Pinnacle 2026 Poster Presenters

Probing Early Supermassive Black Hole Growth: C IV-Based Mass Estimates in z ~ 4.8 Quasars

Faculty Mentors: Richard Green and Weizhe Liu

EMG

Mapping the distribution of High-Mass X-ray Binaries in the Milky Way Using Cogsworth and eROSITA to Investigate a Possible Origin of High-Spin Black Holes

Faculty Mentors: Mathieu Renzo and Koushik Sen

EMG

In Memory

Faculty Mentors: Lisanne Skyler

Honors Thesis

Fitting the Future of Hearing Healthcare: Comfort Measures of 3D-Printed Earmolds

Faculty Mentors: Bryan Wong and Matthew Briggs

EMG

Return-to-Sport Protocols Following Pediatric Concussion: A Scoping Review and Needs Assessment to Inform Age-Appropriate Educational Tools for Elementary School-Aged Children

Faculty Mentors: Jonathan Lee-Confer

Honors Thesis

AI-Driven Drug Repurposing for Rare Diseases

Faculty Mentors: Eungjoo Lee

EMG

Investigating the In Vivo Cardiotoxic Effects of CJC-1295

Faculty Mentors: Luke Szweda

EMG

Preliminary characterization of a non-venom expressed phospholipase D from Loxosceles rufescens and its inhibitory tail motif

Faculty Mentors: Shyam Sunder

EMG

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Solar Disinfection as a Sustainable Treatment in Water Insecure Communities

Faculty Mentors: Jonathan Sexton and Kelly Reynolds

Honors Thesis

TileSAM3: A Framework for Low-Quality Droplet Segmentation

Faculty Mentors: None listed

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Expanding the Petrologic and Geochemical Record of Luna 16 and 24 Mare Basalt Fragments

Faculty Mentors: Jessica Barnes

Honors Thesis

Preventing EMS-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest Through Early Treatment of Prehospital Hypotension

Faculty Mentors: Amber Rice

Honors Thesis

Enhancing Patient Experiences: Reducing Stress in Patients and Families Through the use of Pre-Visit Materials

Faculty Mentors: Sydney Rice

Honors Thesis

Investigating the Potential of Ketone Supplementation as a Primer for Neural Plasticity

Faculty Mentors: Ying-hui Chou and Mark Sundman

EMGUBRP

Many Proteins Activated by H2O2 Stress Require Iron for Activation

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Paek and Chance Parkinson

Honors ThesisUBRP

Gendered Justice: The Impact of Gender on Sentencing Outcomes in Gender-Based Violence Cases

Faculty Mentors: Tessa Provins

Honors Thesis

Healing the Whole Woman: Exploring Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS Through the Lenses of Medicine, Patient Experience, and Christian Faith

Faculty Mentors: Randi Weinsten

Honors Thesis

Assessing Candidate Proteins Identified by Quantitative Proteomics for a Role in Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Uptake

Faculty Mentors: Paul Langlais

Honors Thesis

Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Regulatory Frameworks for Microplastics and PFAS in Roadside Environments

Faculty Mentors: Gemma Smith

Honors Thesis

Decomposition in Agrivoltaics

Faculty Mentors: Greg Barron-Gafford

EMG

Developing Gardening Curriculum on the Basis that Food is Medicine for Chronic Disease Prevention

Faculty Mentors: David Garcia and Elsa Loya

Honors Thesis

Rule Violations on Tower of Hanoi and Executive Function; Comparing Preschoolers With and Without Developmental Language Disorder

Faculty Mentors: Leah Kapa

Honors Thesis

Mind, Body, Society: Exploring Historical Narratives of Mind-Body Medicine and the Importance of the Health Humanities

Faculty Mentors: Victor Braitberg

EMGHonors ThesisFranke Academic Program

Smog to Sugar: Genetic Modification of Methylotuvimicrobium buryatense 5GB1C to Produce Glucose as a Byproduct of Its Natural Methane Oxidation

Faculty Mentors: Laura Meredith

EMG

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Adrenal Crisis Recognition, Management, and Education

Faculty Mentors: Traci Vezzosi

Honors Thesis

Evaluating Cultural Competency Training for Future Healthcare Professionals in Tucson, Arizona

Faculty Mentors: Dulce Estévez

Honors Thesis

Understanding Autism: Japanese American and Filipino American Perspectives

Faculty Mentors: Annalysa Lovos, Maureen Galindo, and Andrew Gardner

Honors ThesisUROC

A Tree-Ring Study of Southwestern White Pine Mortality in the Santa Rita Mountains

Faculty Mentors: Flurin Babst

Honors ThesisVIP

Diffusion and Perfusion MRI Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury in a Ferret Model

Faculty Mentors: Elizabeth Hutchinson

Honors Thesis

Establishing an Undergraduate Law Review

Faculty Mentors: Matthew Grilli

EMGHonors Thesis

Addressing Physician Burnout Through Organizational and Leadership Interventions

Faculty Mentors: Brian Hilligoss and John Pollard

Honors Thesis

Socially Constructed Care: An Honors Thesis Exploring the Intersection Between Race and Medicine

Faculty Mentors: Ryan Gutenkunst

Honors Thesis

Delivering Healthcare Through Community-Based Clinics in Agua Prieta, Mexico: A Quantitative Program Evaluation and Needs Assessment

Faculty Mentors: Brianna Rooney and Bryna Koch

EMG

Parsimonious Machine Learning Methods for Time Series Forecasting of Valley Fever Infection in Maricopa County, AZ

Faculty Mentors: Selena Niu

Honors Thesis

Predicting Individual NBA Player 3 Point Shooting Performance from Pre-NBA Statistics

Faculty Mentors: Joseph Watkins

Honors Thesis

The use of Cell-Free DNA as a Biomarker for Cardiac Damage

Faculty Mentors: Toshinobu Kazui

QuestEMG

Investing in Wellbeing: How Workplace Mental Health Shapes Corporate Performance

Faculty Mentors: Shyam Sunder

Honors Thesis

How College Students Conceptualize Native American Identity Through Online Profiles

Faculty Mentors: Daniel Sullivan

Honors Thesis

Effects of Wood Smoke Exposure on Seminiferous Tubule Morphology in a Mouse Model

Faculty Mentors: Zelieann Craig

Honors Thesis

Maternal Stress and Fetal Growth: Newborn Birthweight Related to Maternal Attachment and Heart Rate Variability

Faculty Mentors: Elise Erickson

Honors Thesis

Investigating the Impact of Proteostasis Inhibitors on TDP-43 Solubility

Faculty Mentors: Ross Buchan

Honors Thesis

Fingerprints on bricks

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

Franke Academic Program

Community-Based Nutrition Education: Assessing Needs and Improving Knowledge in the CPLC Population

Faculty Mentors: Jennifer Ravia

Honors Thesis

Defining the Role for the BNST in Cued Fear Learning

Faculty Mentors: Lindsay Halladay

EMGUBRP

Key mutations associated with venom recruitment in a recluse spider toxin

Faculty Mentors: Matthew Cordes

EMGHonors Thesis

Dissecting the Role of Glypican 1 in Murine Hearts

Faculty Mentors: Andreia Chignalia and Zoe Cohen

Honors Thesis

Disentangling drivers of seasonality: temperature is a stronger influence on gut microbial diversity than precipitation in Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus

Faculty Mentors: Lauren Petrullo

EMGHonors Thesis

Seeking Refuge: Examining the Impact of International Political Trends Towards Conservatism on Asylum

Faculty Mentors: Xavier Segura

Honors Thesis

Hacking for Good: Innovating Solutions to Enable Prosperity

Faculty Mentors: Brian Mayer

Honors Thesis

Cardiovascular Adaptations to Cycling: A Review and Applications for Youth Curriculum Development

Faculty Mentors: Zoe Cohen

Honors Thesis

Bridging Mind and Machines: Building Student Expertise in Brain Computer Interfaces

Faculty Mentors: Thomas Never

EMG

From Scraps to Stories: On Art, Healing, and Community Resilience

Faculty Mentors: Claire McLane

QuestEMG

In the Shadow of Everest: An Anthropological Study on the Cultural Shearing of the Sherpa

Faculty Mentors: Emma Blake

Honors Thesis

Perceptions and Barriers to Healthcare Among Elderly Hispanic Adults in Tucson, Arizona

Faculty Mentors: Tomas Nuno

Honors Thesis

"Sopa de Pescado": A Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Spanish Language Reading Passage for the Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders

Faculty Mentors: Meghan Darling-White

Honors ThesisUROC

Protease Activation of α6β1 Integrin Primes Cancer Invasion Membrane Responses and Signaling

Faculty Mentors: Anne Cress

UBRP

Characterization of MALAT1 Expression and Genetic Associations in Inflammation and Metabolic Dysfunction

Faculty Mentors: Dawn Coletta

Honors Thesis

Markers of Ventricular Repolarization and Positive Airway Pressure in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Faculty Mentors: Salma Patel

EMGHonors Thesis

Stage Five is Acceptance: Poetry, Medicine, and Processing Grief

Faculty Mentors: Jennie McStotts

Quest

Hysterotomy Impairs Long-Term Mechanical Integrity of Uterine Tissue

Faculty Mentors: Carlos Zgheib

Honors Thesis

Characterizing the role of Brain Colonizing Protein 1 (BCP1 in Toxoplasma gondii

Faculty Mentors: Anita Koshy

EMGHonors ThesisUBRP

University of Arizona Antisemitism Assessment and Education Plan

Faculty Mentors: David Graizbord and Ramses Sepulveda

Honors Thesis

Optical Imaging Modalities for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer: Integration with Molecular Biomarkers

Faculty Mentors: Travis Sawyer

VIP

Neuroimmune Deficits of Early Life Stress

Faculty Mentors: Lindsay Halladay

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Understanding Happiness: A Cross-National Study on Society and Well-Being

Faculty Mentors: Christopher Weber

Honors Thesis

Waveguide Coupled Qubits for Distributed Quantum Sensing

Faculty Mentors: Kanu Sinha

Honors Thesis

Determining the role of EspZ in Clinical Entheropathogenic Escherichia coli

Faculty Mentors: VK Viswanathan

EMG

Using DNA Genotyping as a tool for further investigation of Nos2's role in Alzheimer's Disease

Faculty Mentors: Paulo Pires and Paige Martin

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Structure and Function of Adenylosuccinate Lyase (ADSL T99 Mutant from Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Faculty Mentors: Hongmin Li

UBRP

Understanding HIV: Immunologic Mechanisms, Pathogenesis, and Global Impact

Faculty Mentors: Zoe Cohen

Honors Thesis

Behavioral Changes in Executive Control Over the Course of Sleep Deprivation

Faculty Mentors: William D.S. Killgore

Honors Thesis

Vejigante: Puerto Rican-Inspired Bakery-Café. A Comprehensive Business Plan.

Faculty Mentors: Michael Fricke

Honors Thesis

Optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 Genetic Manipulations for Electroporation with Adeno-Associated Virus Donor

Faculty Mentors: Teodora Georgieva, Lisa Shanks, and Larry Johnson

Honors Thesis

Bridging Traditional and Allopathic Medicine: Designing an Undergraduate Curriculum for Culturally Competent Care

Faculty Mentors:

Honors Thesis

FCPA Investigations and Market Reactions: The Role of Disclosure Strategy and Industry Exposure to Enforcement Risk

Faculty Mentors: Shyam Sunder, Jin Kang, and Xinxuan Li

Honors Thesis

Dopamine and Acetylcholine Dynamics in Response to Dyskinesia Induction in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Faculty Mentors: Stephen Cowen and Matthew Schmit

Quest

The Expression of Love During Enslavement and Beyond

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

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Training Large-Radius Jet Identification Algorithms at ATLAS for Reduced Mass Dependence

Faculty Mentors: Rachel Hyneman and Hava Schwartz

Honors ThesisUROC

Mechanism of Cholesterol-Based Longevity in C. Elegans

Faculty Mentors: George Sutphin and Skye Rounseville

Honors Thesis

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The effect of hydrogel on saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat in agricultural soils

Faculty Mentors: Rob Root

Honors Thesis

Assessing the impact of empathy-led education

Faculty Mentors: Jacqueline Melvold

Honors Thesis

Code Red: The Biology Behind Everyone’s Least Favorite Time of the Month

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Paek

EMG

Pollinator Biodiversity of Urban Zoos

Faculty Mentors: Kathleen Prudic

Honors Thesis

Effects of a Drug-Induced Sympathetic Arousal on the Attention of Macaques in a Stimulus-Response Association Task

Faculty Mentors: Katalin Gothard

Honors Thesis

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The Role of Community Gardening in One Health: A Photovoice Study

Faculty Mentors: Meghan Skiba

EMGHonors Thesis

How the Transition from Adolescence into Young Adulthood Effects Family Dynamics and Relationships

Faculty Mentors: Timothy Ottusch and Darin Knapp

Honors Thesis

NKX3.1 Stability Through DYRK1B Kinase Inhibition in Prostate Cancer

Faculty Mentors: Edward Gelmann

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Endocannabinoid Signaling in Medication Overuse Headache

Faculty Mentors: Tally Largent-Milnes, Anya Burtman, and Katrina Miranda

Honors Thesis

Understanding the Cometary Dynamics of the Epsilon Eridani Exoplanet System

Faculty Mentors: Virginie Faramaz-Gorka

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UAEMS Public Health Outreach: Building a Safer Campus Through CPR, Narcan, & Stop the Bleed Trainings

Faculty Mentors: Philipp Hannan

Honors Thesis

Analysis of Vascular Patency Factors for Arteriografts and Venografts Utilized in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Faculty Mentors: John Kanady

EMG

Parasocial Bonds and Adolescent Identity in Digital Spaces

Faculty Mentors: Joel Muraco

Honors Thesis

Care Beyond the Clinical: Implementing Screening and Referral for Social Determinants of Health in a Mobile Health Program

Faculty Mentors: Nicole Person-Rennell

Honors Thesis

Age-Related Positivity Bias in Autobiographical Memory: Socioemotional Selectivity, Cognitive Decline, or Both?

Faculty Mentors: Matthew Grilli

Honors Thesis

Bridging the Gap: Sports Nutrition Needs and Education for Adaptive Collegiate Athletes

Faculty Mentors: Veronica Mullins

EMGHonors Thesis

Analysis of Trabecular Architecture in the Axial Skeleton of Primates

Faculty Mentors: Faye Rachele McGechie

VIP

Characterizing Immunogenic Mechanisms in Merkel Cell Carcinoma for Therapeutic Development

Faculty Mentors: Jil Tardiff

EMG

Napping Behavior at the US / Mexico Border and Mental Health – Data from the NoCHeS Study

Faculty Mentors: Michael Grandner

Honors Thesis

Measuring Environmental Allergens in Homes along the US-Mexico Border

Faculty Mentors: Tara Carr

Honors Thesis

Perceptions of Skin Cancer Survivor’s Participation in a Community Gardening Intervention: A RE-AIM Analysis

Faculty Mentors: Meghan Skiba

VIP

Immune Self-Recognition in Drosophila melanogaster: A Novel Methodology for Tissue Transplantation

Faculty Mentors: Todd Schlenke

EMGHonors ThesisUBRP

Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Older Adults Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: Predictors, Confounders, and Emerging Risk Mitigation Strategies

Faculty Mentors: Jordan Karp

Honors Thesis

Biomimetically Engineering Alternatives to Conventional T Cell Therapies

Faculty Mentors: Michael Kuhns

Honors Thesis

Interactions of cognitive flexibility and menstrual cycle phase on fear

Faculty Mentors: Ashley Huggins

Quest

The Psychological Impacts of Persistent Negative Media Attention Stereotypes on African-American Communities

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

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Investigating the Association Between Sport-Specific Mental Toughness and Collegiate Athletes' Perceptions of Help-Seeking

Faculty Mentors: Matthias Mehl

Honors Thesis

Public Perceptions of Legal Costs and their Correlation to Prior Legal Exposure and Impact on Decision-Making

Faculty Mentors: Frank Gonzalez

Honors Thesis

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Periodontitis and Diabetes: Exploring the Relationship Between Oral Inflammation and Metabolic Health

Faculty Mentors: Dawn Coletta

Honors Thesis

Inflammatory response from extracorporeal oxygenation in a porcine model

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Capaldi

EMG

Exploring the Architectural Possibilities of Fiber-Reinforced Polymers

Faculty Mentors: Mo Ehsani

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Honors Thesis: Examining Stress Perception in UA Collegiate Athletes and Non-Athletes

Faculty Mentors: Tomas Nuno and Ande Nutter

Honors Thesis

An Assessment of Parental Stress, Acculturation, and Acceptability of Function-based Treatment for Challenging Behavior in Mexican Families: A Culturally-Adapted Replication for Korean Families

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Gardner

Honors Thesis

Parental Challenges & Advocacy in the Tucson Community: Findings from Parent Villages

Faculty Mentors: Melissa Barnett

Honors Thesis

From Concept to Reality: The Organi-freakin’-zation of the Civil Rights Movement

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

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Gender Differences in Young Adult Attitudes Toward Aging: A Qualitative Analysis of Aging Well Narratives

Faculty Mentors: Matthias Mehl

Honors Thesis

Investigating the impact of antibiotic-induced epithelial cell changes on Salmonella attachment and invasion

Faculty Mentors: V.K. Viswanathan and Jennifer Roxas

EMG

Histological Evaluation of Bone Regenerated Across a Large Critical Size Defect in Sheep Using 3D-Printed Scaffolds

Faculty Mentors: David Margolis

Honors ThesisVIP

Small Mammal Community Responses to Flow and Vegetation in the Santa Cruz River

Faculty Mentors: Ellen Bledsoe and Michael Bogan

Honors Thesis

Sephardic Press and Modernity in the Ottoman Empire: Newspapers in the Late Nineteenth Century as Products and Agents of Change

Faculty Mentors: David Graizbord

Honors Thesis

Computational Methods to Improve Additive Engineering for Metal Halide Perovskites and Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition

Faculty Mentors: Adam Printz

EMG

Defining mTORC2 Signaling Pathways in Breast Epithelial Cells Following Growth Factor Stimulation

Faculty Mentors: Pascale Charest

Honors Thesis

Mapping Structural Barriers to Cancer Care for Native American Communities

Faculty Mentors: Julie Armin

Honors ThesisUBRP

Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of PFAS Binding to Malate Dehydrogenase (MDH

Faculty Mentors: Salma Patel

Honors Thesis

Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Traditional Healing Systems and Their Integration into Modern Medicine

Faculty Mentors: Jennifer G Schnellmann

Quest

Human papillomavirus has reduced infection when tagged with large fusion proteins

Faculty Mentors: Samuel Campos

Honors ThesisUBRP

Beyond the Chart: A Holistic Pediatric Mentorship and Empowerment Program

Faculty Mentors: Martha Moore-Monroy

Quest

Endogenous Cardiac Myosin-Binding Protein C Expression in Human Atria With and Without Atrial Fibrillation

Faculty Mentors: Samantha Harris and Jyotsna Mishra

EMG

Investigating Rising Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults: The Role of Elevated LDL Cholesterol and the Need For Early Preventative Screening

Faculty Mentors: Tara Archuleta

Honors Thesis

Exploring the Inheritance of Early Life Induced Social and Behavioral Differences

Faculty Mentors: Lindsay Halladay

Honors ThesisUBRP

Predicting Academic Stress in College Students using Machine Learning

Faculty Mentors: Anna Leach

Honors Thesis

Speaking Health: How Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Information Builds Trust in Healthcare

Faculty Mentors: Paloma Beamer and Sofia Forier-Montes

Honors Thesis

Tailocin Tagteam: Pseudomonas Syringae Combinatorial Killing

Faculty Mentors: David Baltrus

Honors Thesis

Smart Integrative Health Access- A Prototype App Linking Integrative Medicine Principles with Type 2 Diabetes Management Using Community-Based Solutions

Faculty Mentors: Mari Ricker

EMGHonors Thesis

Alternative Preservation Methods for Later Extraction of High Molecular Weight DNA

Faculty Mentors: Dario Copetti

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Word Characteristics and Item Performance for Nonword Repetition, Nonword Reading, and Nonword Spelling Tasks

Faculty Mentors: Elena Plante

Honors Thesis

GPR143 Activity in Pigmented Cells: Effect of Hypoxia

Faculty Mentors: Brian McKay

Honors ThesisUBRP

Knowledge Deserts: Architecture, Knowledge, and Power

Faculty Mentors: Clare Robinson

Honors Thesis

HIV: Biology, Treatment, and Social Impact

Faculty Mentors: Zoe Cohen

Honors Thesis

Integrating Heat-Health Education and Youth Voices in addressing Extreme Heat

Faculty Mentors: Mona Arora

Quest

Weight Bearing vs Non-Weight Bearing Shear Wave Elastography of the Plantar Fascia and Spring Ligament

Faculty Mentors: Daniel Latt

Flinn First Year

The Effect of Childhood Abuse on Emotional Regulation in Adulthood

Faculty Mentors: Ashley Huggins

Honors Thesis

The Effects of Different Raising Models on Service Dog Behavior and Outcome

Faculty Mentors: Emily Bray

Honors Thesis

Proactive vs. Reactive U.S. Health Care: The Cost of Misaligned Incentives

Faculty Mentors: Justin Jarvis

Honors Thesis

Deciphering Retinal Orientation and Dynamics in Rhodopsin with Deuterium NMR and Quantum Mechanical Calculations

Faculty Mentors: Suchithranga Perera

EMG

Better Together - A Community Podcast

Faculty Mentors: Joost Van Haren

Honors Thesis

Protein Coevolution for Drug Design at the MC1R

Faculty Mentors: Minying Cai

Honors ThesisUBRP

Influence of Hydrogel Concentration on Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Agricultural Soils of Varying Texture

Faculty Mentors: Rob Root

Honors Thesis

Analyzing Medical Etymology of Different Medical Categories

Faculty Mentors: Nathaniel Katz

Quest

Nutrient and Organophosphate Ester Dynamics in the Effluent-Fed Santa Cruz River

Faculty Mentors: Solange Duhamel and Emily Waggoner

EMGHonors Thesis

Evaluating Brewery Waste Integration into an Existing Pleurotus ostreatus Cultivation Substrate: Effects of Brewer’s Spent Grain and Hot Trub on Yield

Faculty Mentors: Ashlee Linares-Gaffer

Honors Thesis

Isolating Primary Type 2 Alveolar Epithelial Cells to Study the Function of Metal Transporter ZIP8

Faculty Mentors: Ningning Zhao

EMG

Assessing Oncogenic Viruses in Environmental Samples: Implications for Cancer Risk and Public Health in Southern Arizona

Faculty Mentors: Walter Betancourt

Honors Thesis

Mobilizing Mitochondria: Investigating Glia-Neuron Transcellular Transfer Post-Injury in D. Melanogaster

Faculty Mentors: Martha Bhattacharya

Honors Thesis

Examining the Effect of Bisphenol-A on Photophobia

Faculty Mentors: Tally Largent-Milnes

Honors Thesis

The Intersection of Food Insecurity and Oral Health: Public Health Implications and Community Resources

Faculty Mentors: Ramses Sepulveda and Carrie Johnson

Honors Thesis

The Influence of Postpartum Depression on The Quality of Mother-Child Attachment Within the First Year of Life

Faculty Mentors: Melissa Barnett

Honors Thesis

Microbiomes Within Microbiomes: Searching for Bacterial-Fgunal endosymbioses within Mammalian Intestinal Flora

Faculty Mentors: David Baltrus

EMG

Phosphorylation of Serine-129 in α-Synuclein Aggregations in Lewy-Body Dementia: A Literature Review

Faculty Mentors: Marina Cholanian

Honors Thesis

Urine Good Hands: Creating a Renal Physiology Course

Faculty Mentors: John Kanady

Honors Thesis

Tau Pathology Detection Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging Maps in Ferret Tissue

Faculty Mentors: Elizabeth Hutchinson

Honors ThesisUROC

Financial Stress and State-Level Support for Grandparent Caregivers

Faculty Mentors: Melissa Barnett

Honors ThesisUROC

Nourishing Hope: Exploring Parental Perception of Diet and Nutrition in Pediatric Cancer Care

Faculty Mentors: Meghan Skiba

Honors Thesis

Deletion Of the Mitochondrial Fusion Protein OPA1 Results in Intestinal Inflammation and Increases Susceptibility to Chemical Injury and Bacterial Infection

Faculty Mentors: V.K. Viswanathan

Honors Thesis

Association between Sleep Apnea and Metabolic Syndrome Traits in El Banco Community Biobank

Faculty Mentors: Lawrence Mandarino and Dawn Coletta

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Investigating the structural and functional impact of the HCM-linked D219N Tropomyosin Mutation

Faculty Mentors: Faye Rachele McGechie

EMGHonors Thesis

The Role of Conspecific Interactions in Floral Preference by Pollen-Foraging Bumblebees

Faculty Mentors: Daniel Papaj

Honors Thesis

Investigating H11: A First-in-Class bifunctional Dual Histone Deacetylase (HDAC and Autophagy Inhibitor for Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Faculty Mentors: Jennifer Carew, Natalie Hakim, and Steffan Nawrocki

Quest

Rethinking Early Separation in the NICU: A Literature Review Analysis of Maternal Separation from Rodent Pups to Human Infants

Faculty Mentors: Marina Cholanian

Honors Thesis

How nutrient and stress signals are decoded by multi-input transcriptional circuits to control cellular growth

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Capaldi

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The Impact of SP-A Deficiency on Epithelial Cell Responses to Influenza A

Faculty Mentors: Julie Ledford and Sasipa Tanyaratsrisakul

Honors Thesis

Rethinking Suffering at the End of Life: Buddhist Perspectives in Palliative Care

Faculty Mentors: Rae Dachille

Honors Thesis

Multimodal Multiplexed Cellular Therapeutic for Valley Fever

Faculty Mentors: Michael Kuhns

Honors Thesis

Soft Matter Influences Rhodopsin G-Protein Binding in Lipid Membranes

Faculty Mentors: None listed

Honors ThesisUBRP

From Campus to Community: Outcomes of a Student-Run Meal Distribution Initiative

Faculty Mentors: Bridgette Riebe

Quest

Undergraduate Decision-Making and Coping with Chronic Pain

Faculty Mentors: Caroline Phelps

EMG

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Capsule-dependent Growth and Auto-Aggregation in Neisseria subflava

Faculty Mentors: Katherine Rhodes

UBRP

Do Semantic Cues Enhance Toddlers’ Word Learning?

Faculty Mentors: Rebecca Gomez

EMGHonors Thesis

Ksp1 Fine-Tunes Cellular Stress Responses Within the TORC1 Signaling Network

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Capaldi

UBRP

Disparities in Attitudes Towards Biomedicine Between Religious Groups

Faculty Mentors: Hester Oberman

Honors Thesis

The Role of TGME49_207210 (tlo in Toxoplasma gondii persistence in vivo

Faculty Mentors: Anita Koshy

UBRP

Freedom in Motion, Fear in Practice: The Black Driving Experience in America

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

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Echocardiography to Assess Cardiac Function in Heart Failure

Faculty Mentors: Steven Goldman

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Guidelines to Architecturally Curating Experience: An Analysis of Interactions Between Museum Form and Content

Faculty Mentors: Jennie McStotts and Beth Weinstein

Honors Thesis

Do Advanced Glycation End Products Drive Neuroinflammation in the Brain Post-stroke?

Faculty Mentors: Kristian Doyle

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Immunohistochemistry to study mechanisms of neurovascular coupling in the brain

Faculty Mentors:

Honors Thesis

Social Network Density and Physical and Mental Health - A Systematic Review

Faculty Mentors: Melissa Flores

Honors Thesis

Doula Care and the Physiology of Labor and Birth

Faculty Mentors: Elise Erickson

Honors Thesis

Effects of Egg Supplementation on Intestinal Inflammation and Regeneration Markers in Moderately Malnourished Children in Sierra Leone

Faculty Mentors:

Honors Thesis

The Role of Oxytocin in Parturition and Postpartum Pain

Faculty Mentors: Elise Erickson

Honors Thesis

The Mental Divide

Faculty Mentors: Yufei Zhong

Honors Thesis

What You Don’t Know About Your Brain: A Mini-Archive of Essential Neuroscience for a Happier, Healthier, Longer Life

Faculty Mentors: Matthew Mars

Honors Thesis

Caps of Courage: Supporting Identity and Confidence in Pediatric Cancer Patients Experiencing Hair Loss

Faculty Mentors: David Garcia

Quest

Trauma Flows Like a River: The Intergenerational Legacy of Slavery and Its Impact on Black Identity and Health Kritika Singh & Cheree Meeks

Faculty Mentors: Cheree Meeks

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The anti-dyskinetic and the anti-parkinsonian effects of sub-anesthetic ketamine are not sex specific

Faculty Mentors: Torsten Falk

Honors Thesis

Code Exhaustion: The Art of Burnout

Faculty Mentors: Hillary Franke and Kasi Kiehlbaugh

Quest

The Total Economic Value of Federal Public Lands in Arizona

Faculty Mentors: Anna Josephson

Honors Thesis

Cozy Cells and Sugar Spells: An Insulin and Diabetes Comic

Faculty Mentors: Eric Price and Amber Price

Honors Thesis

The Dubia Cockroach As A Low-Cost Alternative To Mammalian Models For Studying Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity

Faculty Mentors: Daryn Stover

EMGHonors Thesis

Genetic Risk for Depression and Default Mode Network Connectivity Among Middle-aged to Older Adults

Faculty Mentors: Lee Ryan and Stephanie Matijevic

Honors Thesis

Transformed Melodies: Reinterpreting Three Contemporary Japanese Songs Through Violin Improvisation

Faculty Mentors: Atsuko Uemura

Quest

Fermented foods: Availability on Campus and Potential Connection to Mental Health.

Faculty Mentors: Jennifer Ravia

Honors Thesis

Pathways to Reintegration: Overcoming Employment Barriers

Faculty Mentors: Andrew Silverman

Honors Thesis

Shared Lifestyle Behaviors Following Cancer Treatment in Hispanic Survivor–Caregiver Dyads: A Photovoice Study

Faculty Mentors: Meghan Skiba and Marjorie Nelson

EMGHonors Thesis

Evaluating Community-Engaged Approaches in Research

Faculty Mentors: Terrace Ewinghill and Rachel Leih

VIP

Investigating Treatment & Screening Protocols for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD Patients in Arizona Long Term Care Facilities

Faculty Mentors: Beth Meyerson

Honors Thesis