April 13 & 14
Mitchell Auditorium & Virtual via SharePoint

See Conference Schedule for details.

In-Person Presentations

Poster #1
Christina Besada
PhD Program in Pharmacology & Physiology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
MKP3 Overexpression and ERK1/2 Phosphorylation in Dopaminergic Neurons Regulate DAT Trafficking and Function

Poster #3
Martha C Coates, MSN, RN, CRNP, AGPCNP-BC
PhD Program in Nursing
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Trends in Adverse Drug Event Admissions Among Older Adults in the United States: National Inpatient Sample 2018

Poster #4
Brady Eckert
PhD Program in Physics
College of Arts and Sciences
Investigating Light Response to Alpha Particles in the EXO-200 Detector

Poster #5
Emily K. Edelstein
MS Program in Arts Administration
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Tradition, Function and Artistry: Craftspeople in the Modern American Art World

Poster #6
Mel Edgar
JD Program in Law
Kline School of Law
Scouting & The Law

Poster #7
Mary Kahle
MS Program in Design Research
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Enhancing Connections Between Industry and Community

Poster #8
Luke McKinstry
MS Program in Computer Science
College of Computing and Informatics
Training an Agent to Play Soccer with Deep Learning

Poster #9
Madison Norman
MFA Program in Fashion Design
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
De-Gender Fashion: Clothing Have Enough Labels on the Inside

Poster #10
Michael Olk
MS Program in Design Research
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Understanding How Social Media Impacts Attention and Productivity

Poster #11
Alisha Prabhakar - Dean's Award for Best In-Person Research Poster Presentation
MS Program in Design Research
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
What's Your Version of Safe Space?

Poster #12
Dahlia Stott
PhD Program in Nutrition Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Nutrition-Related Experiences of Women with Perinatal Depression During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Poster #13
Rhea Temmermand, MSN, CRNA - Third Place In-Person Research Poster Presentation
PhD Program in Pharmacology & Physiology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
Development of Glutamate Transporter Modulators as a Novel, Non-opioid Treatment for Neuropathic Pain

Poster #14
Geetha Valurouthu - Second Place In-Person Research Poster Presentation
PhD Program in Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering
Screening MXenes based on polysulfide adsorption capability for Li-S batteries

Poster #15
Allison Wright
MS Program in Design Research
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
Developing A Long-Term Engagement Strategy for Volunteer Driven Technology Projects

Poster #16
Vanessa Y. Xie
MS Program in Design Research
Westphal College of Media Arts and Design
The Humanness in Blockchain

Judges

Natalie Chernets
Director of Postdoctoral Affairs & Professional Development
Associate Director, MD/PhD Program
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine 

Kimberly David-Chung
Assistant Vice President, Virtual Student Experience
Drexel University Online
Enrollment Management & Student Success
Graduate College

Tsz Kwok
Associate Director, Graduate College
Adjunct Faculty
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Tina Lloyd
Program Manager, Graduate Student Services
LeBow College of Business

Chetan Sharma
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Food and Hospitality Management
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Prerana Singh
Postdoctoral Research
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems

John Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering
College of Engineering

Virtual Poster Presentations

Visit the SharePoint site to view the poster presentations during the conference. Requires Drexel login.

Poster #1
Lynn Almengor
MSI Program in Human-Computer Interaction & User Experience
College of Computing and Informatics
Evaluating Medical Checklist Use During the Transition from Paper to Digital Formats

Poster #2
Ashley Anil
MS Program in Psychology
College of Arts and Sciences
The Effectiveness of Remote Implementation of an Adapted Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum in Urban At-Risk Elementary Schools

Poster #3
Ellana Black - Second Place Virtual Research Poster Presentation
PhD Program in Education
School of Education
Exploring the Factors that Influence Doctoral Students’ Academic Identity Development

Poster #4
Suzanne Block - Dean's Award for Best Virtual Research Poster Presentation
MPH Program in Community Health and Prevention
Dornsife School of Public Health
The Role of Psychosocial Factors and Communication Practices for Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer

Poster #5
Hua Cui - Third Place Virtual Research Poster Presentation
PhD Program in Information Science
College of Computing and Informatics
Evaluating Alert Designs for Cognitive Aids Used In Emergency Medicine

Poster #6
Kyle Francesco DeStefano
MD Program in Medicine
College of Medicine
An update on nanoparticle usage in breast cancer imaging

Poster #7
K I M Iqbal
PhD Program in Civil Engineering
College of Engineering
Identifying Service Line Material using Stress Wave Propagation

Poster #8
Dom Jebbia, MSI '22
Library & Information Science
College of Computing and Informatics
Programmatic Metadata Enhancement with OpenRefine

Poster #9
Xuan Luo
PhD Program in Pharmacology & Physiology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine
Small extracellular vesicles induced gene expression changes in microglia

Poster #10
Becky Nelson Lunger, NBCT
MS Program in Applied Behavior Analysis
School of Education
Scientist as Participant: Evidence-Based Intervention Applied to a New Population—Me

Poster #11
Majd Oteibi, MD, MAS, CCRP, FRSPH
DHSc Program in Health Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions
Can equine therapy benefit people diagnosed with autism disorder?

Poster #12
Katrina Struloeff
PhD Program in Educational Leadership & Policy
School of Education
Glass Elevators, Cliffs, and Ceilings: How Researcher Words and Metaphors Reproduce the Patriarchy

Poster #13
Lahari Uppuluri
PhD Program in Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Multicolor whole-genome mapping in nanochannels for genetic analysis

Poster #14
Beata Vayngortin
MD Program in Medicine
College of Medicine
Increasing Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening for At-Risk Adolescents in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Poster #15
Charis Wynn
MPH Program in Epidemiology
Dornsife School of Public Health
The impact of the level of urbanization on drug and alcohol induced deaths, 2020

Judges

​Lisa Chiarello
Professor, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Michelle Dolinski
Associate Dean of Graduate Education
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
College of Arts and Sciences

Nadine Ezzat
Associate Vice President, Marketing
Drexel University Online

Kathi Martin
Professor, Associate Director of Graduate Fashion Design
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Ipsita Mohanty
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

Glen Muschio
Associate Professor in Digital Media
Westphal College of Media Arts & Design

Anurag Shukla
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Professional Studies
College of Medicine

Lara Gomes Suhett
Postdoctoral Researcher
College of Nursing and Health Professions

Kate Vanderburgh
Research Instrumentation Specialist Materials Characterization Center
College of Engineering

Anne Converse Willkomm
Assistant Dean, Graduate College & Assistant Clinical Professor
Goodwin College of Professional Studies

View the complete list of 2022 conference award winners.