Class of 2024 Thesis Projects

Olivia Lane Accad

Implications of Nutrient Deprivation in Malarial Drug Resistance

Cristina Zayas Amador

A Qualitative Study of Puerto Rican Students’ Attitudes & Behaviors Around Mental Illness and Mental Health Services

Claire LaFleur Bierly

An Evaluation of the Effect of Kids SIPsmartER on the Body Mass Indices of Appalachian Middle Schoolers

Aida Mariam Doucoure

The Role of Glucose and Red Blood Cell Rejuvenation in Prolonging Single-Donor Malaria Cultivation

Crystal Alejandra Guerrero

An Exploration of How Gut Microbiota Influences Early Life Neurogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

Daniel Henry Herz

The Relationship Between Acylated Ghrelin, Unacylated Ghrelin and Total Ghrelin on Appetite, and the Influence of Body Composition and Sex

Heeran Salah Karim

Macrophage-Spheroid Interactions Slow Axon Degeneration in Phosphatidylserine-Dependent Manner

Helen Hien Le

Investigating the Role of Lactobacillus reuteri in Mice Models of Multiple Sclerosis

Axel Emmanuel Luna Lopez

Cardiovascular Initiative for Latino Community Health: Assessing the Impact of a Prevention Program on the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices about Cardiovascular Disease in a Faith Based Community Setting in Charlottesville, Virginia

Hannah Liliana Luviano

Cardiomyocyte Pannexin 1 Regulates Fibrosis and Cardiac Remodeling During Advanced Isoproterenol-Induced Heart Failure

Amelia Margaret Nachbar

The Effect of Cortex Glia Dysfunction on Integrity of the Blood Brain Barrier in Drosophila melanogaster

Jordan Elisabeth O’Brien

Lung Cancer Tertiary Prevention: An Analysis of MHC Class II Expression in the Tumor Microenvironment

Hamna Shafiq

Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which Gut Inflammation Manifests Due to Gut Microbial Dysbiosis During Undernutrition and EED

Isabel Bailey Weir

The Ethics of the Integration of Artificial Intelligence into the Physician-Patient Relationship, An Empirical & Theoretical Investigation