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Exercise Science Capstone Presentation
Full text linkI will be presenting my exercise science capstone internship presentation
My German Experiences
Full text linkWhile still in the midst of their study abroad experiences, students at Linfield University write reflective essays. Their essays address issues of cultural similarity and difference, compare lifestyles, mores, norms, and habits between their host countries and home, and examine changes in perceptions about their host countries and the United States. In this essay, Katie Herbel describes observations during their study abroad program at the University of Nurtingen-Geislingen in Nurtingen, Germany
Mount Cook National Park
No full textMount Cook National Park, taken by Klaira Flatt on the Linfield University January Term Program in New Zealand. Photo taken in Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand. 1st place, Landscape division, in the 2025 Linfield University Study Abroad Photo Contest.https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_photos2025/1005/thumbnail.jp
Bathe
No full textBathe, taken by Mariah Johnston on the Linfield University January Term Program in Tokyo, Japan. 2nd place, People division, in the 2025 Linfield University Study Abroad Photo Contest.https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/intl_photos2025/1013/thumbnail.jp
Longevity and Cardiovascular Health: Lessons from the Mediterranean Blue Zones
Full text linkCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, and poor diet is a leading risk factor for adverse cardiac events (Ahmed et al., 2023). The Mediterranean diet provides protection against coronary heart disease, regardless of the common risk factors for cardiovascular diseases like smoking, hypertension, diabetes, etc (Legrand et al., 2019). Those living in the blue zones of Greece and Italy have far fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease than populations living in other parts of the world (Legrand et al., 2021). This project aims to investigate how the Mediterranean diet has influenced the rates of cardiovascular disease amongst the populations in both Ikaria and Sardinia
Oregon Medicaid: Lowering the Barriers to Access
Full text linkOregon’s Medicaid program for health insurance has updated the criteria and more people are qualifying for coverage than ever before. With the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) Bridge program that took effect July 1, 2024, an estimated 100,000 Oregon individuals are projected to eventually qualify (OHA, 2024). While these updates grant more access to services and covered benefits, many Medicaid beneficiaries still claim they are unable to utilize their benefits due to difficulty finding a participating provider. With support and reform for mental healthcare on the rise and the future of Medicaid a concern, researchers have been investigating the effectiveness of the federally funded program. As the management of Medicaid services becomes outsourced to privately managed networks, or Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs), it is increasingly more important to confirm that the reported network access adequacy standards are being met. In this paper I will explore recognized barriers to access the researchers have identified that patients and healthcare providers are currently facing and make suggestions of solutions to limit these barriers
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes: Increased Incidence, Severity, and Contributing Factors
Full text linkThe COVID-19 pandemic has had dramatic, wide sweeping effects on global healthcare. In addition to the challenge of adapting care to an unfamiliar, rapidly spreading respiratory infection with unknown impacts on human health, healthcare officials and researchers noticed a worrisome uptick in both the incidence and severity of pediatric diabetes (Prosperi & Chiarelli, 2022). This review explores the relationship between COVID-19 and the significant increase in the rate and severity of pediatric type 1 diabetes during the pandemic, focusing on the impact of delayed treatment and the potential direct effects of the COVID-19 virus on pancreatic function and glucose homeostasis
Cultural Appropriation and the Commodification of Heritage: The Nimiipuu Legacy in Joseph, Oregon
Full text linkThis paper explores the cultural appropriation and commodification of Nimiipuu heritage in Joseph, Oregon, by examining the history of the annual Chief Joseph Days (CJD) festival held by the residents of Wallowa Valley every year since 1946. While CJD purports to celebrate the legacy of both the Nimiipuu in Wallowa Valley and the traditional American West, instead it perpetuates a simplified and exploitive narrative that benefits the white residents of Wallowa Valley. Through historical analysis, this paper traces the dramatic erasure and forced removal of the Nimiipuu from their ancestral lands within Wallowa Valley in 1877, followed by their subsequent representation in local tourism and entertainment by white settlers starting as early as 1880. CJD, much like 19th-century Wild West shows, commercializes Indigenous culture while marginalizing authentic Nimiipuu voices in our present day. Analyzing primary sources such as newspapers, letters, and speeches, as well as literature on postcolonialism and American Indian history, this paper argues how CJD continues to reinforce outdated stereotypes and white-centric narratives, which requires reevaluation of Indigenous representation in public celebrations as of 2025
Cells, Genes and Discovery in Basic Science and Disease
No full textRandy Schekman, a co-recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, presents a lecture as part of the Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium at Linfield University. Schekman shares special insights into the science and discovery of his Nobel award-winning research on cellular membranes and vesicle traffic, as well as its impact on life saving drugs, vaccines and genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease
Identifying Optimal Stellar Spectral Types for Roman\u27s Spectroscopic Calibration
Full text linkThe Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (Roman) has the goal of completing wide area astrophysics infrared surveys that will study galaxy clusters, star formation, the evolution of dark energy, and explore exoplanet demographics. The Wide Field Instrument (WFI) of Roman is the primary instrument that will be used to conduct Roman’s surveys, with two detectors, a prism and a grism. The WFI must be calibrated for precision and accuracy, to verify the operations of the prism and grism. We developed a tool to identify and analyze the strength of spectral absorption features in a catalog of stars. We then created an algorithm that identifies the absorption features in stellar spectra from the SpeX Prism Spectral Libraries catalog. From the output of this algorithm, we were able to determine which M and L type stars had the most features in this catalog