Student: Grace Adeniyi-Ipadeola
CTR Mentor: Amy Hair, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Sasirekha Ramani, Ph.D.
Project: Cream Influences Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants: A prospective Cohort Study
Student: Thandiwe Chavula
CTR Mentor: Tiphanie Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Sandeep Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Serum Cadherin-11 in Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Student: Anran Chen
CTR Mentor: Alastair Thompson, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Mathew Ellis, Ph.D.
Project: Determining the Acurate Measurement of NF1 Protein Level
Student: J. Thomas Gebert
CTR Mentor: Hsiao-Tuan Chao, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Joseph Hyser, Ph.D.
Project: Enteric Defects in a Mouse Model of EBF3-Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Student: Owen Hirschi
CTR Mentor: Seema Lalani, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Sharon Plon, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Utilization of KOMP2 Embryonic Lethality Data to Investigate Exome Sequencing Data from Undiagnosed Infants in Intensive Care Units
Student: Chiraag Kapadia
CTR Mentor: Premal Lulla, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Peggy Goodell, Ph.D.
Project: Clonal Hematopoiesis is Enhanced Following CAR-T Treatment
Student: Minhua Li
CTR Mentor: Alexandra Stevens, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Daisuke Nakada, Ph.D.
Project: An Analysis of Atovaquone as a Therapeutic Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML): Combination with Conventional Chemotherapy is Feasible and Well Tolerated
Student: Howard Lin
CTR Mentor: Carl Allen, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Donald Parsons, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Clinical Implications of Genomic Alterations and Circulating BRAFV600E+ precursors in Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
Student: Dallin Lowder
CTR Mentor: Edward Yen, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Salma Kaochar, Ph.D.
Project: Lipid Metabolism Biomarkers in a Diverse Cohort of Patients with Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Student: Kelsey Mauk
CTR Mentor: Richard Hamill, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: David Corry, M.D.
Project: Assessing Veteran Travel Habits and Utilization of Travel Medicine services at a Large Urban Veterans Administration Medical Center
Student: Collin McColl
CTR Mentor: Edward Yen, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Salma Kaochar, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating Growth Factors as Predictive Biomarkers for Prostate Cancer Using 400+ Patient Samples
Student: Marlyd Mejia
CTR Mentor: Sandeep Agarwal, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Kathryn Patras, Ph.D.
Project: Investigating the Relationship Between the Vaginal Microbiota and Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women
Student: Andy Rivera Munoz
CTR Mentor: Daryl Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Jennifer Posey, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: A Retrospective Study of Diagnostic Exome Sequencing Cases to Identify Phenotypic Expansion Involving the Cakut Phenotype
Student: Matthew Seasock
CTR Mentor: Pedro Piedra, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Antony Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Project: Detection of MicroRNA Let-7 Expression Changes in SARS-COV-2 Infection
Student: Lauren Kelly Somes
CTR Mentor: Mothaffar Rimawi, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Valentino Hoyos, M.D.
Project: Elucidating the Effect of Hormone Therapy on the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment of Breast Cancer Patients
Student: Yuqing Wang
CTR Mentor: Tiphanie Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Christine Beeton, Ph.D.
Project: The KCA1.1 Channel as a Prognostic and Predictive Marker in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Student: Amber Wolf
CTR Mentor: Jennifer Foster, M.D., MPH
Thesis Advisor: Eveline Barbieri, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Examining Immune-suppressive and Immune-activating Metabolites in Primary Neuroblastoma Patient Tumors
Student: Stephanie Wood
CTR Mentor: Manuel Silva Carmona, M.D.
Thesis Advisor: Tiphanie Vogel, M.D., Ph.D.
Project: Moving Toward Use of Type 1 Interferon Assessments in Clinical Practice
Student: Jacob Zulk
CTR Mentor: Barbara Trautner, M.D., Ph.D.
Thesis Advisor: Kathryn Patras, Ph.D.
Project: Characterization of UTI-causing Pathogens and their Phage Susceptibilities