11 students were selected for the 2024-25 UF Health Cancer Institute University Scholars Program.
2024-25 Scholars
Harold Bishop
- Major: Biochemistry
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
- Mentor: Jennifer LeLaurin, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- Project Title: Perceived Relative Advantage of Mobile Health Smoking Cessation Treatments: An Analysis of Care Team Perspectives in a Comparative Effectiveness Trial
Madison Cavanaugh
- Major: Nutritional Sciences; Minor: Economics
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Mentor: Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Immuno-Oncology and Microbiome
- Project Title: Enhancing mRNA-based immunotherapy exploring polyadenylation and silencing of mRNA nucleosides to evaluate the effects on expression (GFP mRNA) and immune response (gp100)
Rishika Cherukuru
- Major: Biology (Pre-Professional Emphases) | Economics
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: Jonathan Licht, M.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Project Title: Impact of Histone H2A Mutation on Cell Biological Properties Related to Cancer
Kaitlyn Drew
- Major: Biology
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
- Mentor: Lizi Wu, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Project Title: Roles of CRTC1-MAML2 Nuclear Condensates in Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC)
Erica Hengartner
- Major: Biochemistry; Minor: Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: Xin Tang, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Project Title: Interrogation of Spatial-Temporal Calcium Signaling in Colon Cancer Progression
Ania Kelegama
- Major: Health Science; Minor: East Asian Language and Literature-Chinese
- College of Public Health and Health Professions
- Mentor: Brian Law, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics
- Project Title: Blocking the Oncogenic Wnt Signaling Pathway for Cancer Therapy Using a Novel Small Molecule
Jeremy Kleberg
- Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Minor: Education Studies
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: Ryan Kolb, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Project Title: Angiopoietin-like 4 as a potential therapeutic target for clear cell renal carcinoma
Sydney Miller
- Major: Biochemistry; Minor: Classical Studies
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: Lisa Spiguel, M.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Cancer Control and Population Sciences
- Project Title:Impact of Routine Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer Patients
Ankitha Nath
- Major: Biomedical Engineering
- Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
- Mentor: Maria Zajac-Kaye, M.D., Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Cancer Targeting and Therapeutics
- Project Title:TYMS Induces Acceleration of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma in the hTS/KRAS^(G12D) Mouse Model
Cathleen Rabideau
- Major: Health Science; Minor: Chemistry
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: John Ligon, M.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Immuno-Oncology and Microbiome
- Project Title: Establishing a fusion-based Ewing sarcoma mouse cell line
Jaclyn Shaw
- Major: Biochemistry; Minor: Bioinformatics
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Mentor: Rene Opavsky, Ph.D.
- Mentor Research Program: Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
- Project Title: C17ORF58 is Critical for the Maintenance of B-cell Lymphomas and Myeloid Leukemias
