Assistant professor Jingchun Chen and undergraduate students Melika Cummings, Tyrell Pratt, Alice Lee, Eunjae Lee, Jennifer Zheng, Faria Tavacoli (all Nevada Institute of Personalized Medicine) presented at the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), a premier academic event that celebrates undergraduate achievements across all disciplines. The conference took place April 7–9, 2025, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Their attendance was made possible through generous support from the UNLV Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), the College of Sciences (COS), and the McNair Scholars Program.

Their projects explored a range of important topics, including:

• Genetic correlations between dental diseases and Alzheimer’s disease
• Brain structures and their associations with Alzheimer’s disease
• Key genes and pathways from glial cells involved in Alzheimer’s disease