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