The following are just a few examples of students who leveraged Bass Connections participation for their thesis or dissertation.
The information below each name includes major/program, the thesis or dissertation title, Bass Connections project.
Theses and Dissertations
Lauren Kane
Neuroscience
Honors thesis on white matter alterations and methionine cycle dysregulations in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease
Project Team
Brain-immune Interactions in Neurodegenerative Disease (2014-2015) Julia Kaufman
Global Health and International Comparative Studies
Understanding Community-Based Practices Used by Lay Counselors in a Family Therapy Intervention in Eldoret, Kenya
Project Team
Global Mental Health Program (2017-2018)Responding to the Educational and Psychological Needs of Children and Families in Durham's Transitional Housing (2015-2016)
Briana Kleiner
Environmental Sciences & Policy
Understanding Fishing Communities and Conservation: GT-Kino
Project Team
Human-wildlife Interactions at Sea (2017-2018) Thomas Klug
Environmental Sciences and Public Policy
Understanding the Impacts of Traditional Cooking Practices in Rural Madagascar and a Way Forward with Improved Cookstoves
Project Team
Cookstoves and Air Pollution in Madagascar: Finding Winning Solutions for Human Health and Biodiversity (2016-2017) Travis Knoll, Ph.D.
History
Liberate, Inculturate, Educate! Black Brazilian Catholics and Affirmative Action, from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia
Project Team
The Cost of Opportunity? Higher Education in the Baixada Fluminense (2017-2018) Julia Knorr
Environmental Sciences
The Answer’s in the Gut: An Investigation of African Forest Elephant Ingestion, Digestion and Defecation on Chrysophyllum lacourtianum Germination and Growth
Project Team
Mega-gardeners of Tropical Forests: Modeling Seed Dispersal by Forest Elephants (2018-2019) Christopher Lam, Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering
The Pocket Microscope, a Novel Low-cost Digital Imaging Device, to Improve Access to Women’s Cancer Screening in Resource-limited Settings
Project Team
Pocket Colposcope: Increased Distribution and Adoption (2017-2018) Kelsey Lansdale
Environmental Sciences & Policy
Predictions of Human Exposure Pathways to Mercury Using Alternative Diet Scenarios in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America: Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon (2018-2019) Eliza Letourneau
Environmental Sciences
Differential Risk of Human Exposure to Mercury Through Fish Consumption in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America: Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon (2018-2019) Jenny Li
Global Health and Sociology
Technology in Global Health Education: Evaluation of a Distance Learning Program for Ghanaian Nurse Anesthetists
Project Team
Distance-based, Executive-style Degree Completion Program for Ghanaian Nurse Anesthetists (2014-2015) Sarah Loftus, Ph.D.
Ecology
Microalgae Growth in Recycled Cultivation Water
Project Team
Marine Microalgae for Sustainable Production of Food and Fuel (2018-2019) Leah Louis-Prescott, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Recommendations for Implementing a Carbon Tax in Boulder, Colorado (coauthored by Danielle Arostegui, Rachel Brinks, Ryan Callihan, Lauren Mechak)
Project Team
Governance and Adaptive Regulation of Transformational Technologies in Transportation (2017-2018) Dominic Lucero, M.S.
Global Health
Factors Associated with Distribution of Leishmaniasis Disease and Vectors in Madre de Dios, Peru
Project Team
Environmental Epidemiology in Latin America (2013-2014) Elizabeth MacFarlane, M.S.
Global Health
Participatory Methods for Climate Change and Mental Health Research: Photovoice in Nepal
Project Team
Displacement, Resettlement and Global Mental Health (2013-2014) Kerry Mallinson
Biology and Global Health
Evaluating Rhinovirus Prevalence among Pneumonia Patients in Sarawak, Malaysia
Project Team
Building Capacity for Surveillance and Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses in Sarawak, Malaysia (2017-2018) Melissa Manus, M.S.
Evolutionary Anthropology
Inter-Species Microbial Sharing in Rural Madagascar: A Study of Environmental Influences on the Skin Microbiome
Project Team
Shining Evolutionary Light on Global Health Challenges (2014-2015)Cookstoves and Air Pollution in Madagascar: Finding Winning Solutions for Human Health and Biodiversity (2016-2017)
Austin Murray, M.S.
Biomedical Engineering
Improvement of Baseline Drift Removal and Sensor Ergonomics for a Portable Electrooculography (EOG) Headset
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild TBI in the Pediatric Population (2017-2018) Vinay Nagaraj
Mechanical Engineering
Graphical User Interface for Self-Guided Frequency Allocation in Cochlear Implants
Project Team
Self-guided Parameter Fitting for Cochlear Implant Users (2014-2015) Tasfia Nayem, Morgan Browning, Eric Burton, Yuejiao Wan, M.E.M.
Environmental Management
Modeling the Economics of Offshore Wind in the Southeastern United States
Project Team
Decisions on Complex Interdisciplinary Problems of Health and Environmental Risk (D-CIPHER) (2017-2018) Chinemerem Nwosu
Alexandra Oprea, Ph.D.
Political Science
Children or Citizens: Civic Education in Liberal Political Thought
Project Team
Citizenship Lab: Civic Participation of Refugee Youth in Durham (2015-2016) Ajile Owens
Global Health and Sociology
The Importance of Social Networks in Disease Transmission and Information Interventions in a Tropical, Rural Environment
Project Team
How Do People Affect Zoonotic Disease Dynamics in Madagascar? (2018-2019) Daniel O’Connell
Neuroscience
Age Related Differences on a Smooth Pursuit Task in High School and Youth Football Participants: Implications for Baseline Concussion Assessments
Project Team
Oculomotor Response as an Objective Assessment for Mild TBI in the Pediatric Population (2017-2018) Hemal Patel
Economics and Global Health
The Effect of Tourism on Child Health Outcomes in Roatán, Honduras
Project Team
Student Research Training Program (2018)