2008 - 09 |
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Ryan Turner
Hometown: Yorkville, IL
Undergraduate Institution: Western New England College
Degree(s): B.S., Biomedical Engineering
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year)
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2007 - 08 |
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Audrey Jajosky
Hometown:
Undergraduate Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
Degree(s): B.S., Biotechnology
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year) |
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Justin Stover
Hometown: Mullen, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Marshall University, and WVU
Degree(s): B.S., Chemistry (Marshall), B.S., Chemical
Engineering (WVU)
Research Interests: Gene therapy, tissue engineering,
neuroscience, epidemiology
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year) |
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Daniel Vanderbilt
Hometown:
Bellingham, WA
Undergraduate Institution:
Whitman College, WA
Degree(s): B.A., Chemistry
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year) |
2006 - 07 |
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Cristy Ku
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Undergraduate Institution: Whittier College, CA
Degree(s): B.A. Pyschology
Research Interests: Leber's congenital blindness, psychiatric
disorders and neurology
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year) |
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Derrel Walker
Hometown: Weiser, ID
Undergraduate Institution: Utah Valley State College, Orem,UT
Degree(s): B.S., Biology
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Biomedical Sciences
Research Advisor: (Selected in 2nd year) |
2005 - 06 |
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Kristina Davis
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University
Degree(s): B.S., Biology
Research Interests: Development of a contraceptive vaccine (by Identifying and cloning sperm-specific antibodies and finding sperm-specific immunogenic peptides)
Graduate Program: Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Rajesh Naz |
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Rachel Leon
Hometown: Charleston, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Guilford College, Greensboro, NC
Degree(s): B.S., Biology, Chemistry
Graduate Program: Neurosciences
Research Interests: Neurologic Diseases, Schizophrenia,
Alzheimer's
Research Advisor: Dr. Catherin Buetefisch |
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Nissa Thomsen
Hometown: Martinsburg, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Haverford College, PA
Shepherd College, WV
Degree(s): B.A., History (Haverford), B.S. Biochemistry
(Shepherd)
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological
Sciences
Research Interests: Membrane proteins, pharmaceutical drug
metabolism, and nanotechnology
Research Advisor: Dr. Peter Gannett |
2004 - 05 |
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Stephen Akers
Hometown: Salem, VA
Undergraduate Institution: Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Degree(s): B.S., Biology and Chemistry
Research Interests: Understanding mechanisms under-
lying leukemic cell invasion of the central nervous system
as it pertains to acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Laura Gibson
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2003 - 04 |
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Nicole Bryan
Hometown: Wheeling, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia Wesleyan College
Degree(s): B.S., Biology
Research Interests: Cancer biology and inflammation, the role of the protein Apoptosis associated speck-like protein containing a CARD domain.
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Christian Stehlik
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Garrett Cooper
Hometown: Charleroi, PA
Undergraduate Institution: Washington and Jefferson College
Degree(s): B.A., Cell/Molecular Biology and Physiology
Research Interests: Neurosurgery, Cortical Connectivity,
Visual Processing
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Research Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Ramsden
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2002 - 03 |
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Brian Zamora
Hometown: Charleston, WV
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kentucky
Degree(s): B.S., Agricultural Biotechnology
Research Interests: Eye development and neuroscience
using transgenic mouse models and molecular genetics
Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Research Advisor: Dr. Peter Mathers |
2001 - 02 |
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Kelly Bailey (Kavanaugh)
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University
Degree(s): B.A., Chemistry
Research Interests: Caveolin and its role in cell adhesion and
cancer metastasis
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Jin Liu
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David Andrew Clump
Hometown: West Union, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University
Degree(s): B.A., History (Haverford), B.S., Biochemistry
(Shepherd)
Research Interests: Investigating the ability of a single
nucleotide polymorphism in AFAP to activate cSrc
Graduate Program: Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Daniel Flynn
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Vincent DiNapoli
Hometown: Wheeling, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University
Degree(s): B.A., Chemistry, B.S., Biology, Magna Cum Laude
Research Interests: Cellular injury, glial response to ischemic
injury, blood brain barrier, aging, cell signaling via intracellular
phosphoproteins
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Research Advisor: Dr. Charles Rosen
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Julie Samora (Balch)
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University, Yale
University and Carnegie Mellon University
Degree(s): M.P.A., Health Care Administration & M.P.H.
(West Virginia University), Master of Music (Yale),
B.A., Biological Sciences and Basoon Performance
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Research Interests: Identify the changes in microvascular
structure and function that accompany rapid tissue growth
throughout development
Graduate Program: Physiology and Pharmacology
Research Advisor: Dr. Matt Boegehold |
2000 - 01 |
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Andrew Beardsley
Hometown: Charleston, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Tech
Degree(s): B.S., Biochemistry
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Physiology and Pharmacology
Research Advisor: Dr. Jun Liu |
1999 - 00 |
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Ihtisham Qazi
Hometown: Nitro, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Degree(s): B.A., Biology & Nutrition
Research Interests:
Graduate Programs: Microbiology, Immunology & Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Daniel Flynn |
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Carl Shrader
Hometown: Iaeger, WV
Undergraduate Institution: WV Wesleyan College
Degree(s): B.S., Chemistry
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Neurobiology & Anatomy
Research Advisor: Dr. Frank Reilly |
1998 - 99 |
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David Howell
Hometown: Morgantown, WV
Undergraduate Institution: Virginia Tech
Degree(s): B.S., Biochemistry
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology
Research Advisor: Dr. Peter Mathers |
