Presidential Research Grant Recipients

Fall 2024, and Winter 2025

Fall 2024

 

 Kelly, Jaylyn. Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Title: Storage Optimization for Kidney Transplant

 

Olszewski, Mitchell. Department of Biology.

Title: Freshwater fish as a bioindicator for Escherichia coli (E. coli) in contaminated river systems in Michigan

 

Smith, Alyssa. Department of Biology.

Title: Investigating Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Food Web Dynamics using a Novel Stable Isotope Tracer Approach

 

Wiler-Beltman, Maisie. Department of Biology. 

Title: Lady’s slipper orchids and fire: examining occurrence, mycorrhizal associations, and the influence of fire in Cypripedium spp

 

Winter 2025

 

Kreger, Maisley. Department of Speech-Language Pathology.

Title: Improving Resilience and Self-Perceptions in Children with Speech Disorders: A Six-Week Bibliotherapy Intervention

 

Lynch, Claire. Department of Public Health. 

Title: Strength in Inclusion: Fitness Programming for College Students with Disabilities

 

Buchner, Jenica. Martin, Sarah. Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training.

Title: Burnout and Workplace Stress in Secondary School Athletic Trainers

 

Shutz, Kyle. Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.

Title:  Testing Between the Gravitational Pressure and Statolith Models

 

Smith, Grace. Department of Biomedical Sciences. 

Title: Neurophysiological Alterations in Crayfish in response to Common Inhibitory Drug

 

Zornu, Ophelia . Department of Social Work. 

Title: Understanding Support: Experiences of African International Students in U.S. Universities

 

Spring/Summer 2025

 

Clark, Logan. Department of Biology. 

Title: Brown Trout movement in the North Branch Au Sable River

 

DeLaFuente, Anna. Department of Biology. 

Title: Effects of Prescribed Fire and Tree Girdling Treatments on Ground Layer Vegetation Recruitment and Ecosystem Structure in a Degraded Oak Savanna Ecosystem

 

Duarte, Camila. Department of Biomedical Sciences.

Title: Effects of Ketogenic Diet on Reproductive Health in Obese Mice

 

Eberly, Emily. Department of Biology.

Title: Multiple Indicator Assessment of the Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands

 

Forthaus, Grace. Department of Biology. 

Title: Unraveling the Invasion: Genomic Insights into the Spread and Adaptation of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Eastern North America

 

Kuhlman, Josie. Department of Biology. 

Title: Advancing beach monitoring by investigating the relationship between Escherichia coli concentrations in sand and water

 

Plummer, Addison. Department of Biology. 

Title: The Fate and Transport of Mercury in the Grand River Watershed

 

Sweeney, Ava. Department of Biology. 

Title: Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in transition: The case for soft release




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