Brandon Do Wins First Prize for the 2025 American Physiological Society Award. Honorable Mentions to Rebecca Pan and Ann Law.

The Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work provides students with the opportunity to exhibit and share examples of their significant research and creative work with the university community. Each year, the Undergraduate Symposium awards First and Second prizes for outstanding work in each of the five academic categories. Additional recognition include Honorable Mentions, Interdisciplinary Awards, Digital Technology, and USC Schwarzenegger Institute.

This year Brandon Do is award First Prize for his project, Determining the Determining the Efficacy and Mechanism-of-Action of Cyclic Di-Peptides (CDP’s) Against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Rebecca Pan and Ann Law are also given Honorable Mention for their project, GIPR agonism amplifies GLP-1 mediated weight loss and feeding motivation.

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