The motivation for this project is to build an R package that outputs necessary data frames relevant to obesity costs, where the clients could easily manipulate the output using difference parameters, e.g. relative risks for each illnesses. This is in conjunction with another research project that estimated the state-level economic costs of obesity in the […]
B25: Modeling the Economic Cost of Obesity Risk and its Impact on Excess Mortality and Morbidity in the United States
Understanding the economic cost of obesity risk represents an important aspect of prevention and management of the obesity pandemic. Thus, assessing the economic impact of obesity on society is increasingly important. Prior studies about obesity-related costs in the United States focused more on the national-level direct and indirect costs that evolved over a short time […]
B26: Critically Evaluating Apps Used to Teach Social Skills to Young Children
As we learn more about child language development, we are curious as to how each individual child best develops the necessary skills to succeed. In today’s world, we are constantly being bombarded with technology; on average, people use apps on their devices between 194-223 days a year (Pontin et al., 2021). With the increasingly large […]
B28: Capacity Issues in Sexual Assault Prevention Programs Within Higher Education
This article is an examination of the capacity barriers of Title IX Coordinators within the higher education setting. Title IX is a civil right that prohibits sex discrimination in education and it applies to all school that receive federal financial assistance from the government. The 2011 Office of Civil Rights Dear Colleagues Letter states that […]
B29: Examining Sex Chromosome and Gonadal Hormone Influences on Fear Learning in Mice
There are known disparities in susceptibility to psychiatric and stress-related disorders between sexes. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one such case. We used stress-enhanced fear learning (SEFL), a validated animal model for PTSD. However, it is unknown if sex differences stem from gonadal (Sry + vs. Sry -) or chromosomal (XX vs. XY) differences. The […]
B30: Racial Stereotypes and Their Effects on Academic Performance
The general research area for this study was in the field of social work. My work was conducted by sending out a survey for my Research Methods class via Google Forms. Once I got my data in, I analyzed the open-ended questions for common themes. The research question is “To what extent do racial stereotypes […]
B31: The Effects of Acute Early Life Stress and Social Buffering on Anxiety Behavior, Corticosterone Secretion, and Receptor Protein Expression in Adulthood
Although the psychopathological impacts of stress are far-reaching, the mechanisms of these consequences remain poorly understood. Recent evidence implicates a social component in the development of stress-induced psychopathologies. The presence of a social partner can ameliorate the consequences of stress exposure, a phenomenon known as social buffering. To better understand this phenomenon, this study sought […]
B32: A Role for Serotonin in Mediated Stress Enhanced Fear Learning Following Exposure to Early Life Stress
Rodents provide a useful translational model of fear- and anxiety-related behaviors. Previously stressed animals exhibit physiological and behavioral stress responses that parallel those observed in anxious humans. Patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) present with a spectrum of debilitating anxiety symptoms that result from exposure to one or more traumatic events, with women having […]
B33: Breast Cancer Survivorship Among South Asian Women
This study explores to understand the experiences of breast cancer survivorship amongst South Asian women in the global diaspora. Many studies in the past have explored the experiences of breast cancer survivorship, though little has been done to explore the factors that contribute to these experiences in minority populations. The research question considered in this […]