Undergraduate researchers from the College of Pharmacy will showcase their work at the 2026 CURO Symposium, taking place April 20–21 at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. This annual event highlights student research from across the University of Georgia and is part of National Undergraduate Research Week.

College of Pharmacy students will present posters #60–69, covering a wide range of topics from public health and clinical research to biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences. Posters will be open for public viewing on Monday, April 20, from 4–6 p.m. in the Grand Hall South and Atrium. Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to attend and support these outstanding researchers.

Below is a list of students participating from the College of Pharmacy

• Title: “Preparing Pharmacy Students for End-of- Life Care: A Mixed-Methods Study of Death Literacy”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joshua Caballero, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy

Poster 61: Bianca Pascu 

• Title: “Prevalence of Undiagnosed Hypertension Screened in Georgia”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Brian Seagraves, Clinical & Administrative Pharmacy

Poster 62: Siddharth Yamujala

• Title: “Functional Characterization of Novel SAM Complex Subunits Sam35 and Sam37 in Toxoplasma gondii”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Diego Huet, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 63: Pragnya Kamalapuri 

• Title: “High-Fat Diet Enhances Myristoylated Src Levels in Prostate Tumors”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Houjian Cai, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 64: Paige Koller

• Title: “Imaging Extracellular Vesicles Encapsulating CRISPR Machinery by Transmission Electron Microscopy”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Houjian Cai, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 65: Ana Qovanaj

• Title: “Exploring Drug Repurposing and Morphological Responses to Treatment in Breast and Pancreatic Cancer Cells”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. May Xiong, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 66: Sydney Griffin

• Title: “Iron Overload and Metabolic Dysfunction: Linking Iron Overload to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in β-Thalassemia”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. May Xiong, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 67: Yash Jadhav 

• Title: “Microglial Tuning by Atypical p38 in the CNS”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Neil Grimsey, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 68: Jackson Burns, Yash Jadhav

• Title: “Understanding the Role of Atypical p38 Signaling in Vascular Injury”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Neil Grimsey, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences

Poster 69: Meghana Gudi, Jeremy Estes

• Title: “Synthesis and Evaluation of Modified Thiosemicarbazone Analogs Against Poxviruses”
• Faculty Advisor: Dr. Uma Singh, Pharmaceutical & Biomedical Sciences