NCI Cancer Education Program Class of 2012
April Aloway
Class of 2012
Roosevelt University graduate
Accepted into UofL PhD program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty Mentor: La Creis R. Kidd, PhD, MPH
Research Project: MiRNA Regulators of Cell Survival as Biomarker Predictors of Prostate Cancer
Ryan J. Anderson
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Robert C.G. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: Clinical Evaluation of Somatostatin Use in Pancreatic Resections: Clinical Efficacy or Limited Benefit?
Divine-Favour Anene
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: La Creis R. Kidd, PhD, MPH
Research Project: MicroRNA Prostate Cancer Signatures Involved In Cell Adhesion and Angiogenesis
Praise Anene
Class of 2012
University of Houston undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: La Creis R. Kidd, PhD, MPH
Research Projects: Identification of microRNA that can serve as biomarkers for prostate cancer metastasis
MicroRNA Prostate Cancer Signatures Involved In Cell Adhesion and Angiogenesis
Harrison M. Black
Class of 2012
Rising third year UofL dental student
Faculty Mentor: David A. Scott, PhD
Research Project: Tobacco-Induced Dysregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinases in HL-60 cells
James A. Bradley
Class of 2012
Morehead State University graduate
Accepted into UofL medical school
Faculty Mentor: John W. Eaton, PhD
Research Project: An antibody-based method for the detection of early stage lung cancer
Nicolas P. Burnett
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Robert C.G. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: Evaluation of AFP Staging System for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Non-cirrhotic Patients
Adrienne M. Bushau
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: James L. Wittliff, PhD
Research Project: Gene Expression in Breast Carcinomas from Patients with Ethnical Differences
Samantha M. Carlisle
Class of 2012
University of Louisville graduate
Accepted into UofL PhD program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty Mentor: David W. Hein, PhD
Research Project: In Silico Screening for Novel Human Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase 1 Inhibitors
Laurie E. Conrad
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Douglas C. Dean, PhD
Research Project: Granulocyte Colony Stimulation Factor (G-csf) Switches Müller Glia from a Gliosis Pathway to a Photoreceptor Progenitor Pathway in vitro
Noura E. Estephane
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty mentor: Yong Li, PhD
Research Project: BCL6 Expression as a Prognostic Indicator in a Subset of DLBCL
Jeffrey (Brett) Farmer
Class of 2012
Middle Tennessee State University undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Lacey R. McNally, PhD
Research Project: Echinomycin Decreases Cell Viability of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Cells through Inhibition of Autophagy
John D. Gettelfinger
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: John O. Trent, PhD
Research Project: Off-Target Drug Effects: The Identification of Natural Products and FDA-Approved Cancer Drugs as G-Quadruplex-Interacting Agents
Farrah L. Harden
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Glenda G. Callender, MD
Research Project: Retrospective Experience with Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
Christina L. Hickey
Class of 2012
Western Kentucky University graduate
Accepted into UofL MPH program
Faculty Mentor: La Creis R. Kidd, PhD, MPH
Research Project: Examination of combined effects of well-done red meat, smoking, and rapid N-acetyltransferase 1 and 2 on breast cancer susceptibility
Gretchen E. Holz
Class of 2012
Indiana University graduate
Accepted into UofL PhD program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty Mentor: Levi J. Beverly, PhD
Research Project: UBQLN1 regulates IGF1R signaling pathway in non-small cell lung cancer cells
Allison H. Hunter
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Anthony E. Dragun, MD
Research Project: Assessing the Harvard Scale of Breast Cosmesis: An Analysis of Patients Treated with Breast Conserving Therapy on a Phase II Clinical Trial
Nicole M. Jackson
Class of 2012
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania graduate
Accepted into UofL PhD program in Pharmacology and Toxicology
Faculty Mentor: David W. Hein, PhD
Research Project: Inhibition of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1 using curcumin and resveratrol increases the potency of small inhibitor compound 10.
Daniel J. Kmetz
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Kelly M. McMasters, MD, PhD
Research Project: Identifying urine exosome miRNA profiles in melanoma patients
Callie A. Linden
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Rebecca A. Redman, MD
Research Project: Effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition on outcomes in retrospective study in consecutive patients with head and neck cancer
Joshua M. Mitchell
Class of 2012
University of Louisville graduate
Accepted into UofL medical school
Faculty Mentor: Hunter N. Moseley, PhD
Research Project: Computational Tools for the Identification of Detectable Uncharacterized Derivatized Metabolites within the Context of Known Metabolic Networks
Douglas J. Saforo
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: J. Christopher States, PhD
Research Project: Candidate Drugs Target the APC/C to Induce Mitotic Arrest in Ovarian Cancer
Sabrina S. Schatzman
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Teresa Fan, PhD
Research Project: LDH-A as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
R. Jennifer Siow
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Ramesh Gupta, PhD
Research Project: Sustained delivery of chemopreventives by biodegradable polymeric implants
McKinley D. Soult
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL dental student
Faculty Mentor: Douglas S. Darling, PhD
Research Project: Translocase Activity in Parotid Acinar Cells
Vanessa A. R. States
Class of 2012
University of Louisville undergraduate
Faculty Mentor: Robert C.G. Martin, MD, PhD
Research Project: Cancer Stem Cell induced Heterogeneity in Hepatocellular Cancer
Lauren M. Strait
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Uma Sankar, PhD
Research Project: CaMKII represses CaMKIV transcription to promote leukemia cell proliferation
Jara N. Vega Velez
Class of 2012
Rising second year UofL medical student
Faculty Mentor: Levi J. Beverly, PhD
Research Project: Determining the relationship between ubiquilin 1 and insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor in HEK 293T cells