Explore the UF Health Cancer Institute’s 2025 Predoctoral Award recipients, highlighting the students selected for their promising cancer research including their mentor and dissertation title.
Karl Ensberg, B.S.
Mentor: Scott Tibbetts, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Dissecting the molecular heterogeneity and proliferative drivers of MHV68-induced lymphomas”
Yilin Jia, B.S.
Mentor: Matthew Disney, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Streamlined fragment-based discovery platform for targeting structured RNAs and investigation of small molecules targeting RNA-Protein Complexes”
Alessandro Leo, B.S.
Mentor: Bernadett Papp, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Role of BAP1 in the biphasic life cycle of KSHV”
Caitland Love, B.S.
Mentor: Catherine Flores, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Ontogeny-guided immuno-oncology: leveraging radial glial cells for glioblastoma-directed T cell therapy”
Kyle Scheller, B.S.
Mentor: Lizi Wu, Ph.D.
Dissertation Title: “Roles of CRTC1-MAML2 transcriptional condensates in mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC)”
