Matthew ‘Jake’ Martenson wins ISL Student Poster Day competition

Matthew “Jake” Martenson has won the Institute for Successful Longevity’s 2022 Student Poster Day competition.

Martenson is a student of Dr. Judy Delp of the College of Medicine and Dr. Lynn Panton of the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Martenson’s presentation was titled “Stretching with Ankle Dorsiflexion Splint Improves Measures of Microvascular Reactivity and Oxygen Extraction in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease.”

Martenson won a prize of $100 for his first-place presentation.

Michael Prevratil, a student of Dr. Neil Charness of the Department of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity. His poster was titled “Assessing the Reliability and Validity of a Reduced Navigation Ability Scale.” Prevratil won a prize of $50.

Steven Medarev, a postdoctoral student of Professor Delp, won third prize. His poster was titled “Microvascular Resistivity Decreases with Age; Role of Adiponectin." Medarev won a $25 prize.

In the competition, graduate students showed their posters and explained their research and took questions from other graduate students, faculty and the three-judge panel, which determined the winners.

“We were pleased to offer the ISL Poster Day competition in person this year, despite the challenges of the pandemic,” said Charness. “The students did a fine job with their presentations and, again, demonstrated the high quality of longevity research to be found at the graduate level at Florida State University.”