Organizers of the 2020 Research, Creativity, and Innovation Forum (RCIF) launched the first official RCIF Abstract Book. The book, which is available in pdf and digital formats, offers a glimpse into all of the outstanding projects over 100 student presenters would have showcased during the RCIF, which has celebrated undergraduate research from a wide range of disciplines at the University of Miami every year since 2008. Although the March 31 event was cancelled due to COVID-19 safety concerns, the School of Nursing and Health Studies had a strong showing as usual, with eight research projects from eleven students featured in the electronic publication—more than any other school besides the College of Arts & Sciences. This inaugural book includes research from public health majors Karina Cepeda, Tatiana Esparza, Lydia Franklin, Emily Hawver, Maryam Jawid, Megan Nguyen, Willow Webb, and Nina Wojtowicz; nursing majors Juliana Byers and Maeher Grewal; and health science/religious studies major Azin Pooresmaeil. Their research topics ranged from the use of podcasts to promote sexual health education, to understanding the neurobehavioral bases of memory, to an examination of e-cigarette use among college students, among others. Their SONHS faculty research mentors were Andrew Porter, Ashley Falcon, and Rosina Cianelli. Read the students’ work at https://ugr.miami.edu/rcif/abstracts/index.html.
