Class of 2019 Thesis Projects

Samuel Kieran Case    Using Exotic and Chimeric Papillomavirus E6 Proteins to Explore the Mechanism of E6-induced NHERF1 degradation

Lauren Addison Greenwood    Coming of Age in Khayelitsha: Shifting Towards the Future

John McNamara Hensien     Identification of a Novel Post-translational Modification of S. cerevisiae Histone H3

Aditi Islam    The Relationship of Endothelial Hemoglobin Alpha in Vascular Hemodynamics

Julianna Suzin Kang    Characterization of Kindled VGAT-CRE Mice as a New Animal Model of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Parker James Lee    The Genetics of Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Sudden Cardiac Death in “Normal Hearts” in African Americans and Caucasians

Chad Michael Lehman     A High-throughput Analysis of the Non-small Cell Cancer Tumor Microenvironment: Analyzing Phenotype and Functionality of Tumor Infiltrating Natural Killer Cells

Emma Lily Myers    Study Correlating Perioperative Activity Level and Clinical Outcomes  in Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

Pierce Lee Saunders    Analysis of Acceptability and Health Risks of Vaping among College Students

Natalie Brooke Simon    Prognostic Factors on Survival in African-American Ovarian Cancer Patients