2017 Predoctoral Awardees

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Adam Grippin
Biomedical Engineering Program – Clinical & Translational Science

Mentor: Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Engineering Delivery of Immunomodulatory RNA-nanoparticles Targeting Malignant Glioma”


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Yue Jiang
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Frederic Kaye, M.D.

Dissertation Title: “Functional Properties and Regulations of MYB-Nfib Gene in Adenoid Cystic Cancer”


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Patrick Kellish
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Oncolytic Virotherapy for SCLC; Priming Immunity for More Effective Checkpoint Inhibition”


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Rachel Nosacka
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Andrew Judge, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Modeling Human Pancreatic Cancer Cachexia Using Mouse Avatars”


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Tyler Wildes
Biomedical Sciences Program – Immunology & Microbiology

Mentor: Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Reprogramming the brain tumor microenvironment with hematopoietic stem & progenitor cells”

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