Summit 2024 Recap
Welcome to the overview of the fourth annual Women's Research Engagement Network Summit! This event is the first interdisciplinary research conference in the nation specifically focused on highlighting the achievements of undergraduate women. Our attendees join us for a day of events focused on female empowerment, women in academia, and celebrating the achievements of women at Northeastern.
Event Recap
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Hajal
Dr. Hajal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Northeastern University. Her research interests are at the intersection of engineering and cancer biology, developing tissue engineered models of tumors to study cancer progression, drug delivery, and treatment resistance.
Student Organization Workshops
"Med School or Not" with Mikayla Tsai
"Telling Your Story" with HerCampus
"Storytelling in Cancer Research" with Relay for Life
Poster Session with Scholars
Meet our amazing student researchers, part of the WREN Scholars, and learn about their current research!
Presenters:
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Victoria Horard - Labor Rights of Immigrants in Domestic and Agricultural Work: Geographic Patterns and the Influence of Historical Racism
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Sasha Volkova - Disruption of Cancer Cell Homeostasis through Epigenetic Reprogramming
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Cayla Hoang (with Gloria Mancera-Sortillon and Vandya Goel) - The Association Between Youth Perceptions of Parental Behavior and Ethnic Identity
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Remy Ghosh and Chiara Haskell- Examining Emotions Elicited by Minority Groups: Room for Further Exploration
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Elda Gobena - The Walking After Traumatic Brain Injury Study
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Katherine Moravick - The Role of Phosphatases in Inflammatory Cell Death Pathways
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Sahasra Karri - Strength of Running Response to Alternating Current is Positively Correlated with Body Length in C. Elegans
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Leah Oruko - Assessing the Capacity of Health Facilities to Diagnose, Manage, and Treat Visceral Leishmanaisis in Taity, Baringo County, Kenya
Featured Scholar Talks
- Jasmine Elsayed - Characterization of DNA Polymerase Proteins PolA1 and PolA2
- Victoria Horard - Immigrant Related Policies: How Racism Shaped Labor Rights in Domestic and Agricultural Work
- Grace Crossley - Health Systems and Outcomes: A Comparative Analysis between Massachusetts and Andalucia
- Sam Balaban - Fungal Degradation of PFAS
- Michelle Yu - Fragmentation Propensity of Cysteic Acid in the SOD1 Protein
- Catarina Bettencourt - Relationship between lower extremity muscle function and years of professional dance training: An exploratory analysis in 18- to 83-year-old adults
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