2019 SUP Symposium Awards
More than 120 undergraduate students from UNC-Chapel Hill and beyond participated in the fifth annual Summer Undergraduate Pipeline Research Symposium – sharing the ideas they had pursued and their enthusiasm for the process of discovery with the Carolina community.
WHEN: Wednesday, July 24th, 9:00am-12:30pm
WHERE: The George Watts Hill Alumni Center
The Symposium provided opportunities for oral and poster presentations, with awards provided in each category.
2019 SUP Research Symposium AWARDEES:
ORAL Presentations
1st Place: Maryam Chadhry (IMHOTEP Participant), Georgia State University
Research Title: Anthropometric Measurements in Transgender Individuals
Research Mentor: Tonia Poteat, Social Medicine
2nd Place: Traci Thompson (McNair Participant), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Title: The Relationship between White Racial Resentment and
Individualism in the Age of Trump
Research Mentor: Kathleen Fitzgerald, Sociology
3rd Place: Zarin Tabassum (SURF Participant), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Title: The Role of MARK2-Mediated Phosphorylation in Regulating CBP-Mediated
Acetylation
Research Mentor: Todd Cohen, Neurology
POSTER Presentations
1st Place: Jasmine Scott (CSF Participant), Spelman College
Research Title: Interaction of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and the Female Microbiome
Research Mentor: Joseph Duncan, Pharmacology
2nd Place: Veronica Samojedny (CSF Participant), Tulane University
Research Title: Role of acute stress and ethanol in modulation of threat response behaviors
Research Mentor: Thomas Kash, Pharmacology
3rd Place: Hannah Wilkins (CSS Participant), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Title: Approaches to Relieve Mucus Flakes Burden in Cystic Fibrosis
Research Mentor: Ronit Freeman, Applied Physical Sciences
For more information, contact:
Kathy Wood, Co-Director
Diversity & Student Success Program
kathy_wood@unc.edu or (919) 962-2509