NCI Cancer Education Program Class of 2013
Samantha N. Barry
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD
Research Project: Identifying serum exosomal microRNA signatures in melanoma patients
Matthew S. Bienick
Undergraduate Student
Michigan State University
Faculty Mentor: Keith Davis, PhD
Research Project: Lunasin Soy Peptide Inhibition of Melanoma in-vitro
Harrison M. Black
Dental Student
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Faculty Mentor: David A. Scott, PhD
Research Project: Tobacco-Induced Dysregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases in HL-60 cells
Neil Bodduluri
Duke University Graduate
Faculty Mentor: David W. Hein, PhD
Research Project: Acetylator genotype-dependent N-acetylation of isoniazid in human hepatocytes in situ
James A. Bradley
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: John W. Eaton, PhD
Research Project: Development of a blood test as an innovative screening tool for lung cancer
Elizabeth H. Bruenderman
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Robert C. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: High-Risk Population in Idiopathic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Guidelines for Screening
Sean T. Butterbaugh
Undergraduate Student
University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: James Wittliff, PhD
Research Project: A microgenomic approach to identify clinically relevant gene signatures that discriminate between invasive lobular and ductal breast carcinomas
Cameron Campbell
Undergraduate Student
Campbellsville University
Faculty Mentor: Ramesh Gupta, PhD
Research Project: Role of Exosomes in Tumor Growth and Metastasis
Matthew Cook
Undergraduate student
Emory University
Faculty Mentor: Jesse Roman, MD
Research Project: Role of Tumor Cell – Stromal Interactions on TGFβ-1 Mediated Gene Expression
Tess Dupre
University of Louisiana-Monroe Graduate
Rising graduate student University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: Lacey R. McNally, PhD
Research Project: Detection of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma in vivo with S100A9 Liposomes
Matthew K. Forsthoefel
Medical student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty mentor: Paula Bates, PhD
Research Project: The Role of p38 in AS1411 Activity
Taylor Hermann
Undergraduate Student
University of Alabama
Faculty Mentor: Hari Bodduluri, PhD
Research Project: Differential Expression of Chemokine Receptors in Lung Cancer Metastasis
Connor Kinslow
Undergraduate Student
SUNY-Binghamton
Faculty Mentor: Andrew Lane, PhD
Research Project: Validation of Primary Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Line: Stable Isotope Resolved Metabolomics Reveals Functional Biochemistry
Jonathan R. Lindner
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: La Creis Kidd, PhD, MPH
Research Project: Micro-RNA 885-5p and its role in the TGF-β pathway using prostate cancer cell lines derived from European- and African-American men
Danial Malik
Undergraduate Student
University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: Paula Bates, PhD
Research Project: Developing SOX9 Inhibitors
Joshua M. Mitchell
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Hunter N. Moseley, PhD
Research Project: Developing Computational Tools for Molecular Comparison and Placement of Detectable Uncharacterized Metabolites
Adam Morrison
Undergraduate Student
University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: Jason Chesney, MD, PhD
Research Project: Inhibition of Glycolysis Using a Small Molecule Inhibitor PF158 in Combination with Temozolomide in Melanoma Cells
Jonathan A. Nitz
Medical student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Jorge G. Gomez-Gutierrez, PhD
Research Project: Enhancement of Oncolytic Adenovirus Therapeutic Efficacy by Combination with Temozolomide
Alan North
Medical student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Robert C. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: GERD-Related Symptom Assessment in Subjects with Malignant Dysphagia Receiving Esophageal Stents
David D. Picklesimer
Medical Student
University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: Lacey McNally, PhD
Research Project: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Detected with Targeted Liposomes
Lauren Poole
University of Louisville Graduate
Entering University of Louisville graduate student
Faculty Mentor: Gavin Arteel, PhD
Research Project: Sinusoidal endothelial cell-derived extracellular matrix regulates basal and stimulated macrophage activation
Douglas J. Saforo
University of Louisville undergrad
Entering University of Louisville Medical Student
Faculty Mentor: J. Christopher States, PhD
Research Project: Candidate drugs binding the Anaphase Promoting Complex: A novel target for anti-cancer therapy
Tejas Sangoi
Undergraduate Student
St. Louis University
Faculty Mentor: Brian Ceresa, PhD
Research Project: Endocytic Trafficking of Mutant Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors in Lung Cancer
Sean P. Shannon
Medical student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Levi J. Beverly, PhD
Research Project: Biochemical consequences of cancer-specific somatic mutations in Ubiquilin-1
Nicholas Siow
Undergraduate Student
Washington University
Faculty Mentor: John Trent, PhD
Research Project: Automated G-Quadruplex Generation: From Sequence To Structure
Amy Song
Undergraduate Student
Drexel University
Faculty Mentor: Levi Beverly, PhD
Research Project: In vivo and in vitro determinates that regulate BCLxl’s apoptotic potency
Vanessa A. R. States
University of Louisville undergrad
Faculty Mentor: Susan Galandiuk, MD
Research Project: Comparing target protein levels between non-neoplastic and sporadic CRC tissue based on dysregulated miRNAs
Benjamin T. Turner
Medical student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Susan Galandiuk, MD
Research Project: Dysregulated microRNA expression in colon adenoma tissue
John R. Wehry
Medical Student
University of Louisville
Faculty Mentor: Robert C. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: Restrictive Blood Transfusion Protocol in Liver Resections Patients Reduces Blood Transfusions without Worsening Overall Outcomes
Matthew R. Zeiderman
Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Faculty Mentor: Kelly McMasters, MD, PhD
Research Project: Novel Therapies for BRAF-Inhibitor Resistant Melanoma