Current ASPIRE Grantees’ Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nPainting into Presence: Muralism in Cartagena
Ben Andreesen ’26<\/strong>, Anthropology<\/p>\n\n\n\nFacial Emotion Processing in People with HIV: Elucidating the Differential Impact of Threat- and Deprivation-Related Adverse Childhood Experiences
Julie Fang ’27<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nHistorical Memory, or Lack Thereof, of the American Loyalists before the First Centennial
Ido Harlev ’26<\/strong>, History and Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\nExploration of the innovation and adoption of Mobile Ophthalmic Units that provide eye care to reduce blindness in rural Maharashtra, India
Anika Kale ’26<\/strong>, Public Health Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\nIdentification of SOX2 Transcription Factor Binding Partners during Zebrafish Hearing Regeneration
Harman Kaur ’26<\/strong>, Biophysics<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Irrational Plurality: Fernando Pessoa\u2019s Internal Multiplicity and the Loss of the Individual in Surreality
Janero Li ’26<\/strong>, Philosophy<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnveiling the Role of Senescent Cells in Muscle Regeneration and Fibrosis: A Path to Regenerative Medicine
Prarthana Sanjay Daswani ’27<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nPolyvictimization as an Incarceration Determinant for Transgender Women of Color
Hailey Saya Tomlinson ’26<\/strong>, Sociology and International Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\nCHIP phosphorylation protects ovariectomized mice following ischemic cardiac injury
Lara Stevens ’26<\/strong>, Chemistry and Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nAssessing the Cultural and Operational Feasibility of Countries in the North American Numbering Plan to Adopt the Three-Digit 988 Dialing Code for a National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Crisis Hotline Service
Trace Terrell ’26<\/strong>, Public Health Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\nLight, Body, Burning Touches: The Materialization of Memory in Body Casts by Marcel Duchamp and Alina Szapocznikow
Ember Ye ’26<\/strong>, History of Art and Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\nInvestigating the potential role of GPR39 in Lithium-Induced Nephrogenic Diabetes Insipidus
Jessica Zhang ’27<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Behavioral Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nRecent ASPIRE Grantees’ Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Computational study of a de novo protein that phase separates in vivo into liquid and crystal states
Armaan Ahmed ’26<\/strong>, Biophysics<\/p>\n\n\n\nEffect of Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels on Vestibular Nerve Responses to Fast Head Movements
Daniel Ballinas ’26<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nDevelopment of an Intranasal Treatment for Neonatal Brain Injury with LM11A-31
Andrew Cavanagh ’26<\/strong>, Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\nMapping Polo-like kinase-dependent phosphorylation sites in C. elegans
Alicia Guevara ’25<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nRegulation of the Oxidative Stress Response by Small RNAs in Archaea
Arman Kian ’26<\/strong>, Molecular and Cellular Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\nGraph Neural Networks to Predict Ablation Targets for Computationally Driven Atrial Fibrillation Therapy
Yash Lal ’26<\/strong>, Mathematics<\/p>\n\n\n\nA Road of Her Own: Women Travelers of the 1940s
Lillian Liu ’26<\/strong>, History<\/p>\n\n\n\nLatino Experiences at Hopkins: A Digital Library
Sandy Monter-Casio<\/strong> ’26<\/strong>, Sociology<\/p>\n\n\n\nAfrican Americans and the Environment: The Influence of Capitalism on the Development of Public Health Issues and Interventions During The Great Migration (1910-1970)
Sidney Rucker ’26<\/strong>, Public Health Studies and International Studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n Understanding Visual Distractions with Alpha Brain Waves
Joshua Seewald ’26<\/strong>, Neuroscience<\/p>\n\n\n\nMedia Perspectives of Populism: An Examination of Rhetoric Around Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Presidential Campaign
Yvette Shu ’27<\/strong>, Political Science<\/p>\n\n\n\nPostpartum depression in carceral settings: improving access despite inequity
Mingyuan Song ‘ 25<\/strong>, Neuroscience and Medicine, Science, and the Humanities<\/p>\n\n\n\nte \u2018ori tahiti e te \u2018ahu<\/em>: Public Performances of Tahitian Dance and Costuming Innovations During the Height of French Colonialism in Tahiti, 1880-1910
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