The 2024 ASPIRE Research Program Symposium Abstract Booklet

Abstract

The ASPIRE (Advocacy, Support, Perseverance, Innovation, Research, Experience) Research Program, founded by Shania Sheth and Siddharth Seth, provides students with early research experience and the opportunity to conduct their own research project. In teams of 2-5, our cohort of 30 undergraduate students worked together over a span of 4 months to create and execute a novel research project on a topic of their choice. Students received guidance by experienced student research mentors throughout the process, allowing students to develop and refine essential skills. This year, the program focused on teaching students about how to develop effective search strategies, how to perform data extraction, and how to thematically analyze research papers to construct a well-structured narrative review. Within their teams, students presented results of their narrative literature reviews in the form of research posters at the ASPIRE Research Symposium, a full-day event filled with guest speakers and networking opportunities. Presented in this abstract booklet is the culmination of months of hard work, dedication, and achievement. We hope you enjoy reading through the 2024 ASPIRE Research Program abstracts. We are very excited to see what our aspiring researchers achieve next! For future opportunities, please reach out to aspire.research.program@gmail.com.