Explore the UF Health Cancer Institute’s 2022 Predoctoral Award recipients, highlighting the students selected for their promising cancer research including their mentor and dissertation title.
Diliara Bagautdinova, M.A.
Mentor: Carla Fisher, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Healthy Adult Development in AYA Oncology: Promoting Identity Development by Enhancing Family and Clinician Communication”
Miles Cameron, B.Sc.
Mentor: Andrew Judge, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title:“Identification of Mechanisms and a Novel Therapeutic Intervention to Counter Cancer-associated Cachexia”
Minh-Chau Le, B.S.
Mentor: Hugh Fan, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Microfluidic Platforms for the Detection of Rare Cells in Sarcomas and Triple-Negative Breast Cancer”
Nam Nguyen, Pharm.D.
Mentor: Jatinder Lamba, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title:“CRISPR/Cas9 Screening to Identify Modulators of Chemotherapy Response in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)”
Sadeem Qdaisat, B.S.
Mentor:Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
Dissertation Title:“Resetting IFN-I signaling to unlock cancer immunogenicity”
Gregory Takacs, B.S.
Mentor:Jeffrey Harrison, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title:“Investigating mechanisms of CCR2+ myeloid cell-derived immune suppression in glioblastoma”
