Student-Centered Scholarship
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Riley and Bowman Bridge Disciplines to Advance Research on Spreading Depolarizations
Benjamin Riley and Tyler Bowman are working together to uncover why some people are more susceptible to brain injuries than others.
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Lighting the Way: Building Healthier Families Across Generations
In the Brain, Family, and Health Lab, researchers study how family life education can strengthen mental, physical, and emotional health across generations.
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Student Reflection: What an Anesthesiologist Taught Me About Christlike Service
Public health student Este Stringham shares an eye-opening experience during a life science study abroad in Greece.
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Rooted in the Pacific: A Student’s Quest to Bring Island Culture into Education
Exploring the power of culture in science, Sainimere Balenacagi studies how including traditional knowledge from diverse cultural communities into lesson plans can improve understanding.
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CES Crossover: Life Sciences Debuts Internships Between BYU Schools
The College of Life Sciences builds bridges across the Church Education System through an internship program that brings BYU–Idaho and BYU–Hawaii students to Provo for hands-on research and one-on-one faculty mentorship.
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EXSC Honored Graduate: Christina Larsen—Finding Purpose in Every Patient’s Step
Christina Larsen combines clinical care and research on pregnancy biomechanics to help patients regain movement and purpose.
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NEURO Honored Graduate: Scott Cutler Explores Reflexes and Recovery with Empathy
Scott Cutler’s drive to translate knowledge into tangible patient care permeates both his research in Dr. Stay’s vestibular lab and his longterm goal to become a physician.
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Melissa Blotter: Advancing the Science of Seizure Intervention
Melissa Blotter is pioneering a bold new approach to treating life-threatening seizures by using ketone bodies to stop them in real time.
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Tyler Brown: Tackling Staph Infections in the Age of Resistance
Tyler Brown's passion for microbiology led him to take on one of modern medicine’s most urgent challenges: antibiotic-resistant staph infections.
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Minsub Oh: The Science of Serving Others
After Minsub Oh’s injuries reshaped his athletic dreams, he turned to science, now studying chronic ankle instability to improve recovery for other athletes and prevent long-term damage.
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New Research Links Community Involvement to Student Well-Being
Exploring how community engagement supports college students’ mental health, Sydney Clark discovered how giving your time could give you peace of mind.
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Fishing for Answers: Exploring Sensory Neurons in Autism Research
Addie Hamilton is dedicated to scientific discovery—whether through the mapping of sensory neurons or the guiding of young minds through the natural world.
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Research in a Flash: Inside the Three Minute Thesis Competition
Students from each of the Life Sciences departments presented their research in the College’s Three Minute Thesis Competition.
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From Family Ties to Fruit Fly Diets: Dean Peterson’s Research Journey
Dean Peterson discovered links between bacteria, vitamins, and behavior through his research on fruit flies.
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Kenley Kohls and Braden Betteridge’s Procedure for Rapid Sepsis Diagnosis
Kenley Kohls and Braden Betteridge are perfecting a procedure that will save countless lives using the DNA of bacteria in the bloodstream to identify cases of sepsis in a few hours rather than twenty-four.
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Science That Serves: Jacob Meeks' Pursuit of Patient-Friendly Glucose Testing
Jacob Meeks is on a mission to make glucose testing a little easier to swallow by determining if a better-tasting meal-based test could be as effective as the standard glucose drink, offering a more comfortable alternative for patients.
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Diving Into Disease Disparities: Kyler Linton Investigates ERM in Fish
Enteric Red Mouth Disease is a bacterial infection that's devastating fish farms worldwide, and Kyler Linton is determined to find a solution through hands-on research.
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The Science of Muscle Regeneration: Zachary Funk’s Innovative AICAR Study
In the Thomson Lab, where students focus on developing treatments to aid muscle regeneration, Zachary Funk is studying an enzyme that could be the key to treating muscle wasting disorders.
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