HHS Office of Undergraduate Research fall expo award recipients

1. Anjali Vanamala

• Mentors: Tzu-Wen Cross (Nutrition Science), Anna Clapp Organski (Nutrition Science), Abigayle M.R. Simpson (Agronomy), Kimberly Kinzig (Psychological Sciences)

• Research topic: The impact of anorexia nervosa on the gut microbiota

2. Tori Burke

• Contributing Undergraduate Author: Roma Kamat
• Mentors: Julia Chester (Psychological Sciences), Soyol Enkh-Amgalan (Psychological Sciences)
• Research topic: The impact of binge-like alcohol consumption on recognition memory and compulsive-like behavior in aged mice

3. Victoria Patellos

• Mentors: Kimberly Kinzig (Psychological Sciences), Dan Foti (Psychological Sciences)
• Research topic: Effects of a ketogenic diet on meal-related hormones and psychological well-being

1. Hurshal Pol

• Mentors: Jason Cannon (Health Sciences), Josephine Brown-Leung (Health Sciences), Fatema Currim (Health Sciences), Tauqueerunnisa Syeda (Health Sciences)
• Research topic: The effects of chronic PFOS exposure on motor behavior

2. Anthony Bovenschen

• Mentors: Jae Hong Park (Health Sciences), Subin Han (Health Sciences), Johnathan Klicker-Wiechmann (Health Sciences)
• Research topic: Analysis of heavy metals in wine using portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF)

3. Riley Rozniarek

• Contributing Undergraduate Authors: Anna Hodge and Mallory Schrof
• Mentors: Brandon Keehn (Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences)
• Research topic: Effect of social demands on occurrence of repetitive behaviors in children with autism