Class of 2025 Thesis Projects

Ayesha Ahsan

Transgenerational Effects of Combination High Fat and High Sugar Diet on Drosophila melanogaster Maternal Obesity Model

Amy Chang

Impact of Screen Time on Youth Cognitive Processing and Mental Health

Caroline Heng-mae Cheung

The Role of Vascular Endothelial TRPV4 Channels in Atherosclerosis

Anagha Chundury

Understanding Stigma Beliefs among Community Health Promoters in Kilifi County, Kenya

Jasmine Claire Collier

Cultural Value Factors that Influence Maternal Mortality Rate Using Quantitative Data Analysis

Chloe Alexis Dowlen

The U.S. Oral Health Crisis: Investigating Oral Health Disparities in Adults Utilizing NHANES Data

Allen Hu

Characterizing and Targeting BCL-xL dependence in CDK9 inhibitor resistant Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Hayden Amelia Hutson-Wiley        

DPP4-Positive Cellular Extracellular Vesicles as Novel Biomarkers for Diabetic Kidney Disease

Prisha Javed

The Emotional Landscape of Childhood: A Study of Influential Factors on Child Emotional Development

Alison Jiwoo Lim

The Role of Phosphorylation of PCDH15 in Regulating Hair Cell Planar Polarity and Function

Lilian Elizabeth Mosser

The Effect of the EML4-ALK Fusion Protein on Lymphatic Development

Erin Dorothy Murphy

Identifying Key Brain Regions Implicated in the Chronification of Pain by Comparing Fluorescent Neuron Quantification in Mouse Models with Varying Durations of Sciatic Nerve Pain

Daniel Alexander Newlands

Assessing Nurses' Attitudes, Beliefs, and Knowledge on Pediatric Disability in Kilifi County, Kenya

Millie Bhargav Pandya

Virtual Senior Centers: Evaluating Technology-facilitated Socialization Interventions for Isolated Older Adults

Isabella Rutta

Quantifying the association between DNA methylation and alcohol in normal tissue biopsy

Owen Robert Selden

Assessing the Impact of Air Pollution on Health-Related Quality of Life in Kathmandu, Nepal

Jenna Sleiman          

Investigating Dietary and Metabolic Influences on PCOS Symptoms Using NHANES Data

Eleanor Schrock Steiner

Generation of a Toxin/Antitoxin Based Counterselection System for Chlamydia trachomatis Mutant Selection

Zoe Ann Tetz

The Effects of hCitH3-mAb on Chronic and Acute Inflammation in Aging Mice

Caroline Frances Webb

Evolving to Outsmart: The Genetic Toolkit of Plasmodium falciparum in Its Fight Against Drug Defeat

Desiree Angelique Younger

The Influence of Structural Racism on the Health disparity of Chronic Kidney Disease among African Americans in Virginia