THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 1 • 9:00–9:55
21ST CENTURY ECONOMICS (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Sara Corson, College of Natural Sciences
| Eriane | Austria | An Intersectional Feminist Analysis on Digital Entrepreneurship |
| Henry | Long | An Economic Explanation of the Public-Private Sector Cost Gap in Space Launch Costs |
| Anirudh | Karla | A Hostage Continent: The 2022 European Energy Crisis as a Catalyst for an Energy Revolution |
THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 2 • 10:00–10:55
CURRENT CHALLENGES IN PSYCHIATRY (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Craig Hurwitz, Dell Medical School
| Divya | Nagarajan | Internet Guidance on Feeding for Children with Autism |
| Jackson | Gianotti | Implementation of Precision Medicine in Psychiatry |
| Priya | Mahableshwarkar | The Future of Psychedelic Medicine |
PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS: REAL WORLD APPLICATIONS (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Greg Sitz, Department of Physics
| Holland | Frieling | Testing the Electronic Properties of Rare-Earth Nickelate Thin Films |
| Philippe | Papa | Engineering Novel Materials for Next Generation Batteries |
| Savannah | Atchley | Water Quality at Stengl Biological Research Station |
THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 3 • 11:00–11:55
ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE: NEW PERSPECTIVES (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Michael Mauk, Department of Neuroscience
| Angela | Marinovic | Pediatric Healthcare Disparities in Rural Texas and Their Effect on the Development of Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood |
| Pritika | Paramasivam | Indian Nurse Migration: A Qualitative Analysis of Sojourning Laborers |
| Harrison | Lee | Music Therapy for Work Stress |
UNDERSTANDING CANCER AND CELL AGING (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Christopher Sullivan, Department of Molecular Biosciences
| Amanda | Leonita | The Role of RNA Polymerase I in Longevity |
| Ashley | Hoffman | Developing a T Cell Model for Studying T-Cell-Mediated Therapies and Exhaustion |
| Ria | Goyal | Transcription Factor EB and Mammary Gland Acini Development |
| Karina | Tacconi | Exploring the Cellular Movement of DUSP11 in Response to Cellular Stress |
THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 4 • 12:00–12:55
FOOD INSECURITY (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Becky Kester, Department of Integrative Biology
| Kareena | Shokar | A Review of Interventions to Address Food Deserts in the U.S. |
| Amogh | Misra | The Effects Of Food Insecurity And How To Alleviate Food Insecurity |
| Krisha | Tripathy | Food Insecurity and Food Allergies |
THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 5 • 2:00–2:55
SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF THE INFORMATION AGE (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Donnie Sackey, Department of Rhetoric
| Ren | Smith | Sociocultural Considerations in Polarization and Information Studies |
| Aamani | Pillutla | Sports, Media, Twitter, and Beach Volleyball Uniforms |
ADDRESSING ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES (WCP 1.118)
Moderator: Monica Faulkner, School of Social Work
| Quan | Nguyen | Contextualizing Excessive Daydreaming with Identity Construction by Traumatized Youths |
| Maisie | Nievera | Fostering Hope: Supporting the Mental and Behavioral Health of Children in Foster Care |
| Mukhil | Seralaathan | Improving Interventions to Mitigate the Negative Effects of Parental Cancer |
CELLULAR CHANGES (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Michael Drew, Department of Neuroscience
| Olivia | Conway | Cellular Stress Relief: Understanding Connections Between Two DNA Damage Pathways |
| Pramati | Madugula | Peptide-DNA Conjugates for the Detection of Protease Activity |
| Sawad | Kazi | Identifying Biomarkers of Low-quality Cells in Single Nuclei RNA Sequencing Data |
THURSDAY APRIL 13 SESSION 6 • 3:00–3:55
MENTAL HEALTH AND IDENTITY (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Anton Avanceña, College of Pharmacy
| Rhiannon | Morris | Psychological Impacts of Detention: A Comparative Analysis of the Japanese Incarceration Camps and the Detention Centers on the U.S.-Mexico Border |
| Daniela | Hernandez | Culturally Sensitive Care for Substance Use Disorders Among Latino Men |
| Katie | Nguyen | National Identity for Asian Americans During COVID-19 |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 1 • 9:00–9:55
EXAMINING REPRESENTATION IN SCHOOLS (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Tepera Holman, College of Natural Sciences
| Amaris | Mendoza | Teacher-Student Relationships and Externalizing Behaviors of Latino Adolescents |
| Brandon | Curl | A Characterization of Systemic Heteronormativity in Schools |
| Valerie | Lynch | Experiences of Underrepresented Racial Minority (URM) students in Ph.D. Programs |
IMPROVING PALLIATIVE CARE (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Hannah Wojciehowski, Department of English
| Lauren | Tran | The Power of Song: Music Therapy for Children Undergoing Palliative Care |
| Maanasa | Cherukuvada | The Effect of Sense of Obligation in Caregiving for Stroke Patients |
| Audrey | Ratliff | Remembering Lives: Humanizing End of Life Care in America |
BRAIN AND BODY INTERACTION (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Jeffrey Barrick, Department of Molecular Biosciences
| Emily | May | Characterization of Multiple Sclerosis Atrophy using Neural Network-based Brain Segmentation Tools |
| Eva | Beckett | Identifying Genetic Means to Suppress the Motor Phenotype of a Late-stage Parkinson’s Disease Model |
| Krishi | Manem | Implication of Time-Restricted Feeding on Neuroinflammation and Behavioral Patterns in Aged Mice |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 2 • 10:00–10:55
IMPROVING CHILDREN'S WELLBEING (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Anand Jayanti, Department of Medical Education
| Caroline | Thomas | The Safety & Efficacy of Interventions for ADHD in Youth |
| Ingrid | Villarreal | Mental Health Implications of Adolescent Scoliosis: Analysis of Current Practices and Proposal of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention |
| Shehza | Ghaffar | Expanding Bibliotherapy Programs in Public Libraries to Improve Mental Health Outcomes in Low Socioeconomic Status Youth |
IMPROVING EDUCATION SYSTEMS (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Amy Bryan, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences
| Pallavi | Muraleedharan | The Effectiveness of National, School-Based Drug Abuse and Obesity Interventions |
| Kristopher | Hipolito | Examining the Limitations and Alternatives to the Traditional Grading System |
| Ankit | Yande | Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes Using Design Thinking Strategies |
THE HUMANITY IN HEALTHCARE (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: David Ring, Dell Medical School
| Megan | Lopez-Lin | Improving Patient-Physician Communication in the Emergency Department |
| Ruth | Simpson | Maintaining Humanity in Healthcare: Preserving the Patient-Provider Relationship in Telemedicine |
| Cristina | Salas | Intersections of Race, Gender, and Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of Domestic Workers in Brazil |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 3 • 11:00–11:55
ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Jane Champion, School of Nursing
| Hiba | Ansari | Disparities in Postpartum Depression |
| Alonzo | Needum | Physicians and Black Gay Men: PrEP Accessibility |
| Eleanor | Dowell | Disparities in Access to Precision Oncology for the Hispanic Population |
STIGMA AND SUPPORT: DISABILITY IN AMERICA (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Whitney Thurman, School of Nursing
| Hailey | Allen | Social Support in Group Therapy for Aphasia |
| Aashnika | Sujit | Countering the Stigma Against Adults with Acquired Communication Disorders |
| Caroline | Seyer | Proposing Points of Intervention for Disabled Americans Pushed into Incarceration and Homelessness |
LANGUAGE AND MEANING (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: James Slotta, Department of Anthropology
| Juan Antonio | Artero Calvo | The Inferential Law of the Excluded Middle |
| Alexander | Canright | Translating European Mathematical Works for Qing Dynasty Scholars |
| Catherine | Zhang | Living Through Language: Linguistic Relativity and the Cultural Encoding of Spanish |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 4 • 12:00–12:55
CREATIVE APPROACHES TO HEALTHCARE (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Amy Simmons, Butler School of Music
| Sabeen | Toranian | Examining Developed Holocaust PTSD and Trauma Treatments and Research to Apply to Armenian Genocide Descendants |
| Simran | Shah | Music: A Safe Space |
| Omar | Malik | Pain Intensity and Symptoms of Anxiety After a Mindfulness-Based Coloring Intervention Among Patients Visiting an Orthopedic Specialist |
OUR CULTURAL NARRATIVES (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Josh Roebke, College of Natural Sciences
| Ryan | Russo | Changing Depictions of Women and Slaves During the Enlightenment |
| Faiza | Quadri | Narratives in Reactions to Online Harassment on Twitter |
| Chance | Castaneda | Consciousness and The Sexual Landscape |
REEXAMINING SUSTAINABILITY (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Brian Roberts, Department of Government
| Shawn | Naseiro | Rhetoric of Sustainability Reports in Eastman Chemical Company |
| Veda | Velamuri | The Consequences of Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbying on Failed US Climate Policy |
| Sai | Cheruvu | Agrarian Distress and Sustainable Agriculture |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 5 • 1:00–1:55
GLOBAL HEALTH (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Leanne Field, School of Human Ecology, Department of Public Health
| Cloey | Crouch | Global Shifts in Foodborne Illness |
| Catherine | Naukam | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Socioeconomic Stability and Health Behaviors in Mexico |
| Jessica | Dae | Project V: Design for Global Health |
RECONSIDERING HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS (WCP 3.112)
Richard Nauert, School of Human Ecology
| Ryan | Dominguez | Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Athletic Participation: Reviewing Prevention, Awareness, and Present Barriers |
| Alison | Purcell | Digitization Nation: How do Electronic Health Records Impact Medical Assistants? |
| Maria | Amador | Effects of Corruption on Venezuelan Healthcare |
EXAMINING MEDICAL EDUCATION (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Snehal Patel, Department of Medicine
| Janani | Gopal | From Race-Based Medicine To Culturally Conscious Care: What Is Missing? |
| Antara | Gupta | Integrating Health Equity and Social Justice Education into Pre-Medical Curricula |
| Ananya | Kodali | Abortion in Medical Education Post-Dobbs |
FRIDAY APRIL 14 SESSION 6 • 2:00–2:55
IMPROVING BIAS IN AI (WCP 3.116)
Moderator: Angela Beasley, Department of Computer Sciences
| Jennifer | Mickel | Intersectionality in AI + Algorithmic Fairness |
| Jensen | Richardson | Ethical Health AI: Problems and Possible Solutions |
| Jordan | Conklin | Machine Learning Applications in Admissions to Higher Education Programs |
GENETICS AND HEALTH (WCP 3.106)
Moderator: Arturo De Lozanne, Department of Molecular Biosciences
| Margaret | Godfrey | Type 1 Diabetes and Neanderthal DNA: How Hybridization Increased the Risk of Developing T1D |
| Bill | Tang | Understanding Human Health Beyond Earth |
| Rayyan | Khoja | Mortality and Its Effects on the Human Condition |
HOW WE LEARN (WCP 3.112)
Moderator: Christina Fragale, College of Education
| Ashley | Humphries | How Can Social Rejection Affect Memory? |
| Jane (Mally) | Townsend | A Democratic Teaching Model for Ballet Classrooms |
| Prathigya | Selvapathi | Inclusion Training for General Education Teachers: Accommodating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Elementary School |