2023 CVI Summer Research Awardees
Teni Akin-Olugbemi
Northwestern University
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Lilly Alocozy
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Mark Berry
Chinasa Anokwuru
University of Houston
Mentor: Maria Currie
Grace Anyetei-Anum
Mayo Clinic Alix SoM
Mentor: Maria Currie
Evan Bowman
Yale University
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Jamie Bozeman
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown Univ
Mentor: Kristy Red-Horse
Jacques Calixte
University of Miami, Mentor: Paul Wang
Presentation Finalist
Brett Cardenas
Harvard College
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Presentation Finalist
Samuel Chang
U of Texas, Medical Branch
Mentor: Mark Mercola
Presentation Finalist
Catherine Channell
Loyola Marymount Univ
Mentor: Detlef Obal
Peter Chin
Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Daniel Bernstein
Henna Domian
Cornell University
Mentor: Sean Wu
Daniel Flores
Univ of California, Irvine
Mentor: Nazish Sayed
Marcos Flores-Rivera
University of Puerto Rico, Mentor: Mark Berry
Presentation Finalist
Yohanna Gebremedhin
Univ of California, Davis
Mentor: Wah Chiu
Sophia Gibbs
Univ of MN, Twin Cities
Mentor: Latha Palaniappan
Boaz Goldberg
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Helen Blau
Amina Hassan
Univ of MA Amherst
Mentor: Eric Gross
Mai Ho
UCLA
Mentor: James Spudich
John Josiah
Johnson C. Smith Univ
Mentor: Shoa Clarke
Jacob LaMay
Univ of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine
Mentor: Y. Joseph Woo
Edina Lee
University of Guam
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Megan Loeb
University of San Francisco
Mentor: Mark Mercola
Mary Catherine Mantler
Cañada College
Mentor: Jayakumar Rajadas
Bryan Medina
Rice University
Mentor: Shoa Clarke
Gyeongtae Moon
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor: Detlef Obal
Presentation Finalist
Niharika Narra
Purdue University
Mentor: Billie-Jean Martin
Ermela Negash
University California, Los Angeles
Mentor: Alison Marsden
Taylor Newton
University of Houston
Mentor: Yasuhiro Shudo
Hung Nguyen
Morehouse SoM
Mentor: Claire Watkins
Sahil Niwas
Skyline Community College
Mentor: Joseph Wu
Kevin Nzenkue
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Tim Assimes
Virtual Presentation Award Winner
Daniel Ramos
San Jose State University
Mentor: Sarah Heilshorn
Meredith Reyes
UC, Santa Cruz
Mentor: Casey Gifford
Poster Award Winner
Daniel Richard
North Carolina State Univ
Mentor: Marlene Rabinovitch
Rodrigo Rodriguez
Harvard College
Mentor: Mark Berry
Elam Rossy Muratti
Univ of Puerto Rico SoM
Mentor: Vinicio de Jesus Perez
Ajaypal Sahota
Yuba College
Mentor: Joe Wu
Haneen Salah
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Abha Khandelwal
Javier Santiago Perez
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus
Mentor: Claire Watkins
Akash Shah
Stanford University
Mentor: Kevin Alexander
Darsh Singhania
Washington University in St. Louis
Mentor: Michael Ma
Steven Tran
Foothill College
Mentor: William Goodyer
Claudia Trogolo Franco
Ponce Health & Sciences
Mentor: Jason Lee
Presentation Finalist
Mackenzie Nicole Wall
Morehouse School of Medicine
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes
Kameron Woodard-El
Meharry Medical College
Mentor: Nazish Sayed
Ashley Zhu
Mount Sinai Icahn SoM
Mentor: Paul Cheng
Presentation Finalist