Social and Behavioral Sciences
DSI – SRP Poster Winner Announcement – Joseph Sexton
Oct. 27, 2021—Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award 2021 Joseph Sexton, a junior with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society and minors in Quantitative Methods, Mathematics, and Scientific Computing, presented his poster at the Undergraduate Research Fair and was selected as the winner of the Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award (7 other DSI-SRP students...
Escaping Despair: Understanding the Decline in US Life Expectancy
Aug. 25, 2021—The rise in midlife mortality in the United States has been attributed to causes of death including suicide, poisoning/overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease. These cluster of causes, regarded as the deaths of despair, are postulated to reflect an underlying feeling of hopelessness and resulting self-destructive behaviors. However, there is limited research testing whether individual feelings...
Wearables for Teachers: Enabling Real-Time Instructional Feedback
Aug. 25, 2021—What can I do to provide the best instructional environment for my students? What actions can I take to more effectively manage my classroom and encourage constructive behavior in my students? Vanderbilt alum and Founder and CEO of The Behavior Company Dr. Alyssa Van Camp seeks to provide support to teachers through a wearable which...
MOUD Disparities
Aug. 24, 2021—Medications for treatment of opioid use disorder are important for the health of mothers and their newborns – they can prevent overdose death and may prevent preterm birth. Yet, there are many barriers to obtaining treatment, especially for pregnant people and people relying on Medicaid insurance coverage. Laura Henkhaus, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the...
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...
Social Media, Turnout Rate, and Election (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yuqin (George) Yang to work in the laboratory of John Sides in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. George is a junior with majors in Economics and Political Science. This project aims to examine how President Trump communicates with his voters and the general public during the 2020 election via twitter,...
The Effects of COVID-19 on Public Opinion and Political Behavior in the Americas (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Xinxin (Amy) Zhang to work in the laboratory of Elizabeth Zechmeister in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. Amy is a junior with majors in Political Science and Economics and a minor in French. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the relationship between COVID outcomes (COVID case...
Beating the Stock Market with Machine Learning: Better Algorithms or Better Data? (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qinlian Yang to work with Dr. Jesse Blocher in the Owen Graduate School of Management during the summer of 2021. Qinlian is a senior with major in Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and Business Administration. The project funded by this fellowship aims to understand how to predict the stock market with enhanced precision using...