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VBRN Spotlight: 2024 Students

VBRN Spotlight: 2024 Students

Name: Barsha Khanal  Home Institution: Saint Michael's College Year in Fall 2024: Sophomore  Research Institution: University of Vermont What I am researching: I am researching Toxoplasma gondii infection and its implications within the central nervous system, but...

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2024 - 2025 Funded Faculty

NameAward CategoryTitle

Kylie Blodgett

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Project Award

"Developmentally Assessing Resilience as a Mediatory of Stress and Health Behaviors in College Students"

Sam Byrne

Middlebury College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"PFAS and mercury exposure from selfcaught fish consumption in Vermont"

Andrea Corcoran

Vermont State University Castleton

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Project Award

"Effect of Chronic Cannabidiol on the Cardiorespiratory System and Exercise Responses"

Jennifer Crodelle

Middlebury College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Project Award

"The Role of Inhibitory Plasticity During Development in the Formation of Orientation Preference Maps"

Ruth Fabian-Fine

St. Michael's College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Project Award

"Age-dependent Degeneration of the Nervous System in an Invertebrate Model System"

Sarah Gallant

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Project Award

"Development of a Spectrophotometric Method for Detection of Uranium (VI) in Drinking Water"

Jeffrey Kirkland

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"Cytotoxicity of atmospheric materials: exploring air quality and human health"

Min Li

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"SES Impact on Stages of Breast Cancer among Racial Groups of Elderly Women"

Alexis Mychajliw

Middlebury College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"A One Health approach to human-canine pathogen transmission in New England"

Allison Neal

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"Identifying bacterial symbionts that help or harm trematodes in their snail host"

Michelle Sama

Vermont State University Randolph

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"Location and Spatial Differences of Bacterial Resistome Genetics in Permafrost Samples"

Page Spiess

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Exploratory Award

"Risk Analysis of Poor Air Quality Index Days on Healthcare Staffing Needs in Vermont"

Emma Ste. Marie

Norwich University

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"Synthesis of ergothioneine derivatives and incorporation into peptides"

Brian Swisher

St. Michael's College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Exploratory Award

"Fostering widespread implementation of a microcosm system to support CURE adoption"

Emily Tarleton

Vermont State University Johnson

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

""Exploring Factors Related to Malnutrition and Fall Risk in Food Secure Versus Food Insecure Vermont Meals on Wheels Participants""

Zu Wei Zhai

Middlebury College

Faculty Bio

INBRE Faculty Pilot Award

"Maladaptive family relationships, brain white-matter micro-structure and risk for substance use"