Undergraduate students from the University of Utah will showcase their research for Utah lawmakers and the general public on Tuesday, Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the rotunda at the Utah State Capitol.

Research on Capitol Hill, now in its 20th year, gives lawmakers and the public a glimpse of the breadth of research programs at the U and reinforces the value of state-funded higher education.

Students presenting at the event practice engaging in public outreach and polishing presentation skills. By explaining their research in clear, non-technical terms to event attendees including legislators, junior high students and parents, presenters practice communicating their work succinctly and accessibly.

The 26 presenters from the U hail from broad disciplines across campus, including engineering, medicine and social sciences. Project titles include “Daily Experiences of Children with Cancer Reported Through a Game-Based App,” “Latter-day Saint Women and Wage Labor in the Twentieth Century” and “The Effects of Racial Dissimilarity on Students of Color’s Participation in Groups.”

Find the full list of research project titles from the U below.

 

 

First	Last	College	Department	Title
Dallas	Blackburn	Social & Behavioral Science	Political Science	The Constitutional Context of Public Administration and Executive Orders
Varun	Garg	Pharmacy	Medicinal Chemistry	Improved Synthetic Bioengineering Production of Polysaccharides and size-specific Oligosaccharides of Low Molecular Weight Heparosan, a Heparin Precursor
Elizabeth	Izampuye	Social & Behavioral Science	Sociology	Exploring the Relationship Between Patient Satisfaction and Expectations among Free Clinic Patients
Michael	Keyser	Engineering	Bioengineering	Effects of Curvature on Optical Coherence Tomography Images used for the 3D Reconstruction of a Deployed Stent
Caitlin	Linder	Nursing	Nursing	Daily Experiences of Children with Cancer Reported Through a Game-Based App
Kristianna	Radley	Social & Behavioral Science	Family & Consumer Studies	Searching for the Fountain of Ute: Birthplace and Longevity in Utah
Johnny	Rodriguez	Social & Behavioral Science	Sociology	Social and Economic factors: The Influencers of Contraceptive Effectiveness
Andrew	Smith	Science	Chemistry	Abstract: Cyclization of Peptides to Improve Their Metabolic Stability
Surya	Gurung	Social & Behavioral Science	Sociology	Perceptions of mental health and stress related to social support and acculturation among Bhutanese refugee women in Utah
Kamala	Poudyel	Social & Behavioral Science	Sociology	Perceptions of mental health and stress related to social support and acculturation among Bhutanese refugee women in Utah
Amelie	Bennett	Fine Arts	School of Dance	How We Move When We Feel: Kinesthetic Empathy through Mirror Neuron Systems
Marcus	Blackburn	Engineering	Bioengineering	The influences of cardiac fibroblasts on electrical conduction velocity may contribute to arrhythmogenesis
Tamara	Calzado Real	Business	Management	The Effects of Racial Dissimilarity on Students of Color’s Participation in Groups.
Rachel	Cantrell	Science	Chemistry	Towards the Synthesis of TAN-1057 D Inspired Antibiotic Candidates
Mary Kathryn	Curcio	Medicine	Pediatrics	Collaborating for Child Health and Well-Being: A Pilot RCT of a Collaborative Care Practice Between Child Welfare and Child Health Care
Emily	Huang	Medicine	Internal Medicine	Verapamil Protects Against Severe Hypoglycemia-Induced Fatal Cardiac Arrhythmias
Noelle	Huhn	Cultural & Social Transformation	Gender Studies	Sexual and Reproductive Health Education Across Cultural Contexts: Global, National, and Local Practices and Recommendations
Ria	Kaddu	Medicine	Pediatrics	Intrauterine Growth Restriction and Supplemental DHA Alter Rat Hepatic Histone Methylation
Megan	Lewis	Medicine	Oncological Sciences	Signaling Pathway Regulation of Transcription Factor E2F1 Alters Cell Cycle Progression in Drosophila Midgut
Anna	Meredith	Humanities	History	Latter-day Saint Women and Wage Labor in the Twentieth Century
Nicole	Mortensen	Engineering	Materials Science and Engineering	An Investigation of 3 Introduction Methods of Hydrogel-Based Drug Delivery Devices in Ocular Disease Treatment
Madeleine	Odette	Social Work	Social Work	Neural Mechanisms of Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement
Madison	Putich	Health	Nutrition and Integrative Physiology	Effect of dietary supplementation of blueberries on vascular health in aged mice
Kaden	Rawson	Engineering	Bioengineering	Loading Polyurethane Foam With a Novel Anti-biofilm Compound for Use in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
Hector	Robles	Social Work	Social Work	An Examination at how Immigration Policies Influence the Concerns of Undocumented Immigrants in the United States (U.S.)
Gabriela	Rocha	Science	Biology	Investigating the role of the Unfolded Protein Response in Quiescence