Current SUCCEED CREP participants
![CREP trainee Angela](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Angela.png)
Angel F.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing bile acids to see if hepatocytes can uptake and respond to the compounds
![CREP trainee Kamaya](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Kamaya.png)
Kamaya F.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing bile acids to see if hepatocytes can uptake and respond to the compounds
![CREP trainee Denalyah](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Denalyah.png)
Denalyah H.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Apurva Tadimari Prabhakar, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Identifying novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of human papillomavirus infections and cancers
![CREP trainee Xaria](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Xaria.png)
Xaria L.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Tissue engineering 3D microphysiological devices "organ on a chip" to investigate extracellular matrix interactions and cell mechanobiology in normal and disease development
![CREP trainee Eleni](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Eleni.png)
Eleni M.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Inho Joh, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Proximity of gene processes numbers (GO Numbers) and their positions in the cell
![CREP trainee Sade](/media/massey-cancer-center/massey-media/massey-education-and-training/2024-trainees/CREP_Sade.png)
Sade O.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Youngman Oh, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Alpha-1 antitrypsin inhibits tumorigenesis of colitis associated colon cancer through suppression of inflammatory neutrophil-activated proteases and IGFBP-3 proteolysis
Rodnisha O.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Quinglian Liu, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Exploring the dual effect of temperature and divalent ions in Hsp110 chaperone activity
Chanel R.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: M. Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Testing antinociceptive properties in acetaminophen in a pharmacology and toxicology laboratory
Makayla R.
Junior, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: BPTF knockdown cell's sensitivity to Granzyme B after being treated with Doxorubicin
Benedict U.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Eddie Chae, Ph.D.
CREP research focus: Wnt antagonist Dickkopf1 (DKK1) is an NLRP3 inflammasome activator