Undergraduate Researcher
Oregon State University
Grants Pass, Oregon, United States
Roxanne Rosetta Bahn-Bales is a bioengineering student and undergraduate researcher at Oregon State University. Since transferring to Oregon State, she has sought out opportunities to prepare herself to attend graduate school. Her interests include gender affirming care (GAC), tissue engineering, and healthcare accessibility. Roxanne wants to make GAC more accessible by collaborating with surgeons and other healthcare providers to integrate tissue engineering into their practice. She volunteers in two separate research labs: the College of Health’s IMPACT Lab, researching adapted physical activity training and education, and the Chappell Lab in the Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine studying the pathways and regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis. IMPACT focuses on inequity within physical education, and how to better equip program facilitators to incorporate accessible and adaptable physical activity into their curriculum. The Chappell Lab utilizes neuronal-derived cell culture to study gene-hormone regulatory pathways. Last summer Roxanne was a Bioavailability Enhancement intern at Lonza Bend, where she learned about the thermodynamics of spray drying and amorphous solid dispersions, while she developed a particle prediction application for engineers designing sprays. Roxanne is applying to graduate programs this fall and is hoping to gain tissue engineering expertise through a doctoral program.