Join the Gillings Student Government Association and Research, Innovation and Global Solutions office in celebrating our School’s wonderful student research! Food will be provided.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS | 1:00-2:30 PM

Daria Igudesman, Doctoral Student, “Does Intensification of Insulin Therapy lead to Increased Body Fat Among Youth and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)?”
Jinglin Ji, Undergraduate Student, “Metabolism and Adverse Effects of Arsenic in Genetically Diverse Mouse Strains”
Christopher Ly, Undergraduate Student, “Developing an Index to Estimate the Association Between the Dimensions of the Food Environment and CVD Prevalence”
Michael Kovasala, Undergraduate Student, “Achieving Life Without Hepatitis C: The HCV Continuum of Care Among Four Screening Populations in Durham County, North Carolina”
Karthik Adapa, Doctoral Student, “Social Living Platform: Leveraging Patient Generated Data to Reduce Social Isolation in Older Adults”
Clare Meernik, Doctoral Student, Disruption of Employment or School Due to Cancer Leads to Adverse Financial Outcomes for Female Young Adult Cancer Survivors”

POSTER PRESENTATIONS | 2:30-3:30 PM

Haolin Li, Undergraduate Student,  “Identifying Psychosocial, Autonomic, and Pain Sensitivity Risk Factors of Chronic Temporomandibular Disorder by Using Ridge Logistic Regression and Bootstrapping”
Molina Shah, Undergraduate Student, “Measurement of Domestic Drinking Water Source Fluoride Levels in a Community-Based Dental Public Health Study”
Kate Stanton,  Master’s Student, “Making the Unimaginable Tangible: Helping Parents with Advanced Cancer Communicate Prognosis to their Children”
Anita Amin, Undergraduate Student, “Factors Associated With Improved Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Secondary Analysis Of Data From The ENGAGE-DM Trial”
Kevin Travia, Undergraduate Student, “Impact of Hurricane Matthew on Diabetes Self-Management and Outcomes”
Mikayla Bowen, Undergraduate Student, “Impacts of Improvement in Nutrition Environment on Child Diet Quality
Marie Anderson, Master’s Student, “Improving the Linkage of Screened Patients with Documented Transportation Insecurity and Food Insecurity to Resources Among Children with Medical Complexity”