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2013 URI Program Update

This past summer, URI graduated its fifth cohort of UC Berkeley undergraduate students. 

2015 URI Cohort

2013 URI Cohort Group Photo

2013 Research Symposium

The 2013 URI interns were mentored by a diverse group of researchers. This year, our URI interns presented on the following topics at our annual Research Symposium.

  • Justine Huynh |Breast Pumping Experiences Among Mothers With Milk Supply Concern (Valerie Flaherman, MD).
  • Anahi Martinez | Spotlight on the Female Reproductive System: Investigations on the Molecular Basis of Endometrium Pathologies (Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc).
  • Melanie Zamora | A Randomized Trial: Coding Patient and Provider's Exposure to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Methods (Cynthia Harper, PhD).
  • Elizabeth Corral |Measuring oxidative stress markers of in vivo and in vitro fertilized blastocysts by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (Roy Roberto Gerona, PhD)
  • Diana Lopez | Mechanism through which Allopregnanolone treats inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease.
  • Justin Chin | The Effects of ECM Substrates on PGC Migration and Morphology.
  • Margarita Cobian | Provider trust in Patients.
  • Liliana Zarate | The Integration of 1st Year Medical Students into the Health Care Delivery System
  • Linda Pacheco | Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Preferences towards Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPH).
  • Maggie Luu | Kinetics of Homologous Chromosome Pairing During Meiosis (Bennet Kalafut, PhD).
  • Fay Pon | Follicular Reserve in the Model of Decreased Mouse Fertility (Marco Conti, MD).
  • Karen Kwaning | Improving Water Intake Among Students in Middle Schools (Anisha Patel, MD)
  • Joseph Sandoval | An Analysis of The Jason Moore PBL Case.
  • Fabiola Guttierez | 21st Century Pregnancy: Technological interventions in the prenatal setting (Seth Bokser, MD)
  • Hira Safdar | The Combined Effect of Maternal Stress and Environmental Toxins on Fetal Development: A Systematic Review.