2023 ASPIRE Recipients
| Principal Investigator | Title | Department | College |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agostinelli, Forest | How Does this Puzzle Work? Towards Foundation Models for Pathfinding Problems | Computer Science & Engineering | College of Engineering & Comp. |
| Armstrong, Bridget | Measuring children’s heart rate variability, respiration and sleep using a novel photoplethysmography PATCH device | Exercise Science | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Deboom, Meredith | The Geopolitics of Global Development: Investigating China’s Influence as a Development Model in Africa | Geography | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Ellermann, Melissa | Investigating the effects of the lipid sensing transcription factor FadR on Escherichia coli population dynamics and proinflammatory potential in a mouse model of Crohn’s disease | Biological Sciences | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Enos, Reilly | Examining the Tissue-Specific Action of the Androgen Receptor in PCOS-Induced Metabolic Impairments | Path, Microbio. & Immunology | School of Medicine |
| Fillo, Jennifer | Mixed-methods examination of intersecting risk factors for alcohol misuse among student service members and veterans | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Ghosal, Rahul | Flexible Statistical Methods for Distributional Data and Survival Outcomes | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Grgic, Mak | 'Travelogue' by Mak Grgic, School of Music Advanced Support Program for Innovative Research Excellence | Music | School of Music |
| Ha, Byeongwon | Virtual Reality in the Expanded Field as an Expansion Pack for Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy | Art | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Hirsch, Katie R | Feasibility of different methods for identification of menstrual phases: A pilot and feasibility trial | Exercise Science | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Jenerette, Coretta Melissa | Piloting Health Equity Lives in Palliative Care for Sickle Cell Disease (HELP-4-SCD) | Nursing | College of Nursing |
| Kim, Minji | Validating efficient and effective anti-smoking message evaluation measurement using volumetric choice experiment (VCE) | Health Prom., Educ. & Behavior | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Li, Jie | Combining Genome Mining and Bioengineering for Discovery of Lanthipeptide Antibiotics | Chemistry & Biochemistry | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Lima de Vasconcelos, Lucas | REC-STEMEd: Robotics in Early Childhood STEM Education | Educational Studies | College of Education |
| LoPresti, Eric | Turning USC’s historic moth collection into impactful 21st century science | Biological Sciences | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Matchin, William | Functional neuroimaging of syntax using a novel training protocol | Communication Sci & Disorders | Arnold School of Public Health |
| McCarthy, Cameron | Autophagy-dependent Lipids in Vascular Physiology | Basic Science Research | School of Medicine |
| Messick, Kyle | The use of Artificial Intelligence Across Three Domains | BFT Social Sciences | BFT |
| Metcalfe, Christi S | Behavioral economics in plea decision-making: An experimental analysis | Criminology & Criminal Justice | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Mills, Mary K. | miRNA expression dynamics throughout egg development in the understudied vector, Culicoides sonorensis | AK Biology & Geology | University of SC Aiken |
| Mu, Sai | Leveraging spin-phonon interaction in disordered quantum materials: an ab-initio based data-driven approach | Physics & Astronomy | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Pellegrini, Christine | Energize! Internet-Delivered Physical Activity Program for Adults with Knee Replacement | Exercise Science | Arnold School of Public Health |
| Pershyn, Yuriy | Low-Temperature Properties of ReRAM Cells for Quantum Computing Applications | Physics & Astronomy | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Quinn, Joseph Michael | Manipulating Mechanisms of Homophily and Measuring Changes in the Emergence of Segregation: A Computational Experiment | Sociology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Richardson, Nicole | On the Difficulty of Changing One’s Nature: Lamarckism vs Mendelism in the Chinese Eugenics Movement | UPS History, Polital Sci., Phil. | University of SC Upstate |
| Ritchie, Kimberly | Novel Antibiotics from Elasmobranch-Associated Bacteria | BFT Natural Sciences | University of SC Beaufort |
| Tran, Henry | Development of The Rural School Leadership Development Institute (RSLDI): An Evidence-Based Program for Supporting Teacher and Principal Retention | Educ. Leadership & Policies | College of Education |
| Wang, Yang | Investigating Bilingual Students' Reading Strategies in STEM Areas | Instruction & Teacher Educ. | College of Education |
| Wang, Zhu | Structure-Preserving Model Reduction of Tethered Unmanned Air-Surface Vehicle Control | Mathematics | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Wei, Jingkai | Does hearing aid use reduce the risk of incident dementia? Applications of causal inference methods to emulate target trials using observational data | Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Arnold School of Public Health |
| White, Ralph Edward | Development of a Structural Batteries Demonstrator for Electrochemical- Mechanical Testing |
Chemical Engineering | College of Engineering & Comp. |
| Wippold, Guillermo Manuel | Premortem of a community-informed, peer-to-peer, barbershop-based intervention to promote health-related quality of life among Black men | Psychology | College of Arts and Sciences |
| Wright, Pamela J. | Resistance Exercise with Peer Support for Women with PCOS using a Smart Home Video Device: Feasibility Study Guided by Self-Determination Theory | Nursing | College of Nursing |
| Yang, Chih-Hsiang (Jason) | Daily Movement Activity Patterns and Cognitive Function in Older African Americans: A Proof-of-Concept Study | Exercise Science | Arnold School of Public Health |