While sleep is crucial to most life on Earth, studies have shown that college students on a great scale are one of the most affected in regard to sleep. With college students, sleep is very important for them to stay focused and awake during their classes throughout the day. But, it can be hard due
Our challenge is to create an accurate model exploring the correlation between key variables that impact the stock market during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing models don’t completely account for the relationship between these key variables. Our approach is to use a model from the literature as a blueprint and to try to develop a more
Our project addresses the need for educating high school students on COVID-19 in order to prepare them for a possible disease outbreak in the future. The poster contains information on our four week program that consists of four videos and a preliminary and final quiz to provide feedback on the quality of our content. Full
Huntington’s Disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that often is fatal within 10 years after symptoms emerge. There is no known cure as of now, but the cause has been determined. A mutant HTT gene results in a “CAG repeat” that leads to the disease. While not much is known about the gene, there
Our goal is to inform people of all ages about GMOs to reduce the negative stigma and give consumers a better understanding of their effects. This will be done through a series of surveys to have an insight into what social media is more effective in educating people on GMOs. This was a way for
Our challenge is the major decline in mental health due to the COVID 19 pandemic. During the pandemic, many people were forced to stay in their homes, and were therefore socially isolated, leading to a decline in mental health. We have created an app to help support the mental health of Chapman students. First, we
Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) students Heather Andrini, Ashley Okhovat, and Sydni Au Hoy (l. to r. above) have been awarded the 2021 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize hosted by The Leatherby Libraries. Heather, Ashley, and Sydni started working on their project, “Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures Disorder: Treatment after the Diagnostic Odyssey” as the focus of
In April, the Grand Challenges Initiative was honored to host Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, the NIH’s scientific lead for the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, for a wide ranging conversation about solving society’s most pressing problems. We invite you to watch a video of the highlights below.
Our application’s purpose is to provide an opportunity to the average person in educating themselves on how their habitual tendencies effect their mental health and encourage healthy practices. hAppy: Mental Health Application Poster
Our Grand Challenge Initiative throughout the past three semesters has been to create ways to reduce transmission of HIV, as well as create ways in which adolescents are more drawn to learning about sexual health. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Eradicating the Stigma Poster