Participants

2024 Participants

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Niamh Hope

  • Bhutan Expedition: Reconstructing past glacier extent throughout Lunana
  • MRes Environmental Geoscience

Henry Robinson, Kiera Scanlan, Jack Wakenshaw and Joshua Drake

  • British Columbia Expedition: A Newcastle University expedition into the heart of British Columbia to explore biodiversity and species distribution
  • BSc Hons Biology and BSc Hons Zoology

Joseph Thomas, Joseph McGrattan, Madeleine Graham, Isaac Benfield, Holly Muntus and Catherine Clarke

  • Greenland Expedition: Investigating the impacts of climate change on Russell Glacier and its surrounding landscape
  • BSc Hons Geography and BSc Hons Physical Geography

Adam O'Hare

  • Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials for Excited-state Potential Energy Surfaces
  • MChem with Hons in Chemistry

Adeleh Mohammadkhan

  • The Use of Medications to Modify the Impact of Poor Air Quality on Human Health: A Systematic Review
  • Master of Pharmacy with Honours

Akrivi Chaimala

  • Historical Legacies and the Politics of Memory: Examining the Oglethorpe Pledge
  • BA Hons Politics and International Relations

Alicia Mobbs

  • Enhancing The Performance Of Quantum Thermal Devices At Small Scales
  • BSc Hons Theoretical Physics

Ciara Mason

  • Exploring Central Pain Mechanisms in Toothache
  • MSci Pharmacology

Elliott Asprey

  • Lithium Dosing Optimisation (LiDO)
  • MBBS

Emily Shord

  • The Rise of E-Cigarettes in Academia: The Role of Stress and Socioeconomic Backgrounds on the Increase of Vaping in University Students
  • BSc Hons Psychology

Fatimah Zahra Olukade

  • Can where you live affect your pregnancy?
  • MBBS (NUMED Malaysia)

Jasmin Novenstern

  • Investigating the role of the CD97 cell surface receptor in efferocytosis
  • MSci Biomedical Sciences with Professional Placement Year

Jasmine Kenworthy

  • Generating New Resources and Pilot Data for Novel Strategies to Increase Future Food Security
  • MBiol Biology

Jennifer Firth

  • Speech Sound Disorders in children with Hearing Impairments: A Scoping Review
  • Master of Speech and Language Sciences

Jessica Brown

  • Exploring hierarchical structures of cognitive impairment in ADHD using network analysis
  • BSc Hons Psychology

Jing-Yi Tham

  • The impact of colour vision deficiencies on everyday task performance
  • MBBS (NUMED Malaysia)

Katie Thornton

  • Investigating the contribution of DNA looping in proto-oncogene expression in blood malignancies
  • MSci Biomedcial Genetics

Kezia Welsh

  • Exploring a link between language and sleep in children with cleft lip and/or palate: A PPI study
  • Master of Speech and Language Sciences

Koh Zhi Wei

  • Identifying Protein Aggregation in Dementia With Lewy Bodies
  • MBBS (NUMED Malaysia)

Lucy Smith

  • Developing Research-Led Comprehension Paragraphs for Reading Therapy for People with Aphasia
  • Master of Speech and Language Sciences

Madeleine Robertson

  • Passive acoustic monitoring and AI for wildlife conservation
  • BSc Hons Zoology

Molly Pettitt

  • Language Skills of Adults and Adolescents with Cleft lip and/or Palate: A Scoping Review
  • Master of Speech and Language Sciences

Muzuki Ueda

  • Investigation of the association between blood pressure medication use during life and dementia pathology in the brain after death
  • MBBS

Paul Mock

  • The multi-faceted role of algae in the Lake District aquatic ecosystem
  • BSc Hons Biology

Polina Shanina

  • Characterisation of Primary Cilia in Prostate Cancer as a New Mechanism of Drug Resistance
  • BSc Hons Biomedical Sciences

Sachiko Haryson

  • Indonesia’s Palm Oil Plantations: How Poverty Fuels Pollution in Low- to Middle-Income Countries
  • BEng Hons Civil and Structural Engineering

Sophie Robson

  • The impact of outdoor air pollution on Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review
  • Master of Pharmacy with Honours

Syed Muhammad Fitrus Ali

  • Outdoor air pollution as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease: A systematic review
  • MBBS (NUMED Malaysia)

Olivia Plumpton and Isabel Garritt

  • ‘Ur-ine breach of minimum retesting intervals!’ : An exploration of the environmental and financial costs associated with sample rejections from NHS microbiology laboratories, reasons why sample rejection occurs, and effective intervention
  • MBBS

Wong Cheng Lam and Shanti Herve-Gruyer

  • How does the play Antigone give us an insight into politics, literature and society in both Ancient Athens and today?
  • BA Hons English Literature With Creative Writing and BA Hons Politics and International Relations