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The David C. Frederick Honors College Health Science Research Fellowships will support 15 students throughout the summer 2024 term as they conduct full-time independent research under the mentorship of faculty members in any of the six schools of 51��Ʒ��Ƶ’s Health Sciences.

This summer, the Frederick Honors College awarded 90 fellowship and internship awards — including the prestigious Brackenridge Fellowship as well as opportunities in community research, creative arts, engineering and public service. Students from across all disciplines can apply by proposing a research topic, finding a faculty sponsor and committing to completing and presenting their research by the end of summer.

This year’s fellows and their research projects are:

• Mercy Akanmu, a neuroscience and history and philosophy of science major in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the Frederick Honors College — “Neurogranin: A Marker for the Future”
• Mara Cicchetti, a neuroscience major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “The Effect of Ultrasound-Targeted Microbubble Cavitation on Microglial Polarization and Amyloid-β Clearance in an In Vitro Alzheimer’s Disease Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier”
• Sanjana Das, a psychology major in the Dietrich School — “Can Improving Alcohol Response Measures Enhance Prediction of Alcohol Problems?”
• Shanmayee Devarapalli, a biological sciences major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Investigating the Role of GDAP1 in Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling Under Stress Conditions”
• Vignesh Elangovan, a molecular biology major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy in HPV Head and Neck Cancer through TFAM Downregulation”
• Jessica Knapp, a biochemistry major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Drug Sensitivity and Resistance to Derived Immortalized Hepatoblastoma Cell Lines”
• Sejal Molakaseema, a computational biology major in the Dietrich School, the School of Computing and Information and the Frederick Honors College — “Evaluating MYBPC3 Post-Translational Protein Modifications”
• Anvith Ramadugu, a molecular biology major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Modulating Lysosomal Activity: A Novel Approach to Disrupt Immune Checkpoint Evasion in Cancer Cells”
• Allison Redhair, a chemistry major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Development of a Degradable Hydrogel for Glaucoma Shunts”
• Ria Sai, a chemistry and philosophy major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Evaluating Congruence Between Cancer Models and Tumor of Origin: A Faster Approach”
• Riya Sharma, a neuroscience major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Determining the Role of VWF in Platelet-Platelet Interactions, Post Vessel Occlusion”
• Christian Waronsky, a computational biology major in the Dietrich School, the School of Computing and Information and the Frederick Honors College — “Interaction between folic acid and cilia mutation in the development of the face”
• Kylie Wishneski, a bioengineering major in the Swanson School of Engineering and the Frederick Honors College — “Quantifying Neurogenesis in Stroke Cavities”
• Jiaan Xie, a neuroscience major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Damage-Induced Cytoplasmic DNA in Cells with Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease”
• Lorena Ye, a biochemistry major in the Dietrich School and the Frederick Honors College — “Investigating Renal Magnesium Handling through Examination of Distal Convoluted Tubule Morphology and Transporter Expression”