Bennett, Jack
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology
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“I am interested in understanding the genetics and mechanisms behind cancer formation and progression, evolution and its consequences, signaling pathways involved in developmental biology, the cell cycle, and the immune system. I want to ask questions such as why host genetics can cause a certain infection to be worse or less severe, why some individuals may be more susceptible to certain cancers, what are new ways we can fight cancers and other diseases, or why the cell cycle and associated proteins function the way they do.”
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Dawoud, Alyaa
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology
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“I am interested in studying cancer immunotherapy as well as the molecular mechanism in cancer, particularly brain cancer.”
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Sullivan, Michael
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Nanomedicine, Translational Medicine
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“I am interested in developing therapeutics for various cancers and diseases using RNA and RNA delivery. I hope to connect this research to translational medicine or pharmaceutical industry.”
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Guerra, Paolo
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology
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“I enjoy understanding the cell’s regulation of post translational modification of proteins. Understanding how this mechanism can change a cell’s function and even a cell’s fate is fascinating. It’s also a great area to research as it provides a great deal of therapeutic targets for disease.”
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González Dalmasy, Jose
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Drug Discovery
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“I am interested in answering questions related to developing better cancer therapeutics. Whether it’s by discovering novel targets and/or using drug delivery approaches to better bioavailability/efficiency of the compounds themselves.”
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DeMonia, Maggie
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Cell Biology, Translational Medicine
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“I am interested in translational cancer research. I would like to study the pathophysiology of cancer and identify therapeutic targets in malignancies.”
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Ponek, Ronni
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology
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“Overall, I am interested in immunology in a more basic science context. Under this umbrella I am curious about looking at how cancer forms and changes and am also very excited about the prospect of branching into autoimmune disease research.”
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Fetzer, Abi
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Pharmacology
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“I am primarily interested in the development of cancer therapeutics and identification of relevant biomarkers. I gravitate towards more molecular biology and biochemistry approaches, but I have an interest in learning more about the computational side of this research.”
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Perrault, Laura
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine
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“My biggest interests fall under questions of development, specifically from stem cell origins and the different signals that lead to differentiation and ultimate cell function. Within this broad topic, I have had specific interests in neurological development, and how neuron fates can arise from stem cells. I want to approach these questions from the translational side of science to think more about applications within cancer and disease rather than the basic mechanisms of cell division.”
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Ackermann, Sarah
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PHD PROGRAM
RESEARCH INTEREST
Cancer Biology, Pathology, Translational Medicine
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“I am interested most interested in cancer biology. My background had been primarily within the realm of cancer genetics and disease modeling frequently with a translational lens. I would like to continue to study cancer preferably with some translational aims but am happy to branch away from genetics as the primary focus and potentially focus on immunology, metabolism or epigenetic as examples. “
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