The Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (URSCA) is proud to announce the newest cohort of Woodrow Wilson Fellows.

The Woodrow Wilson Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, established in 1999, provides a select set of first-year students from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences with the unparalleled opportunity to pursue an independent research project that stretches all the way until their graduation from Hopkins. To become a Wilson Fellow, students compose a three-year project proposal and budget, identify a faculty mentor, and submit a full application including transcripts, a CV, a personal statement, and a letter of recommendation. Applications are reviewed by a panel of JHU faculty, and finalists are invited to interview with URSCA staff, who ultimately name 10 Wilson Fellows each year.

Our 10 new Fellows from the class of 2028, and the titles of their projects, are:

Imad Ahmed, “Mechanisms of Irisin-Induced Cognitive Benefit in Parkinson’s Disease”

William Bowers, “Liquid biopsy analyses to characterize and monitor small-cell lung cancer during therapy by cell-free DNA next-generation sequencing”

Romila Detering, “Testing the Principles of Wilkommenskultur and Leitkultur: The Reception of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Since 2022”

Angelina Dong, “MAP4K4 Inhibition as a Promising Treatment for Chemo-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy: Effects of MAP4K4 Inhibition on Paclitaxel Antineoplastic Capabilities”

Alessia Iannuzzi, “Determining how MEIS2 regulates cell fates in human retinal organoids”

Shreya Kesarwani, “Policy Insights from Navigating Opioid Settlement Funds”

Gio Kim, “Uncovering the genetic mechanisms underlying poor sleep in neurodegenerative diseases using a forward genetic screen in Drosophila”

Olivia Lowry, “US Influence on South Korean Gender Policy From 1945-1987”

Weili Lu, “The Role of the Gut Mycobiome in Mediating the Impact of Non-nutritive Sweeteners on Metabolic Health”

Sean Park, “Comparing different Patient Centered Outcomes related to Visual Performance with Imaging”

We are excited to work with these students over the next three years, and to integrate them into the cohort of our upperclass Wilson Fellows.