The 2025 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. The ASPIRE 2025 cohort of 65 undergraduate students worked together in teams of 2-6 over a span of 4 months to create and execute a novel research project on a topic of their choice. The teams received guidance by experienced student research mentors, allowing students to learn, develop, and refine essential research skills. The program focused on teaching students how to develop effective search strategies, perform data extraction, and analyze research papers thematically to construct a well-structured narrative review. Students concluded the program by presenting their work in the form of a research poster 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 2025 ASPIRE Research Program abstracts. We are very excited to see what our aspiring researchers achieve next! For future opportunities, feel free to follow aspire.research on Instagram and reach out to aspire.research.program@gmail.com.