Undergraduate Research Symposium: Summer 2024
Every semester, the Office of Undergraduate Research hosts the Undergraduate Research Symposia (URS). URS provides an opportunity for University of Utah students to present their work in a scholarly setting to students, faculty, and other members of the U community. Undergraduate students from all disciplines at the University of Utah are invited to present their research and creative work.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
9AM - 12:00PM
Eccles Alumni House
155 Central Campus Dr, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
The Summer Symposium is in person poster presentations only.
Check-in begins at 8:30am
Session I: 9:00am - 9:50am
Session II: 10:00am - 10:50pm
Session III: 11:00am - 11:50pm
Visualizing the Reverse Transcription Mechanism of HIV-1
Shaza Abdelrasoul
Poster
# 60
Poster
# 60
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Torrez
Medicine
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Regulation of the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier (MPC) by the Wnt/beta-catenin pathway in liver cancer cells
Nimo Abdi
Poster
# 43
Poster
# 43
Faculty Mentor: Jared Rutter
Medicine
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Salt Lake City Winter CO2 and Traffic Analysis: 2002 Olympics Focus
Joseph Abi-Karam
Poster
# 12
Poster
# 12
Faculty Mentor: John Lin
Mines & Earth Sciences
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Quantifying Seasonal Trends in Valley Fever in the Western United States, 1998 – 2020
Ashlyn Adakai
Poster
# 61
Poster
# 61
Faculty Mentor: Katharine Walter
Medicine
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Analyzing seasonal variation and its fluence on cosmic rays’ detection
Reman Adhikari
Poster
# 70
Poster
# 70
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Soldin
Science
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Observing the Link Between Neural Activation Patterns and Motor Performance in Major Depressive Disorder
Joy Akindulureni
Poster
# 30
Poster
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Faculty Mentor: Vincent Koppelmans
Medicine
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Angular Reconstruction of Cosmic Rays Events for the Observation of the Moon Shadow
Lina Al Samaray
Poster
# 69
Poster
# 69
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Soldin
Science
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Angular Reconstruction of Cosmic Rays Events for the Observation of the Moon Shadow
Neriman Al samaray
Poster
# 69
Poster
# 69
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Soldin
Science
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Analyzing seasonal variation and its fluence on cosmic rays’ detection
Ayad Al Samaray
Poster
# 70
Poster
# 70
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Soldin
Science
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Elucidating the role of BMPER in adipose tissue homeostasis and validate its pro-adipogenic and insulin sensitizing effects
Amer Al-Shuqairat
Poster
# 8
Poster
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Faculty Mentor: Sihem Boudina
Medicine
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Evaluating the Need of Culturally Informed Care for Early Childhood Mental Health Clinicians
Heba Alhamdani
Poster
# 16
Poster
# 16
Faculty Mentor: Alysse Loomis
Social Work
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Comorbidities Associated with Malnutrition Risk Among Adult Patients in Mountain West.
Dontrell Allen
Poster
# 45
Poster
# 45
Faculty Mentor: Rachel Hoober, Graduate Student
Health
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Exploring dietary intake and supplement use by self-reported health status among U.S. adults who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) in 2017-2018
Erika Allen
Poster
# 47
Poster
# 47
Faculty Mentor: Jen Doherty
Medicine
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A National Exploratory Study on Housing Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Lydia Altamiranda
Poster
# 35
Poster
# 35
Faculty Mentor: Lindsay Gezinski
Social Work
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Predictions of Atmospheric Muon Fluxes
Amanda Alves
Poster
# 64
Poster
# 64
Faculty Mentor: Dennis Soldin
Science
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Integrating Kinase Interactomics with Phosphoproteomics for High-Throughput Deorphanization of Kinase-Substrate Relationships
Olatomiwa Aniyikaye
Poster
# 43
Poster
# 43
Faculty Mentor: Thankhoe Rants'o
Pharmacy
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Constructing Lentivirus that Promotes Anti-CD47 Mediated Phagocytosis of Medulloblastoma
Karina Araujo
Poster
# 45
Poster
# 45
Faculty Mentor: Samuel Cheshier
Medicine
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Gender, Sexuality, and Gender-affirming care: What do providers and medical educators think?
Jaylee Aston
Poster
# 19
Poster
# 19
Faculty Mentor: Claudia Geist
Cultural & Social Transformation
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Physiology and Genetics of Endurance Running in the Tarahumara Population
Brennon Atene
Poster
# 62
Poster
# 62
Faculty Mentor: Melissa Ilardo
Medicine
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“Lego-proteins,” a Protein Engineering Tool to Create Highly Customizable Peptides
Cori Bahnmiller
Poster
# 12
Poster
# 12
Faculty Mentor: Jake Pedigo, Graduate Student
Science
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Gas-Solid Synthesis of Uranium Trichloride using Ammonium Chloride
Diallo Barnes
Poster
# 79
Poster
# 79
Faculty Mentor: Michael Simpson
Engineering
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Comprehensive Description of the Utah Obesity Treatment Cohort: Demographics, Biospecimens, and Future Research Potential
Hasan Basim
Poster
# 48
Poster
# 48
Faculty Mentor: Sara Saltzgiver, Graduate Student
Health
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Measuring the Angular Diameter of the Star TYC 2441-1090-1 with VERITAS using Asteroid Occultations
Julianna Bayless
Poster
# 62
Poster
# 62
Faculty Mentor: David Kieda
Science
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Exploring AI Image Generation as a Collaboration Tool for Comic Artists
Sarah Benedict
Poster
# 30
Poster
# 30
Faculty Mentor: Lien Fan Shen
Fine Arts
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