Idris Robinson
Harnessing the power of the Black barbershop to increase physical activity behaviors among millennial Black men.
Major: Community Health and Prevention
Chair: Shiriki Kumanyika
Committee Members: Allison Groves, Melicia Whitt-Glover, Michael Yudell
Date and Time: May 07, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: Nesbitt Hall, Room 719
Kareen Pestana
Copy Number Variations in Plasmodium vivax: Implications for Erythrocyte Invasion, Malaria Transmission, and Host-Pathogen Interactions in Ethiopia and Sudan
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: April 11, 2025 2:00 PM
Location: Queen Lane, Room SAC B
Nima Sarfaraz
Decoding Liver Cancer Biology: Optimizing Disease Models and Uncovering FAM99A as a Liver-Specific Translation Regulator
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: March 24, 2025 2:30 PM
Location: New College Building, Geary A
Ashley Vann
Depression Prevalence in the Black Aging Community vs. Their White Aging Counterparts
Major: Health Sciences
Chair: Kristine Mulhorn
Committee Members: Lynne Sutherland, Linda Wilson
Date and Time: March 20, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact av673@drexel.edu for link.
Shih-Chun Shen
Exploiting and Exploring the Role of IDVCs in Supporting Inflammatory Neovascularization
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: March 18, 2025 1:00 PM
Location: New College Building, Geary B
Karmi Oxman
Ethology and neurobiology of xeric-adapted isopods: Plasticity in bi-parental care and neuroantomy of Hemilepistus reaumuri
Major: Ecology, Evolution, and Earth
Chair: Jacob Russell
Committee Members: Sean O'Donnell, Michael O'Connor, Jocelyn Sessa, Itamar Giladi, Gabriella Wolff
Date and Time: March 14, 2025 10:30 AM
Location: Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building, Room 104
Breana Channer-Ellis
Evaluating TLR4 and Dopamine Mediated Inflammatory Responses in Human Macrophages Across Distinct Culture and Serum Conditions
Major: Pharmacology and Physiology
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Date and Time: March 11, 2025 1:00 PM
Location: New College Building, Room 8312
Krista Clauser
Exploring Burnout in Family Micro-Business Owners: A Phenomenological Study
Major: Educational Leadership & Management
Chair: Cameron Kiosoglous
Committee Members: Constance Lyttle, Mollie Gambone
Date and Time: February 24, 2025 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact ksc86@drexel.edu for link.
Jay McKelvey
Slope Stability Enhancements Through Soil Arching
Major: Civil Engineering
Chair: Miguel Pando
Committee Members: Shi-Chieh Cheng, Robert Swan, Robert Liang, Timothy Stark
Date and Time: February 10, 2025 4:00 PM
Location: LeBow Engineering Center, Room 240
Regina Michael Zoot
Effectiveness of Strategies to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding in Ghana
Major: Health Sciences
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Committee Members: Fran Cornelius, Beth Leonberg, Sunny Hallowell, Baniyelme Zoogah
Date and Time: January 17, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: Zoom - Contact rz348@drexel.edu for link.
Julia Farnan
Investigating the role of astrocyte reactivity in Melanoma Brain Metastasis
Major: Pharmacology and Physiology
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Date and Time: January 13, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Room 8312
Kyle Yeakle
HIV1 Tat Activates ERK1/2 Signaling in HBV-infected Hepatocytes to Inhibit HBV Replication and Promote Hepatocyte Survival
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: January 08, 2025 10:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Room 11101
Jamie O'Brien
Outpatient Physical Therapists' Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, and External Factors and their Influences on Utilization of Moderate to Vigorous Intensity Cardiovascular Training in Individuals Post-Stroke
Major: Health Sciences
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Committee Members: Linda Wilson, Fran Cornelius, Stephanie Miller
Date and Time: December 19, 2024 3:00 PM
Location: Zoom
Nolan Black
Multiscale structural optimization through second-order homogenization and machine learning
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Chair: Ahmad Najafi
Committee Members: Matthew McCarthy, Alan Lau, Tein-Min Tau, Daniel Tortorelli
Date and Time: December 09, 2024 10:00 AM
Location: Curtis Hall, Room 162
Rachel HaileSelasse
Men in Domestic Violence and Prevention: a Mixed Methods Study
Major: Community Health and Prevention
Chair: Allison Groves
Committee Members: Renee' Moore, Rachel Reynolds, Robert Reed, Sandra Bloom
Date and Time: December 04, 2024 9:00 AM
Location: Nesbitt Hall, Room 440
Shrobona Guha
The Role of Microtubule-Associated Motors and Crosslinkers in Neurodevelopment
Major: Neuroscience
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Date and Time: November 18, 2024 1:00 PM
Location: Queen Lane, Room SAC B
Katie Hausman
Implications of PSGL-1 Expression in Dendritic Cells and their role in CD8+ T cell activation
Major: Cancer Biology
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Date and Time: November 18, 2024 9:30 AM
Location: New College Building, Room 18101
Xiaohuan Sun
Tau-MAP6-Microtubule Axis as a Driver for Biphasic Neurodegeneration in Tauopathy-Patient-Derived Cortical Organoids
Major: Neuroscience
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Date and Time: November 14, 2024 1:00 PM
Location: Queen Lane, Room SAC B
Camille Cunanan
BAP1 loss affords lipotoxicity resistance in uveal melanoma
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology and Genetics
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Date and Time: November 12, 2024 1:30 PM
Location: New College Building, Geary A
Yih-Ping Su
Viral-host interactions: characterizing cis and trans interactions of integrated HBV DNA with the human genome
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
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Date and Time: October 28, 2024 10:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Geary A
Qiaowei Xie
The impact of EcoHIV on cocaine related behaviors
Major: Pharmacology and Physiology
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Date and Time: October 17, 2024 1:00 PM
Location: New College Building, Room 8312
Jintong Hou
Sample Size Estimation for Correlated Count Data with Changes in Dispersion
Major: Biostatistics
Chair: Lucy Robinson, Leslie McClure
Committee Members: Savina Jaeger, Issa Zakeri, Brian Lee
Date and Time: October 10, 2024 2:00 PM
Location: Zoom - Contact jh3646@drexel.edu for link.
Divya Kamireddi
Sustainable nanofiber yarns for structural applications
Major: Materials Science and Engineering
Chair: Andrew Magenau
Committee Members: Caroline Schauer, Christopher Li, Genevieve Dion, Ahmad Najafi
Date and Time: October 09, 2024 10:00 AM
Location: Bossone Research Enterprise Center, Room 302
Abhishek Rao
Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and Cathelicidin- related anti-microbial peptide (CRAMP) as Critical Regulators of Immune Responses in Neonatal IAV Infection
Major: Microbiology and Immunology
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Date and Time: October 03, 2024 11:00 AM
Location: New College Building, Geary A