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Laura Perrault

May 25, 2023

Laura Perrault
lperraul@unc.edu 

Originally from: New Hampshire, USA 
Previous institutions: Boston College 
Research interests: Cancer Biology, Stem Cells, Translational Medicine

“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.”

Anusha Joshi

May 25, 2023

Anusha Joshi
anushaa@ad.unc.edu 

Originally from: North Carolina, USA 
Previous institutions: North Carolina Central University 
Research interests: Molecular Medicine, Neurobiology, Pharmacology

“I am interested in pursuing translational research in neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative disorders.”

Adam Funk

May 25, 2023

Adam Funk
avfunk@unc.edu 

Originally from: Pennsylvania, USA 
Previous institutions: University of Pittsburgh 
Research interests: Drug Discovery, Pharmacology, Structural Biology

“I am interested in using computational drug discovery and structural biology to guide the process of drug discovery and pharmacological characterization of novel drugs. I would like to combine both wet lab techniques and computational analyses to guide my experimental work.”

Mady Chlebowski

May 25, 2023

Mady Chlebowski
mchlebow@unc.edu 

Originally from: Pennsylvania, USA 
Previous institutions: Ithaca College 
Research interests: Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Molecular Biology

“I am interested in research questions at the intersection between cell and developmental biology; specifically, understanding how cells get to the right place at the right time, and make the right shapes to form complex structures and systems. I am particularly interested in answering these questions within neurons, but also find other tissues extremely exciting. “

Pri Khetan

May 25, 2023

Pri Khetan
pkhetan@unc.edu 

Originally from: Maharashtra, India 
Previous institutions: St. Xavier’s College 
Research interests: Pathogenesis & Infection, Virology

“I am interested in understanding the various host and viral factors involved in the establishment and persistence of viral infections. Another avenue I want to explore involves harnessing the immune system and host factors essentially for viral pathogenesis to clear infections.”

Katelyn McInerney

May 25, 2023

Katelyn McInerney
kamciner@unc.edu 

Originally from: Alabama, USA 
Previous institutions: North Carolina State University 
Research interests: Bioinformatics, Genomics, Systems Biology

“I am most interested in what drives variation in human complex traits and diseases. For me, this broadly includes statistical genetics approaches to uncover the environmental, genetic, and gene x environment interactions that contribute to the variability in a disease or trait. I am interested in genomics, statistical, and multi-omics methodologies to both identify the source of this variation as well as how it functions. “

Sarah Ackermann

May 25, 2023

Sarah Ackermann
ackerms@unc.edu 

Originally from: New York, USA 
Previous institutions: Carnegie Mellon University 
Research interests: Cancer Biology, Pathology, Translational Medicine

“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. “

Ikenna Uchenna

May 25, 2023

Ikenna Uchenna
uciyke@unc.edu 

Originally from: Imo State, Nigeria 
Previous institutions: Yaba College of Technology, University of Benin 
Research interests: Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, Translational Medicine

“I am interested in understanding the mechanism of dysregulated signaling in disease, particularly, cancer and cardiovascular disease. I am also interested in translating my findings to help advance clinical practice and therapeutic innovations in this field. “

Sara Peterson

May 25, 2023

Sara Peterson
skpet@unc.edu 

Originally from: California, USA 
Previous institutions: Virgina Tech 
Research interests: Computational Biology

“I am primarily interested in computational oncology and bridging the gap between experimental and computational approaches. More specifically I am interested in opportunities to study cancer genomics to elucidate the mechanisms of disease in the human body through rigorous experimentation and the use of large data sets/high performance computing.”

Camila Arango

May 25, 2023

Camila Arango
marango@unc.edu 

Originally from: Medellin, Colombia 
Previous institutions: UNC Charlotte 
Research interests: Biophysics, Drug Discovery, Structural Biology

“Interested in pursuing research that focuses on using biophysical methods to answer and elucidate structures of protein/small molecule that can be used a potential therapeutic and has wide applications in medicine. Also interested in protein design and gaining computation skills to potentially design proteins from scratch.”