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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The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) stabilizes the knee and resists forward displacement of the tibia relative to the femur. ACL injury rates in the young are increasing, with ~50% of patients developing knee osteoarthritis...
This project provides an overview of the Adolescent Addiction Access (AAA) program, which helps connect adolescents with substance abuse disorders and their families to timely clinical services (evaluation, treatment,...
Diabetes mellitus is a condition defined by high glucose levels. It is an autoimmune condition in which beta cells in the pancreas are destroyed leading to impaired endogenous insulin production. Insulin plays a key role in the...
Diabetes Mellitus can be defined as an illness that lacks regulation of sugar via insulin; type I and type II are most common and both types can occur in children. Insulin is secreted by the pancreas and helps regulate sugar...
Vaccines have always been a controversial subject. Prior to COVID, the HPV (Human Papillomavirus) vaccine was once the most controversial vaccine. Some people have tremendous faith in vaccines and believe everyone should get...
Patients articulate their goals, values, and preferences about end-of-life care during goals of care conversations (GOCC), so that their care can be guided by these goals should they become incapacitated and unable to express...
Oftentimes, cancer is described as a process by which the cells in your body divide uncontrollably due to mutations or unexpected changes in our DNA. These mutations can be caused by a number of factors including, but not...
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Squamous cell lung cancer (SCC) is strongly linked to cigarette smoking and develops from pulmonary epithelial cells. DNA repair is critical to prevent mutations...
At the IU School of Medicine’s Media and Brain Development Lab, we focus on understanding the relationship between digital media and brain development. The study I am assisting with assesses if virtual reality could be...
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by the development of progressive muscle paralysis. It is known that a protein important for cell growth and survival, Akt, stops the...
The Indiana Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (IADRC) executes research that aims to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s Disease by the year 2025 in accordance with the goals outlined by the U.S. National...
IU School of Medicine Clinical Pharmacology Study ADOPT-PGx includes three branches: acute pain, chronic pain, and depression. The focus of the study comes from the genes CYP2C19/CYP2D6 genotyped from a patient's blood...
Hemoglobin is a protein present in any bio specimen, and hemoglobin content is an important value to know for research because extreme values can create false negatives and positives for other substances in that sample. The IU...
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a type of dementia that affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain as well as other subcortical structures. Although sporadic onset of these dementias is not known, there are several...
The Indiana University-Methodist Family Medicine Residency, is a three-year community-based training program. Residents are able to take part in inpatient and outpatient learning. They are also able to receive and explore ...
In periviable delivery (22-25 weeks in pregnancy), families must decide between resuscitation or comfort care for their baby. Dr. Brownsyne Tucker Edmonds explores how families can make informed decisions in the Making a...
The primary research objective is to determine the prevalence and characteristics associated with having a documented goals of care conversation after a severe stroke, based on the NIHSS stroke scale. Goals of care...
The CTSI Clinical Research Center provides resources for research on various public health issues to advance treatments and health solutions. Within this institute, many teams are present and contribute to its overall daily...
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a malignant primary brain tumor with a median survival time of 12-16 months despite aggressive treatment. Current care treatment consists of surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy...
The goal of this study is to develop an autism spectrum disorder-specific staff training and treatment protocol to implement in emergency departments and general psychiatry units. This project is important as autistic...
At the beginning of my internship, I was taught a few basic skills: learning how to take sections of different types of tissue, taking those sections and staining them on a microscope slide, and then analyzing the samples. The...
The ADAPT team’s main goal is to increase access to and use of evidence-based addiction services for youths involved in the juvenile justice system. The ADAPT team will work with participating counties to improve the...
A major obstacle to adolescents living with HIV receiving effective and long-lasting care is the burden of trauma and stigma experienced by this group. In my internship site, I have been working under the supervision of Dr....
Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive form of breast cancer that makes up approximately 10-15% of all breast cancers. ER, PR, and HER2 receptors can be overexpressed in some breast cancers and then can be...
Soft tissue therapy is commonly used to treat musculoskeletal (MSK) pain and discomfort. MSK pain has become a chronic pain that affects more people in the United States than other chronic conditions like cancer and...
Navigating electronic health records (EHR) can be an extremely cumbersome task for physicians due to the dense and poorly organized layout that most systems use. This process leads to inefficient workflow due to the quality and...
Central venous catheters (CVCs) are essential devices allowing children with various medical conditions (e.g., cancer, gastrointestinal diseases) to receive life-saving medications and nutrition. CVCs, however, carry a...
The most important part of scientific research– beyond the data and the implications of a breakthrough finding– is disseminating your results. To make real changes, crucial scientific information must be effectively...
Alzheimer's is a neurological disease that can affect the population as early as 40-50 years old until 90-100 years old. Some of the symptoms include confusion, difficulty remembering familiar concepts, making decisions,...
In the Deane Paleoanthropology Lab, the primary research goal is to compare bones from ancient primates to bones from modern primates and humans to learn how diet and locomotive function have changed over time. 3D scanning...
Atherosclerosis is a disease when the arteries in the heart and/or systemic circulation begin to harden due to the build-up of cholesterol, calcium, macrophages, and foam cells in the subendothelial space of the vascular wall....
Sensorineural hearing loss is the most prevalent type of hearing loss. This is caused by damage to the inner ear and nerves to the brain. The leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss is simply aging, which affects the cilia...
