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Dietary Fiber Intake Protects Bone in Chronic Kidney Disease
It is estimated that 14% of the adult US population has chronic kidney disease (CKD). This is approximately 1 in 7 adults. Bone loss is a common side effect of CKD which leads to increased risk of bone fractures. Treatments in CKD are challenging due ...
Findings from a Scoping Review: Healthcare disparities within long-COVID 19 patients in the United States
This LHSI internship has allowed me to work within the Center for Biomedical Informatics at the Regenstrief Institute. At this center they are working alongside the CDC, Indiana University, the VA, and Marion County Public Health department in resear ...
The Role of CTMP in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
My internship has focused on analyzing denervation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in nerve injury and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) models. In the nerve injury model, the sciatic nerve in the right hind limb was surgically cut to document how ...
Differential response of GCN2 eIF2 kinase to specific amino acid limitations in prostate cancer
In our lab we focus on understanding how stress response pathways help prostate cancer (PCa) cells adapt and survive amino acid (AA) limitations. Our lab discovered that the kinase GCN2 is critical for the maintenance of AAs in PCa cells by turning o ...
Empowering Underprivileged Mothers: A Holistic Approach through Interprofessional Practice to Address Social Determinants of Health
During my internship under the guidance of Dr. April Newton and Alex Buchanan, I had the invaluable opportunity to participate in two clinics: the Buprenorphine Clinic and the CoPac Clinic. These experiences offered me profound insights into the powe ...
Comparing and contrasting the foundational clinical characteristics of children with type II diabetes, revealing distinctions between those whose mothers experienced gestational diabetes and those whose mothers did not
Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs in pregnant women. This is a short-term condition where the woman’s body is not able to produce enough insulin to combat the amount of glucose being produced. This can be quite harmful to both th ...
Scoping Review of Treatment of Conduct Problems in Down Syndrome
For this project, we are focused on researching the various treatments of behavioral problems for individuals with Down syndrome (DS) by analyzing previous literature. A select group of articles have been screened and data has been extracted from the ...
Process of Creating a Study About International Medical Graduates
We conduct comprehensive literature reviews and surveys to understand the involvement of international medical graduates in the pediatric bioethics field. Not much research has been done on this topic, so we hope to learn more about international med ...
Resistance Training as Physiological and Psychological
This internship project aims to improve the health of individuals at risk of developing diabetes by introducing them to a strength training program. The focus is on promoting physical well-being through targeted strength exercises, with the ultimate ...
Refining Structure of the Amot Coiled Coil Homology Domain to Understand Function in Epithelial Cell Cancers
1 in 8 women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Epithelial cell cancers result from the overexpression of Angiomotins (Amot). Amots are a family of adaptor proteins that control the location of proteins responsible for c ...