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Student Posters

The 2022 CoHP Empowerment Research Symposium: “Empowering the Health of our Diverse Community through Research” was held on March 25, 2022.

The winners are:

Undergraduate:

1st place

“The Dual Delivery of Y15 and Metformin in a PLGA Scaffold for the Treatment of Platinum Resistant Ovarian Cancer” presented by Hannah Obregon and Emily Jordan, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sue Anne Chew, Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences


Tie for 2nd and 3rd place

“Injectable Alginate Scaffolds for the Delivery of Drugs For The Treatment Of Glioblastoma” presented by Kaitlyn Dianne Ybanez, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences and Rene Rico, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Mentors: Dr. Sue Anne Chew, and Mr. Marco Arriaga, Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences


Tie for 2nd and 3rd place

“Special Olympics Fitness Assessment Project” presented by Vanessa Garza and Victoria I. Moreno, Department of Health and Human Performance

Faculty Mentor: Ms. Magalie Sanchez, Department of Health and Human Performance


Graduate:

1st place

“The Effect of a Mixed Meal on Hemodynamics and Pulse Wave Reflections in Hispanics with and without a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes” presented by Gabriel Figueroa, Ryan D. Russell, Jaime Rodriguez, Alexandro Rodriguez, Smaran Marupudi, Javier Ybarra, and Yu Lun Tai, Department of Health & Human Performance

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Ryan Russell, Department of Health and Human Performance


2nd place

“Biological Optimization of Polymer-based Anti-HIV Drug  Delivery towards the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT)” presented by Arkajyoti Paul, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Caroline Garcia, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Armando Garces, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Deepa Roy, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Matthew J Haney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elena Batrakova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and Upal Roy, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Upal Roy, Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences


3rd place

“Dj1 expression and dopamine deregulation in HIV-1 infected and antiretroviral therapy associated neurodegeneration” presented by Andrea Bustos, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Deepa Roy, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences; Mario Gil, School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience/Institute of Neuroscience; Hansapani Rodrigo, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences; and Upal Roy, Department of Health & Biomedical Sciences

Faculty Mentor: Dr. Upal Roy, Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences

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