UVA Spring 2025 Teams

This past spring semester UVA biokind analytics had a 6 projects with new non-profits led by the leadership of Zara Kotadiya [President] and Bharathi Thambidurai [Vice President]. Read about our teams and the projects they worked on this past semester.

Starting off we have the For Kids team led by team lead Neha Amarnath (‘27) with Rowan Reseblum (‘27), Aryan Thodupunuri (‘27), Siwen Liao (‘27), and Albert Ma (‘25). Their project focused on examining hotline call characteristics and demographics as well as creating an efficient model to calculate recidivism.

Next, team NeuroKids was led by team lead Sree Katragadda (‘26) with Samuel Aridi (‘25), and Kha-An Nguyen (‘26). The team presented to CEO, Derek Johnson, and Clinical director, Joanna Papadakis. The goal of this project was to automate visualizations for different sites and identify missing data with a priority on surgical and follow-up data using heatmaps and shinyapp visualization tools.  

Our third team and fourth team partnered with Taimaka and tackled different projects. Our first group led by Caroline Rich (‘25) with Jerry Su (‘26) and George Hammer (‘26) applied a Cox proportional hazards model to analyze key risk factors and patterns of non-response. The second group, led by Elias Lahrim (‘25) with Max Van Zandt (‘26), Emily Sun (‘26), George Hammer (‘26), and Lily England (‘26) to calculate the household food insecurity access scale and the poverty probability index. Additionally, this group evaluatedthe  association between maternal mental health and visualized geopoint data to determine care deserts. 

Our next team collaborated with LymeWarrior on a project that extended beyond our typical data analytics focus. Team lead Bianca Linares (‘26) worked with Wenwan Xu (‘27), Alec Dillaplain (‘28), and Kaylin Shukert (‘26) to develop a data-driven proposal aimed at supporting the recognition of Lyme disease as a chronic illness by the CDC. Their work centered on crafting a comprehensive literature review to educate the medical community on the often-overlooked risks of Lyme disease and to advocate for greater awareness and empathy in patient care.

The Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation team was led by Abhinav Pappi (‘27) who worked alongside Jack Lombardi (‘26), Sahana Krishnaraj (‘26), and Natalie Seah (‘25). Their project focused on expanding the data available about primary care providers (PCPs) and neurosurgeons treating cavernous malformations across the U.S. They created a geographic visualization in Tableau to identify care deserts, areas where patients must travel long distances for specialized treatment, thus providing insights into access disparities.

Our last team partnered with Feed More, led by Khushi Mehta (‘26) working with Keya Patel (‘26) and Aleeza Sadiq (‘26). Their project analyzed the relationship between housing factors, such as homeownership rates and rental prices, and food insecurity. They also explored broader economic contributors beyond unemployment and developed a map highlighting the U.S. counties most affected by food insecurity, offering a clearer view of where interventions are most urgently needed.