The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) provides funding to undergraduate students as part of a fellowship award program. Students are mentored by VCU faculty, and upon successful completion of the fellowship experience they receive a $1,500 cash stipend. Each faculty mentor will receive a stipend of $2,000.
Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Undergraduate Research Poster Showcase was cancelled. In place of in-person presentations, all participants were invited to submit their presentation materials for inclusion in a digital archive on the VCU Office of the Provost website.
The VCU Honors College recognizes the following current and graduated Honors students for their participation in the 2020 UROP poster showcase. Their presentation materials can be accessed via the following links.
Rohan Arora - The Role of Cultural Competency on Treatment Adherence and Health Literacy for Persons of Color Living with HIV/AIDS
Vanessa Atra - Tobacco Use Prevention: Culturally-Specific Protective Processes in College Students with Asthma
Polina Bukina - Molecular Mechanisms of the DYRK1A-regulated DNA Repair
Elisabeth Burns - Basalt Leaching in Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Rock Gardens Favours Agricultural Surplus Production
Margaret Colangelo - Chemical Composition of Airborne PM10 Particles from the Salton Sea Playa: Development and Severity of Asthma in Children under 14 in Imperial County
Elizabeth Crump - A Comparison of PTSD, AUD, and MDD Symptom Patterns in Different Trauma Types
Faheem Farooq - Owner-Intruder contests with information asymmetry
Kylee Hockaday - The Role of Pyrethroids on Cell Cycle Regulation and Craniofacial Development in Xenopus laevis
Sukhleen Kaur - Trafficking Patterns of KCNQ1 and KCNE1 and Assembly into the Slow Delayed Rectifier (Iks) Channel
Ashley Koo - Stakeholder Perceptions of Health Needs in Refugee Populations in the Greater Richmond Area
Desiree Longmire - The Use of Physician Assistants for Health and Wellness in Aging Populations
Xavier Moore - Polo-Like Kinase 1 Mediated Regulation of Androgen Receptor: Potential Role in the Development of Castration Resistant Prostate Cancer
Russell Simmers - Fenofibrate-Loaded Biodegradable Nanoparticles for the Treatment of: Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Matt Tessema - The Socioeconomic Barriers and Policy Barriers to Refugee Health
Charles Tran - Targeted Bisulfite Pyrosequencing & Amplicon Bisulfite Sequencing Epigenetic Analysis
Ashley Victor - Latinx Immigrants' Healthcare Access: Barriers, Consequences and Strategies for the Future
Shea Wenzler - Health Disparities Among Latinx communities: Issues of Access to Information, Interpreters, and Bilingual Providers
Yasmina Zeineddine - Motor Evoked Potential Recruitment Curves Indicate Neuroplasticity after Spinal Cord Injury