Photo Album

4th Annual BFRI Research Symposium November 2019

**First-year Students**
1st Place	Aiswaria Biju, Dean Enriquez, Liya Manoj What’s in my Water?: An Investigation on the pH and Inorganic Chemical Contaminants of Water from Different Sources
2nd Place	Hannah Obregon, Juan Amieva, Omar Benavides, Leonardo Maroquin Will the Early Bird Get the Worm?: A Study of the Most Convenient Time and Transportation Method in Crossing the Bridge from Mexico to the United States
3rd Place	Annu Karithara, Delilah Moreno, and Daphne Uribe Avocontrol: Study of Slowing the Rate of Oxidation in Avocados

**Second-year Students**
1st Place	Priscilla Uresti, Jordan Escobar, Karla Zavala, Alejandra Avila Effects of Psychological Stress In Relation To Physical Activity Habits
2nd Place	Desma Palacios, Orfelinda Sepulveda, Christian Godinez, Esperanza Mendoza The role timing has on transcranial direct current stimulation benefits in young healthy subjects
3rd Place	Ivana Medina, Jaqueline Quintanilla, Josie Reyna, Kennedy Olson, Yubizdely Tanguma The Effects of Psychological Stress on the Lifestyle Year College Students

See the 2019 BFRI Research Symposium Photo Album here.

2 ^nd Annual Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) Research Symposium - December 5, 2017

71 BMED students participated in the 2 ^nd Annual Biomedical Freshman Research Initiative (BFRI) Research Symposium on December 5 ^th, 2017 where Department of Health and Biomedical Sciences faculty and staff judge their posters and provide them feedback on how they can improve their projects and presentation skills. The first year BFRI students took a “Research Methods” course this semester and presented their own research project which they designed, executed and analyzed by applying the fundamentals of research they learned in the course. The second year students took a “Research Experience” course this semester where they were part of Dr. Saraswathy Nair and Dr. Hongxing Lu or Dr. Michael Lehker and Dr. Seratna Guadarama’s research stream. They worked on a research project connected to the faculty mentors’ research field and provided an update of their project at the symposium which they will continue to work on next semester.

1st and 2nd year BFRI students

Dr. Lehker and Dr. Guadarama’s 2 ^nd Year BFRI Stream

Dr. Lehker and Dr. Guadarama's Research Stream

Dr. Nair and Dr. Lu’s 2 ^nd Year BFRI Stream

**BFRI 1st Year Winners**
	1 ^st Place – Priscilla Acevedo, Jacob Maciel, Victoria Mayans and Miranda Sosa Title: Evaluation of How Beneficial a Women’s Only Area would be to a University’s Recreational Center
	2 ^nd Place – Luis Almanza, Varesh Gorabi, Ashley Rivera, and Rozena Shirvani-Arani and Humberto Vargas Title: The Rate of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration of Plants on the UTRGV Brownsville Campus
	3 ^rd Place – Rosaura Almanza Rodriguez, Monique De La O, Bryan Delgado, Anais Mendiola and Julissa Rodriguez Title: An Investigation on How Indicators Can Affect the Amount of Recycling

**BFRI 2nd Year Winners**
	1 ^st Place – Robert de la Garza, Sarai Doria and Erik Escobedo Title: Effects of Psychological Stress on Body Weight and Lifestyle in Hispanics Students in a Low Income Area (Dr. Nair and Dr. Lu’s Research Stream)
	2 ^nd Place – Enrique Pena, Paul Shane and Luis Villegas Title: Effects of Psychological Stress on Dietary Behavior in Hispanic Student (Dr. Nair and Dr. Lu’s Research Stream Research Stream)
	3 ^rd Place – Andrea Bustos, Kyli Chen, May-Hui Ding and Saul Lopez Title: DNA Isolation of Trichomonas Vaginalis (Dr. Lehker and Dr. Guadarama’s Research Stream)