2022 MSTAR Students and Mentors
Nicole Muehleisen, Anxiety and Driving Patterns in Older Adults: A LongRoad Study
Mentor: Dr. Linda Hill
Veronica Gandara, Pupillometry as an Early Risk Marker of Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Eric Granholm
Heejung (Julie) Kim, Pulse Pressure and Conversion to amnestic MCI and Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Guerry Peavy
Dahlia Kaki, Perceptions on Dementia Risk and Access to Care Amongst Arab Refugees in San Diego
Mentor: Dr. Tala Al-Rousan
Mikayla Sonnleitner, Characteristics of Older Adults with Positive Neurocognitive Screens in the Geriatric ED
Mentor: Dr. Edward Castillo
Kelly Watanabe, Thoracic Aorta Calcification and Left Ventricular Structure and Function Relevant to Heart Failure: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Allison
Kerri Niino, Development of Loneliness and Social Isolation Following Spousal Loss: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Studies on Widowhood
Mentor: Dr. Dylan Jester and Dr. Brent Mausbach
Jesse Most, Investigating Macular Structure-function Relationships in Retinal and Macular Disease
Mentor: Dr. Shyamanga Borooah
Uyen Nguyen, Non-contrast MRI Comparing Healthy Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Ovarian Tissues
Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner
Bao Luu, Relationships between AD and Inflammatory Biomarkers in People Living with HIV
Mentors: Dr. Erin Sundermann and Dr. David Moore<
Cooper Haaland, A Method to Stratify Fragility Fractures to Identify High Risk Patients to Target Treatment and Decrease Patient Morbidity
Mentor: Dr. William Kent
Teini Elisara, Melanoma: Outcomes, Knowledge, Beliefs & Behaviors in the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Community
Mentors: Dr. Alison Moore and Dr. Charisse Orme
Sophie Dickinson, Neurofibrillary Tangle Distribution in Posterior Cortical Atrophy versus Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease<
Mentors: Dr. Annie Hiniker
Ji Hyun Kang, Acute Inhibition of Lysine Deacetylates Does Not Impact the Force Generating Capacity or Fatigability of Mouse Skeletal Muscle
Varun Rachakonda, Topographic 3R/4R and 4R tau seeding activity in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Annie Hiniker