Student Research
ASPIRE Children’s Environmental Health Center
Each year the ASPIRE Center selects up to three undergraduate students researchers to mentor through the OSU URSA Engage Program.
Students are tasked with developing a research project on a topic of their choice and presenting their work at a research symposium at the end of the program.
The goals are to encourage interest in children's environmental health topics, support early engagement in research, and provide hands-on research training and professional development.
2024 URSA Engage Cohort
Jazlyne Nitta
Biology/Psychology
Research Project: Systematic Literature Review of Sulfur Dioxide Levels and Children’s Health to Inform School Guidance
Cedar Kvist
Nutrition
Research Project: Elementary School Attendance and the Breakfast After the Bell Program: A Cross-Sectional Study (2018-2023)
Caleb Gerhardt
BioHealth Sciences
Research Project: Surveying Physician Attitudes, Awareness, Barriers, and Motivators on OHP Blood Lead Level Testing and Requirements
2023 URSA Engage Cohort
Avé Gray
BioHealth Sciences
Research Project: Modifying the OHA Lead Screening Questionnaire to Assess Parental Risk Perception of Childhood Lead Exposure
Maeve Sievertsen
HDFS
Research Project: Pediatric Mental Health & Wildfire Smoke: A Systematic Review of Literature
2023 Development Core: Student Research Project
Bryce Calhoun
Computer Sciences
Research Project: Evaluating and Improving School Environments and Children’s Health: How computer vision models can assess school environments and health responses from social media