Roopesh received his Bachelor Degree of Science from Penn State in Immunology and Infectious Disease with honors in Biobehavioral Health from the Schreyer Honors College in May of 2021. He also received minors in Global Health, Biology, and Microbiology. He is currently a Patient Healthcare Navigator with National Health Corps at UPMC Lawrenceville Family Health Center.
Senior Honors Thesis (Chair: Turrisi). Examining family structure as a moderator of the relationship between parental permissiveness and drinking in college students (2020-2021).
Awards:
- Fall 2017 – Spring 2021, 8 semesters on Dean’s List
- Spring 2019 – Spring 2021, Alpha Epsilon Delta Honor Society
Selected Presentations:
Kumar, R., Reavy, R., & Turrisi, R. (2021, March). Examining family structure as a moderator of the relationship between parental permissiveness and college student drinking. Virtual presentation at the Penn State Biobehavioral Health Research Forum, University Park, PA.
Field, M., Kumar, R., Wolfe, E., Sell, N., Trager, B., Waldron, K., & Turrisi, R. (2019, April). Maternal drinking behavior and perception towards college student drinking predicts future permissiveness. Poster presented at the Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition, University Park, PA.