Volume 21
Welcome to the 2021 issue of the University of Utah’s Undergraduate Research Journal. Congratulations to the students who have published their important work here—the Undergraduate Research Journal collects and celebrates the contributions our undergraduate students from all over campus make to scholarship in their fields.
This journal would not be possible without the dedication of Cindy Greaves, who, along with Office of Undergraduate Research team members Shiver and Megan Shannahan works to make the Undergraduate Research Journal the high-quality publication that you are reading today.
I would, as always, like to acknowledge the dedication and support of the faculty mentors who are committed to providing high-quality research experiences for undergraduate students at the University of Utah. The work published here represents countless hours of mentoring on the part of my colleagues all over campus—thank you for all that you do.
Happy reading, all!
Sincerely,
Rachel Hayes-Harb
Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Business
- AN ANALYSIS OF THE GENDER GAP IN UTAH POLITICS – Ardyn Ford (Faculty Mentor: Scott Schaefer)
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SECURITY DESIGN IN MARKETS WITH RISK: PRICE AND ALLOCATION EFFICIENCIES – Matthew Froberg (Faculty Mentor: Elena Asparouhova)
- THE FALL OF AMERICA’S GAME: HOW ORGANIZATIONAL & MARKETING FAILURES HAVE LED TO A DECREASE IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL’S MARKET SHARE – Maxwell Gruber (Faculty Mentor: Abbie Griffin)
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IMPROVING THE CULTURE OF DEATH DENIAL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES – Christopher Hales (Faculty Mentor: Joseph Horton)
- SHORT-TERM MEDICAL MISSIONS: A TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING DAMAGING PRACTICES, BEST PRACTICES, AND PROGRAM EVALUATION – Molly Hanrahan (Faculty Mentor: Steve Alder)
- HOW BRANDING INFLUENCES OUR WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR NECESSITY PRODUCTS – Drew Kiel (Faculty Mentor: Abbie Griffin)
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ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITY VALUATION: A TIMELINE TO FINANCIAL MATERIALITY – Ayden Richards (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Ringgenberg)
Mentors
- Steve Alder
- Elena Asparouhova
- Abbie Griffin
- Joseph Horton
- Matthew Ringgenberg
- Scott Schaefer
Cultural & Social Transformation
- LITERACY AND REPRESENTATION IN LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITIES – Heather Graham (Faculty Mentor: Kim Hackford-Peer)
Mentors
- Kim Hackford-Peer
Dentistry
- CELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS IN SJOGREN’S SYNDROME SALIVARY GLAND TISSUE – Summer Furrer (Faculty Mentor: Melodie Weller) Matt Hesterman, Maria Chavez, Steve Hlavaty
- INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS D VIRUS IN THE STATE OF UTAH – Matthew Hesterman (Faculty Mentor: Melodie Weller)
Mentor
- Melodie Weller
Education
- THE FIGHT FOR DIVERSITY: MARKETING DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND ITS MISLEADING IMPACTS ON INCOMING STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH – Alessandra Cipriani-Detres (Faculty Mentor: Erin Castro)
- SUICIDE IDEATION: PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS AND TREATMENT – Angela Pham (Faculty Mentor: Monika Lohani) Jamie S. Elsey, Sam Dutton, Samuel P. Findley, Justin C. Baker, Scott A. Langenecker, Craig J. Bryan
- SUPPORTING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM: REDUCING EDUCATORS BURNOUT WITH MINDFULNESS-BASED PRACTICE AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING – Elizabeth Porter (Faculty Mentor: Aaron Fischer)
- CRIMINAL AND DISCIPLINARY HISTORY QUESTIONS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS: A MIXED-METHODS ANALYSIS OF HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTIONS – Jasiel Ramirez (Faculty Mentor: Erin Castro) Caisa Elizabeth Royer, Estefanie Aguilar Padilla, Tranquilino “Kino” Hurtado
- YOUNG CHILDREN’S INTEREST, ENGAGEMENT LEVEL, AND SCIENCE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE – Alexandra Taylor (Faculty Mentor: Seung-Hee Claire Son)
- PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND BLACK LIVES MATTER: UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF SOLIDARITY IN THE DIASPORA – Kaleieha Tuitupou (Faculty Mentor: Kehaulani Vaughn)
- COVID-19 AND THE STAFF EXPERIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH – Christopher Wallace-Carrete (Faculty Mentor: Amy Bergerson) Marilisa Vega, Shawn R. Coon
Mentors
- Amy Bergerson
- Erin Castro
- Aaron Fischer
- Monika Lohani
- Seung-Hee Claire Son
- Kehaulani Vaughn
Engineering
- A FINITE ELEMENT MODELING COMPARISON OF CRANIOCERVICAL MOTION IN DOWN SYNDROME VERSUS NORMAL AGE-MATCHED CONTROL – Harley Astin (Faculty Mentor: Ben Ellis)
- INCUBATOR WITH DPC MICROSCOPE FOR CANCER GROWTH MEASUREMENT AND DPC + DARKFIELD – Tyler Bodily (Faculty Mentor: Thomas Zangle)
- INFERENCE OVER KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATIONS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED FROM MEDICAL TEXTS WITH APPLICATIONS IN HEALTHCARE ROBOTICS – Laura Brannan (Faculty Mentor: Alan Kuntz)
- HOW PARTICIPATORY AIR QUALITY SENSING SHAPES PARTICIPANTS’ EXPOSURE EXPERIENCES: CONNECTING INDOOR SENSOR DATA AND PARTICIPANT OBSERVATIONS – Jose Carreon-Andrade (Faculty Mentor: Kerry Kelly) Casey Mullen, Bianca Paulino
- LOW FREQUENCIES IMPROVE INTENSITY DISCRIMINATION FOR ELECTROCUTANEOUS ARTIFICIAL SENSORY FEEDBACK – Abigail Citterman (Faculty Mentor: Jacob George) Mark R. Brinton
- ASSISTIVE BIONIC ARM: A POWERED EXOSKELETON TO ASSIST DEXTEROUS HAND GRASPS AND WRIST MOVEMENTS - Dillon Crytser (Faculty Mentor: Jacob George)
- TWITTER AND REVOLUTIONARY DISCOURSE IN UKRAINE’S EUROMAIDAN REVOLUTION – Christopher de Freitas (Faculty Mentor: Marina Kogan)
- FEASIBILITY OF RHEOLOGICAL TESTING ON SMALL VITREOUS VOLUMES – James Ehlers (Faculty Mentor: Brittany Coats)
- BOTM: BASESTATION-ON-THE-MOVE, A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT PRIMITIVE– Aashish Gottipati (Faculty Mentor: Jacobus Van der Merwe)
- ALGEBRAIC RECONSTRUCTION OPTIMIZATION THROUGH PRECOMPUTATION OF WEIGHTS MATRIX – Jared Green (Faculty Mentor: Cem Yuksel)
- OPTIMALLY PLACED SURFACE EMG ELECTRODES ALLOW PEOPLE WITH UPPER-LIMB PROSTHESIS TO CONTROL MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM – Gursirat Grewal (Faculty Mentor: Eric Stone) Gregory Clark
- VIRUS DETECTION USING SCREEN-PRINTED CARBON ELECTRODES – Madison Hansen (Faculty Mentor: Bruce Gale)
- EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELING OF SARS-COV-2 IN WASTEWATER – Michael Jarzin Jr (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Weidhaas)
- PROMOTING OSTEOGENESIS IN ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS USING CRISPR-DCAS9 – Bryce Larsen (Faculty Mentor: Robby Bowles) Jacob Weston
- HIGH TEMPERATURE, MULTI-FUNCTIONAL, CERAMIC INSULATION – Ian McCollough (Faculty Mentor: Raymond Cutler) Andrew Falkowski, Mitchell Child
- STRUCTURAL ROUNDING ON A PARAMETERIZED GRAPH CLASS USING HEURISTICS – Cole Perschon (Faculty Mentor: Blair Sullivan)
- PRODUCTION OF PLATELET-LIKE PARTICLES USING MEG-01 CELLS – Kylie Persson (Faculty Mentor: Tara Deans)
- JOINT DISTANCE, COVERAGE AND CONGRUENCY ANALYSISOF THE TIBIOTALAR JOINT – Andrew Peterson (Faculty Mentor: Amy Lenz)
- ACOUSTIC EMISSION MONITORING ON REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES WITH IMPROVED SEISMIC RESILIENCE – Adrian Porras (Faculty Mentor: Xuan Zhu)
- NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF ELECTROMAGENTIC IONOSPHERE DISTURBANCES DETECTING EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY – Audrey Rubart (Faculty Mentor: Jamesina Simpson)
- PEPTIDE ANTIBODY CONJUGATES TO TREAT NEOVASCULAR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION – Isabelle Schlegel (Faculty Mentor: Michael Yu)
- ACTIVATION AND REPRESSION OF GENE EXPRESSION USING THE QUAS/QF SYSTEM IN E. COLI – Travis Seamons (Faculty Mentor: Tara Deans)
- SINTERING OF 3D PRINTED COPPER-STEEL FUNCTIONALLY GRADED MATERIALS – Claire Ticknor (Faculty Mentor: Wenda Ta n)
- THE AHJ REGISTRY A GIFT CULTURE IN GOVERNANCE – Taos Transue (Faculty Mentor: Thomas Henderson)
- RESEARCH PROCESS FOR DESIGNING CIRCUITRY TO ACHIEVE AN 8 MONTH LIFETIME FOR A NANOGAP GAS SENSOR – Sang Kameron Truong (Faculty Mentor: Hanseup Kim)
- FLASH PYROLYSIS OF COAL CHAR FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERIES – Chanel Van Ginkel (Faculty Mentor: Roseanne Warren) Zahra Karimi, Jaron Moon
- EFFECTS OF RECEPTORS FOR ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCTS INHIBITION ON ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA MATURATION – Samantha Vranes (Faculty Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu) Yuxia He, Jason Chieh Sheng Tey
- REMODELING OF MICROSTRUCTURES ASSOCIATED WITH CARDIAC EXCITATION-CONTRACTION COUPLING AND ETIOLOGY BASED EFFECT ON HEART FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH END-STAGE HEART FAILURE – Jared Zollinger (Faculty Mentor: Frank Sachse) Vipin K. Verma
Mentors
- Robby Bowles
- Brittany Coats
- Raymond Cutler
- Tara Deans
- Ben Ellis
- Bruce Gale
- Jacob George
- Thomas Henderson
- Kerry Kelly
- Hanseup Kim
- Marina Kogan
- Alan Kuntz
- Amy Lenz
- Frank Sachse
- Yan-Ting Shiu
- Jamesina Simpson
- Eric Stone
- Blair Sullivan
- Wenda Tan
- Jacobus Van der Merwe
- Roseanne Warren
- Jennifer Weidhaas
- Michael Yu
- Cem Yuksel
- Thomas Zangle
- Xuan Zhu
Fine Arts
- IN PLACE: A STUDY OF LONELINESS IN UTAH’S LANDSCAPES – Nathan Francis (Faculty Mentor: Jaclyn Wright)
- 360: DOCUMENTARY AND THE AESTHETICS OF NOSTALGIA – Elizabeth Kearsley (Faculty Mentor: Emelie Mahdavian)
- MOVEMENT FOR ACTORS: PRACTICE, PERFORMANCE, AND COLLABORATION – Abigail Raasch (Faculty Mentor: Natalie Desch)
Mentors
- Natalie Desch
- Emelie Mahdavian
- Jaclyn Wright
Health
- INHIBITING AUTOPHAGY IN HUMAN BRAIN MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS INCREASES BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER PERMEABILITY – Reverie Brown (Faculty Mentor: J. David Symons) Deul-Ki Park, Jae Min Cho
- THE ROLE OF P62 IN THE REGULATION OF HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR1-ALPHA (HIF1ɑ) IN THE MOUSE HEART – Isaac Cao (Faculty Mentor: Rajeshwary Ghosh) Ellenor Chi, Sihme Boudina
- DOES BROWN FAT ACTIVITY MEDIATES THE VASCULARL BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF DIETARY STRAWBERRY? – Rachel Compton (Faculty Mentor: Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham) Satheesh Kuppuswamy, Kai Benedict, Chris Petersen
- ROLE OF MICRORNA-146a DEFICIENCY ON MUSCLE ATROPHY AND REGROWTH IN MICE – Hannah DeShazer (Faculty Mentor: Micah Drummond)
- SURVEY OF PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGIST ON THEIR USE OF LOUDNESS PERCEPTION MEASURES– Ashley Flores (Faculty Mentor: Samantha Gustafson)
- UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGINS OF DIZZINESS IN PEOPLE WITH MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY – Elle Gaudette (Faculty Mentor Peter C. Fino) Ryan Pelo, Leah Millsap, Cecilia Martindale, Lee Dibble, Melissa M. Cortez
- PLAY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN TODDLERS AT RISK FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER – Erica Hill (Faculty Mentor: Stacy Manwaring)
- WELLBEING ELEVATED: A PSYCHOEDUCATION PROGRAM TO BOOST WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH IN COLLEGE STUDENTS – Merry Joseph (Faculty Mentor: Nick Galli)
- THE EFFECTS OF MOBILITY RELATED ANXIETY AND A COMMON DUAL TASK ON TURNING KINEMATICS: A VIRTUAL REALITY STUDY – Ashlee McBride (Faculty Mentor: Peter Fino)
- EFFECTS OF AUDITORY DISTRACTORS ON SPEECH RECOGNITION AND LISTENING EFFORT IN ADULTS – Loren Nelson (Faculty Mentor: Samantha Gustafson)
- THE EFFECT OF THE MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR REFLEX ON AUDITORY NERVE AND AUDITORY BRAINSTEM POTENTIALS IN HUMANS – Ryan Park (Faculty Mentor: Skyler Jennings)
- BALANCE RECOVERY TO IMPROVE CLINICAL CONCUSSION PROTOCOL – Claire Rogers (Faculty Mentor: Peter Fino)
- HOW STATE TAXES ON E-CIGARETTES AFFECT RECREATIONAL USAGE AMONGST TEENS IN THE U.S. – Momina Sial (Faculty Mentor: Jessica King)
- COGNITIVE ISSUES AND ABNORMAL BALANCE FOLLOWING CONCUSSION:A CLINICAL PILOT STUDY USING EEG – Cameron Stukel (Faculty Mentor: Keith Lohse)
Mentors
- Micah Drummond
- Peter Fino
- Nick Galli
- Rajeshwary Ghosh
- Samantha Gustafson
- Skyler Jennings
- Jessica King
- Keith Lohse
- Stacy Manwaring
- Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham
- J. David Symons
Honors
- “I NEVER FELT LIKE I WAS HEARD”: THE EXPERIENCE OF FEELING HEARD IN DISAGREEMENTS ACROSS RELATIONSHIPS – Maia Southwick (Faculty Mentor: Monisha Pasupathi) Cecilia Wainryb
Mentor
- Monisha Pasupathi
Humanities
- CAR FETISHIZATION IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS: A TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS – Kate Button (Faculty Mentor: Disa Gambera)
- WHY WHITE MICE? IMPROVING BIOLOGICAL LITERACY THROUGH ANIMAL HISTORY - Cynthia Checketts (Faculty Mentor: Rachel Mason Dentinger)
- DATABASE OF GLADIATOR IMAGERY FROM POMPEII – Alexis Davidson (Faculty Mentor: Alexis Christensen)
- GENDERED LANGUAGE IN JOSEPH SMITH’S REVISION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT – Samuel Mann (Faculty Mentor: Paul Reeve)
- THE WWII HOMEFRONT EXPERIENCE RECONTEXTUALIZED – Lex Putnam (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Basso)
- ETHICAL DECISION MAKING AND INTUITION – Zachary Srivastava (Faculty Mentor: Chapman Waters)
Mentor
- Matthew Basso
- Alexis Christensen
- Disa Gambera
- Rachel Mason Dentinger
- Paul Reeve
- Chapman Waters
Medicine
- THE EFFECT OF NOREPINEPHRINE ON GLUTAMATE RELEASE IN THE VMH DURING HYPOGLYCEMIA – Awais Ahmad (Faculty Mentor: Owen Chan) Daniel Appadurai
- DOPAMINERGIC SIGNALING WITHIN THE OLFACTORY BULB – Ashley Bates (Faculty Mentor: Matt Wachowiak) Shaina Short
- PUPILLARY LIGHT REFLEXES IN POSTURAL TACHYCARDIA SYNDROME (POTS): AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS – Alex Billings (Faculty Mentor: Melissa Cortez) Cecilia Martindale
- GENETIC LABELING OF STRESS-REGULATING CELLS IN THE ZEBRAFISH HYPOTHALAMUS – Debora Brito de Andrade (Faculty Mentor: Richard Dorsky) Priscilla Figueroa
- THE ROLE OF ADIPOCYTE ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN 1 (AEBP1) IN CARDIAC FIBROSIS PROGRESSION AND ITS POTENTIAL AS A THERAPEUTIC TARGET – Dallen Calder (Faculty Mentor: Stavros Drakos) Thirupura S. Shankar, Ty Lunde, Christian White, Sutip Navankasattusas
- THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL ISOLATION ON MOUSE MATING, BEHAVIOR, AND MOUSE USVS – Erin Carroll (Faculty Mentor: Moriel Zelikowsky) Jay Love
- QUANTITATIVE MODELING TO EVALUATE ANKLE OSTEOARTHRITIS MORPHOLOGY – Zachary Eatough (Faculty Mentor: Amy Lenz)
- NEURITIS PAIN AND PORCINE MODELS OF QUANTITATIVE SENSORY TESTING – Brianna French (Faculty Mentor: Candace Floyd) Quinn Tate
- OFF-LAYER BRANCHES OF ON CONE BIPOLAR CELLS IN EARLY RETINAL DEGENERATION – Jessica Garcia (Faculty Mentor: Bryan Jones)
- TESTING FOR CORRELATIONS BETWEEN TOXIC RELEASE INVENTORY EXPOSURE AND SUICIDE PREVALENCE IN UTAH USING SPATIAL ANALYSIS – Deja Gaston (Faculty Mentor: Amanda Bakian) Jim VanDerslice, Aaron Flores
- BARRIERS AND FACILITATORS TO CONTRACEPTIVE ACCESS AND USE AMONG WOMEN WHO USE OPIOIDS: A SCOPING REVIEW – Tyler Gibson (Faculty Mentor: Elizabeth Charron)
- DELIVERING NEWBORN SCREENING RESULTS TO PHYSICIANS USING FHIR – Kiley Hewitt (Faculty Mentor: Karen Eilbeck) Nicole Ruiz-Schultz, Michael Watkins
- BARRIERS FACING MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN REGARDS TO PARTICIPATING IN RESEARCH – Jorge Jimenez (Faculty Mentor: Robert C. Welsh) Salma Angelica Rios
- UNDERSTANDING THE CHANGES OF PATIENTS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A CASE STUDY OF SEPSIS AND ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY –
Kyle Kazemini (Samir Abdelrahman)
- PRIMARY T CELLS TRANSDUCED WITH INSULIN SPECIFIC TCRS HAVE FUNCTIONAL TCR SIGNALING FOLLOWING TETRAMER STIMULATION – Chloe Kraft (Faculty Mentor: Maria Bettini) Arielle Raugh
- CHROMATIC PHOTOPHOBIA L.E.D. APPARATUS MANUFACTURING – Shannon Lamb (Faculty Mentor: Melissa Cortez)
- POUROUS FLUORAPATITE SCAFFOLDING WITH ADIPOSE DERIVED STEM CELLS BONE GRAFT – Derek Lawrence (Faculty Mentor: Jill Shea) Sujee Jeyapalina, Jay Agarwal
- EFFECT OF NOTUM ON ZEBRAFISH SPINAL CORD INJURY RECOVERY – Palmer Lee-Mesa (Faculty Mentor: Richard Dorsky) Maya Wheeler, Deeptha Vasudevan
- SIGNALING PATHWAY REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F1 ALTERS CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION IN DROSOPHILA MIDGUT – Megan Lewis (Faculty Mentor: Bruce Edgar)
- USING NASA SATELLITE DATA TO LINK AIR POLLUTION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES – Grace Liu (Faculty Mentor: Ram Gouripeddi) Naomi Riches, Adriana Payan-Medina, Julio Facelli
- EVALUATING, IMPLEMENTING, AND SUPPORTING ADOLESCENT SEXUAL HEALTH PROGRAMMING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH – Indigo Mason (Faculty Mentor: Jessica Sanders)
- MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION IN HUMAN SKELETAL MUSCLE: THE IMPACT OF OXYGEN AVAILABILITY – Jens Nilson (Faculty Mentor: Russell Richardson) Soung Hun Park, Jesse C. Craig
- EVOLUTIONARY ANALYSES OF MAMMALIAN DOUBLE STRANDED RNA BINDING PROTEINS – Sonresa Ochoa-Vidales (Faculty Mentor: Nels Elde) Zoë Hilbert, Kristen Davenport, Hannah Young
- EFFECTS OF INHIBITING ADVANCED GLYCATION END PRODUCT RECEPTORS (RAGE) ON ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA (AVF) MATURATION – Amani Oumar (Faculty Mentor: Yan-Ting Shiu)
- EXLPORING THE ROLE OF LIPID METABOLISM IN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA – Noelle Reimers (Faculty Mentor: Gregory Ducker)
- THE IMPACT OF AIR POLLUTION IN THE BRAIN AGING OF MEXICAN-AMERICANS – Salma Rios (Faculty Mentor: Robert Welsh) Jorge JimenezRIOS
- STUDYING PANCREATIC ACINAR CELL DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR REPROGRAMMING – Sierra Scamfer (Faculty Mentor: Charles Murtaugh) Diane Hernandez
- CHARACTERIZING THE ROLE OF CD320 IN VITAMIN B12 UPTAKE IN IPSC’S – Aashna Shah (Faculty Mentor: Martin Tristani-Firo) Scott Cho, Natalia Torres
- COMPARISON OF TRANSCRANIAL MR-GUIDED FOCUSED ULTRASOUND PHASE CORRECTION SIMULATIONS TO CLINICALLY MEASURED MRTI – Emma Slominski (Faculty Mentor: Dennis Parker)
- THE ASSOCIATION OF ADOLESCENT E-CIGARETTE HARM PERCEPTION TO ADVERTISING EXPOSURE AND MARKETING TYPE – Andrew Spencer (Faculty Mentor: Man Hung)
- DEFICIENCY IN REGULATOR OF G-PROTEIN SIGNALING, LOCO, PROTECTS D. MELANOGASTER FROM EFFECTS OF A HIGH SALT DIET – Forest Streeter (Faculty Mentor: Aylin Rodan)
- COMPARISON OF PHAGE AND ANTIBIOTIC COMBINATION (PAC) TREATMENTS AGAINST MONOMICROBIAL & POLYMICROBIAL BIOFILMS – Anna Tidwell (Faculty Mentor: Catherine Loc-Carrillo)
- SIMULTANEOUS MULTI SLICE AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO AGE PREDICTION IN DIFFUSION MRI – Sarthak Tiwari (Faculty Mentor: Edward DiBella) Kazem Hashemizadeh
- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND DIET DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN – Julianna Tran (Faculty Mentor: Kelly Baron)
- STUDYING THE EFFECTS OF ALTITUDE ON MIGRAINE – Jon Gary Urry (Faculty Mentor: Kate Reinhart) KC Brennan
- IDENTIFICATION OF VIRULENCE FACTORS IN INVASIVE HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE ISOLATES CAUSING DISEASE IN UTAH CHILDREN – Alyssa Varghese (Faculty Mentor: Anne Blaschke)
- DECISION PRECISION+: ENABLING LUNG CANCER SCREENING SHARED DECISION MAKING INTEGRATED WITH THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD – Isaac Warner (Faculty Mentor: Kensaku Kawamoto)
- COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND CONNECTIVITY OF THE AII AMACRINE CELL IN MOUSE AND RABBIT RETINA – Selena Wirthlin (Faculty Mentor: Brayn Jones)
Mentors
- Amanda Bakian
- Kelly Baron
- Maria Bettini
- Anne Blaschke
- Owen Chan
- Elizabeth Carron
- Melissa Cortez
- Edward DiBella
- Richard Dorsky
- Stavros Drakos
- Gregory Ducker
- Bruce Edgar
- Karen Eilbeck
- Nels Elde
- Candace Floyd
- Ram Gouripeddi
- Man Hung
- Bryan Jones
- Kensaku Kawamoto
- Amy Lenz
- Catherine Loc-Carrillo
- Charles Murtaugh
- Dennis Parker
- Kate Reinhart
- Russell Richardson
- Aylin Rodan
- Jessica Sanders
- Jill Shea
- Yan-Ting Shiu
- Martin Tristani-Firouzi
- Matt Wachowiak
- Robert C. Welsh
- Moriel Zelikowsky
Mines & Earth Sciences
- CELLS ON SPHERES – A VISUALIZATION OF BIOCOMPATIBILITY – Jerry Howard (Faculty Mentor: Krista Carlson)
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND AIR QUALITY AMONG MINORITY COMMUNITIES – Angel Valenzuela (Faculty Mentor: Daniel Mendoza)
Mentor
- Krista Carlson
- Daniel Mendoza
Nursing
- AN ANALYSIS OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, PTSD, AND RESILIENCE IN PRELICENSURE NURSING STUDENTS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC – Nestor Chavez (Faculty Mentor: Paula Meek)
- MOTIVATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE WOMEN PLANNING PREGNANCY – Danielle Gambino (Faculty Mentor: Sara Simonsen)
- TEXT ANALYSIS OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS IN ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS Julianne Kimmel (Faculty Mentor: Jia-Wen Guo)
- PAIN REPORTS FROM CHILDREN WITH CANCER THROUGH MOBILE APP, COLOR ME HEALTHY – Melina Lewis (Faculty Mentor: Lauri Linder)
- ADAPTATION OF AN OBSERVATIONAL RATING SYSTEM FOR COLLABORATIVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS FOR SHARED ADVANCE CARE PLANNING DECISIONS – Jordan Muehlberger (Faculty Mentor: Djin L. Tay) Nathan Caines
- DO REPRODUCTIVE-AGE WOMEN INCREASE THEIR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS DURING THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS OF THE DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM? – Jennifer Russo (Faculty Mentor: Sara E. Simonsen)
- IMPROVING PATIENT OUTCOMES THROUGH ACTIVE INCLUSION OF THE INFORMAL CAREGIVER IN DISCHARGE TEACHING – Emily Topham (Faculty Mentor: Andrea Wallace)
- MOUNTAIN WEST PARENTAL ATITUDES AND BARRIERS RELATED TO HPV VACCINATION IN RURAL SETTINGS – Jeanelle Webb (Faculty Mentor: Deanna Kepka)
Mentors
- Jia-Wen Guo
- Deanna Kepka
- Lauri Linder
- Paula Meek
- Sara Simonsen
- Djin L. Tay
- Andrea Wallace
Office of the President
- RESPONDING TO COVID-19 IN HIGHER EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS – Milan Oxspring (Faculty Mentor: Laura Snow) Ruth Watkins, Mike Martineau
Mentor
- Mike Martineau
- Laura Snow
- Ruth Watkins
Pharmacy
- UNDERSTANDING SEX DIFFERENCES IN EARLY PREDICTORS OF PATHOLOGICAL AGGRESSION WITH A MOUSE MODEL– Ayana Amaechi (Faculty Mentor: Marco Bortolato)
- LOWER CRITICAL SOLUTION TEMPERATURE BEHAVIOR OF ELASTIN-COILED-COIL POLYMERS, A POTENTIAL PLATFORM FOR TREATMENT OF NON-HODGKIN’S LYMPHOMA – Blair Armstrong (Faculty Mentor: Hamid Ghandehari)
- INVESTIGATION OF EGF EFFECTS ON HER2 LYSOSOMAL ACCUMULATION – David Topham (Faculty Mentor: Shawn Owen)
Mentors
- Marco Bortolato
- Hamid Ghandehari
- Shawn Owen
Science
- HUMAN MUTATIONS LINKED TO EPILEPSY ALTER SYNAPTIC VESICLE FUSION IN C. ELEGANS – Isabella Archibald (Faculty Mentor: Erik Jorgensen)
- SYMMETRIC ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS IN NONAQUEOUS ORGANIC REDOX FLOW BATTERIES – APPLICATIONS FOR LONGEVITY STUDY – Julia Case (Faculty Mentor: Shelley Minteer) Min Li
- SUBSTRATE USE WITHIN THE DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER SPECIES SUBGROUP – Trisha Pauline Enriquez (Faculty Mentor: Sophie Caron) Chelsea Gosney, Hayley Smihula
- ZINC BINDING AS A METHOD OF INHIBITION FOR RNA-DEPENDENT RNA POLYMERASE – Brandt Graham (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Kieber-Emmons)
- LOST CITY THERMODESULFOVIBRIONALES, UBA665 SPP. – Jake Lowe (Faculty Mentor: William Brazelton)
- THE NUMBER OF TORSION DIVISORS IN A STRONGLY F-REGULAR RING IS BOUNDED BY THE RECIPROCAL OF F-SIGNATURE – Isaac Martin (Faculty Mentor: Anurag Singh)
- BOND DISSOCIATION ENERGIES OF EARLY TRANSITION METAL-MONOBORIDES – Christopher Nielson (Faculty Mentor: Michael Morse) Dakota Merriles, Erick Tieu
- PRESYNAPTIC BOUTON AND POSTSYNAPTIC KENYON CELL CLAW MORPHOLOGY WITH SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DROSOPHILA – Cody Orton (Faculty Mentor: Sophie Caron)
- QUANTIFYING DROUGHT VULNERABILITY IN MAJOR WESTERN US TREE SPECIES – April Radford (Faculty Mentor: William Anderegg) Jaycie Fickle, Kelly L. Kerr
- EXPLORING THE ROLE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBES IN DNA REPAIR ENZYME MUTYH – Sonia Sehgal (Faculty Mentor: Martin Horvath) Jack Temme, Sierra Scamfer, James Tran
- SYNTHESIS AND MECHANISTIC EXPERIMENTS OF PHOTOELECTROCYCLIZATION REACTIONS OF PYRIDINE CONTAINING BIS-ARYL CYCLOHEXENONES – Kincade Stevenson (Faculty Mentor: Jon Rainier) Xuchen Zhao, Colin Campbell
- STAR CLUSTER MASS FUNCTION FITTING USING PROBABALISTIC MODELING – Tobin Wainer (Faculty Mentor: Anil Seth) L. Clifton Johnson
Mentors
- William Anderegg
- William Brazelton
- Sophie Caron
- Martin Horvath
- Erik Jorgensen
- Matthew Kieber-Emmons
- Shelley Minteer
- Michael Morse
- Jon Rainier
- Anil Seth
- Anurag Singh
Social & Behavioral Science
- PRENATAL EDUCTION ON CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CCMV) IMPROVES KNOWLEDGE ON CCMV – Habibo Abdi (Faculty Mentor: Marissa Diener)
- INTRACRANIAL ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF INTRINSIC BRAIN NETWORKS – Ashley Anderson (Faculty Mentor: Matthew Euler)
- ASSESSMENT OF NATURE IMAGERY’S INFLUENCE ON ATTENTION RESTORATION – Lensky Augustin (Faculty Mentor: David Strayer) Nicole Hoffmann, Sara Lotemplio, Amy McDonnell
- DETERMINING THE EFFICACY OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS IN CHANGING PREGNANT WOMEN’S HYGIENE BEHAVIORS TO PREVENT CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CCMV) – Abel Chavez (Faculty Mentor: Marissa Diener)
- PRESCHOOL CHILDREN’S STORYTELLING AND DRAMATIZATION – Alex Chee (Faculty Mentor: Jessica Stafford)
- NEIGHBORHOOD DISPARITIES IN AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER: THE INTERSECTION OF RACE/ETHNICITY AND OLDER AGE – Colby Child (Faculty Mentor: Timothy W. Collins) Sara E. Grineski
- AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS) IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENTS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS – Jamison Creekmore (Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Utz) Heather Hayes, Jamie Leatham, Summer Gibson, Mark Bromberg
- THE EFFECTS OF RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION ON DRUG-RELATED CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM COLORADO, OREGON, AND WASHINGTON – Roarke Cullenbine (Faculty Mentor: Guangzhen Wu)
- HOMOPHILY PREDICTS POLITICAL ALLIANCE FORMATION AND COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE UTAH STATE LEGISLATURE – Connor Davis (Faculty Mentor: Shane Macfarlan)
- FALSE HEARING AND THE N400: THE EFFECTS OF LINGUISTIC CONTEXT ON LANGUAGE PERCEPTION – Mariah Erickson (Faculty Mentor: Brennan R. Payne)
- SCOPING REVIEW PROTOCOL: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ADVERSE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND AIR QUALITY AMONG MINORITY COMMUNITIES – Maria Manuela Herrera Naranjo (Faculty Mentor: Daniel Mendoza)
- AN EXAMINATION OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SUICIDE GESTURES AND THREATS – Miles Kovnick (Faculty Mentor: Craig Bryan) Julia Harris
- BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT: A CASE STUDY ON A CASE STUDY ON THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S WRONGFUL ABOLISHMENT OF FEDERAL LAND PROTECTIONS – Kasey Lindstrom (Faculty Mentor: Tabitha Benney)
- USING BIG DATA TO ESTIMATE PRENATAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURES – Aparna Mangadu (Faculty Mentor: Sara Grineski) Roger Renteria, Timothy W. Collins
- MICROPLASTIC WATER POLLUTION SPANNING THE WILDLAND TO URBAN GRADIENT OF RED BUTTE CREEK, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Kyra Mann (Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Follstad Shah) Rose Smith
- MEASURING RACE: BEYOND MUTUAL EXCLUSION TO HONOR LATINX RACIAL IDENTIFICATION – Bennie Martinez (Faculty Mentor: Katherine Baucom) Manny Gutierrez, Monique Chantelle Aguirre
- LIFESTYLES OF HIGHLY ACTIVE OLDER ADULTS BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A QUALITATIVE STUDY BASED ON THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL MODEL – Olivia Mauchley (Faculty Mentor: Akiko Kamimura) Claire Dinehart, Sahlil Ahmed, Ashley Kang
- USING FOSSIL POLLEN TO RECONSTRUCT SEASONAL PRECIPITATION IN THE SIERRA DE SAN PEDRO MÁRTIR RANGE – Iris McCulloch (Faculty Mentor: Andrea R. Brunelle)
- WHEN ANGER FADES: CHANGES IN SADNESS AND FEAR AFTER NARRATING ANGRY EVENTS– Tyla Meadows (Faculty Mentor: Monisha Pasupathi) Cecillia Wainryb
- UNDERSTANDING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ANCIENT MAIZE AGRICULTURE IN UTAH’S THREE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES – Ishmael Medina (Faculty Mentor: Brian Codding)
- ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION FOR THE UNINSURED AND LOW-INCOME – Uriel Morales (Faculty Mentor: Akiko Kamimura)
- ASSESSMENT OF MOTIVATION’S ROLE IN ERROR RESPONSE – Rachel Morse (Faculty Mentor: David Strayer) Sara LoTemplio, Amy McDonnell
- ANALYSIS OF LIVE DISCHARGE BY DISEASE TYPE – Shelby-Jade Murdock (Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Utz)
- STRESS, SLEEP, DIET, AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS – Kyanna Orr & Zachary Ta (Faculty Mentor: Kelly Baron)
- HOW PARTICIPATORY AIR QUALITY SENSING SHAPES PARTICIPANTS’ EXPOSURE EXPERIENCES: PERCEPTIONS AND CHALLENGES OF MITIGATING EXPOSURE PRE-SENSOR DISTRIBUTION – Bianca Paulino (Faculty Mentor: Casey Mullen) Jose Carreon-Andrade, Sara Grineski, Kerry Kelly
- RUTHINIUM CONTAMINATION ON POLLEN ACCUMULATION RATES:A PRELIMINARY CASE STUDY FROM WILLIAMS LAKE, WA. – Epiphany Pecchia-Bekkum (Faculty Mentor: Mitchell Power)
- KING COTTON: AN ANALYSIS OF AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR – Kai Peterson (Faculty Mentor: Brent Steele)
- GUILT AND SHAME: DOES EMOTION AFFECT EXPRESSIVE RELUCTANCE – Alyssa Phillips (Faculty Mentor: Monisha Pasupathi) Cecilia Wainryb
- MARIJUANA USE AND SUBSEQUENT ILLICIT DRUG USE: REVISIT THE GATEWAY THEORY – Radhika Prasad (Faculty Mentor: Ming Wen)
- RECRUITING HISPANICS FOR A RESEARCH STUDY ON FAMILY CAREGIVING – Vianey Quaney (Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Utz)
- THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND IMPLICATIONS OF INSURING ALL UTAH CHILDREN – Mario Ramirez-Arrazola (Faculty Mentor: Thomas Maloney) Matthew Weinstein
- POLICY RECOMMENDATOINS FOR MEDICARE HOSPICE BENEFIT RELATING TO PATIENTS WITH ADRD – Evan Sangster (Faculty Mentor: Rebecca Utz) Katherine Supiano, Margaret Clayton
- DIFFERENCES IN CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS LESBIAN, GAY , BISEXUAL, AND TRANS-INDIVIDUALS: THEIR COVARIATES AND INTERACTION EFFECTS – Matthew Snyder (Faculty Mentor: Becky Neufeld) Jacqueline Chen
- ENERGY CONSUMPTION & LIMITS OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC GROWTH – Joshua Swan (Faculty Mentor: Steve Bannister )
- NATIVE AMERICAN FIRE USE AND ITS EFFECT ON WILDFIRE – Mack Tempero (Faculty Mentor: Brian Codding) Kenneth Vernon
- COVID-19 HAS IMPACTED THE COPING STRATEGIES OF PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY PATIENTS BOTH POSITIVELY AND NEGATIVELY – Taylor Thompson (Faculty Mentor: Marissa Diener)
- THE INFLUENCE OF FEEDBACK ON STEPPING OUT GAP JUDGMENT IN VIRTUAL REALITY – Luis Torres (Faculty Mentor: Jeanine Stefanucci) Hunter Finney
- DISPARITIES IN EXTREME HEAT EXPOSURE IN MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: THE INTERSECTION OF RACE/ETHNICITY AND OLDER AGE – Shaylynn Trego (Faculty Mentor: Tim Collins) Sara Grineski, Aaron B. Flores, Roger Renteria
- EFFECTS OF DIVIDED ATTENTION ON FALSE HEARING AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DRIVING – Avery Wall (Faculty Mentor: Jack Silcox)
- ATTACHMENT SECURITY AS A PREDICTOR OF RECEPTIVE LANGUAGE VOCABULARY AMONG CHILDREN WHO EXPERIENCED ADVERSITY – Caton Weinberger (Faculty Mentor: Lee Raby)
- THE SWING JUSTICE: THE FIGURE WHO SHAPES THE SUPREME COURT – Konnor Woodburn (Faculty Mentor: Michael Dichio)
Mentors
- Steve Bannister
- Kelly Baron
- Katherine Baucom
- Tabitha Benney
- Andrea Brunelle
- Craig Bryan
- BrianvCodding
- Tim Collins
- Michael Dichio
- Marissa Diener
- Matthew Euler
- Jennifer Follstad Shah
- Sara Grineski
- Akiko Kamimura
- Shane Macfarlan
- Thomas Maloney
- Daniel Mendoza
- Casey Mullen
- Becky Neufeld
- Monisha Pasupathi
- Brennan Payne
- Mitchell Power
- Lee Raby
- Jack Silcox
- Jessica Stafford
- Brent Steele
- Jeanine Stefanucci
- David Strayer
- Rebecca Utz
- Ming Wen
- Guangzhen Wu