| Meredith Barefield University of Southern Mississippi Major: Biochemistry Project: Differential susceptibility of HPV positive and negative head and neck cancers to EGFR and PARP inhibition Mentor: Shih-Hsin (Eddy) Yang(eyang@uab.edu) |
| Susanna Basappa University of San Francisco Major: Biochemistry Project: The Effects of Heparin Aerosol on Chlorine Induced Lung Injury Mentor: Sadis Matalon (sadis@uab.edu) |
| Sheila Bhavsar University of Georgia Major: Biology Project: LRRK2 Role in Neuroinflammation Associated with Parkinson's Disease Mentor: Andrew West (abwest@uab.edu) |
| Yu-Rei (Raymond) Chang University of Maryland, Baltimore County Major: Biological Sciences Project: Down-regulation of TNF-related signaling is associated with greater resistance training-induced muscle regrowth among atrophied older adults Mentor: Marcas Bamman (mbamman@uab.edu) |
| Erin Feeney Oakland University Major: Biology Project: MARCKS as a Promoter of Cellular Senescence in Glioblastoma Mentor: Chris Willey (cwilley@uab.edu) |
| Stacey Harrison Cornell College Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Project: Investigating alternative mechanisms of translation initiation induced by flaviviral infection Mentor: Sunnie Thompson (sunnie@uab.edu) |
| Valentine Nwachukwu University of Alabama at Birmingham Major: Biomedical Engineering Project: Small peptides as treatments for Alzheimer’s disease Mentor: Inga Kadisha (ikadisha@uab.edu) |
| Louis Porreca University of Scranton Major: Neuroscience Project: The Combinatorial Effects of AT-101, Tamoxifen, and Temozolomide on Glioblastoma Multiforme Mentor: Kevin Roth (karoth@uab.edu) |
| Matthew Ratti Rutgers University Major: Biology Project: Effects of Diprotin A and Anti-CD122 on Bone Marrow Engraftment Efficiency in Humanized Cooley’s Anemia Mice in the Absence of Cyto-Reductive Conditioning Mentor: Tom Ryan (trayan@uab.edu) |
| Alexa Sughroue Beloit College Major: Biochemistry and Spanish Project: Regulation of breast cancer metastasis by SIN3A Mentor: Doug Hurst (dhurst@uab.edu) |
