Practicum Pods

Taliyah Borromeo completed her GDB Practicum Project on "Imani Clinic’s Implementation of an Equitable Hypertension Program to Improve Cardiovascular Health." Learn about Taliyah’s research experience in this episode of Practicum Pods , hosted by GDB Advising! Links & Info Mentor: Dr. Javier E. López, M.D.: https://health.ucdavis.edu/heart/team/1340/javier-lopez-cardiovascular-medicine-sacrame...

Anam Safoora (she/her) completed her GDB Practicum Project on "Testing Artificial Intelligence Accuracy in Mosquito Identification." Learn about Anam’s research experience in Episode 16 of GDB Advising's Practicum Pods ! Links & Information: Mentor: Christopher Barker, PhD Barker Lab: https://barkerlab.ucdavis.edu/people/staff-and-students/  Email:  cmbarker@ucdavis.edu Email gdb-advise@ucdavi...

Elizabeth Roth (she/her) completed her GDB Practicum Project on "Population Genetics and Insecticide Resistance in Aedes Aegypti Mosquito Populations in Orange County, CA." Learn about Elizabeth's research experience in Episode 15 of GDB Advising's Practicum Pods ! Links & Information Faculty Mentor: Geoffrey Attardo, Department of Entomology and Nematology ( gmattardo@ucdavis.edu ) Attardo La...

Paulina Frost completed her GDB Practicum Project on the "Role of Language in Reported Level of Worry About COVID-19 Infection in California." Learn about Paulina's research experience in Episode 14 of GDB Advising's Practicum Pods ! Links & Information Faculty Mentor: Jake M. Pry, Ph. D., M.P.H., Department of Public Health Sciences ( ⁠jmpry@ucdavis.edu⁠ ) Email GDB Advising at ⁠gdb-advise@uc...

Alisa Chernikova completed her GDB practicum project on the "Analysis of Morphological and Anatomical Changes In Pistachio Cultivars And Their Relation To Pericarp Dehiscence." Learn about Alisa's research experience in the GDB Office's February Practicum Pod! Important Links: Principal Investigator: Dr. Georgia Drakakaki  ( gdrakakaki@ucdavis.edu ) Drakakaki Lab website: https://drakakaki.ucdavis...

Maya Deshmukh (she/her) is a fourth-year GDB student completing her GDB practicum project on "The Impact of Insurance on the Risk of Dementia After Traumatic Brain Injury," Learn about Maya's research experience in GDB Advising's January 2023 Practicum Pod! Links & Information PI: Dr. Miriam Nuño, Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics, mnuno@ucdavis.edu Sofia Research Team: https://so...

In our second Practicum Pods episode of Fall 2022, we are joined by our wonderful GDB Peer Advisor and current student, Michelle Mallari (she/her). Listen in to learn about how she got involved in research after transferring to UCD, what awesome work she is up to in plant biology, and much more! Important Links PI: Venkatesan Sundaresan, PhD ( sundar@ucdavis.edu ) Mentor: Debra Skinner, PhD, Proje...

Happy Halloween, GDBers! This first Practicum Pods episode of Fall 2022 is a special one as we are joined by our very own peer advisors (and your fellow students) Indira D'Souza (she/her) and Raf Ricon (he/him). Listen in to learn about how they got involved in research during their early years at UCD, what awesome work they're up to, and much more! Indira's Links Perinatal Origins of Disparities...

Sophia Li (she/her) completed her GDB practicum project on "When to call: an analysis of calling statistics from a COVID-19 phone-based questionnaire." Learn about Sophia's research experience in GDB Advising's May 2022 episode of Practicum Pods ! Links & Information Mentor: Kristin Andrejko ( Kristin. Andrejko@cdph.ca.gov ) The parent study is affiliated with CDPH and UCB School of Public Hea...

Jorge Benitez (he/him) completed his GDB Practicum Project on "Biomechanisms Leading to Tissue Resident CD4 Memory T Cells during Bacterial Infection." Learn about Jorge's research experience in this episode of Practicum Pods ! Important Links Faculty Mentor: Stephen McSorley, Professor and Director of the Center for Immunology and Infectious Diseases Profile: https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/facult...

Victoria Huang (she/her) completed her GDB Practicum Project on "Mixture of Common Food Contaminants Alters Nervous System Gene Expression Leading to Decreased Body Temperature in Rats." Learn about Victoria's research experience in this February Practicum Pods episode! Links Faculty Mentor: Michele A. La Merrill, Ph. D., MPH, Associate Professor of Environmental Toxicology: http://lamerrill.ucdav...

This week on Practicum Pods, we have the pleasure of speaking with Valerie Nyasimi (she/her/hers), a fourth-year Global Disease Biology student working on her GDB Practicum Project in Dr. Doug Cook's lab under the Department of Plant Pathology. Her project is titled "Efficacy of the bacterial metabolite 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol in controlling the Chickpea pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum. "...

In this episode, we feature Lois Kang (she/her), a fourth-year Global Disease Biology student currently researching the topic of "Gene List of Potential Application of CNKSR2 Genetic Therapeutic Intervention." Her mentors are Dr. Joseph Shen and Leigh Ann Higa. Lois is interested in pursuing Genetic Counseling as a career and is using her Practicum experience to explore this option further! Learn...

In this episode, we feature Omar Garcia (he/him), a 4th year Global Disease Biology student currently researching the question, "Does the neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) you have affect the diagnosis, treatment, and accompanying social services that you receive?" with a hypothesis of: "Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder, specifically those with low socioeconomic and historically underrepr...

Episode 5 of Practicum Pods  features Vanshika Desai (she/her), a fourth-year GDB student who is currently completing her research on "Analyzing the Barriers to Implementing Effective Mental Health Programs in Rural Communities." Hear more about Vanshika's experience in the GDB Advising's May 2021 episode! Important Links: Knights Landing One Health Center ( https://knightslandingonehealth.com/ )...

Today on Practicum Pods , we have Rene Nichols (she/her), a third-year Global Disease Biology major with a minor in Public Health. Her mentor is Dr. Melanie Gareau from the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology at the UC Davis Veterinary School. Listen to this episode to learn more about Rene and her path towards completing her practicum project and Medicine. Links: Mentor: Melanie G...

Lauren Santoro (she/her) is a third-year GDB student who is currently in the process of finding a practicum project and mentor in the field of forensic pathology. Hear more about Lauren's experience in GDB Advising's March 2021 episode of Practicum Pods ! Important Links: Public Health Institute: https://www.phi.org/ Yolo County Coroner's Office: https://www.yolocountysheriff.com/services/coroner/...

Laurel Denyer (she/her) is a fourth-year Global Disease Biology major with minors in Public Health Sciences and Geographic Studies. Her practicum project title is "Nutrition Disclosure Completeness of Online Grocery Websites." It is an exploratory look into online grocery websites' compliance in disclosing accessible nutrition information. Her mentor is Dr. Jennifer Falbe of the Falbe Lab in the D...

Radhika Marwaha (she/her) completed her GDB practicum project on "Assessing the Impact of Acculturation on Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Domestic Violence in Arab Refugees." Learn about Radhika's research experience in GDB Advising's January 2021 Practicum Pod! Faculty Mentor: Patrick Marius Koga, MD, MPH, Associate Professor & Director of Ulysses Refugee Health Research & Training Progr...