Social and Behavioral Sciences
Using Cluster Analysis to Understand the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation & Depression Symptoms (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emma Boldwyn to work in the laboratory of Autumn Kujawa in the Department of Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Emma is a senior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Emma used data from a project that examines adolescents’ depression symptoms in conjunction with neurological factors....
The Effects of a Parent-Coaching Intervention on the Temporal Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions in Children with ASD (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yunah Song to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology during the summer of 2022. Yunah is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Timing is an integral component of successful parent-child social interactions for both autistic children (ASD) and children who...
Modeling Multiattribute Food Decisions Using Semantic Representations (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Ke Lai to work in the laboratory of Professor Jennifer Trueblood in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2022. Ke is a senior with majors in Psychology and Economics. Interested in how people people make decisions or judgments about food items, Ke and Professor Trueblood began by focusing on...
The Contested Meaning of Abortion (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Rebecca Rossi to work in the laboratory of Dr. Sophie Bjork-James in the Department of Anthropology during the summer of 2022. Rebecca is a senior with a major Mathematics. This project examines how individuals and organizations discuss the topic of abortion on social media. By examining Twitter data related to abortion...
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...