Predoctoral trainees
Amara Eikemenwa
Years: 2021-2025
Mentor: Lishan Su
Project title: Investigating the Function and Mechanism of Circular DNA and the host defense peptide LL37 on Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Activation
Emmanuel Asiedu
Years: 2021-2025
Mentor: Sylvia Montaner
Project title: Angiopoietn-like 4 alters DNA damage response and repair in cancer cells to allow sustained growth, survival and resistance to therapy
Christina Kratzmeier
Years: 2021-2025
Mentor: Alexander Krupnick
Project title: The Unique Immunoregulation of Lung Cancer by CD8+ T Cells & IFN-γ
Elizabeth Hill
Years: 2020-2024
Mentor: Nevil Singh
Project title: Mechanisms of “two-cell” IL-12 formation and its applications in the tumor
Matthew Eason
Years: 2020-2024
Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos
Project title: Overexpression of the Obscurin Pleckstrin Homology Domain in Obscurin-Low Breast Cancer Cells Reduces Metastasis and Chemoresistance
Camilla Edwards
Years: 2019-2023
Mentor: Christopher Jewell
Project title: Combinatorial control of TLR signaling using self-assembly of immune signals on microneedle arrays to access the skin niche and develop anti-cancer immune responses
Trevor Mathias
Years: 2018-2022
Mentor: Stuart Martin
Project title: The role of the tubulin carboxypeptidase (TCP) on breast tumor cell growth and dissemination
Talia Guardia
Years: 2017-2022
Mentor: Aikaterini Kontrogianni-Konstantopoulos
Project title: Investigating the tumor suppressor function of obscurins in breast cancer
Nisha Pawar
Years: 2015-2022
Mentor: Toni Antalis
Project title: Membrane protease signaling in ovarian cancer metastasis
Michael Kessler
Years: 2015-2019
Mentor: Timothy O'Connor
Project title: The influence of ancestry on cancer genomics and research
Justine Yu
Years: 2013-2020
Mentor: Michele Vitolo
Project title: The Role of DANCR in Breast Cancer Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Survival
Jimena Dancy (Perez)
Years: 2013-2018
Mentors: Jeffrey Winkles and Graeme Woodworth
Project title: Fn14-targeted, Tissue-penetrating Nanoparticles for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Tumors
Alexander Tsai
Years: 2013-2017 (PhD), -2019 (MD)
Mentor: Eduardo Devila
Project title: Characterization and Efficacy of Novel Melanoma Immunosensitizing Therapeutics
Emma Scott
Years: 2011-2017
Mentor: Scott Devine
Project title: The Role of Retro-transposition in Cancer Development
Kristi Briggs (Chakrabarti)
Years: 2013-2016 (PhD), -2018 (MD)
Mentor: Stuart Martin
Project title: AMPK Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics in Breast Cancer Metastasis
Jennifer Fox
Years: 2010-2015
Mentor: Curt Civin
Project title: Repurposing Artemisinins for the Treatment of Acute Leukemias
Gabriel Eades
Years: 2009-2015
Mentor: Qun Zhou
Project title: MicroRNA Regulation of Stem Cell Signaling in Breast Cancer
Postdoctoral trainees
Yuchen Liu
Years: 2022-2024
Mentor: Maria Baer
Project title: Role of p53 pathway dysfunction in FLT3-ITD acute myeloid leukemia
Christoper Krauss
Years: 2022-2024
Mentor: David Weber
Project title: Studies of antimetastatic properties of lectins engineered from taro root
John Newland
Years: 2021-2023
Mentor: Richard Eckert
Project title: Glutamine Starvation as a Treatment for Mesothelioma