Students and Projects

Students and Thesis Topics – Human Biology Class of 2013

Michael M. Bechara	TBA
Kristina A. Burger	Vascular Risk Factors in the African American Population
Jordan D. Burnette	Getting Appalachia Active: An Assessment of the Facilitators and Barriers in Promoting Physical Activity Behaviors for Improving Health in Rural Populations
Charlotte H. Campbell	Properties of Lipin 1 in Binding Phosphospecific Antibodies and Its Relation to the Metabolic Syndrome
Leah F. Caudell-Feagan	Brain Drains in Lower Income Countries: Rwanda as a Case Study
Mary Allison Kramer	Microtubule Motility in ALS and Related Neurodegenerative Diseases
John S. Kubinski	Proposed Regulatory Functions for Unannotated Evolutionarily Conserved Sequences in the Human Genome
Dasha A. Malinina	Differential NFκβ Activation by Transposon Generated Clostridium difficile Mutants and Distributive Justice of Treatment
Suraj K. Mishra	TBA
Eric D. Morris	The Burden of Clostridium difficile on the University of Virginia’s Health System
Sophia S. Urban	Mapping the Interaction of Tegument Protein ORF52 in the Rhesus Monkey Rhadinovirus
Caroline K. Vines	US Healthcare Past, Present, and Future: How Can We Avoid Past Mistakes with the Population of Newly Eligible Patients?

Students and Theses Topics – Human Biology Class of 2012

Annesha Basu	Biological Toxicity and Gene Expression in Signal Transduction Pathways of Squamous Oral Epithelial Cells Exposed to Commercial Smokeless Tobacco Products
Stephen N. Holby	Electronic Cigarettes: Physiological Effects and Real-World Implications of Nicotine Delivery Systems
Taylor J. Huntington	Netrin1b as a Glial Cell Migratory and Survival Signal within the Peripheral Nervous System of Zebrafish
Nona M. Jiang	Malnutrition, Poverty, and Child Development in Bangladeshi Children: A Longitudinal Study
Dana M. Lapato	Barred from Altruism: A Look at the Regulations Governing Prisoner Participation as Donors in Living Organ Donation
Claudia D. Kraft	International Experiences with Health Technology Assessment: Lessons for the United States
Simone E. Miller	Characteristics of Repeat Emergency Department Users at a University Medical Center
Katherine C. Moriarty	Demographics of and Attitudes towards Non-Medical Prescription Stimulant Use: A Study of UVA Undergraduate Students
Danielle S. Murishige	The β-TRCP-mediated Degradation of Lipin-1 and Its Implications for the Metabolic Syndrome
Merritt G. Tuttle	Exploring Trans-splicing as a Possible Mechanism for the Origin of the FUS-CHOP Chimeric Gene

Students and Thesis Topics � Human Biology Class of 2011

Camille H Anoll	Diabetes and Post-Prandial Glucose Spikes
Rosa E Bauer-Moshi	The Relationship between Religiosity and HIV Risk among South African Women
George C (Cam) Coleman	Investigating Novel Energy Expenditure Agonists in a Mouse Model of Insulin Resistance
Megan E Gutierrez	The Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Adherence to Recommended Care for Pediatric Spina Bifida Patients
Elizabeth J Hinken	Water Analysis in Central Tanzania: A Microbiological Examination Linked to Diarrheal Episodes and Anthropometric Indicators
Nora Jamil	Human Body Parts in the Lab and Their Distribution
Min Young (Danica) Kim	The Effects of Gardening as an Approach to Obesity Prevention / Nutrition Education in Middle Schools
Lauren E McQuillin	Weaning foods and Malnutrition: A Nutritional Value Survey of Maize in the Haydom District of Tanzania
Claire H Montaigne	A Healthy Appalachia from the Start: Applications of Telemedicine for High-Risk Pregnancy in Rural Virginia
Yasameen E Pirooz	Integrated Healthcare Systems in Madagascar
Sarah A Salama	Effects of Malnutrition on Development in Bangladeshi Children
Jennifer Tran	Protein Release from a Contact Lens System
Emily R Trauernicht	Risk and Compensation in Egg Donation, Kidney Donation, and Non-Therapeutic Research

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