AWARD DETAILS

The Department of Human Physiology, on behalf of the American Physiological Society (APS) Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiology (LURAP), will offer one $200 LURAP Award for a poster in the field of physiology. In addition, the Department of Human Physiology will offer five $100 Honorable Mention Awards for posters in the field of physiology. Judging for the awards will be performed by two faculty members, one of whom is a current member of the APS, in collaboration with faculty members and/or senior level graduate students. 

2024 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$200 Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiology (LURAP) Award

• Lazar Isakharov "The effect of zinc status on cognitive and vascular function in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease"

$100 Honorable Mention Awards

• Hope Cursetjee "Recovery of Heart Rate Variability Following Exercise: Impact of Exercise Performance and Preference"
• Ainsley Hogan "Large Artery Stiffness Effects on Neuroinflammation and Cognitive Function"
• Tharusha Seagoe "Role of LHbTac1 neurons in RPE responses to conditioned reward-predictive stimuli"
• Madi Serrano "Effects of Exercise & Heat Therapy on the Blood Pressure of Adults with Untreated Hypertension"
• Colleen Uzoekwe "Far-infrared to the muscle bed: muscle temperature during sauna bathing"
• Bella Yannello "Semi-Automatic Cell Quantification Methods in Hematoxylin and Eosin-Stained Rat Achilles Tendons"

2023 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$200 Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiological Society (LURAP) Award

• Jaslena Gill and Noah Lovgren "Effect of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation and Blood Flow Restriction on Muscle Structure"

$100 Honorable Mention Awards

• Natasha Castaneda "Acute Central Hemodynamic Responses To Three Different Heating Modalities"
• Margaret Grivette "Power Spectral Analysis During Sleep and Development of Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome"
• Sadie Holt "Prolonged Mild Hypohydration Increases Acute Kidney Injury Biomarkers in Young Males and Females"
• Helia Megowan "Essential Amino Acids and Blood Flow Restriction on Myonuclear Accretion in Single Muscle Fibers"
• Alara Wayne "Prolonged Mild Hypohydration Differentially Alters Handgrip Strength Between Sexes"

2022 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$200 Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiological Society (LURAP) Award

• Shaun Brazelton "Prolonged mild hypohydration reduces handgrip strength in females"

$100 Honorable Mention Awards

• Cameron O'Connell "Effect of Mild Hypohydration on Renal Hemodynamics during Exercise Pressor Reflex Activation"
• Sadie Holt "Renal Hemodynamic Response to Oral Protein Loading during Prolonged Mild Hypohydration"
• Isaiah Mills "Electromyography Markers of Global Motor Inhibition While Stopping"
• Ayooluwa Popoola "Skeletal Muscle Compliance and Composition in Young Men and Women"
• Anna Mare "Comparison of External Load Estimation from Wearable Sensors during a Free Run"

2021 AWARD RECIPIENTS

$200 Local Undergraduate Research Awards in Physiology (LURAP) Award

• Hailey Volk "Influence of Prenatal Nutrition and Supplementation on Birth Outcomes and Negative Affectivity in Infants"

$100 Honorable Mention Awards

• Hunter Blaylock "Fetal Programming and the Effects of Maternal Diet on Offspring Cellular Quality Control"
• Michelle Hernandez "Longitudinal Characterization of Inflammatory Biomarkers concurrent with the progression of an injury-induced model of Osteoarthritis"
• Sahana Krishna Kumaran "Old Elastin Haploinsufficient Mice Have Impaired Memory, Motor Coordination, and Endothelial Function"
• Ryan Leriche "Brain oscillations may represent a continuum from healthy to impaired movement speed"
• Karina Shah "Comparing Acute Mountain Sickness Definitions to Examine Differences in Systemic Inflammation"
• Julia Wolf "Effect of Pyridoxamine Treatment on Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Function in Old Mice "

• For the LURAP Award, a current undergraduate UO Human Physiology major working on physiology in any science lab at the University of Oregon.
• For the Honorable Mention Awards, a current undergraduate UO Human Physiology major working in any science lab at the University of Oregon.
• For the Honorable Mention Awards, an undergraduate student (from any major) who is doing work in a lab run by a human physiology faculty member.

One (1) $200 Award including a one-year APS undergraduate membership, and other APS materials

Five (5) $100 Honorable Mention Awards 

Monetary component of each award provided by the Department of Human Physiology. One-year student APS membership and memorabilia kindly provided by the American Physiological Society.