The Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Symposium (VURS) provides an opportunity for our undergraduates to share their work in a campus-wide celebration of undergraduate student research.
The fair is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, and Immersion Vanderbilt.
The Spring 2025 Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held on April 17, 2025. Registration will open in Spring 2025.
Questions? Contact Immersion Vanderbilt via email at immersion@vanderbilt.edu.
March 18, 5:30-6:30 pm in Buttrick 205
March 26, 4:30-5:30 pm in Buttrick 306
The Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Symposium Spring 2025 Poster Winners
Basic and Natural Sciences
Winner: Sarah Son
Title: The Effects of M5 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor Modulation in Opioid Use Disorder
Faculty Mentor: Carrie Jones
Runner-up: Sowmya Paritala
Title: MAFB Regulates Mitochondrial Function in Primary Human Islet α Cells
Faculty Mentor: Katie Coate
Clinical and Translational Research & Public Health
Winner: Sarah Zeng
Title: Identifying Risk of Sepsis Hospitalization for Tennessee Adults 65 and Older
Faculty Mentor: Generosa Kakoti, Tennessee Department of Health
Runner-up: Andrew Kim
Title: Effects of Multisensory Simultaneity Judgment Training on Speech Comprehension and Cortical Processing
Faculty Mentor: Mark Wallace
Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, and Mathematics
Winner: Saksham Sharma
Title: Bio-inspired Soft-bodied Robotic Pump for Transportation of Viscous Fluid and Solid Cargos
Faculty Mentor: Xiaoguang Dong
Runner-up: Tao-Tao He
Title: The Florence Price Art Song Project: A digital catalog of 112 songs by Florence Price and a model generating accompaniments in Price’s style
Faculty Mentor: Douglas Shadle
Social, Behavioral, Education Studies, and Humanities
Winner: Karissa Sitepu
Title: Perspectives on Preparing Speech-Language Pathologists to Effectively Support Behavior in School Contexts
Faculty Mentor: Jason Chow
Runner-up: Isabella Dietrich
Title: Effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Enhanced with Social Cognitive Training on Theory of Mind in Depressed Adolescents
Faculty Mentor: Judy Garber
Vanderbilt students who have completed research projects are invited to share their work with the campus community. Students must present work that was completed while enrolled at Vanderbilt.
Additional Resources
Partner offices have provided additional resources which are helpful to research projects.