{"id":3,"date":"2014-07-24T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/researchfair\/homepage\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:35:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:35:24","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/researchfair\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vanderbilt Undergraduate Research Symposium (VURS) provides an opportunity for Vanderbilt undergraduates to share their work in a campus-wide celebration of undergraduate student research.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Congratulations to our Spring 2026 poster competition winners!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Winners of the 2026 Spring VURS poster competition were presented certificates by Chancellor Diermeier. Photo: Harrison McClary\/Vanderbilt University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Basic and Natural Sciences<\/h4>\n

Co-winner: Julie Qi<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: SLC7A9-dependent stabilization of rBAT provides new insights into therapeutic approaches for type A cystinuria
\nFaculty mentor: Matthew Wilson<\/p>\n

Co-winner: Eric Diao<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: BET protein inhibition reduces upregulation of inflammation in progerin-expressing vascular smooth muscle cells
\nFaculty mentor: Jonathan Brown<\/p>\n

Runner-up: Eldaah Paulraj<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Plasminogen as a driver of innate immune memory
\nFaculty mentor: Kasey Vickers<\/p>\n

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Clinical and Translational Research & Public Health<\/h4>\n

Winner: Jeffrey Eum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Music perception abilities, cognition, and auditory function in older adults
\nFaculty mentor: Srishti Nayak<\/p>\n

Runners-up: Raghav Pallapothu and Santosh Kudaravalli<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Stroke-related infratentorial microbleeds and accelerated brain aging
\nFaculty mentor: Roger Newman-Norlund<\/p>\n

Runners-up: You-hyun Noh and Jamisen Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: The effect of active and passive movement on audio-tactile temporal order judgments in development
\nFaculty mentor: Mark Wallace<\/p>\n

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Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, and Mathematics<\/h4>\n

Winner: Manish Acharya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Efficient sliced Wasserstein distance computation via adaptive Bayesian optimization
\nFaculty mentor: David Hyde<\/p>\n

Runner-up: Nicholas Oberbroeckling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Supplementation of NAD+ precursors with overexpression of the nicotinamide riboside kinase 1 and 2 gene in Chinese hampster ovary cells increases monoclonal antibody titer
\nFaculty mentor: Jamey Young<\/p>\n

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Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education Studies, and Humanities<\/h4>\n

Winner: Olivia Driscoll<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Spelling and segmenting words with blends: What types of errors do children make?
\nFaculty mentor: Melanie Schuele<\/p>\n

Runners-up: Lily Grouf and Rowan Bullington<\/strong><\/p>\n

Title: Characteristics of the friends of students with or at risk for emotional and behavioral disorders
\nFaculty mentor: Kristen Granger<\/p>\n

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\"Undergraduate<\/p>\n

\"20180927SG015<\/p>\n

The symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, and Immersion Vanderbilt.<\/em><\/p>\n

Questions? <\/strong>Contact Immersion Vanderbilt\u00a0via email at immersion@vanderbilt.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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