RIT U-RISE Publications

RIT U-RISE Publications

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  • Nack, A. (2024, November 15). Does the threshold for shifting between the approximate number and the object tracking systems differ between populations? Poster presented at ABRCMS 2024, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • Orr, H. (2024, November 15). Non-manual signals of affect in ASL interactions. Poster presented at ABRCMS 2024, Pittsburgh, PA. Winner of the 2024 ABRCMS Presentation Award in Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Public Health.
  • Orr, H., Peechatt, M., & Alm, C. (2024, October 27). MULTICOLLAB-ASL: Towards affective computing for the Deaf community. Poster presented at ASSETS '24: Proceedings of the 26th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. MULTICOLLAB-ASL
  • Orr, H. (2024, April 12). Exploring the impact of gender bias on the perception of sign language. Poster presented at the 2024 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Orr, H., Martin, C., Cirrinclone, L., Levenson, D., Bartholomew, T. J., D'Angelo, R., Contreras, J., & Wright, J. (2023, November 17). Paternalistic assumptions of interpreters in medicine. Presented at ABRCMS, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Orr, H., & Wright, S. J. (2023, June 15). The taboo perceptions of interpreters working in sexual health settings. Presented at the 2023 North Carolina Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference, Charlotte, NC.
  • Orr, H., Martin, C., Cirrinclone, L., Bartholomew, T. J., D'Angelo, R., Contreras, J., & Wright, J. (2023, June 15). Paternalistic assumptions of interpreters in medicine. Poster presented at the 2023 North Carolina Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Conference, Charlotte, NC.
  • Orr, H., Martin, C., Cirrinclone, L., Bartholomew, T. J., D'Angelo, R., Contreras, J., & Wright, J. (2023, May 16). Paternalistic assumptions of interpreters in medicine. Poster presented at the Embracing the Digital Future of Healthcare Symposium, RIT/NTID.
  • Orr, H., Bartholomew, T. J., D'Angelo, R., Zheng, G., Paracha, M., Contreras, J., & Wright, J. (2023, April 21). Minoritized accessibility in signing communication. Poster presented at the 2023 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Orr, H. (2023, April 21). Paternalistic assumptions of interpreters in medicine. Poster presented at the 2023 NTID Student Research Fair.

  • Singleton, M. (2024, November 14). Transcription factor Myb expression and functions in bone marrow megakaryocytes. Poster presented at ABRCMS 2024, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Singleton, M. H., & Skuse, G. R. (2024, April 12). Investigating the anti-cancer properties of MKT-077. Poster presented at the 2024 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Singleton, M. H., Carr, R., Chrisbacher, K., O'Conner, T., Thierman, Z., & Skuse, G. R. (2023, November 16). Investigating the anti-cancer properties of MKT-077. Presented at ABRCMS, Phoenix, AZ.

  • Asiamah, M., Macisco, L. J., Rogers, R. E., & Pagano, T. (2024, April 12). Removal of indole from environmental water samples by carbon nanotube aerogels. Poster presented at the 2024 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Asiamah, M., Macisco, L. J., Rogers, R. E., & Pagano, T. (2023, November 16). Removal of indole from environmental water samples by carbon nanotube aerogels. Presented at ABRCMS, Phoenix, AZ.
  • Asiamah, M., Macisco, L. J., Rogers, R. E., & Pagano, T. (2023, April 21). Removal of indole from environmental water samples by carbon nanotube aerogels. Poster presented at the 2023 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Asiamah, M., Essex, B., Wagner, E., Brumfield, O., Winninghoff, J., & Paracha, M. (2023, April 21). A web-based assessment of medication literacy among Deaf individuals. Poster presented at the 2023 NTID Student Research Fair.

  • Allaby, O. B., Shomper, K. & Houston, R. J. (2025, April 10). Small to Moderate Associations Between Subjective and Objective Verbal Performance Across the Lifespan. Poster presented at the 2025 Graduate Education Showcase.
  • Allaby, O. B., & Houston, R. J. (2024, April 12). Subjective and objective memory performance across the lifespan: An exploratory study. Poster presented at the 2024 NTID Student Research Fair.
  • Allaby, O. B., & Houston, R. J. (2024, April 11). Subjective and objective memory performance across the lifespan: An exploratory study. Poster presented at the 2024 Graduate Education Showcase.
  • Allaby, B. (2023, March 2). Cognitive reserve questionnaires differentially related to age, executive functioning, and everyday memory. Poster presented at the Annual Eastern Psychological Association Meeting.
  • Allaby, B. & Houston, R.J. (2021). Effects of sleep quality and age on everyday memory. Presented at the annual Rochester Institute of Technology Honors Symposium, Rochester, NY.

  • DiMartino, D. & Gaborski, T. (2021, July 29-Aug 4). Analysis of Critical Blood-Brain Barrier Proteins [Presentation], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, virtual.
  • DiMartino, D. & Schmitthenner, H. (2020, July 29). A Modular Approach to High Relaxivity MRI Contrast Agents [Poster], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester, NY.
  • DiMartino, D., Widom, L., Gaborski, T., (2021, November 10). Temporal Dynamics of Collagen IV Destruction in Response to Matrix Metalloproteinase-9. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.

  • Fors, M. & Houston, R. (2021, July 29-Aug 4). Differential Associations Between Tinnitus and Mental Health Symptomatology [Presentation], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, virtual.
  • Fors, M., Kan, J., Alam, A., Liu, R., Cruz-Garza, J., Hendry, M.F., and Contreras-Vidal, J.L. (2020, August 29-30). The Neural Basis of Neuroaesthetics (Your Brain on Art) [Poster]. University of Houston REU Poster Session (Neurotechnologies to Help the Body Move, Heal, and Feel Again), Houston, TX.
  • Fors, M. & Houston, R. (2021, November 10). Internalizing Disorder Symptoms in Tinnitus and Their Association with Perceived Stress and Quality of Life. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.

  • Kasper, A. M., Popov, V. A., Blick-Nitko, S. K., Kinast, K. B., Womack, K., & Cherry, N. D. (2024, September 17). Interpreting in STEM: The essentials for working with deaf professionals. In A survey of American Sign Language/English interpreting settings. Open educational resource. https://opencontent.ccbcmd.edu/interpreting/chapter/183/
  • Kasper, A. M., Popov, V. A., Blick-Nitko, S. K., Kinast, K. B., Womack, K., & Cherry, N. D. (2024, August 8). Illuminating the deaf experience at STEM conferences. Nature Reviews Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41570-024-00639-6
  • Kasper, A., Gaborski, T., Wuertz, K., & Michel, L. (2021, July 29-Aug 4). Optimizing ADSC Medium-Sized EV Concentrations in Fibroblast Wound Healing [Presentation], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, virtual.
  • Kasper, A., Jackson, N., Jones, S., Gleghorn, M., Kaur, R., Michel, L.V. (2020, July 29). Antigenic competition in Protein D antibody suppression by OMP26. [Poster]. RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester, NY.
  • Kasper, A., Jackdon, N., Jones, S., Gleghorn, M., Kaur, R., Michel, L.V., (2020, November 13). Antigenic Competition in Protein D Antibody Suppression by OMP26. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.
  • Kasper, A., Henretta, S., Miller, H., & Gaborski, T., (2021, November 10). Optimizing ADSC medium-sized EV concentrations in fibroblast wound healing. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.
  • Kasper A, Jackson N, Jones S, Farquharson K, Michel L, Kaur R, Gleghorn M (ASBMB 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual, 2021) A Vaccine Case Study: Understanding Protein D antibody suppression by OMP26; poster.

  • Elder, H. & Fedorovskaya, E. (2021, July 29-Aug 4). Familial Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Performance in Young Adults [Presentation], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, virtual.
  • Elder, H., Craig, P., (2020, November 13). Neurodegenerative Diseases and Hearing Loss. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.
  • Elder, H., Fedorovskaya, E., (2021, November 10). Familial Alzheimer’s Disease and Cognitive Performance in Young Adults. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.

  • Dahlstrom, S., and Drake, G. (2020, July 29). Intersections between Mental Health, Crime and the Criminal Justice System [Poster], RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rochester, NY.
  • Dahlstrom, S., Houston, R., Altheimer, I., Craig, P. & Samar, V.J. (2020, June 1 - September 1). Mentored Undergraduate Research on Impulsivity Self-Control and Delinquency: Sponsored by the RIT-RISE Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates [Poster Presentation]. Association for Psychological Science Virtual Poster Showcase.
  • Dahlstrom, S., Houston, R., Altheimer, I., Samar, V., (2020, November 13). Factor Analysis of Self-Control and Associations with At-Risk Behavior. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, virtual.
  • Dahlstrom, S., Houston, R., Altheimer, I., (2019, November 16). Differential Associations between Impulsivity and Self-Control and their Relationship with Delinquency: A Psychometric Study. Poster Presentation. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim, CA.

  • Christie, R., Stack Whitney, K., Bahlai, C., and Perrone, J.(2020, April 3-6): Long term data required to establish trajectories of populations in Lyme disease transmitting deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) [Poster]. Ecological Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12653009.v2
  • Christie, R., Stack Whitney, K., & Bahlai, C. (2019, November 15). Comparing Stability Trends in Long Term Deer Tick Population Datasets. Poster Presentation. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, Anaheim, CA.
  • Christie, R., Stack Whitney, K., & Bahlai, C. (2019, November 7). Comparing Stability Trends in Long Term Deer Tick Population Datasets. Poster Presentation. Rochester Academy of Science Conference, Rochester, NY.
  • Stack Whitney, K., & Christie, R. (2019, August 10). Working Together: Establishing Productive Training Environments with Hearing Mentors and D/HH Trainees in Science. Poster Presentation. DEAF ROC, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2019, August 9). Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease vector) Population Interannual Stability Trends in Long Term Datasets. Poster Presentation. DEAF ROC 2019, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2019, August 1) Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease vector) Population Interannual Stability Trends in Long Term Datasets. Poster Presentation. RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium 2019, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2019, April 12). Modeling US freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and ecological health. Poster Presentation. NTID Research Fair 2019, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2019, March 21). Modeling macroinvertebrate communities and ecological health. PowerPoint Presentation. RIT Research Spotlights: Health and Life Sciences, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2018, November 14). Modeling US freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and ecological health. Poster Presentation. Entomology Society of America, Vancouver, BC.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2018, November 10). Modeling macroinvertebrate communities and ecological health. PowerPoint Presentation. 45th Annual Rochester Academy of Sciences Fall Scientific Paper Session, Rochester, NY.
  • Christie, R.; Stack Whitney, K. (2018, August 3). Modeling US freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and ecological health. Poster Presentation. RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium 2018, Rochester, NY.
  • All presentation materials are available on Rowan’s FigShare: https://figshare.com/authors/Sofie_Christie/6912605

  • Liu, X., Lewis, S. Ward, Z. and Michel, L.V. (2020, April). Characterizing the effects of Pal-Peptidoglycan interactions. Poster Presentation. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), San Diego, CA (Abstract submitted).
  • Liu, X., Lewis, S.D., Ward, Z., LaClair, C., and Michel, L.V. (2019). Probing the effect of the Pal-Peptidoglycan interaction on Pal release from Escherichia coli.(abstract). FASEB journal, 33(1_supplement), Abstract 631.27.
  • Liu, X., Bell, H., and Dziejman, M. Functional comparison of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio parahaemolyticus VopZ(Z) effector proteins. Poster Presentation. University of Rochester Medical Center Summer Research Symposium, Rochester, NY, August 2, 2019.
  • Liu, X., Lewis, S., LaClair, C., Ward, Z., and Michel, L.V. Probing the Effect of the Pal-Peptidoglycan Interaction on Pal Release from Escherichia coli. Poster Presentation. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), Orlando, FL, April 8, 2019.
  • Liu, X., Lewis, S., Ward, Z., LaClair, C., and Michel, L.V. Probing the Effect of the Pal-Peptidoglycan Interaction on Pal Release from Escherichia coli. Poster Presentation. RIT-RISE Program Spring Symposium, Rochester, NY, April 1, 2019.
  • Liu, X., Lewis, S., Stanton, S., LaClair, C., Phadke, S., and Michel, L.V. Using Site-Directed Mutagenesis to Probe the Pal-Peptidoglycan Interaction. Poster Presentation. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), Indianapolis, IN, November 16, 2018.
  • Liu, X., Stanton, S., LaClair, C., Phadke, S., and Michel, L.V. Modulating the binding affinity of Pal to Peptidoglycan. Poster Presentation. American Chemical Society (ACS) Regional Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19, 2018

Program-Related Works

  • Criag, P.A., Samar, V., Womack, K., & Listman, J. (2020). Best Practices for Inclusion of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Scientists at Conferences. The FASEB Journal, 34(S1), 1-1.
  • Dahlstrom, S., Houston, R., Altheimer, I., Craig, P. & Samar, V.J. (2020, June 1 - September 1). Mentored Undergraduate Research on Impulsivity Self-Control and Delinquency: Sponsored by the RIT-RISE Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates [Poster Presentation]. Associateion for Psychological Science Virtual Poster Showcase.
  • Samar, V.J., et al. (2019, August). RIT-RISE Scientists-In-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates [Presentation]. NIGMS TWD PD Meeting, Bethesda, MD.
  • Craig PA, et al. (2019 April). Increasing Research Opportunities for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. FASEB journal, 33(1_supplement):456-1;

 

RIT NTID RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates

NIH U-RISE T34GM145542 “RIT U-RISE Scientists-in-Training Program for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Undergraduates”