Social and Behavioral Sciences
Substance Uses and Prefrontal Cortex, Thalamus, and Cerebellar Volumes: An Integrative Investigation on Brain Shrinkage (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qiaochu (Francis) Jiang to work in the laboratory of Neil Woodward in the Department of Psychiatry during the summer of 2021. Qiaochu is a senior with majors in Neuroscience and Psychology and a minor in Asian Studies. Substance use disorder (SUD), or substance abuse, is characterized by excessive and continued use of...
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Automated Sentiment Analysis of Media Narrative on the American Dream (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Peixuan Li to work in the laboratory of Professor Eunji Kim in the Department of Political Science during the summer of 2020. Peixuan anticipates graduating in 2022, and is majoring in Political Science and Economics with a minor in Computer Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the...
Disparities in Food Access and Food Insecurity Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual (LGB) Americans (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emilio Loret de Mola to work in the laboratory of Professor Gilbert Gonzales in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2020. Emilio graduated in 2020 with majors in Anthropology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand disparities in food...
How the Brain Makes Decisions: Modeling the Dynamics of Neurons that Drive Choice (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Claire Hanson to work in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Palmeri in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2020. Claire graduated in May 2021 with a major in Neuroscience and minor in French. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand how the brain makes decisions. Historically, the canonical...
Modeling Individual Differences in Human Object Recognition with Deep Neural Networks (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Samuel Lee to work in the laboratory of Professor Thomas Palmeri in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2020; Sam has majors in French Horn Performance, Computer Science, Mathematics and a minor in Data Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand how and why neural representations...
Selection Models to Improve Prediction of Response to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Depression (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Anh Dao to work in the laboratory of Professor Autumn Kujawain the Department of Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2020. Anh graduated in May 2021 with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand Cognitive behavioral therapy as an...