achieve the shared goal of advancing healthcare through innovative research

Health Scholar Showcase Keynote Speaker

Headshot of Karriem S. Watson

Karriem S. Watson, DHSc, MS, MPH is the Chief Engagement officer for the NIH All of Us Research Program. Dr. Watson comes to the NIH after 16 years in academia and community health. 

He previously served as the Associate Executive Director of a group of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) in the Illinois area where he developed a community engaged and implementation science research program. He was also faculty at the University of Illinois School of Public Health Division of Community Health Sciences. Dr. Watson’s research focused on cancer prevention and control and he previously had a Multi-PI R01 from the NIMHD looking at epigenetics in lung cancer screening among African American men and was funded in a Multi-PI project through the NHLBI UG3/UH3 looking at the implementation of evidence based tobacco cessation in FQHCs. Dr. Watson also received funding from the NCI to develop a Citizen Science program that engaged African American men in prostate and lung cancer screening. 

In addition to his research, Dr. Watson has been recognized as a national leader in community engagement having served as the past chair of Community Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and being recognized by the Lungevity as a Community Champion. He is also passionate about mentoring and training up the next generation of young scientists and was recognized by the Chicago Urban League as an Innovator in STEM.

Health Scholar Showcase Schedule

Attire: Business/ Business Casual

1:30pm-2:00pm Presenter Check-In and Arrival at the PERF
2:00pm-3:00pm Poster Session 2nd & 3rd Floors
3:00pm-4:20pm Opening Remarks (VP for Research, Dr. Shreek Mandayam) & Keynote in the Recital Hall
4:20pm-5:00pm Refreshments & Networking at First Floor Lobby

Call for Research Posters

Interested in showcasing your health research via a poster at the Showcase?
A view of the first and second story balcony from inside the Health Scholar Showcase venue. On the balconies, health research posters are displayed and attendees are walking around viewing them.
A view of the registration booth at the event. Two tables are pushed together with blue table cloths draped over them that have the THRC logo printed on the table cloths. Five booth workers sit behind the tables smiling into the camera.

RSVP to the Showcase

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