2026 MSTAR Students and Mentors
Vera Arenas, Fentanyl Test Strip Awareness Among Older Adults with Opioid Use Disorder
Mentor: Dr. Ben Han
Chloe Bell, Blood Biomarkers and Bone Histomorphometric Markers of Mineralization in the Setting of Chronic Kidney Disease
Mentor: Dr. Susan Bukata
Jolina Bui, Osteoclast-Like Cells in Chronic Silicosis Immunohistochemistry Staining for Cathepsin K in Human Silicosis Lung Tissue
Mentor: Dr. Laura Crotty-Alexander
Cailin Callahan, The Role of Perceived Social Connection in Well-being Among Older Adults During Periods of High Stress
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Eyler
Kaitlyn Chan, Prevalence of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers from 2015 to 2024
Mentor: Dr. Shang Brian Jiang
Liana Chinen, Sex Specific Patterns of Brain Glucose Metabolism and the Moderating Role of APOE-e4
Mentor: Dr. Erin Sundermann
Jamie Foo, Beyond the Visit: Longitudinal Outcomes of a Falls Prevention Shared Medical Appointment
Mentor: Dr. Ryan Moran
Madeline Forgey, Binge Drinking Among Older Adults
Mentor: Dr. Ben Han
Matyas Hanna, The Impact of Physician Education and Electronic Health Record Pop-Up Alerts on Shared Decision-Making for Women with Urinary Incontinence
Mentor: Dr. Alison Moore & Dr. Jennifer Anger
Mika Ishii, Leveraging Digital Cognitive Rhythms to Detect ADRD Risk in Family Caregivers
Mentor: Dr. Raeanne Moore
Neha Iyer, Comparative FLIO Analysis of Retinal Fluorescence Lifetime Signatures in Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Eyes
Mentor: Dr. Shyamanga Borooah
Nicole Nashed, Preoperative Beta-Blocker Timing and 30-Day Cardiovascular Outcomes in Older Adults Undergoing Hip and Knee Arthroplasty
Mentor: Dr. Rodney Gabriel
Celeste Ng, Complications Associated with Same-Day Multi-Site Mohs Micrographic Surgery (MMS): A Single-Center Retrospective Cohort Study
Mentor: Dr. Shang Brian Jiang
Therese Recidoro, Aging at a Different Pace: Accelerometer-Measured Light Physical Activity and Third-Generation Epigenetic Clocks of Biological Aging in Older Women
Mentor: Dr. Steven Nguyen
Kacie Sumikawa, Associations between diet, tau, and neurocognition in women at risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Sarah Banks
Natalie Wang, Vascular Correlation to Alzheimer's Disease
Mentor: Dr. Rebecca Rakow-Penner
Nathaniel Zona, Rethinking Perioperative Weight Management in Total Joint Arthroplasty (TJA)
Mentor: Susan Bukata
2026 MSTAR students at their Final Presentation