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