Margaret Kalcic (MS 2010, PhD 2014), Rebecca Logsdon Muenich (MS 2011, PhD 2015), and Chelsie Boles (BS 2011, MS 2013) are part of the team that wrote the study report. Their findings have been submitted to a peer-reviewed scientific journal for publication.

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