USS | Honors Archive

First Place – Elizabeth Barley | “A Study of Pediatric Oral Health in Ahwa, Gujarat, India”
Second Place – Sarin Itty | “Angiotensin II Fragment Receptor Binding in the Mouse Brain”
Third Place – Angela Ogero, Jahleeyah Muhammad, and Ammy Castillo | “Behavior Checklist for Preschool Children with Reading Dogs”
Honorable Mentions –
- Francesca Chavez | “Fashion Law: A Comparative Study of U.S. and European Models”
- Tiana Henry | “Effects of Role Models and Financing Barriers on Women Entrepreneurship”
- Elaine Ognjanovski | “Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Spheroids”
- Roodelyne Pierrelus | “Cell-cell communication in bacteria mediated by weak photon emission”
- Alexandra Apetri and Micaela Sullivan | “Can You Taste Fat? A Study on the Impact of Fat Perception on Dietary Behaviors and Adiposity”

First Place –
- Deborah Fortino | “Relationship between Stance Phase Frontal Plane Kinematics and Initial Impact Forces in Collegiate Cross Country Runners”
- Steven Sigler | “The Political Reintegration of Prominent Confederate Generals in the US During Reconstruction (1865-1877)”
- Rachel Ghoubrial and Ratnavi Shah | “Using Caenorhabditis elegans and an engineered bacterium to dissect host pathogen avoidance strategies”
Second Place –
- Esha Parikh | “Human gut microbiome composition is associated with perceived stress and cortisol”
- Anna Susol | “The Myth of the Mother: Gender Stereotypes in Custody Decisions”
- Sujad Younis | “Examining the Antibacterial Properties of Placental Tissue Components”