Elizabeth Lamark Ashley Tucker will travel to Nigeria at the end of the summer on a Fulbright Research award to help improve rapid diagnostic testing for malaria.
Ashley Tucker, a graduating senior majoring in biomedical sciences and biology in RIT’s College of Health Sciences and Technology and College of Science, will travel to Nigeria at the end of the summer on a Fulbright Research award. Tucker will work with a malaria research group at University of Ibadan College of Medicine. Her research will help improve the rapid diagnostic testing for the deadly tropical disease.
The mosquito-borne parasite that causes malaria can carry a mutation that leads to false negative tests. Tucker will analyze samples collected from people across Nigeria for mutations and compare her findings to the rapid diagnostic test results. Her research will create a regional picture of where the mutations are prevalent in the country and potentially lead to new diagnostic methods.
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Marie Lang Lauren Trumpore was instrumental in advocating for the new Undergraduate Research Scholars awards. She will be among the inaugural class of honorees recognized at graduation this May.
Forty members of the inaugural class of Undergraduate Research Scholar Awardees will be honored at this year’s graduation ceremonies. The recognition highlights their accomplishments in a variety of complex and demanding research areas during their time at RIT. It also shows RIT’s commitment to meeting the growing demand by undergraduates for research experiences to complement coursework.
“We have an extremely high density of undergraduates who are engaged in independent, scholarly research,” said Ryne Raffaelle, RIT’s vice president for research and associate provost. “Hands-on education through research continues to be a hallmark of an RIT undergraduate education. What we are happy to see this year is the breadth of fields represented and the depth of the work of this fi