2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research
2024 Celebration of Undergraduate Research
The 25th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research will be held on Monday, April 29, 2024, from 2:30-5:30pm in Alumni Hall at the Carolina Club (George Watts Hill Alumni Center) at 105 Stadium Drive.
Please scroll below for a full list of presenter details, including poster titles, session, and poster numbers.
The Celebration will consist of three sequential poster sessions starting at 2:30pm, 3:30pm, and 4:30pm, and it will be open to the public. Upon arrival, all attendees should be sure to check in via the QR code outside Alumni Hall. Presenters should plan to arrive approximately 15 minutes before the beginning of their session and pick up name tags at the table near the interior entrance. All attendees and presenters should scan the QR code at the entrance to check in and to get an online list of posters/presenters.
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Associations Between Socioeconomic Status and Birth Outcomes: Results from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey
Vaden Grigg, Onyinyechukwu Mazi, Sara Hijer, Rebecca C. Wu
Department: AnthropologyFaculty Mentor: Amanda Thompson
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Session 1
The Impact of Weight Pressures from Coaches on Female Aesthetic Athletes’ Thin-Ideal Internalization
Camilla Feeley
Department: PsychologyFaculty Mentor: Anna Bardone-Cone
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Session 1
3D Model of GalR2 Positive Allosteric Modulation in Novel Anticonvulsant
Sarah Ferguson
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Rachel Penton
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Session 3
Apoptosis in Neurons: Transient and Reversible
Ella Hammond
Department: Neuroscience and PsychologyFaculty Mentor: Monica Gaudier-Diaz
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Session 2
Intergenerational Trajectories: Parental Initial Legal Status, Economic Assimilation, and Children's Educational Outcomes
Anna Dou
Department: SociologgyFaculty Mentor: Jessica Su
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Session 3
The Role of Interoception in Adaptive Eating Behavior
Adelaide Harper
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Kristen Lindquist
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Session 1
Examining the Potential Role of the Central Amygdala on the Therapeutic Effects of Psilocybin
Mia Foglesong
Department: PharmacologyFaculty Mentor: Melissa Herman
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Session 2
Effects of Esketamine on EEG temporal dynamics in individuals with major depressive disorder
Verina Guirguis
Department: PsychiatryFaculty Mentor: Flavio Frohlich
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Session 2
The Acquisition of Food Allergies: Exploring Airway Sensitization to Peanut in a Mouse Model
Ashley Habig
Department: Division of Allergy and Immunology, Pediatrics UNC School of MedicineFaculty Mentor: Johanna Smeekens
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Session 3
How Exam Cheat Sheets Shape Student Success
Amanda Harper
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: Laura Ott
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Session 1
Advancing the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Deployment Pathway: Recommendations for Responsible Use & Management in North Carolina
Margot Francini, Christian Chung, Chloe Lind
Department: NC Collaboratory, Public PolicyFaculty Mentor: Greer Arthur
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Session 1
Conflict and Supply Risks in Critical Materials for the Energy Transition
Sophia Freeman
Department: Political ScienceFaculty Mentor: Robert Jenkins
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Session 2
Exploring the Effects of Alcohol Abstinence on H3K9me2 Levels and Colocalization with IBA1 in Key Brain Regions
Kareem Haidary
Department: UNC School of Medicine Bowles Center for Alcohol StudiesFaculty Mentor: Leon Coleman
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Session 3
Associations Between Harsh-Intrusive Parenting, Infant Negative Affect, and Preschool Anxiety
Amelia Harris, Nicolas Murgueitio
Department: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Rebecca Stephens
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Session 3
Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Emotional Loneliness
Sarah Hirsch
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Keely Muscatell
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Session 2
Lumaria's Leap: Revolutionizing Health Incentives for Lifespan Extension
Riley Harper, Henry Long, Shreya Kota
Department: Statistics and Operations ResearchFaculty Mentor: Oluremi Abayomi
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Session 1
Investigating the physical interaction between HMGB2 and the important players in genome organization, cohesin and CTCF
Zhihan Gao
Department: Biochemistry & Biophysics, Biology, Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular BiologyFaculty Mentor: Jill Dowen
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Session 2
SWOT: Pushing the Boundaries Beyond What's Possible
Sophia Harvey, Talia Benjamin, Kate Merrin, Jackqueline Wilson
Department: Earth, Marine, and Environmental SciencesFaculty Mentor: Drew Coleman
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Session 1
Physical Activity Predicting Evening Anxiety in Adults
John Garcia
Department: Exercise and Sport ScienceFaculty Mentor: Jimikaye Courtney
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Session 3
Determining the Cleavage Rate of Gen Endonuclease using Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)
Genevieve Holliday
Department: ChemistryFaculty Mentor: Dorothy Erie
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Session 1
Prosodic Analysis of the Production of They/Them Pronouns
Gabrielle Garner
Department: Psychology and NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Jennifer Arnold
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Session 2
Fighting Fatigue: Investigating factors that influence 3-point percentage in NCAA men's basketball
Brianna Hayes, John Kenan Bauer, Alexandra Foppiano, Parker McConnell, Manzi Tugiramungu
Department: Exercise and Sports ScienceFaculty Mentor: Jonathan Jensen
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Session 3
Comparative Gene Expression of Leptin in the Amygdala and Dorsal Hippocampus in Response to MDMA Exposure
Joe Danica Inigo, Frances Margaret Perez, Emily Clark, Kejia Zhang
Department: NeuroscienceFaculty Mentor: Shveta Parekh
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Session 1
Quantifying the Frequency of Seafood Mislabeling by Sushi Vendors in the Triangle Area
Qiling Geng, Victoria Bowman
Department: BiologyFaculty Mentor: John Bruno
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Session 2
Elucidating Differential Expression of Mu Opioid Receptor in Noradrenergic Locus Coeruleus Neurons by Sex
Samuel Hendrix, Melissa Medina, Katrina Souter, Emily Liu
Department: Neuroscience & PsychologyFaculty Mentor: Sabrina Robertson
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Session 2
Chronicles of Change: Using Oral History to Document Climate Change on the NC Coast
Tara Hinton
Department: Environmental Studies, SociologyFaculty Mentor: Elizabeth Frankenberg
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Session 3
Mountaintop Removal Mining in Appalachia & its Economic and Well-being Impacts on Surrounding Populations
Eliza Jackson-Wald
Department: EconomicsFaculty Mentor: Christopher Handy
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Session 3
Deciphering the Microglia Transcriptome: Unraveling the Consequences of Early Life Stress and Aging
Sneha Jaikumar
Department: Computer ScienceFaculty Mentor: Natalie Stanley
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Session 3
Attenuating Racial Stereotypes Through Babyfacedness: A Replication and Extension of the Teddy-Bear Effect
Andrew Jin
Department: Kenan Flagler Business SchoolFaculty Mentor: Shimul Melwani
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Session 2
Reading Rainbow: Examining Self-Censorship Practices of Middle & High School Libraries Toward LGBTQIA+ YA Literature in Wake & Gaston County, NC
Elias Horowitz
Department: Public PolicyFaculty Mentor: William Goldsmith