2016 Predoctoral Awardees

Elizabeth Kacel
Psychology Program – Clinical & Health Psychology

Mentor: Deidre Pereira, Ph.D., ABPP

Dissertation Title: “Yoga as a comprehensive program for managing Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR): a proof-of-concept study”


Mam Mboge
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Susan Frost, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Role of Carbonic Anhydrase in Breast Cancer Metabolism and Growth”


Varsha Sundaresan
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Lei Zhou, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “The Role of P53-binding Regulatory Regions in Tumorigenesis”


Vindhya Vijay
Biomedical Sciences Program – Cancer Biology

Mentor: Christopher Cogle, M.D.

Dissertation Title: “Identifying novel targets to eliminate refractory disease in acute myeloid leukemia”


Jennifer Wiggins
Biomedical Sciences Program – Physiology & Pharmacology

Mentor: Dietmar Siemann, Ph.D.

Dissertation Title: “Structured Aerobic Exercise to Improve Radiotherapy Response in Breast Cancer”

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