The 2023 STAR program had six amazing participants, each adding to the wonderful experience of the summer session.
Martina Veit Acosta
STAR Mentor: Daria Ilatovskaya, PhD
Program Affiliation: Physiology
STAR Research Project: The Effect of Nicotine on Renal Mitochondrial Damage
Brooke Jewell
STAR Mentor: Megan McGee Lawrence, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Research Project: Effects of Tryptophan Metabolites in Mesenchymal vs. Macrophage Lineage Cells
Emma Ava (Blake) Pavri
STAR Mentor: Sangeetha Sukumari-Ramesh, PhD
Program Affiliation: Pharmacology
STAR Research Project: Proteomic Characterization of the Aging Brain after Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Kendall Quarles
STAR Mentor: Elizabeth NeSmith, PhD
Program Affiliation: Nursing
STAR Research Project: Correlation between Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) and/or Adverse Childhood Events (ACEs) and Traumatic Injury
Fikir Tefera
STAR Mentor: Yutao Liu, PhD
Program Affiliation: Cellular Biology & Anatomy
STAR Research Project: Regulation of Keratoconus-associated Genes in Human Primary Stromal Fibroblast Cells
Dymuhn Williams
STAR Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Program Affiliation: Vascular Biology
STAR Research Project: Effect of the HIV viral proteins (Tat, Nef, gp120) on Pulmonary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells (PASMCs)
