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