2023 MSTAR Students and Mentors
Noorhan Amani, The Effects of Social and Built Environment of Refugee Camps on Cognitive Aging Among Refugees
Mentor: Tala Al-Rousan
Pallavi Chandrasekhar, Past Oral Contraceptive Use and Age at Initiation Relates to Late Life CognitiveOutcomes
Mentor: Erin Sundermann
Jessica Daly, Assessing the Gap: Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancer Screening & Surveillance in Older Adults
Mentor: Samir Gupta
Matinder Dhillon
Mentor: Melody Schiaffino
Jacquelyn Ferguson, Creatinine Filtration as an Indicator of Muscle Mass and Functional Status in Older Adults
Mentor: Alison Potok
Dylan Lawton, Examining the Cost Burden Analysis of Dietary Supplements in Older Adult Drivers: An Analysis from The AAA LongROAD Study
Mentor: Ryan Moran
Sidney Lin, Multimorbidity and Stimulant Use Disorder Among Veterans with Criminal Legal System Involvement
Mentor: Benjamin Han
Sydney Maraat, Review of Disparities in Transgender Medicine and Care of Older Adults Utilizing a NIMHD Research Framework
Mentors: Benjamin Han, Maile Karris
Shay Nakahira, Using Digital Passive Metrics to Assess the Impact of Sedentary Activity and Sleep on Cognition within the Hispanic Population
Mentor: Raeanne Moore
Pearse O’Malley, Cannabis Use Increase Among Older Adults in the US Since Widespread
Legalization of Cannabis and More Permissive Drug Use Attitudes Among Baby Boomers
Mentor: Alison Moore
Vy Pham, Evaluating the Safety of Mohs Micrographic Surgery in the Elderly: Measuring Infection
Rates Across Patient Populations
Mentor: Brian Jiang
Emma Rice, Correlations between activity levels and hippocampal tau using the CHAMPS questionnaire
Mentor: Sarah Banks
Liz Timple, The Intensive Care Unit's (ICU) Bustling Environment Designed for the Care of Acutely
Ill Patients and the Lighting Conditions
Mentor: Biren Kamdar
Michelle Trinh, Characterizing the Relationship Between Meta-Temporal Cerebral Blood Flow and Fuctional Ability in Cognitively Impaired Adults
Mentor: Katie Bangen
Abigail Zaratan, Neuropsychological Criteria for MCI Better Predicts Neuroimaging-Based Markers of Neurodegeneration in Aging Veterans
Mentor: Lisa Delano-Wood