Project Title: An investigation into the relation between olfaction and peripheral nerve conduction velocity and their relation to cholinergic function
Sponsor: Dr. Richard Doty
Department and School: Smell and Tase Center, Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine
High School: Malvern Preparatory School, PA
Other: Varsity Track & Field, tutor at the Tutoring Center, TA for Statistics, Residential Advisor
Project Title: Cellular activity in the dorsal raphe and prefrontal cortex after anti-social stress or pro-social experiences
Sponsor: Dr. Sheryl Beck
Department and School: Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
High School: Milburn High School, NJ
Other: Academic Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Deans List (Fr, So, Jr, Sr) Extracurricular Involvements: The Drug and Alcohol Resource Team (President); Global Public Health Brigades (Co-Founder and President); Volunteer at United Community Clinics; Chamber Music Program (alto and baritone saxophone); Member of Sigma Kappa Sorority (Foundation Chair); Volunteer at Global Volunteer International
Project Title: The Mutational Landscape of Essential Genes in Complex Psychiatric Disorders
Sponsor: Dr. Maja Bucan and Dr. Benjamin Georgi
Department and School: Department of Genetics, School of Medicine
High School: East Brunswick High School
Other: Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity, Drug and Alcohol Resource Team (DART)
Project Title: 2D:4D Ratios, Exposure to Prenatal Testosterone, and Aggression in Adults
Sponsor: Dr. Adrian Raine
Department and School: Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
High School: Staten Island Technical High School
Other: Research Assistant in the Healthy Brain's and Behavior Study (Dr. Raine), Research Assistant in the PICU Screening Study (Dr. Abend), President and active dancer and choreographer in Sparks Dance Company, sister of the Eta Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi, member of PennPals, Relay For Life, and Penn Speaks for Autism, Committee Member and Medical Bridage Participant in Lima Peru for Penn MedLife.
Project Title: An Eye-tracking Study of Consumer Decision-making: How Decision-making Processes Change as Options Increase
Sponsor: Dr. Joe Kable
Department and School: Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Berkeley Preparatory School, FL
Other: Painting, traveling
Project Title: Nicotinic Partial Agonists as Smoking Cessation Aids: Effects on Anxiety-like Behavior and Receptor Regulation
Sponsor: Dr. Julie Blendy
Department and School: Pharmacology, Perelman School of Medicine
High School: Wellesley High School, MA
Other: Club Lacrosse, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Nu Rho Psi
Project Title: Initial exposure to oxidative stress maintains inhibition of oligodendrocyte maturation despite discontinuation of the stress
Sponsor: Dr. Judith Grinspan
Department and School: Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
High School: Portsmouth Abbey School
Other: HUP Premed Volunteer; Alpha Phi Omega; KSA/KAP; PennAppetit
Project Title: Psychosocial Functioning Changes in Depressed Patients Undergoing Medication versus Medication and Cognitive Therapy Treatment
Sponsor: Dr. Robert DeRubeis
Department and School: Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences
High School: Lower Merieon High School, PA
Other: Social Planning and Events Committee (VP, Secretary, Spring Fling Director), Tangible Change (voting member), Peers Helping Incoming New Students, Zeta Tau Alpha
Project Title: Hormonal Modulation of Motor Neuron and Neuromuscular Activity in the Stomatogastric Nervous System of the Crab Cancer borealis
Sponsor: Dr. Michael P Nusbaum
Department and School: Neuroscience, School of Medicine
High School: West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, NJ
Other: Asian Pacific American Leadership Initiative; Penn Raas; Asian Pacific American Heritage Week; East Coast Asian American Student Union conference; Penn Asian Health Initiatives
Project Title: The Identification and Targeting of Biomarkers of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Valproic Acid Model of Autism
Sponsor: Dr. Steven Siegel
Department and School: Psychiatry, School of Medicine
High School: The Wheatley School, Old Westbury NY
Other: Research has been published in PLoS ONE scientific journal and presented at Society of Biological Psychiatry; graduating Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude; at Penn has been President of BBB Society, VP of South Asia Society, and involved with Student Committee on Undergraduate Education