Natural and Life Sciences
Exploring Trends of Executive Dysfunction in ICU Survivors (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Aidan Wells to work within the research team of Dr. Jim Jackson in the VUMC Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction, and Survivorship (CIBS) Center during the summer of 2021. Aidan is a senior with majors in Neuroscience and English. The project funded by this fellowship aims to identify the level of diversity...
Predicting Suicidal Ideation in Patients with Huntington’s Disease (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Joseph Sexton to work in the laboratory of David Isaacs, MD, MPH in the Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the summer of 2021. Joseph is a junior with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society and minors in Quantitative Methods, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing. Huntington’s disease (HD) is...
Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Songwriting Intervention in Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zoe Crawley to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology (VUMC) during the summer of 2021. Zoe is a senior with major in Cognitive Studies and minors in English: Creative Writing and Quantitative Methods. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to analyze preliminary data...
Demographics of Multi-Messenger Supermassive Black-Hole Binaries from the Illustris Cosmological Simulation (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Katharine (Katie) Cella to work in the laboratory of Professor Stephen Taylor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy during the summer of 2021. Katie is a senior with majors in Computer Science and Physics and a minors in Mathematics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to determine the properties...
Utilizing Imaging Mass Cytometry to Identify Glioblastoma Cell Clusters (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Rohit Khurana to work in the laboratory of Dr. Rebecca Ihrie in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology during the summer of 2021. Rohit is a junior with majors in Computer Science and Molecular & Cellular Biology. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand how specific subpopulations of...
Using Data Science to Reveal Host-Microbiota Interactions that Promote Obesity During Early Life (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Jessica Mo to work in the laboratory of Professor Mariana Byndloss in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center during the summer of 2021. Jessica is a senior with majors in Medicine, Health, and Society and minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences. This project centered around the...
Examining the Evolution of Mitochondrial Genomes in a Group of Closely-Related Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Fungi (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Miya Hugaboom to work in the laboratory of Dr. Antonis Rokas in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Miya is a senior with majors in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the evolution of and...
Deep-CCA: Developing a Deep Multi-view Learning Algorithm for Aggregating Multi-modal Patient Data (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded funded Jiaxin (Nicole) He to work in the laboratory of Professor Yuankai Huo in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Nicole is a junior with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to apply canonical correlation analysis (CCA) for cancer’s survival...
Behavioral Ecology Of Alaskan Brown Bears (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Dillon Davey to work in the laboratory of Professor Larisa DeSantis in the Department of Biological Sciences during the summer of 2021. Dillon is a senior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Medicine, Health, & Society, and minoring in Anthropology. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to qualify the dietary...
Network Propagation to Enhance the Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Rett Syndrome (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chetan Immanneni to work in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey L. Neul in the Department of Pediatric Neurology during the summer of 2021. Chetan is a senior graduating in May 2022 with majors in Neuroscience and Medicine, Health, and Society and a minors in Data Science. Chetan’s project focused on developing methods...