Current CURE participants
Anabel A.
Senior, Virginia Commonwealth University
Massey mentor: Paula Bos, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Role of Treg cells in mammary gland development
Arinze E.
Sophomore, Virginia State University
Massey mentor: Can Senkal, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Ferroptosis as a mode of treatment for metastatic cancer
Oniya S.
Junior, Virginia Commonwealth University
Massey mentor: Chuck Harrell, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Defining cytotoxic profiles of National Cancer Institute CTEP agents on a genetically diverse set of breast cancer cells
Claire Z.
Senior, George Mason University
Massey mentor: Anthony Faber, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: MYCN and transcription factors in neuroblastoma
Fatimah A.
Sophomore, VCU
Massey mentor: Jose Trevino, M.D., FACS
CURE research focus: Quality of life in patients undergoing cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
Makenzie J.
Senior, College of William & Mary
Massey mentor: Victoria Findlay, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Effects of dietary advanced glycation end products on progressive tumor growth in prostate cancer models
Sandra M.
Senior, VCU
Massey mentor: Paula Bos, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Observation of Treg cells and stem cells in the mammary gland to understand if there is cross-talk between these two populations
Christen P.
Senior, VCU
Massey mentor: Kristoffer Valerie, Ph.D.
CURE research focus: Co-expression of ATM kinase and PR65 as fusion proteins in E. coli and binding of serine-401 proteins to ATM kinase in order to form a heterodimeric protein complex