12 students were selected for the 2019-2020 UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program.
- Major: Biology
- Minor: International Studies in Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Mentor: Dietmar Siemann, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Evaluating the role of cathepsin inhibition in chemotherapy resistant osteosarcoma - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
- Major: Health Education and Behavior
- Minor: Chemistry
- Mentor: Shuang Huang, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Defining Molecular Mechanism Underlying Ovarian Cancer Metastasis - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Major: Biochemistry
- Minor: Mathematics
- Mentor: Olga Guryanova, MD, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Effect of DNMT3A Mutation on Chromatin Dynamics - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Major: Biology (Pre-professional)
- Minor: Music Performance (Piano)
- Mentor: Jianping Huang, MD, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Investigation of Dual-Target CAR T Cell Therapy Using CD70 and pp65 for GBM Treatment - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
- Major: Health Science
- Mentor: David Tran, MD, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
The role of MRDC1 in Dendritic Cell function - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
- Major: Biochemistry
- Mentor: Weizhou Zhang, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Targeting Cancer-Specific Treg cells for Immunotherapy - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Major: Medical Geography
- Minor: Health Disparities in Society
- Mentor: Stephanie Staras, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
An Analysis of Provider Recommendations Regarding the HPV Vaccine - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Population Sciences
- Major: Anthropology and Psychology
- Minor: Innovation and Health Disparities in Society
- Mentor: Lei Zhou, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Understanding Oncogenic Effects of Histone 2B Mutations Co-Expressed with Oncogenic RasV12 - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Major: Statistics and Biology
- Mentor: Walter O’Dell, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Using Three-Dimensional Modeling to Analyze the Vascular System and Radiation Induced Lung Damage - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Population Sciences
- Major: Biology
- Mentor: Diana Wilkie, PhD, RN, FAAN
- College of Nursing
- Research Project Title:
Palliative Care in Cancer Patients - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Population Sciences
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Sciences
- Mentor: Jorg Bungert, PhD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
The role of transcription factor TFII-I/Gtf2i in erythro-megakaryocytic cell differentiation - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Major: Pre-Professional Biology
- Minor: Health Disparities
- Mentor: Christopher Cogle, MD
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Targeting Alternative mRNA Splicing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response