Dinesh Ahirwar, PhD
Mentor: Ramesh Ganju, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Pathology
Project: Analyzing the role of chemokine CXCL12 in breast cancer progression and metastasis
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Christopher DeFraia, PhD
Mentor: R. Keith Slotkin, PhD, College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Genetics
Project: Genetic dissection of the maintenance, initiation, and re-initiation of epigenetic silencing
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Kenechi Ebede, MD
Mentor: Joanna Groden, MD, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
Project: DNA Repair Mechanisms and Inflammation-Associated Intestinal Cancer In Vivo
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Ann-Kathrin Eisfeld, MD
Mentors: Albert de la Chapelle, MD, PhD & Clara Bloomfield, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics & Internal Medicine
Project: The genomic basis for BAALC overexpression in AML
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Seyed Ali Hosseini, MD, PhD
Mentor: Kay Huebner, PhD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
Project: Chromosome fragility in epithelial cells: role in replication stress and cancer initiation
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Lisa Jaremka, PhD
Mentor: Jan Kiecolt-Glaser, PhD, College of Medicine, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Project: Socioeconomic status, depression, social support, and herpesvirus latency among breast cancer survivors
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Alice S. Mims, MD
Mentor: Guido Marcucci, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Project: Manipulating microRNA Expression to Improve Outcome in Cytogenetically Normal Acute Myeloid Leukemia
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Alberto Rocci, MD
Mentor: Carlo Croce, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology & Medical Genetics
Project: Absolute microRNA expression in plasma cells and serum of multiple myeloma patients: diagnostic and prognostic implications
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Yuliang Wang, PhD
Mentors: Sissy Jhiang & Chia-Hsiang Menq, College of Medicine & College of Engineering, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology & Mechanical Engineering
Project: Mechanical Determinants Permissive for Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
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Yuh-Ying Yeh, PhD
Mentor: John Byrd, MD, College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Project: Autophagy as a Mechanism of Drug Resistance in CLL
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