12 students were selected for the 2022-2023 UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program.
2022-2023 Scholars
Adam Bouhamdan
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Sciences
- Minor: N/A
- Mentor: Ara Jo, Ph.D.
- College of Public Health and Health Professions
- Research Project Title:
- Comparative body composition stratified by types of treatment among patients comorbid with breast cancer and type 2 diabetes
- UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences
Allison Cama
- Major: Microbiology and Life Science
- Minor: Education Studies
- Mentor: Maria Zajac-Kaye, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Effect of Thymidylate synthase inhibitors in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Megan Crotty
- Major: Biology
- Minor: N/A
- Mentor: Carma Bylund, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Coding Empathic Communication in Dignity Therapy. - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Control & Population Sciences
Sofia John
- Major: Statistics
- Minor: Women’s Studies
- Mentor: Meghan Ferrall-Fairbanks, Ph.D.
- College of Engineering
- Research Project Title:
Mathematical Model of Bladder Cancer - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Manoj Kambara
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Sciences
- Minor: Bioinformatics
- Mentor: Dominick Lemas, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
The Impact of Maternal Obesity on Perinatal Cancer Outcomes Using Electronic Health Records - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Jake LeClaire
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Science; Spanish
- Minor: Mathematics
- Mentor: Elias Sayour, M.D., Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Development of a novel RNA-Nanoparticle vaccine for cancer immunotherapy - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Michael Lunin
- Major: Biology
- Minor: Pathogenesis
- Mentor: Christian Jobin, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Generation of Bilophila Wadsworthia deficient in hydrogen sulfite production using a chemical screen - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Rohan Master
- Major: Professional Biology
- Minor: N/A
- Mentor: Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D.
- College of Journalism & Communications
- Research Project Title:
Developing a PROTAC-based NR4A1 Degrader for Cancer Therapy - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Reagan McGinley
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Science
- Minor: Business Administration
- Mentor: Juan Guan, Ph.D.
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Research Project Title:
High-resolution fluorescence imaging of the assembly of liposome-RNA nanoparticles for RNA-based vaccine and immunotherapy - UFHCC Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
Claire Roffi
- Major: Biology & Japanese
- Minor: N/A
- Mentor: Rowan Milner, Ph.D.
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Single-cell microfluidic device to visualize MHC fluorescently tagged U937 dendritic cells and their exosomes’ interaction with T cells - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Aleezeh Shaikh
- Major: Economics
- Minor: Chemistry
- Mentor: Matthew Merritt, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
Using the Ketogenic Diet to Disrupt Tumor Growth in Glioblastoma Cells - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
Aryeh Silver
- Major: Microbiology and Cell Science
- Minor: N/A
- Mentor: Loic Deleyrolle, Ph.D.
- College of Medicine
- Research Project Title:
TBD - UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
