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University of Michigan Undergraduate Research Journal is a student-run research journal with a mission to build connections between undergraduate students, graduate students, and the public, as well as among the different academic disciplines, through the publication of non-technical articles in all fields of research.
Volume 16 • 2023
Article
Letter from the Editors
Daisey Yu, Amogh Angadi, Ayse Eldes and Aniket Dagar
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Social Sciences
Confronting Two Crises: The Effect of Mental Health Disorders on Opioid Use
Isabel Zhang
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Experience of stigma and its relationship to identification with the neurodiversity model for Indian parents of children with autism spectrum disorder
Sahita Manda, Elizabeth Buvinger, Shichi Dhar and Harika Veldanda
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Analyzing the Efficacy and Utility of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 on College Students with Disabilities
Magda Wojtara
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Life Sciences
COVID-19 and Living Situation: Effects on University of Michigan Students During the 2020-2021 Academic Year
Barbara Tan, Alyssa Cadez-Martin, Sarah Fox Fox and Samir Gadepalli MD, MBA
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Oxime-Conjugated Dendrimers as Therapeutics for Organophosphate Poisoning
Racquel Harrison, Tang Shengzhuang, Jayme Cannon, Kelly Yang, Pamela Wong and Seok Ki Choi
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
The Importance of Interpreters in the Medical System
Amber Beilfuss, Kaitlyn Zablock, Jasmine Lowenstein, Allison Goodsell, Jacqueline Rodriguez and Izabel Varejão
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Imaging the effects of GLP-1 on the developing pancreas
Chloe Ruscilli and Corentin Cras-Méneur
2023-03-21 Volume 16 • 2023
Humanities
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