Category: History-Philosophy-Sociology-of-Science

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Social Aspects of Medicine Semester Long Paper: Exploring how one’s Citizenship Status Affects one’s Access to Healthcare in the U.S.

Author: Sara Xhaja; 3rd year Human Biology Undergraduate

Faculty Mentor: stef shuster

Abstract

The semester long paper I completed in LB326B explored if the current state of the U.S. healthcare system is equipped to take care of people with varying citizenship statuses or if it’s negligent and further enabling present health disparities by answering the question, how does the legality of a person, in regard to citizenship status in the United States, affect one’s accessibility to healthcare? In order to answer this question, the analysis focused on the stigmas surrounding migrant populations, barriers to care, and the intersectionality in the U.S. healthcare system. Prior research highlights that “research on the effect of immigration status on population health disparities… is more limited,” with studies focusing on one’s nativity to the country rather than how one’s legal status impacts health disparities. This is a gap that must be addressed as there exists different classes of migrants within the U.S.  population and a “focus on nativity rather than legal classification may obscure the health problems the most vulnerable group members face” (Asad and Clair, 2018).  

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Eye Gazes and Oral Language Skills of Children

Measuring the Eye Gazes and Oral Language Skills of Preschool and Early Elementary Children

Jacob Richardson, 4th year
Madison Brodoski, 4th year

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The present research uses eyetracking technology to examine how children with limited speech production attended to English phonological awareness (PA) items. Eye tracking, capturing eye-movement patterns with computer technology, has been used with young children, especially beginning readers (Rayner, 1986; Rayner, Ardoin, & Binder, 2013). With respect to early language and emergent literacy, eyetracking has revealed how children attend to recognizing receptive vocabulary items or picture book content (Thompson, Plavnick, & Skibbe, 2018). Determining whether children are focusing on core content impacts the design of early language assessments, especially for children who cannot verbally indicate their responses. Enhancing our understanding of children’s early language processing is critical to monitoring progress and determining appropriate interventions. Thus, this poster presents the eye gazes of preschoolers and early elementary children to investigate the attention they pay to computer-based test items designed to assess emergent literacy. Continue reading “Eye Gazes and Oral Language Skills of Children”

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Ethical Issues Around Depression Treatments

Mapping Key Ethical Issues Surrounding Electroceutical Treatments for Depression

Eleni Varelas headshot Eleni Varelas, 2nd year
Marissa Cortright headshot Marissa Cortright, 3rd year

Abstract

Failure of first-line treatments for some patients with depression has mobilized scientific communities to look toward electroceuticals – interventions which employ electric and magnetic stimulation therapeutically. A growing body of literature investigates how to improve clinical protocols for electroceuticals like electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and deep brain stimulation (DBS) in depression.

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Gender Differences in Academia & COVID-19

Widening the Gap: Gender Differences in Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Early-Career Scholars

2021 MSUFCU Best History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science presentation for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Lexi Nadolsky, 2nd year
Arika Hawkins, 4th year
Guizhen Ma, 1st-year postdoctoral fellow

Abstract

Despite noticeable progress in recent years towards increasing representation of female academics at all career levels, gender disparities in opportunity, institutional support, and inclusivity remain in academia. For early-career scholars, these gender differences in work climate can manifest as disparities in opportunity, lack of access to resources, and a myriad of other inequitable factors that can hinder opportunity for success.
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Narrative Processing of Music

Narrative Processing of Music: How Culture Influences Our Perception of Music

Tushya Mehta, 2nd year
Grace Bonnema, 2nd year

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This presentation explores parts of a larger NSF-funded interdisciplinary study conducted at Michigan State (McAuley, TAP Lab; Phillips, DHLC lab), Princeton University (Lisa Margulis), and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Patrick Wong). The study investigated if and when people imagine and/or hear stories when they listen to musical stimuli. Continue reading “Narrative Processing of Music”

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Education, Exposure & Transphobia in the ER

2021 MSUFCU Honorable Mention Award for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Differentiating the Effects of Exposure versus Medical Education on Transphobia Among a Sample of Emergency Room Practitioners
Ishaan Modi, 2nd year

Abstract

Transgender individuals are a marginalized population in the United States, facing systemic discrimination from housing to employment to education. However, an area of discrimination that is equally as omnipresent is in healthcare. Transgender individuals may often face microaggressions or explicit discrimination from providers or staff; when this occurs in the emergency room, this transphobia (prejudice against transgender people) could be deadly.
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Saccade Vigor in Schizophrenia

2021 MSUFCU Runner up History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science presentation for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Saccade Vigor in Individuals with Schizophrenia
Zeeba Ali , 2nd-year

Abstract:

Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder that is associated with huge personal and societal costs. Along with hallucinations and delusions, individuals with schizophrenia often experience profound amotivation and anhedonia—the inability to seek out activities and to derive pleasure. These so-called negative symptoms are gravely impairing and are more predictive of meaningful functional outcome measures, like employment and relationships, than the florid psychosis that is more commonly associated with schizophrenia.
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College Students Supporting Healthy Eating

2021 MSUFCU Outreach Award for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase

Investigating College-Aged Students as Agents of Change to Support Healthy Eating Among Their Families and Friends

Lasya Marla, 2nd-year

Background:  10.5% of Americans adults have Type 2 Diabetes which costs $237B in medical costs annually (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) . Additionally, 25% of American adult deaths are a result of cardiovascular disease which costs $219B in medical costs annually (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
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Transracial Adoptee Psyche and Mental Health

2021 MSUFCU Diversity & Inclusion Award for the Lyman Briggs Research Showcase
Effects of Adoption on the Psyche and Mental Health of Transracial Adoptees
Abi Otwell, 4th year

Abstract

Transracial adoptees form a small minority group that is subject to an intriguing combination of social pressures that creates distinct stressors on mental health. Attempts to navigate two or more cultures when developing their racial/cultural self-identity can cause transracial adoptees to feel isolated from multiple social communities.
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