Class of 2022 Thesis Projects

Isobel Aarons
The Effect of Countries’ Policy Reforms on the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting

Zixiao (Annie) An
Perspectives on the Current Status of Their Healthcare Access and Delivery from People with HIV Receiving Care at a Non-Urban Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Clinic

Elena Bosack 
"We live a Rough Life, Man" -Investigating Moral Distress in Clinical Research Professionals

Garvey Cummings
Integration of Vascular and Blood Transcriptomic Data Sets to Identify NovelBiomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease

Catherine Edwards
The Effect of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism rs62621450 on AID and IgE Class Switching in α-Gal Positive Subjects 

Eleni Fafoutis
The Effect of Ly49G Polymorphism on MHC Class I Ligand Recognition

Rohan Hosuru
The Impact of Intracellular TNFRSF Sequences on TRAF Binding Potential

Brianna Johnson
When Pandemics Collide: Effects of COVID-19 on People with HIV in Virginia

Vishnusai R. Karri
Identifying Therapeutic Targets for Treatment of Drug-resistant Cancers

John Krause-Steinfauf
Evaluation of Community-led Disability Rights Training for Stigma Reduction among Traditional Healers in Rural Kenya

Minhie Willow Kwak
Investigations on the Impact of Continuity of Social Work on Hospital Utilization, Social Determinants of Health Needs, Patient Satisfaction, and Goal Attainment of the Highest Utilizers

Olivia Liu
Intergenerational Effects of Campylobacter jejuni in Mice: Impairment of Growth, Acute Memory and Intestinal Permeability in Offspring Born to Previously Infected Dams

Kirthana Logachandar
Drug Repurposing Candidates for Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis

Sophia MacLean
Examining Informed Consent Experiences and Barriers to Care Among Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Adolescents - Analyzing Youth and Parent/Guardian Perspectives

Caroline A. McClure
The Impact of Dermatological Residency Education on Racial Disparities in Diagnostic Rates of Skin Diseases

Brittany Stiefe
The Origins of Microglia and Brain Monocytes: Roles in Physiology and Disease: Drosophila a New Model

Courtney Tern
Understanding the Genetic Architecture of the HLA Region for Type 1 Diabetes in Multiethnic Populations