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2022 URI Program Update

During Summer 2022, URI graduated its 12th cohort of UC Berkeley undergraduate students.

     

     

    

      

         

2022 Research Symposium

The 2022 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:

Yulissa Barragan | Program on Reproductive Health and Environment: ECHO and DREAM Studies

Mentor: Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH

Dagney Ochoa | Bevacizumab-Doxrubicin Therapy vs Single Agent and/or Non-Platinum Combination: Evaluating Progression-Free Survival in Adult Women with Recurrent or Advanced Stage Endometrial Cancer

Mentor: Edwin Alvarez, MD

Eemai Holt | Neurophysiology of Movement Disorders

Mentor: Doris Wang, MD, PhD

Kennedy Schaffer | Understanding COVID & Pregnancy via Luminex

Mentor: Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD

Kate Bajana | The End of Roe Study

Mentor: Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA


Patricia Navarro | Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes3

Mentor: Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH

Favor Ajiduah | Reproductive Health Workforce Research

Mentor: Nikki Lanshaw, MPH

Hanna Sendekie | The Non-Surgical Treatment of bAVMs3

Mentor: Hua Su, MD


Kaylee Hernandez | Remote OR: Using Remote Methods to Detect Cognitive Impairment

Mentor: Odmara Baretto-Chang, MD, PhD & Judith Hellman, MD

Paola Hernandez Fernandez | Developing Birth Control Educational Tools

Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD

Victoria Vera | Seasonal Variation on In Vitro Fertilization

Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD

Angel Gamboa | Biomechanical Analysis of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Mentor: Marko T. Boskovski, MD MHS MPH

Brianna Martinez | Cerebral Oxygenation During Spine Surgery Cases: How to Identify Intra-Operative Changes and Implications?

Mentor: Odmara Baretto-Chang, MD, PhD

Alex Turner | Sera Levels of Environmental Chemicals and Inflammatory Cytokines in Fresno Pregnancies

Mentor: Joshua Robinson, PhD

Yusef Samimi | Beige Adipogenesis Differentiation of Muscle Fibro Adipogenic Progenitors

Mentor: Brian Feeley, MD