Phoebe Adams Stapleton

Hometown:  Wilmington, NY

Undergraduate Institution:  State University of New York at   Cortland
Degree(s): B.S., Athletic Training and Biology
Graduate Institution: Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Degree(s):  M.S., in Education and Kinesiology
Research Interests: Exercise Physiology
Graduate Program: Exercise Physiology
Research Advisor: Dr. Jefferson Frisbee

Clayton Caswell

Hometown:  Waco, TX

Undergraduate Institution:  Texas A&M University

Degree(s): B.S., Biomedical Science and Entomology
Research Interests:  Microbiology, physiology, and cancer   research
Graduate Program: Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Advisor: Dr. Slawomir Lukomski

Michael Dodrill

Hometown:  Morgantown, WV

Undergraduate & Graduate Institution:  West Virginia University

Degree(s):  B.S., Biology; M.S. Occupational Safety & Health;   M.S., Safety & Environmental Management.
Research Interests: Pharmacology, toxicology, pathogenesis
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey Fedan

Jason Evans

Hometown:  Anawalt, WV

Undergraduate Institution:  West Virginia University

Degree(s):  B.S., Medical Technology
Research Interests: Cancer Research
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Scott Weed

Ronald Fecek

Hometown: Smithfield, PA

Undergraduate & Graduate Institution:  California University of   Pennsylvania

Degree(s):  B.S. and M.S., Biology

Research Interests: 
Graduate Program: Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Advisor: Dr. Christopher Cuff

Karen Hayes

Hometown:  Conneault Lake, PA

Undergraduate Institution:  Edinboro University, PA

Degree(s):  B.S., Biology
Research Interests: Cancer Cell
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Scott Weed

Brooke Helfer

Hometown: Murrysville, PA
Undergraduate Institution: Washington and Jefferson College,   Washington, PA
Degree(s): B.A., Cell/molecular biology and German
Research Interests: Cytoskeletal dynamics and diabetes
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Steven Frisch

Kimberly Houser Kelly

Hometown:  Columbus, OH

Undergraduate Institution:  Ashland University of Ohio

Degree(s):  B.S., Pharmacology and Toxicology
Research Interests: Effects of diabetes on the blood-brain   barrier.
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Jason Huber

Qingbiao Huang

Hometown:  Fuzhou, Fujian, P.R. China

Undergraduate Institution:  Fudan University, Medical Center   (Formerly Shanghai Medical University) Shanghai, P.R. China

Degree(s):  B.S., Pharmacology
Graduate Institution: Chinese Academy of Science, China
Degree(s): M.S., Pharmacology
Research Interests: Structure-function relationship of   Cytochrome P450; computer-aided drug design
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Grazyna Szklarz

Janna Jackson

Hometown:  Santa Rosa, CA

Undergraduate Institutions:  California Polytechnic State   University
Degree(s): B.S., Microbiology and a secondary teaching   credential in Biology
Graduate Institution: Midwestern State University,
  Wichita Falls, TX.
Degree(s): M.S., Exercise Physiology
Research Interests: Physiology
Graduate Program: Cellular & Integrative Physiology
Research Advisor: Dr. Steven Alway

John Jett

Hometown:  Winchester, VA

Undergraduate Institution:  Radford University, VA

Degree(s):   B.S., Biology

Research Interests:  Structure determination (via molecular   modelling, protein NMR) and functional determination (via   various molecular biology techniques) of binding partners of the   tyrosine kinase Src, a protein implicated in human   malignancies & cancer development & metastasis.
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Peter Gannett

Laura Kelley

Hometown: 

Undergraduate Institution:  Chapman University, Orange, CA

Degree(s):  B.S., Exercise Physiology,
Graduate Institution: Cal. State University, Hayward
Degree(s): M.S., Kinesiology
Research Interests:
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Scott Weed

Tricia Lewis

Hometown:  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Undergraduate Institution: Ohio University

Degrees:  Associate in Chemistry, B.S. in Biochemistry

Research Interests:  Effects of herbicides on the immune   system. In the U.S. alone, over 10 million tons of propanil, a   common post-emergent herbicide, is used on rice and wheat   fields. The immunotoxicity of propanil has been well   established but the mechanisms for it are not well understood.   My particular interest is in the effects of propanil on cell   signaling in T lymphocytes.
Graduate Program: Immunology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Advisor: Dr. John Barnett

Callee McConnell Walsh

Hometown:  Terra Alta, WV

Undergraduate Institution:  West Virginia University
Degree(s): B.S., Biochemistry
Graduate Institution: Cornell University, NY

Degree(s):  M.S., Animal Science/Nutrition
Research Interests: Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism
Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Lisa Salati

Hometown:  Pleasant Hill, CA

Undergraduate Institution:  Hunter College, New York, NY

Degree(s):  B.A., Biology
Research Interests: Cell signaling, cancer biology and   translational research
Graduate Program: Cancer Cell Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Yongyut Rojanasakul

Hometown: Moon Twp, PA  

Undergraduate Institution:  Allegheny College, Meadville, PA

Degree(s):  B.S., Neuroscience; minor in Spanish
Research Interests: Neural basis of social cognition
Graduate Program: Neuroscience
Research Advisor: Dr. Aina Puce

Hometown:  Wuhan Hubei P.R.China

Undergraduate Institution:  Wuhan University School of Medicine   (Formerly Hubei Medical University)

Degree(s):  Bachelor of Medicine
Research Interests: Signal transduction, biochemistry/molecular   biology, research of visual system
Graduate Program: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Research Advisor: Dr. Maxim Sokolov

Hometown:  Fairmont, WV

Undergraduate Institution: West Virginia University

Degree(s):  B.A., Biochemistry
Research Interests: Effect of diabetes on permeability changes   in the blood brain barrier
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. Jason Huber

Hometown:  Shenyang, China

Undergraduate & Graduate Institution:  China Medical University

Degree(s):  B.S., Immunodermatology; M.S., English Medicine
Research Interests: Cancer biology, Immunology
Graduate Program: Exercise Physiology
Research Advisor: Dr. Stephen Alway

Hometown:  P.R. China

Undergraduate & Graduate Institution:  Jilin University, China

Degree(s):  Bachelor of Medicine, M.S., Genetics
Research Interests: Cancer biology, Drug discovery and   development
Graduate Program: Pharmaceutical & Pharmacological   Sciences
Research Advisor: Dr. James O'Donnell