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2017 Oral Research Presentations

Session 1A: Movement

Yuanyuan Feng

PhD, Information Studies, College of Computing and Informatics
Managing Personal Health Information from Activity Trackers 

Christen Mendonca     

PhD, Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Adapting Sedentary Video Games to Require Physical Activity 

Satwika Rahapsari

MA, Dance/Movement Therapy and Counseling, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Understanding Resilience of Southeast Asian Refugees: Implications for Dance/Movement Therapy Support 

Lina Zheng

MS, Digital Media, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Learning Taichi Postures through Kinect Gesture Recognition System 

Session 1B: Health Conditions

Maelys Amat             

MBA, Business Administration, LeBow College of Business
MD, Medicine, College of Medicine
Providing Value-Based Care to Target High Healthcare Costs  

Blake Antos

PhD, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
A Course-Grained Lipid Bilayer Model for Studies of Amyloid Beta-Membrane Interactions 

Megan Mansfield    

MPH, Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health
Factors Influencing Hospital Re-Utilization for Children with Special Health Care Needs 

Neil Sullivan

PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine
Using CRISPR/Cas9 for Elimination of HIV-1 within Infected Individuals 

Session 1C: In the News

Keisha April

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Minority Perceptions Matter: Understanding Youth's Attitudes Toward Police

Elise Krespan

MS, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
MS, Design Research, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
A Transdisciplinary Approach to Alleviating Urban Food Deserts  

Emily Stasko             

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Talk about Sext, Baby! Development of an Intervention to Improve Sexual Satisfaction during Infertility Treatment 

Joseph Wraga

PhD, Physics, College of Arts and Sciences
The Evolution of Entropy Density in Ekpyrotic Universe  

Session 2A: The Brain

Adrian Curtin            

PhD, Biomedical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems
Thinking Quickly and Efficiently: fNIRS and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Promote Neuroefficiency

Derek Giannone

MS, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Clinical Psychology and the United States Military Veteran Population

Swathi Jagannath

PhD, Information Studies, College of Computing and Informatics
Using Speech in Complex Teamwork to Support Activity Recognition 

Owen Mayer            

PhD, Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering
Exposing Digital Image Forgeries Using Optical Fingerprints 

Session 2B: Diseases

Neha Manjari Akella

PhD, Biochemistry, College of Medicine
Effects of O-GlcNAc Sugar-Modifications on Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Bryan Pham

MD, Medicine, College of Medicine
Synergistic Suppression of Leukemia Proliferation using Chimeric Nanoparticles   

Ann-Marie Raphail

PhD, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
Cognitive Correlates of Virtual Reality Driving in Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis 

Paul Sesink Clee      

PhD, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
Predicting Disease Crossover Risk to Humans Across the Congo Basin

Session 2C: Food and Water

Bryan Byles

PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Cleaning Water Using Dirt and Electricity 

Dana Dychtwald

PhD, Nutrition Sciences, College of Nursing and Health Professions
Exploring the Role of Fathers in WIC Supplemental Nutrition Program 

Kaitlynn Jones

MPH, Community Health and Prevention, Dornsife School of Public Health
Social Effects of Water Point Installment: Beitbridge, Zimbabwe 

Urvi Shah

MS, Food Science, Center for Hospitality and Sport Management
Effect of Cold Plasma Treatment on Cuticle and Microbial Load in Kale