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