2024 Student Research Symposium Awardees

Join us in congratulating the following award winners from the 3rd Annual UNC NORC Student Research Symposium held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Four prizes of $250 each were awarded in the following categories: best undergraduate student poster, best undergraduate student oral presentation, best graduate student poster, and best graduate student oral presentation.

Navkaran Singh
Tie for Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation
“Diabetogenic effects of arsenic exposure in C57BL/6 mice carrying human AS3MT: The role of exposure windows”
UNC NORC Sponsor: Mirek Styblo, PhD
Co-Authors: Christelle Douillet, Lisa Minaeva, Rishi Aghera, Bingzhen Shang, Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, Mirek Styblo

Numair Attaar
Tie for Best Undergraduate Student Poster Presentation
“PI3K signaling connects anaplerosis and PDL1 expression in TNBC”
UNC NORC Sponsor: Stephen Hursting, PhD, MPH
Co-Authors: Alexander J. Pfeil, Eylem Kulkoyluoglu Cotul, Dorothy Teegarden, Michael K. Wendt, Michael F. Coleman, Stephen D. Hursting

Aliyah Malazarte
Best Undergraduate Student Oral Presentation
“The capacity for intestinal energy harvest prior to bariatric surgery is associated with post- surgical weight loss”
UNC NORC Sponsor: Ian Carroll, PhD
Co-Authors: Yunzhi Qian, Alicia A. Sorgen, Leslie Heinberg, Kristine Steffen, Kylie Reed, Anthony Fodor, Ian Carroll

Jiayi Zhou
Best Graduate Student Poster Presentation
“ELMO1 Modulation as a Therapeutic Target in Diabetes-Induced Cardiomyopathy and Oxidative Stress”
UNC NORC Sponsor: Nobuyo Maeda
Co-Authors: Davin Townley-Tilson, Nobuyo Maeda

Danae Gross

Best Graduate Student Oral Presentation
“Assessing the Impact of Weight Loss Promoting Medications on Functional Impairments in Adults: a NHANES Analysis (1999-2018)”
UNC NORC Sponsor: John Batsis, MD
Co-Authors: Danae C. Gross, Alessandro Gavras, HyunJo Park, Joshua Niznik, David H. Lynch, Hillary Spangler, Todd A. Mackenzie, John A. Batsis