Current UPRISE Projects

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MORE 2026 PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS COMING SOON!

The following table contains links to the Individual Projects Information:

Astrocyte Network Disruption in Opioid Relapse	Astroglial mechanisms underlying primary antipsychotic resistance	Clinical implementation of large language models in Pathology.
Designing a Two-Qubit Topological Quantum Computer	Designing High Performance Bonds for Ultrasonic Energy Transfer	Development of a Specific Immunoassay for diagnosis of progesterone allergy
Discovering mechanisms of infertility using zebrafish	Hazards for Home Healthcare Workers	Hormones and Development
Identifying the molecular binding partners of alternatively spliced tissue factor in the MASH liver	Molecular and cellular mechanisms of antipsychotic resistance in a rodent model	Pathologic and molecular assessment of pediatric liver tumors
Probing the Standard Model with the LHCb Detector at the Large Hadron Collider	Project: Mapping Stress, Distress, and Trauma in Engineering Students (Mind + Body + Context)	Resolving Distant Galaxies with Gravitational Lensing
Spin Fractionalization in Kondo Lattices	The role of the unfolded protein response pathway in microbiome-associated abdominal aortic aneurysm	Therapeutic target to treat inherited chronic intrahepatic cholestasis
Understanding Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections to Improve Patient Safety	VR-Based Employee Safety Training: Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Simulation

Note - "Some projects are multi-disciplinary; a project in one area may be of interest to students from another major. Be sure to look at the projects in related areas to widen your choices."

Contact: Tiffany Grant, Ph.D., UPRISE REU Director (Email: tiffany.grant@uc.edu)