Below, explore the work of students in the Life-Health Sciences Internship Program with last names beginning with M through Z.
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During my internship I have worked on a clinical project in the division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. This research study focused on the role of diet in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Both healthy volunteers and...
For the end of year project, I will be writing a systematic review that is searching to find the effects of exercise on self-stimming behavior in individuals with autism. Self-stimming behavior is a common characteristic of...
Alliances to Disseminate Addiction Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) focuses on reducing substance use among juvenile justice involved youth in rural counties. I have been supporting this initiative since the start of my...
Co-sleeping is a common practice in many cultures, like the Burmese, yet it poses several risks on the infant such as sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and unintentional suffocation. Although co-sleeping is considered a norm...
The primary objective is to understand influences at the family and household level on care, treatment, and outcomes of adolescents with HIV/AIDS. This qualitative study involves analysis of in-depth interviews with adolescents...
We are looking at Obstructive sleep apnea sleep studies in children from ages 1 y to 18 y. We have look at this data and encoded information like age, date of referral versus when they got the study done, were they diagnosed...
The overall purpose of this study is to objectively describe and test the consistency and reproducibility of instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation (IASTM).The specific aims of this current study are to: a) Analyze IASTM...
This internship focused on how to reduce suffering at the end-of-life by improving quality medical decision making. During the course of the year, I have worked on multiple studies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our first...
The main objective of Hongxia Ren’s lab is research how certain neurological pathways are used to maintain metabolic homeostasis. A main focus of the lab is how G protein-coupled receptors (GPCR) signaling can be...
The study focuses on pharmacist intervention in the Hispanic population who currently have or are in risk of developing diabetic retinopathy (DR). The goal is to assess the intervention group which meets with primary care...
From 1990 to 2016, worldwide dementia cases doubled from 20.2 million to 43.8 million, and numbers keep rising. Caring for those with dementia often falls on loved ones, and the associated burden frequently causes anxiety...
Dr. Deane's Lab is a primatology lab that focuses on interpreting fossils of primates using 3D models to understand how these primates would have lived and evolved. The project I am working on in this lab specifically...
In families with Early onset Alzheimer Disease (EOAD), mutations in the PSEN1 gene are commonly implicated in the development of neurodegeneration. In this study, we present the clinical and neuropathological findings observed...
Oral health is a key benefactor in keeping the body healthy and maintaining overall well-being. The purpose of this study was to determine the intermittent effect nicotine has on S. mutans bacterial growth and biofilm...
Improving science communication is key in today’s world and using empathy to inform the public about important research requires practice. Science literacy and communication is all about the process of reading and...
The Center for Public Health Practice is paving the way in improving access to treatment for common, complex and chronic diseases across Indiana using Project ECHO. ECHO, or Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes, is a...
For the past 6 years, the Adolescence Division of the IU School of Medicine has organized the Advisory Board with the help of staff, community members and colleagues. The purpose of the board is meant to obtain the perspective...
Dr. Niki Munk’s lab has collected a vast amount of data from hundreds of patients that have received massage therapy. My project is to analyze and assess a subgroup of these patients to identify any patterns in the...
Despite parents of kids with Autism’s primary role in managing their child’s needs, parents often have difficulties in navigating service systems, finding relevant information about their child’s diagnosis on...
Throughout their lifetimes, women have a 1 in 8 chance of developing breast cancer, which is the most common cancer among women. Using immunochemistry and tissue microarrays (TMAs), the level of core staining for certain...
The objective of this research is to understand what happens to RNA after ingestion in C. elegans, an established model organism used to understand basic principles in RNA and cell biology. C. elegans eat bacteria and use...
This project involves the dosimetric evaluation of bismuth-based 3D filament as an alternative to lead sheets in electron beam therapy (EBT). Low-energy electron beams (6-9 MeV) are often used to irradiate tumors and external...
Research in the IADRC focuses on studying the progression, finding earlier diagnosis and treatment of symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. To achieve this goal, researchers collect vast amounts of data including medical...
Dr. Wells previous master’s student identified a handful of promising drugs that seemed to inhibit YAP-TEAD binding, which is part of the HIPPO pathway that has been indicated in cells that become diseased – whether...
There is little known about how the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) develops throughout growth and responds to an increase in mechanical forces placed upon it over time. To improve our understanding, 8-week old female A/J and...
Metabolic disorders, like other human diseases, are multifactorial, stemming from a combination of both environmental and genetic determinants. Environmental factors, such as diet and physical activity, are well known to be...
The Apostolova lab is affiliated with the Indiana Alzheimer Disease Center, the Center for Neuroimaging, as well as other departments and school centers. Alzheimer's is something that affects over three million people in...
Over the past few years, my lab has been working on a project involving bisperoxovanadium (bpV), which is a small molecule that plays an important role in a cellular pathway for the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)....
The Greenfield lab currently has 3 ongoing projects. One of the projects focuses on inflammation in orthopedic aseptic implant loosening caused by wear and accumulation of implant particles. The goal of the project is to better...
There is evidence to show an increased abundance of the protein, mdm2, in human cancers which may also be the cause of treatment resistant tumors. My project is to develop several proteins to test the effects they may cause on...
Dr. Andrew Deane is working with 3D scanning software and equipment to produce models for online teaching. This project has a goal of making models for medical students who learn and study skeletal bones, anatomical features,...
The Kids Healthcast Podcast is a pediatric podcast to educate and advocate about pediatric health issues and news. Episodes are written and recorded by pediatric residents on their community pediatrics rotation. This podcast is...
I serve as a research intern for Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds, whose research focuses on decision-making surrounding periviable delivery. In the event of periviable birth, babies who are born between 22 and 24 weeks’...
The Komen Tissue Bank (KTB), the only storehouse in the world for women’s normal breast tissue, plasma, serum, DNA, and richly annotated data, is committed to preventing breast cancer. The...
The Gender Health Program gives support and comprehensive care to young adults and children who experience gender dysphoria. This is the only pediatric gender health program in Indiana, and provides services such as hormone...
