CHiSEL participants

2024 CHiSEL participants

Connor A.

Massey mentor: Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Investigating ways to alleviate aromatase inhibitor musculoskeletal syndrome in a mouse model


Daniel D.

Massey mentor: Molly Bristol, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluation of fibroblast co-culture models for the study of Human Papillomavirus-related cancers


Nusaira F.

Massey mentor: Yue Sun, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Hippo signaling pathway control by type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase i5

 


Lily F.

Massey mentor: Ashley Cowart, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus:Determining whether SPTLC3 is involved in proliferation of glioblastoma cells


Lydia J.

Massey mentor: Lisa Shock, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Effects of stress hormones on mitochondrial function in triple-negative breast cancer cells


Aryan K

Massey mentor: Jiong Li, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Pre-clinical studies evaluating the efficacy of various compounds targeting PKLR protein in liver cancer cells


Bhoomika K.

Massey mentor: David Turner, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Investigating the necessity of RAGE and the impact of its variant expression on AGE-mediated pro-tumorigenic effects in ancestry specific fibroblasts


McKenzie K.

Massey mentor: Jennifer Rohan, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluation of the relations between the psychological functioning of cancer survivors and patients with neurofibromatosis

 


Claira L.

Massey mentor: Rebecca Martin, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating physiological responses to Cisplatin using a mouse hypersensitivity model


Niranjana M.

Massey mentor: Anindita Das, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating the synergistic anticancer potential of doxorubicin and PDE5-mTOR inhibitors in 4T1 triple negative breast cancer cells


Frances P.

Massey mentor: Victoria Findlay, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Understanding the role of MYC in AGE-RAGE signaling in fibroblasts


Jiya P.

Massey mentor: Hishashi Harada, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating the effects of bortezomib in non-small cell lung cancer

 


Anna R.

Massey mentor: Robert Winn, M.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Determining the disparities in lung cancer cells between AA/Black and White males and the factors causing higher mortality rates of AA/Black men diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer


Melany R.

Massey mentor: Gordon Ginder, M.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Disrupting the NuRD complex in acute leukemia cells to sensitize them to chemotherapy and to see it inhibit their growth


Chaz S.

Massey mentor: Hengbin Wang, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Development of doxorubicin-resistant MCF7 breast cancer cell line