Congratulations to our 2025 Poster Contest Winners!

RHA's 11th Annual Poster Contest included submissions for the following divisions: 

Undergraduate and Masters Student

Winner: Assessing Stigma and Mobile MAT Awareness in Rural Tennessee: Results from an EDDM Household Survey 

Authors: Sara V. Rodriguez Molina (Public Health Program, Public Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (PHASE) - Lab, Middle Tennessee State University), B.S., Cynthia Chafin, PhD, MCHES (Center for Health and Human Services, Middle Tennessee State University), Kahler W. Stone, DrPH, MPH Public Health Program, Public Health Assessment, Surveillance, and Epidemiology (PHASE) - Lab, Middle Tennessee State University). 

Faculty

Winner: Improving Diabetes Education in Rural Areas: A Community-Clinical Partnership Model 

Authors: Soghra Jarvandi, Associate Professor UT Extension , Lydia Hoskins, Extension Specialist at the UT Extension , Karen Carver, Assistant Professor ETSU , Andrew S. May, Regional Medical Director at the Sullivan County Regional Health Department

Post Doctoral Trainee

Winner: A Case of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Noted on Echocardiogram

Authors:  Ashwin Jagadish, Shahnawaz Notta, Joel Danisi. Affiliations: Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University James H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN.    

Doctoral & Professional

Winner: ETSU Rural Primary Care Track Graduates 1996-2021

Authors:  Rachel Summers, BS; Melissa Robinson, MD; Laura Trull, PhD, MSW, Rural and Community Programs, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University.

Submissions are scored for Scientific Content (75%) and Virtual Poster Display (25%). Winners receive a small gift card from Rural Health Association of Tennessee.