Yale BioSTEP 2002 Student Profiles
Diana Ackah - Delaware State University '05
- Research
- Down Regulation of the Normal Cardiac Glut-1 and Glut-4 Glucose Transporters and Upregulation of the Neuronal Glucose Transporter Glut-3 in the Failing Heart
- Mentor
- Raymond Russell, MD/PhD, Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
- Career
- 2006 NIH/NHLBI Clinical Research Fellowship
2009 Drexel University (Physician Assistant)
Deceased (8/1/2009)
Luciana Amado - Florida International University '03
- Research
- RB69 DNA Polymerase structure and function relationship
- Mentor
- William Konigsberg, PhD, Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
- Career
- 2012 Univ of Illinois (MD/PhD)
Oladapo Babatunde - Yale University '04
- Research
- Investigation of Binding Affinities of Celebrex Analogues Using Extended Linear Response
- Mentor
- William Jorgenson, PhD, Chemistry
- Career
- 2005 Health Advocacy Fellow, Medicare Rights Ctr (NY)
2009 Univ of Pennsylvania (MD)
2014 Columbia Physicians & Surgeons, Orthopedic Surgery Residency
Brenda Banks - Spelman College '04
- Research
- Effects of Stress on Nicotine Preference in Mice
- Mentor
- Marina Picciotto, PhD, Pharmacology
- Career
- 2008 Columbia Physicians & Surgeons (MD)
2013 Columbia Physicians & Surgeons, Anesthesiology Residency
Carla Berdejo-Izquierdo - Yale University '04
- Research
- Health Associations of Recreational Gambling in Low and Moderate-To-High Income Groups
- Mentor
- Marc Potenza, MD/PhD, Psychiatry
- Career
- 2011 Univ Michigan (MD)
2014 Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Family Medicine
Shanique Brown - Bowdoin College '04
- Research
- Investigation of the Interaction Between DNA Polymerase 4 and Histone H3 in S.cerevisiae
- Mentor
- Joann Sweasy, PhD, Genetics
- Career
- 2008 New York Univ School of Medicine (MD)
2012 Univ of Pennsylvania, Anesthesiology Residency
Shanique Brown - Bowdoin College '04
- Research
- Characterizing the Fidelity of DNA Polymerase B after Mutating Residue Threonine 196 in vivo
- Mentor
- Joann Sweasy, PhD, Genetics
- Career
- 2008 New York Univ School of Medicine (MD)
2012 Univ of Pennsylvania, Anesthesiology Residency
Yessenia Castro - Loyola University, Chicago '03
- Research
- Effects of Transient Transfection with Receptor Tyrosine Kinases on PC12 Cells
- Mentor
- Sharen McKay, PhD, Pharmacology
- Career
- 2008 Univ of Illinois (MD)
2011 Northwestern Children\'s Memorial Hospital, Pediatrics Residency
Kevin Chandler - Morehouse College '04
- Research
- Assessing Bacterial Homologues of Neurotransmitter Transporters for Tryptophan Transport
- Mentor
- Gary Rudnick, PhD, Pharmacology
Kavan Clifford - Morehouse College '03
- Research
- Growth Factors and Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus of Adult Rat Brains
- Mentor
- Ronald Duman, PhD, Psychiatry and Pharmacology
- Career
- 2011 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (MD/PhD)
2015 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Residency
Wilfredo Cosme-Blanco - University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez '03
- Research
- Regulation of Growth Hormone Receptor Expression by Inflammatory Cytokines
- Mentor
- Lee Denson, PhD, Pediatrics (Gastroenterology)
- Career
- 2008 Univ of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center (PhD)
2013 University of Puerto Rico (MD)
Jose Fernandez - University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez '04
- Research
- Regulation of Insulin-like growth factor receptor-1 (IGFR-1) signaling by the SH2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase 2 (SHP-2) in cell growth signaling
- Mentor
- Anton Bennett, PhD, Pharmacology
- Career
- 2009 Rutgers Univ (PhD - Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology)
Monique Jones - Florida A&M University '03
- Research
- A Steady state fMRI Study of Ventral Prefrontal Cortex and Amygdala Connectivity
- Mentor
- Hilary Blumberg, MD, Psychiatry
- Career
- 2005 Yale PREP
2010 Univ of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2014 Univ of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Psychiatry Residency
Jason Neal - Hampton University '04
- Research
- The Role of Caspase-3 in Retinal Development and Degeneration
- Mentor
- Caroline Zeiss, PhD, Comparative Medicine
- Career
- 2010 Harvard Univ (PhD - Neuroscience)
2015 Columbia Physicians and Surgeons (MD)
Zakiya Nicks - Alcorn State University '03
- Research
- Early Tobacco Abstinence in High Risk Smokers
- Mentor
- Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin, PhD, Psychiatry
- Career
- 2007 Univ Alabama, Birmingham (Doctor of Optometry)
Omoruyi Osula - Morehouse College '04
- Research
- Quantification of Changes in Regional Wall Motion in Rats using Echocardiography and the Center Line Method
- Mentor
- Albert Sinusas, MD, Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
- Career
- 2005 NIH-NIDDK - Research Associate
20012 Johns Hopkins Univ (PhD-Pharmacology)
Elaine Pages - University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez '03
- Research
- Analysis of GFP fusion protein expression in Drosophila oogenesis
- Mentor
- Lynn Cooley, PhD, Genetics
- Career
- 2008 Univ of Puerto Rico (MD)
2012 Univ of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital, Residency in Anesthesiology
Gregory Payne - Yale University '05
- Research
- Sensory Gating and Psychosis Proneness in Cocaine-Addicted Individuals
- Mentor
- Nashaat Boutros, MD, Psychiatry
- Career
- 2015 Univ of Indiana (MD/PhD)
Hilda Ramon - Florida International University '04
- Research
- Expression of Potassium Chloride Cotransporter Gene Along the Rabbit Nephron
- Mentor
- Heino Velazquez, PhD, Internal Medicine (Nephrology)
- Career
- 2010 Univ of Pennsylvania (PhD - Immunology)
2011 Postdoctoral studies
Billina Shaw - Yale University '03
- Research
- Attitudes, Perceptions, and Experiences of Women with PMS
- Mentor
- Kimberly Yonkers, MD, Psychiatry
- Career
- 2007 Univ of Pittsburgh (MD)
2011 Univ of Maryland (MPH)
2011 Univ of Maryland-Sheppard & Enoch Pratt, Psychiatry Residency
Crystal Smith Maxwell - Spelman College '03
- Research
- Identification of Exposed Residues on Predicted Extracellular Loop 4 of the Rat Brain Serotonin Transporter
- Mentor
- Megan Stephan, PhD, Pharmacology
- Career
- 2007 Univ of Tennessee Medical School (MD)
2010 Univ of Tennessee, Family Medicine Residency
Ken Sutha - Yale University '04
- Research
- The Role of Tetraspan Proteins in the Targeting of the Aquaporin 2 Water Channel
- Mentor
- Michael Caplan, MD/PhD, Cellular and Molecular Physiology
- Career
- 2012 Emory/Georgia Tech (MD/PhD - Biomedical Engineering)
Jason Torrey - Morehouse College '04
- Research
- Gamma-Butyrolactone Induced Changes in Cortical Acetylcholine Levels
- Mentor
- Robert Roth, PhD, Pharmacology
- Career
- 2007 Univ of Michigan (MS-Neuroscience)
Gregory Vaughn - Jackson State University '03
- Research
- Utilizatation of Prochlorococcus Carotenoid in Nanotechnology
- Mentor
- Gary Brudvig, PhD, Chemistry
- Career
- 2007 Univ of Mississippi Med Ctr (MD)
2011 Univ of Mississippi Med Ctr, Residency in Anesthesiology
Doris Wang - Yale University '04
- Research
- GABA(A) receptors in Neuronal Progenitors of the Subventrricular Zone
- Mentor
- Angelique Bordey, PhD, Neurosurgery
- Career
- 2011 Univ California, San Francisco (MD/PhD)
Michelle Wilson - Harvard University '04
- Research
- Unraveling the cellular mechanism of heart failure: ErbB2-ErbB4 cell receptors and their possible relation to cardiac cell death
- Mentor
- Kerry Russell, MD/PhD, Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
- Career
- 2005 Harvard School of Public Health, Research Assistant
2009 Mt. Sinai School of Medicine (MD)
2013 Columbia Physicians & Surgeons, Neurology
Samuel Wyche - Morehouse College '04
- Research
- An fMRI analysis of Covert Selective Spatial Attention
- Mentor
- Todd Constable, PhD, Diagnostic Radiology
- Career
- 2008 Temple Univ School of Medicine (MD)
2012 Brigham & Women's Hospital, Residency in Pathology