Journal Articles

Lauren Griggs and Christopher A. Lemmon, 2023, "Spatial Gradients of E-Cadherin and Fibronectin in TGF-ß1-Treated Epithelial Colonies Are Independent of Fibronectin Fibril Assembly", International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, pp. 6679

Wenjun Wang, Lauren A. Hapach, Lauren Griggs, Kyra Smart, Yusheng Wu, Paul V. Taufalele, Matthew M. Rowe, Katherine M. Young, Madison E. Bates, Andrew C. Johnson, Nicholas J. Ferrell, Ambra Pozzi and Cynthia A. Reinhart-King, 2022, "Diabetic hyperglycemia promotes primary tumor progression through glycation-induced tumor extracellular matrix stiffening", Science Advances, 8

Stephen M. Gibson, Kendra Brinkley, Lauren Griggs, Briana N. James, Mychal Smith, Mark Schwitzerlett, LaChelle M. Waller and Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, 2021, "Implementing a hybrid summer transition program", Frontiers in Education, 6

Lewis E. Scott, Lauren Griggs, Vani Narayanan, Daniel E. Conway, Christopher A. Lemmon and Seth H. Weinberg, 2020, "A hybrid model of intercellular tension and cell–matrix mechanical interactions in a multicellular geometry", Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 19, pp. 1997-2013

Lauren Griggs, N. T. Hassan, R. S. Malik, B. P. Griffin, B. A. Martinez, L. W. Elmore and C. A. Lemmon, 2017, "Fibronectin fibrils regulate TGF-ß1-induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition", Matrix Biology, 60-61, pp. 157-175

Conference Proceedings

N Huggins, Lauren Griggs, Cynthia Reed, Juan Cruz , Holly Matusovich, M Artiles, Stephanie Adams and G Thomas, 2024, "WIP: Implementing the Rising Doctoral Institute: A Case Study in an R1 University of the US Northeast", Frontiers in Education

Lauren Griggs and Julio Urbina, 2024, "Peru in State College: Providing Scholars with a Global Perspective at Home", American Society for Engineering Education

Aaron Mattingly and Lauren Griggs, 2023, "Collaborating with Student Leaders to Promote Equity and Inclusion Across the Engineering Community.", American Society for Engineering Education

Lauren Griggs, Carmen Vanderhoof, Catherine Cohan, Aaron Mattingly and Tonya Peeples, 2022, "Reimagining Summer Bridge: An Evolution in Best Practices to Support Incoming First-Year Engineering Students", American Society for Engineering Education

Amy L Freeman, Catherine Cohan, Lauren Griggs, Ryan Hassler, Mark W Johnson, Mikhail A Kagan, Peter J Butler and Tonya Peeples, 2022, "Sustainable bridges from campus to campus: Summer bridge program implementation across four campuses", American Society for Engineering Education

Catherine Cohan, Lauren Griggs, Ryan Hassler, Mark William Johnson, Mikhail A Kagan, Peter J Butler and Tonya Peeples, 2021, "Sustainable Bridges from Campus to Campus: The Creation and Conduct of Online Synchronous Summer Bridge Programs in 2020", American Society for Engineering Education

Lauren Griggs and Briana Nicole James, 2019, "Design Projects as a Linkage Between Interests and Career Aspirations: An Examination of Underrepresented Incoming Freshmen STEM Students", The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity

Lauren Griggs, JK Stringer, Falcon Rankins and Rosalyn Hobson Hargraves, 2016, "Investigating the impact of a hybrid summer transition program", Frontiers in Education, pp. 1–5

Cynthia Reed, Lauren Griggs, Eduardo Granata Rodriguez and Enrique Daniel Gomez, , "WIP: Introducing Research in Summer Bridge Programs", American Society for Engineering Education

Haya Alshayji, Swapnik Dulam, Dixon Zor, Deja Workman, Lauren Griggs and Christopher Dancy, , "Experiences with using an LLM-based Chatbot for a Multicultural Engineering Program Orientation", American Society for Engineering Education

• 2024 Penn State Black Caucus ASHE Award for Faculty Member of the Year, Penn State Black Caucus, January 2024 - December 2024

• 2023 Penn State Black Caucus ASHE Award for Faculty Member of the Year, Penn State Black Caucus, January 2023 - December 2023

• 2022 PSEAS College of Engineering Outstanding Advising Award, Penn State Engineering Alumni Association, January 2022 - December 2022

• T32 Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA), Vanderbilt University, 2018

• College of Engineering, Graduate Student Commencement Speaker, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018

• Presidential Award for Community Multicultural Enrichment (PACME): Student Award, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2018

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research, National Institute of Health: F31 GM121035, 2016 - 2018

• Alex Clarke Award for Excellence in Biomedical Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2016

Service to Penn State:

Service to External Organizations:

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Mentor, Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity, Vanderbilt University, August 2018 - December 2018

• Participation in or Service to Professional and Learned Societies, Other, Graduate Research Assistant, Biomedical Engineering, Research Topic: Fibronectin Mechanics in Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition, Virginia Commonwealth University, August 2012 - July 2018