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Student/College	Adviser(s)	Program / Year in	Interests

William Alexander Maryville College	TBD	TBD Med 2	Hematology/Oncology
Andrew Allbee Miami University	TBD	TBD Med 1	Development biology/Biomedical genetics
Brandon Bader Colorado State University	Lin Gan, Ph.D.	NBA Grad 3	Developmental neurobiology
Michael-John Beltejar SUNY Brockport	TBD	TBD Med 2
Melisa Carrasco Yale University	William Gehring, Ph.D.	NGP (Michigan) Med 3	Error-processing and self-regulation in children with neurodevelopmental disorders.
Samuel Carrell University of Iowa	Charles Thornton, M.D.	Genetics Grad 1	Molecular biology/neuroscience
Adrianne Chesser Carleton College	Gail Johnson Voll, Ph.D	NSC Grad 3	Mitochondrial function as a function of impaired fission and fusion in Parkinson's disease
Youngsun Theresa Cho Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Julie Fudge, M.D.	NBA Med 4	Biology of psychiatric illnesses
Amit Kumar Chowdhry Cornell University	TBD	Statistics Grad 1	Statistical methods for epidemiology and clinical research
Andrew George Cox Southern Nazarene University	Baek Kim, Ph.D.	IMV Grad 2	Temperature sensitivity of Influenza polymerase as a determinant of pathogenicity
Danielle deCampo University of Notre Dame	Julie Fudge, M.D.	NBA Grad 4	Functional plasticity in neuronal circuits, effects of stress on neuronal circuits involved in mood disorders
Laura DiChiacchio University of California, Irvine	David Mathews, M.D., Ph.D.	BSCB Grad 4	Secondary RNA structure predictions using dynamic programming algorithms
Youssef Farhat University of California, Irvine	Hani Awad, Ph.D.	BME Grad 3	Development and optimization of a collagen gel model of tendon healing
Vincent Fong Lehigh University	Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.	IMV Med 4	Conditionally replicating adenovirus
Laura Fornarola University of Rochester	Robert Freeman, Ph.D.	PharmPhys Grad 5	Mechanisms of neuronal cell death
Scott Friedland University of Rochester	TBD	TBD Med 1	Dynamics of metastasis and other aspects of cancer biology, especially those affecting children
Alison Gaylo Bucknell University	Deborah Fowell, Ph.D.	IMV Grad 2	Interstitial migration of lymphocytes through inflamed skin
Nicolas Goldstein Washington University	Helena Temkin-Greener, Ph.D., M.S.	HSR Med 1	Urban health, health disparities, pediatric infectious disease
Natasha Golub College of William and Mary	Edwin Van Wijngaarden, Ph.D., M.Sc.	EPI Grad 4	Refugee health
Alexander Hajduczok University of Rochester	TBD	TBD Med 2	Beta-adrenergic receptor signaling pathways in heart function/heart failure
Katherine Herman University of Rochester	Shawn Murphy, Ph.D.	IMV Grad 1	Neuroangiogenesis
Adnan Hirad CUNY Lehman	TBD	TBD Med 2
Michael Simon Jacob University of California, Berkeley	Charles Duffy, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Med 4	Cognitive neuroscience and contextual influences on visual motion processing
Anat Kohn University of Rochester	Matthew Hilton, Ph.D.	Genetics Grad 5	The role of Notch signaling in the differentiation and maturation of chondrocytes during endochondral bone formation.
Justin Komisarof Harvard University	Hartmut Land, Ph.D.	Genetics Grad 1	Bioinformatics
Kyle Koster Texas Christian University	TBD	TBD Med 1	Neurobiology of learning and memory
Jonathan Langdon SUNY Stonybrook	Stephen McAleavey, Ph.D	BME Grad 3	Medical imaging research
Rialnat Lawal Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Laura Calvi, M.D.	PWD Grad 3	Role of Jagged 1 in mature osteoblasts
Susan Sojung Lee Pomona College	Loisa Bennetto, Ph.D.	NSC Med 4	Audiovisual integration, autism, nonverbal communication, fMRI
Irina Lerman University of Rochester	TBD	TBD Med 1
Allison Li Washington University	TBD	TBD Med 1
Colin Lockwood Vanderbilt University	Charles Duffy, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Grad 1	Systems neuroscience
Nguyen Mai UCLA	TBD	TBD Med 2	Vascular neurology, genetics
Kevin Makino Oberlin College	Peter Veazie, Ph.D.	HSR Grad 6	Socioeconomic influences on child development, public policy (especially Medicaid and CHIP), adolescent preventive and reproductive health
Daniel Marker Clarkson University	Harris Gelbard, M.D., Ph.D.	NSC Grad 5	Neuro-inflammation
Evan McConnell University of Rochester	Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc	NBA Grad 2	Neuroglial signaling specifically how neurons talk to astrocytes and vice versa.
Tristan Nicholson University of Washington Seattle	William Ricke, Ph.D.	PWD Grad 2	Benign and malignant diseases of the genitourinary tract
Lisa Niswander Middlebury College	James Palis, M.D.	PWD Grad 3	Hematology/Oncology
Joanna Olsen Williams College	Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.	IMV Med 3	Effects of PAP on HIV infectivity
Keith Olsen Williams College	Patricia Sime, M.D.	IMV Med 4	The role of PPAR-gamma and tissue transglutaminase in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis
Salvador Pena University of Rochester	Keith Nehrke, Ph.D.	PWD Grad 2	Role of mitochondria in stress and aging
Scott A. Peslak University of Scranton	James Palis, M.D.	PWD Med 3	Temporal kinetics of erythroid progenitors, precursors, and products in peripheral blood and bone marrow of irradiated mice.
Benjamin Plog University of Rochester	Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc G. Vates, M.D., Ph.D.	PWD Grad 1	Investigating the pathophysiologic contribution of glymphatic failure in various brain injury states including traumatic brain injury, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease.
Rebecca L. Porter University of Rochester	Laura Calvi, M.D.	PWD Med 4	Effects of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) in mice
Salvatore Priore SUNY Geneseo	Douglas Turner, Ph.D.	Chem Grad 5	Characterizing RNA secondary structures in Influenza A virus using bioinformatic and experimental techniques
Imran Punekar Villanova University	Jonathan Mink, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Grad 5	Movement disorders, specifically in Deep Brain Stimulation recipients suffering from Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases.
Phillip Rappold Cornell University	Kim Tieu, Ph.D.	NSC Med 3	Exploring mitochondrial dynamics as a therapeutic target in neurodegeneration
Chris Richardson Brigham Young University	Ignacio Sanz, M.D.	IMV Med 4	B-cell tolerance and autoimmunity
Danny A. Rogers Brigham Young University	Nina Schor, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Med 3	NGF signaling pathways and looking at ways to target this pathway in the treatment of neuroblastoma
Drew Scoles University of Rochester	David Williams, Ph.D. Alfredo Dubra-Suarez, Ph.D.	BME Grad 3	Biomedical optics and visual science
Andrew Shubin University of Washington Seattle	Danielle Benoit, Ph.D.	BME Grad 1	Developing hydrogels for the regeneration of salivary glands
Aisha Siebert Dartmouth College	Jack Werren, Ph.D.	TBS Grad 2	Extended phenotype of ectoparasitic wasp (Nasonia) venoms - epigentics, genomics and therapeutic applications
Jharon Silva City University of New York	Stephen Dewhurst, Ph.D.	IMV Grad 4	Role of prostatic acidic phosphatase (PAP) degradation in HIV infectivity
Adam Simning Pomona College	Edwin Van Wijngaarden, Ph.D., M.Sc.	EPI Med 4	Late-life psychiatric epidemiology and mental health services utilization
Andrew Soroka Princeton University	Catherine Ovitt, Ph.D.	PWD Grad 1	Using genetic mouse models, we study progenitor cells in the adult salivary gland
Stephanie Syc Brown University	TBD	TBD Med 2
Mercedes Szpunar Loyola University	Edward Brown, Ph.D.	PWD Med 3	Women's and developmental health, and their environmental influences
Jomy Varghese Loyola University	TBD	BME Med 1
Edward Vuong New York University	Douglas Portman, Ph.D.	Genetics Med 3	Developmental defects
Emily Walters Pittsburg State University	Helene McMurray, Ph.D.	Genetics Med 2	Analysis of genomic-scale data
Helen Shinru Wei Barnard College	Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., DMSc G. Vates, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Grad 4	Astrocytic control of cerebral microcirculation
Ethan Winkler University of Southern California	M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. Berislav Zlokovic, M.D., Ph.D.	NBA Med 3	Alzheimer's disease
Michael Dacheng Wu Carnegie Mellon University	M. Kerry O'Banion, M.D., Ph.D. John Olschowka, Ph.D.	NBA Med 3	Neuroinflammation
Jimmy Zhang Cornell University	TBD	TBD Med 1	Nutrition and cardiology