2024 CVI Summer Research Awardees
Alexander Acevedo
Univ of Puerto Rico SoM
Mentor: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Onyinyechi Agbo
Fisk University
Mentor: Phil Yang
Gitanjali Alapati
Univ of AL of Birmingham
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Yannick Balepa
European Univ of Cyprus
Mentor: Kevin Alexander
Edgard Castillo
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Mentor: Koen Nieman
Takunda Chikuvire
Cornell University
Mentor: Jack Boyd
Stanley Dale
University of Cambridge
Mentor: Thomas Quertermous
Emily Eshraghian
Univ of Minnesota Med School-Twin Cities
Mentor: Elizabeth George
Yaiza Fernandez Munoz
UC, Berkeley
Mentor: Y. Katherine Bianco
Jazelle Flores
Foothill College
Mentor: Dan Ennis
Mia Girela
Rice University
Mentor: Kristy Red-Horse
Erick Godinez
University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine
Mentor: Tina Baykaner
Allison Gunderson
Univ of Nevada Reno, SoM
Mentor: Dominik Fleischmann
Gabriela Hakeman
Washington University in St. Louis
Mentor: Shoa Clarke
Angela Hu
Rice University
Mentor: Mark Skylar-Scott
Elena Hurtado Solberg
Brown University
Mentor: Brian Kim
Sohum Kapadia
Yale University
Mentor: Y. Joseph Woo
Caleb King
WA State Univ, Elson CoM
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Sherin Lajevardi
Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Eric Lee
University of Houston
Mentor: Paul Wang
Wesley Lin
Purdue University
Mentor: Joseph Wu
Andrew Lopez
University of California, Merced
Mentor: Sean Wu
Kiara Luna Martinez
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Anh Luu
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Mentor: Sushma Reddy
Jean Woody Luxama
Univ of Central Florida College of Medicine
Mentor: Josh Knowles
Fabian Madera
San Joaquin Delta College
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Xochitl Morales
Columbia University
Mentor: John MacArthur
Narjis Nusaibah
Carleton College
Mentor: Michael Snyder
Olaoluwapo Omoleke
California Northstate Univ, College of Medicine
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Oreoluwa Owoseeni
Fisk University
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Nicolas Pinzon
Davidson College
Mentor: Elisabeth Martin
Steven Pong
Frank H. Netter MD SoM at Quinnipiac University
Mentor: Michael Ma
Snekha Rajasekaran
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Mentor: Joseph Wu
Naomi Reese
Albany State University
Mentor: Francois Haddad
Rachel Rivera
Yale University
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Estefania Rivera
University of Puerto Rico
School of Medicine
Mentor: Mark Berry
Diego Ruiz Arvizo
Cañada college
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Ajaypal Sahota
University of California,
Berkeley
Mentor: Joe Hsu
Sabrina Sanchez
Foothill College
Mentor: Anson Lee
Mingma Sherpa
Duke Univ/Duke Kunshan Univ (Dual-Degree)
Mentor: Paul Wang
Ihuoma Tasie
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Leo Taylor
Wingate University
Mentor: Cristina Alvira
Maria Tobarra Meruelo
Embry-Riddle Aero. Univ
Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch
William Vasquez McTeigue
Massachusetts Inst of Tech
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Stella Wang
University of Washington
Mentor: Heidi Feldman
David Woods
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Shoa Clarke
David Woodson
Morehouse College
Mentor: Mark Berry
Anita Zahiri
Brown University
Mentor: Elizabeth George
Zachary Zirgibel
Univ of WI Oshkosh
Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch