2025 CVI Summer Research Awardees
Abdelrahman Abdelrazek
Washington State University
Mentor: Joe Wu
Martina Abdelshahid
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Mentor: Mark Berry
Odinakachukwu Agubuzo
Fisk University
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Miguel Alvarez-Cortes
UPR Med Sci Campus
Mentor: Chawannuch (Noot) Ruaengsri
Michelle Ani
Youngstown State Univ
Mentor: Dominik Fleischmann
David Cathey
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
Mentor: William Goodyer
Ayesha Chand
University of the Pacific
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Esterline Charles
Berea College
Mentor: Han Zhu
B. Velten
Pace University
Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch
Carlo DeSilva
Cabrillo College
Mentor: Jack Boyd
Annabel Eades
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor: William Hiesinger
Iosla Finn
University of California Santa Barbara
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Charles Frempong
Furman University
Mentor: Sean Wu
Jose Garcia
Cal Baptist University
Mentor: Matthew Wheeler
Angel Gutierrez
UC Berkeley
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Heidy Hernandez
UCLA
Mentor: Katherine Bianco
Tyrone Hill
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Joe Woo
Amina Hurd
Wellesley College
Mentor: Josh Knowles
Jeremiah Hutson
MSU College of Human Medicine
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Zachary Irwin
University of California, Irvine
Mentor: Michael Ma
Jewel Jackson
Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine
Mentor: Sushma Reddy
Hanyi Joh
Pomona College
Mentor: Bryan Wu
Keisha Joy
University of The District of Columbia
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Life Makarudze
Grambling State University
Mentor: Elizabeth George
Nicholas Metz
Santa Clara University
Mentor: Michael Fischbein
Brian Giovanni Montano
Charles R. Drew University of Science and Medicine
Mentor: A. Claire Watkins
Nmesoma Onyejekwe
North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
Mentor: Helen Blau
Beckett Peterson
University of Michigan
Mentor: Elizabeth George
Birva Pinto
Stevens Institute of Technology
Mentor: Katrin Svensson
Daniela Reimon
UPR - Río Piedras
Mentor: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Craig Terrell Robey
Morehouse School of Medicine
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Ariana I. Rodriguez De Jesus
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Mark Berry
Delia Singleton
Howard College of Medicine
Mentor: A. Claire Watkins
Lakshyaa Sreekumar
Mount Holyoke College
Mentor: Mark Mercola
Alexander Stone
Tufts University
Mentor: Daria Mochly-Rosen
Jake Stringer
University of Nevada Reno, School of Medicine
Mentor: Sanjiv Narayan
Hanna Tabit
University of Washington
Mentor: Kevin Alexander
Kelly Wirlen
Howard University
Mentor: Doug Liou
Sean Taylor
UCLA
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Ryla Nicole Traylor
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Raymond Truong
UH Tilman J. Fertitta College of Medicine
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Karla Vargas
Sacramento City College
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Arlette Villalobos
Ponce Health and Sciences University
Mentor: Yasuhiro Shudo