Capstone Projects

Sarah Ainsley Remdesivir: A Treatment for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus

Brittany Apple: Environmental Impact of Diet: What Are the Environmental Impacts of a “Healthy” Diet? Are There Ways to Reduce Carbon/ Methane Footprint and Maintain a Health- Promoting Diet

Erianna Bass: Single-Stranded Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy Development and Its Role in Addressing Four of The Leading Causes of Mortality in The United States

Vanessa Bernardo: The Role of Elastic Energy in Tendons and Modifications Due to Exercise

Darrica Byrd: Efficacy of Treatments for Motor and Nonmotor Manifestations of Elderly Patients with Parkinson Disease

Lucas Capito: The Implications of COVID-19 and its Effects on Bodily Functions

Alexandra De La Cruz: Buruli Ulcer: Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Eradication Measures

Eboni Gadson: COVID-19: Epidemiology & Socioeconomic Aspects

Kyla Jones: COVID-19 and Thrombosis: Pathophysiology and Implications for Treatment

Madeline McIntosh: Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

Alexandra Miranda: Shared Genetic and Environmental Factors between Type I Diabetes and Celiac Disease

Alexandra Mollica: Caloric Restriction-Based Life Extension

Judy Nguyen: Specific Factors Involved in Intracapsular Hip Fracture Treatments

Frank Ofori-Addo: The Physiology of Kwashiorkor

Puja Patel: Effect of Foot Arch Deformities on Gait and Possible Treatments

Sheram Serrano-Camacho: Interrelationship of the intestinal microbiome in Alzheimer's disease through the gut-brain axis

Daniel van Rooyen: Metagenomic Sequencing Applied to Epidemiology and Healthcare

Spencer Winspear: Preventing the Spread of Mosquito-Borne Infectious Disease Through Advances in Vector Control

END OF YEAR CAPSTONE PRESENTATION VIA ZOOM.

Outstanding Presentation Award: Alexandra Miranda

2nd and 3rd finalists: Frank Ofori-Addo and Spencer Winspear.

Outstanding Presentation Award: Alexandra Miranda (3rd down)