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Summer Alumni

The foundation of the Cancer Prevention Research Training Program (CPRTP) Summer Research Experience is cancer prevention research and the cultivation of the mentoring relationship between students and professors. Our alumni play an essential role in the research and education missions of MD Anderson Cancer Center. We are very proud of our 26 year history of this short-term, NCI-funded research experience which has evolved from a 3 to 6-month program of trainees appointed monthly; to a structured 10-week, institution-wide summer program beginning in 2013 with the establishment of the MD Anderson Summer Experience. After the conclusion of the summer research experience, many alumni go on to build careers as prominent leaders in the areas such as academia, cancer prevention, cancer research, consulting, patient care, health communications, and global health, at institutions all over the United States. This page provides a roster of all participants of the NCI R25E Summer Research Experience.

This (CPRPT) program has given me so many wonderful opportunities for personal and professional growth. I know that I will be using the skills and knowledge that I have learned from this program in my future endeavors. This program also introduced me to a great group of people who I will be able to contact and potentially collaborate with in the future.

Siddhartha Roy, MPH, DrPH

2015 CPRTP Summer Graduate Research Assistant, Health Disparities Research (Mentor: Dr. Larkin Strong)

2018 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First Name	Last Name	College or University	2018 Fall Designation	Department	Primary Mentor	Project Title
1	Anita	Akinyemi	University of Houston - Victoria	Graduate Student	Surgical Oncology	Mary Austin	Melanoma Prevention – What does the general pediatrician need to know?
2	Kenda	Al-Assi	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Medical Univ of Bahraine	Medical Student	Epidemiology	Manal Hassan	Gallbladder Stones and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in multiethnic USA population
3	Caroline	Andrews	Hillsdale College	Undergraduate Senior	Epidemiology	Paul Scheet	Evaluation of computational techniques for detecting acquired allelic imbalance in normal tissues
4	Marjorie	Biel	University of Michigan Anne Arbor	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Irene Tami-Maury	Cancer Prevention and Control among sexual and gender minority groups: Project TNT and Project PRIDE. Energy Balance among Cancer Survivors Active Living After Cancer Project
5	Briana	Brown	Texas A & M University - College Station	Graduate Student	Health Disparities Research	Larkin Strong	Tu Salud Si Cuenta! Reaching Latino family dyads to increase physical activity and healthy eating
6	Jonathan	Busquets	Rice University	Undergraduate Junior	Epidemiology	Carrie Daniel-MacDougall	Diet, microbiome, and pancreatic cancer
7	Noah	Choi	Rice University	Undergraduate Junior	Health Services Research	Lisa Lowenstein	Considering exercise options for cancer survivors
8	Olu	Coker*	University of Texas Health Science Center	PhD Student	GI Medical Oncology	Scott Kopetz	KRAS dependency in colorectal cancer adenoma’s and adenocarincoma
9	Princess	Ekpo	Emory University	Undergraduate Junior	Health Services Research	Sharon Giordano	Breast Cancer Prevention in Rural Populations
10	Rosa	Frias	San Juan Bautista School of Medicine	Medical Student	GI Medical Oncology	Scott Kopetz	Colorectal cancer biology, translational cancer medicine
11	Jessica	Gorzelitz	University of Wisconsin - Madison	PhD Student	Behavioral Science	Karen Basen-Engquist	PancFit: Multimodal exercise during preoperative therapy for pancreatic cancer: A randomized trial testing effects on fitness, health-related quality of life, and tumor vasculature
12	Sravya	Gurivireddygari	Florida Atlantic University Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College	Undergraduate Junior	Health Disparities Research	Dalnim Cho	Healthy lifestyle behaviors promotion in African American prostate cancer patients and their partners
13	Brianna	Jacobs	University of Michigan Anne Arbor	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Karen Basen-Engquist	Steps 2 Health: Optimizing theory-based, real-time messages to increase physical activity in cancer survivors
14	Hansini	Krishna	Case Western Reserve University	Graduate Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Samir 'Sam' Hanash	Caveolin-1 Associated Lipid Rewiring in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Promotes Drug Resistance
15	Ashlynn	McCall	Texas Southern Univeristy	Undergraduate Junior	Behavioral Science	Alex Prokhorov	Tobacco prevention and cessation interventions among youth and young adults on a local, national and international level
16	Rizul	Naithani	Campbell University	Medical Student	Radiation Oncology	Clifton Fuller	Investigation of methodology for integrating spatial relationship from medical images into risk stratification models in head and neck patients receiving radiotherapy
17	Mara	Nisnisan	University of Houston - Downtown	Undergraduate Senior	Health Disparities Research	Qian Lu	Understanding and Promoting HPV Vaccination Acceptability Among College Students
18	Connie	Okon	Case Western Reserve University	Graduate Student	Gastroenterology - Research	Mala Pande	Evaluation of risk-assessment model for Lynch syndrome
19	Megan	Peterson	Morehead State Univ.	Graduate Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Guang Peng	Define molecular consequences induced by APOBEC3 genes in breast cancer
20	Amanda	Rakoski	Texas A & M University - College Station	Undergraduate Junior	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Florencia McAllister	Role of Immune System in Pancreatic Tumorgenesis
21	Kevin	Ruiz	University of Notre Dame	Undergraduate Senior	Behavioral Science	Maher Karam-Hage	Psychiatric comorbidities and impact on ability for smoking cessation
22	Shu-En	Shen	Rice University and The University of Texas School of Public Health	Undergraduate Senior	Behavioral Science	Karen Basen-Engquist	Development and Validation of the Abbreviated Food Screen [AFS] to Assess Single Day or Within Day Energy Intake from Multiple Food Groups
23	Akaanksh	Shetty	Texas Tech TTUHSC Paul L Foster School of Medicine	Medical Student	Cancer Systems Imaging	Pratip Bhattacharya	Metabolic evolution of patient-derived glioblastoma xenografts from in vivo hyperpolarized 13C MRI and ex vivo 1H NMR
24	Emily	Steinman	University of Houston - Downtown	Undergraduate Junior	Pediatrics - Research	Joya Chandra	Analysis of observed and questionnaire based cooking practices in families of pediatric cancer survivors
25	Daniel	Wang	Rice University	Undergraduate Junior	Translational Molecular Pathology	Lawerence Kwong	Dissecting the Notch Pathway in the Development of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
26	Andrea	Winne	University of Michigan Anne Arbor	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Yue Liao	Feasibility of a physical activity intervention that utilizes continuous glucose monitors among overweight or obese adults without diabetes
(*) Student was funded by a grant award from the MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

2017 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First Name	Last Name	College or University	2017 Fall Academic Designation	Department	Primary Mentor	Final Project Title
1	Madeleine	Allman	Tulane University	MPH Student	Behavioral Science	Eileen Shinn	Breast Cancer Patients’ Adherence to Endocrine Therapy: A Qualitative Analysis
2	Natasha	Burse	The Pennsylvania State University	PhD Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Abenaa Brewster	Adherence to the American Cancer Society Guidelines For Cancer Prevention Among Women at High Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer
3	Janelle	Chavez	University of Texas at Austin	Undergraduate Senior	Epidemiology	Shine Chang	NSAID Use, Obesity and Survival from Colorectal Cancer
4	Eder	Colecio	Texas A & M University	Undergraduate Junior			Electronic Wearable Device Implementation To Monitor Exercise in Cancer Survivorship
5	Ruben	Cruz	Ponce Health Sciences University	Medical Student	Cancer Systems Imaging	Rivka Colen	A Radiomics-based model for non-invasive prediction of mutation rate in Glioblastoma
6	Nidhi	Desai	Florida State University College of Medicine	Medical Student	Behavioral Science	Sue Schembre	Impact of Physical Activity on Daily Glucose Control
7	Shouri	Gottiparthi	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Undergraduate Senior	Health Disparities Research	Larkin Strong	Understanding Health Outcomes in Latino Communities
8	Henry	Henderson	Tuskegee University	PhD Student	Epidemiology	Shine Chang	Post-Diagnostic Aspirin Use and Survival from PIK3CA Mutant Colorectal Cancer: Potential Mechanisms
9	Mariana	Henry	Yale University	MPH Student	Health Services Research	Sharon Giordano	Assessing the Adherence to Cardiac Monitoring Recommendations in Young Breast Cancer Patients
10	Lisa	Huang	University of Texas at Austin	Undergraduate Senior	Neuro-Oncology Research	Zhimin Lu	The Role of AKT on PD-L1 Expression Under Hypoxia.
11	KaShena	Kennedy	Texas Southern University	PharmD Student	Health Disparities Research	Lorna McNeill	Exploring Factors Relating to African American Men’s Physical Activity: Social Support, Stress, and Racial Discrimination
12	Melissa	Kok	Rice University	Undergraduate Senior	Epidemiology	Shine Chang	Clinical factors are associated with prolonged survival of patients diagnosed with Stage IV Hepatocellular Carcinoma
13	Rosetta	Krukrubo	Meharry Medical College	MPH Student	Behavioral Science	Irene Tami-Maury	“When you have a toothache, you just chew betel quid”: A qualitative study exploring attitudes and perceptions of betel quid consumption and its oral health implications in Taiwan.
14	Sherene	Lattimore	Indiana University School of Medicine	Medical Student	Surgical Oncology	Mary Austin	Melanoma Prevention: What does the general pediatrician need to know?
15	MinhThi	Nguyen	Texas Southern University	PharmD Student	Behavioral Science	Alexander Prokhorov	A look into the feasibility of relapse prevention in smokers in America: A systematic review
16	Krishan	Patel	Rutgers University	Medical Student	Epidemiology	Carrie Daniel-MacDougall	Potential effects of energy intake, recent weight change, and physical activity on the fecal and oral microbiomes
17	Pompeyo	Quesada	Texas Tech University School of Medicine	Medical Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Florencia McAllister	Characterization of tumor microenvironment mechanisms modulating anti-PD-1 treatment response in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
18	Clarisa	Salinas	University of Incarnate Word	Undergraduate Junior	Epidemiology	Carrie Daniel-MacDougall	High Carbohydrate Diet with the Gut and Oral Microbiome: Glycemic load, added sugars, and fiber.
19	Yazmin	San Miguel	University of California at San Diego	PhD Student	Epidemiology	Shine Chang	Factors Associated with Endometrial Cancer after Primary Breast Cancer Diagnosis
20	Callie	Simon	Auburn University	Undergraduate Junior	Behavioral Science	Mary Tripp	Sun Protection and Skin Examination Attitudes and Practices in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
21	Benjamin	Solder	University of Texas at Austin	Undergraduate Junior	Cancer Control Platform (appt. to EPI)	Ellen Baker	Connecting to Improve Cervical Cancer Disparities in Latin America: Project ECHO Evaluation
22	Sarah	Thomas	The Ohio State University	PhD Student	Behavioral Science	Karen Basen-Engquist	Anxiety Sensitivity’s Impact on Physical Activity in a Cohort of Endometrial Cancer Survivors
23	Syeda	Uruba	University of Texas School of Public Health	MPH Student	Epidemiology	Manal Hassan	The Contribution of HIV to the Clinical Outcome of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in USA
24	Gordon	Watt	University of Texas School of Public Health	PhD Student	Molecular & Cellular Oncology	Laura Beretta	Prevalence and Characteristics of TERT Promoter Mutations detected in Cell-free DNA in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients
25	Alexandra	Willauer	Texas Tech - School of Medicine	Medical Student	GI Medical Oncology	Scott Kopetz	Clinical, Histopathologic and Molecular Characterization of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

2016 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First Name	Last Name	Institution	Fall 2016 Designation	MD Anderson Classification	Department	Mentor(s)	Project Title
1	Jacqueline	Bachand	Yale University	Graduate Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Health Services Research	Dr. Sharon Giordano	Investigating the relationship between BMI, Diabetes and Breast Cancer Stage/Subtype
2	Maddy	Banerjee	University of Arizona at Tucson	Graduate Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	GI Medical Oncology	Dr. Scott Kopetz	Epidemiological & Clinical Factors Associated with Molecular Subtypes of Colorectal Cancer
3	Kayla	Burrell	Texas Southern University	Graduate Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Epidemiology	Drs. Carrie Cameron, Melinda Yates	First-Generation Students at the Doctoral Level: Challenges, Trailblazing, and Resilience
4	Erika	Dennis	Texas Southern University	Rising Junior	College Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Lorna McNeill	Nutritional Behaviors in Smoking and Non-Smoking Households: How Does Tobacco/Nicotine Consumption Impact Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Adults?
5	Mae	Dobbs	Meharry Medical College	MPH Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Behavioral Science	Dr. Irene Tami-Maury	Project Pride
6	Kemesha	Gabbidon	Florida International University	PhD Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Larkin Strong	Assessing self-efficacy, social support, and satisfaction of a pilot intervention study to increase physical activity among African American and Hispanic women
7	Merari	Garcia	University of Texas - Pan American	Rising Senior	College Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Jan Blalock	Role of Anxiety in Smoking Cessation in Cancer Patients; A Pilot Study
8	Klara	Gellci	Wayne State University	Rising Junior	College Student	Cancer Systems Imaging	Drs. Pratip Bhattacharya, Nicholas Whiting	Developing a Non-Invasive Colon Screening Method using Targeted Hyperpolarized Silicon Nanoparticles.
9	Devin	Hayes	St. Edwards University	Rising Senior	College Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Karen Basen-Engquist	Demographic and medical factors impacting participation in a lifestyle intervention for endometrial cancer survivors
10	Cimone	Husbands	Philadelphia Coll. of Osteopathic Med.	Graduate Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Radiation Oncology	Dr. Ann Klopp	Analysis of Indolamine 2,3-deoxygenase and its metabolites Kynurenine and Tryptophan via HPLC-MS methods
11	Courtney	Keene	Emory University	Nursing Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Behavioral Science	Dr. Mary Tripp	Formative Research on Sun Protection and Skin Examination Attitudes in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
12	Victoria	Lee	The University of Texas at Austin	Rising Junior	College Student	Cancer Systems Imaging	Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya	Metabolic Profiling of Macrophages Conditioned in Glioblastoma Stem Cell Environments
13	Catalina	Malinowski	Rice University	Rising Junior	College Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Larkin Strong	Looking for Change: Using the Transtheoretical Model for Behavior Change to Assess Health Trends for Dyads in Latino Households
14	Sheila	Mallenahalli	Louisiana State University	Rising Junior	College Student	Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutr.	Dr. Mala Pande	Effect of Physical Activity on Colorectal Cancer in Lynch Syndrome Patients
15	Guillermo	Marquez	Ponce Health Sciences University - School of Medicine	Medical School	Summer Exp - Medical Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Dr. Susan Lakoski	Physical Activity Patterns in the Cancer Prevention Setting: The M.D. Anderson Experience.
16	Kelly	McGauhey	UTHSC	MPH Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Epidemiology	Dr. Shine Chang	Measuring the Financial Toxicity of Cancer Treatment
17	Wendy	Ondiek	Texas Southern University	PharmD Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Behavioral Science	Dr. Irene Tami-Maury	Argentinian HIV Health Care Providers and their Competencies in Tobacco Cessation
18	Javon	Prophet	Texas Southern University	PharmD Student	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Epidemiology	Dr. Michelle Hildebrandt	Phenotypic Changes in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC )- derived Cardiomyocytes following Doxorubicin Exposure
19	Cristina	Rosenthal	Prairie View A & M University	Nursing Student, BSN	Graduate Research Asst. GRA	Gynecologic Oncology & Reprod. Med.	Lois Ramondetta	Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Cancer Survivors' Knowledge and Attitude towards HPV Vaccination
20	Diana	Sibai	Mount Holyoke College	Rising Junior	College Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Mary Tripp	Sunbeatables™ Sun Safety Program Implementation: A Qualitative Research Study.
21	Akhil	Sood	UTHSC	Medical School	Summer Exp - Medical Student	Epidemiology	Dr. Carrie Daniel-MacDougall	Early Risk Signatures in the Fecal Microbiota of Colonoscopy Patients
22	Aisha	Tepede	University of Illinois Urbana	Rising Senior	College Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Lorna McNeill	One of These Cancers is Not like the Other: Investigating the Relationship between Weight Status and Cancer Screenings
23	Tania	Torres Delgado	Ponce Health Sciences University	Medical School	Summer Exp - Medical Student	Epidemiology	Dr. Shine Chang	Pathways and Barrier to Careers in Academic Medicine and Clinical Cancer Prevention
24	Allen	Yi	The Ohio State University	Rising Senior	College Student	Lymphoma & Myeloma Research	Dr. Richard E. Davis	Using CRISPR/Cas9 For Targeted Genome Modification of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Cell Lines
25	Amanda	Zhou	University of Southern California	Rising Senior	College Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Lorna McNeill	Investigating Chronic Conditions as Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Screening in African Americans

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2015 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First Name	Last Name	Institution	MD Anderson Classification	2015 Fall Designation	Department	Mentor(s)	Project Title
1	Nathalie	Abou Khalil	University of Houston	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Junior	Behavioral Science	Dr. Irene Tami-Maury	Oral-Self-Examination and Smoking Cessation Counseling for Cancer Patients in Texas
2	Nadia	Agha	University of Houston	R25E GRA	Doctoral Student	Stem Cell Transplantation	Dr. Katy Rezvani	NK Cells and Tumor Evasion
3	Mary	Akosile	The University of Texas School of Public Health	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Leukemia	Dr. Jorge Cortes	Life Expectancy and Survival Impact of Patients with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) due to Failure from the Use of One or More Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (TKI)
4	Jacquelin	Botello	The Commonwealth Medical College	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Dr. Samir Hanash	Immunoproteasome Deficiency is a Feature of Lung Adenocarcinomas with a Mesenchymal Phenotype and is Associated with Restricted Antigen Presentation and Poor Outcome
5	Casey	Cai	University of Oklahoma	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Senior	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Dr. Guang Peng	Mathematical Modeling of the Cell Cycle Regulation Network to Optimize the Tamoxifen Dosing Schedules in Breast Cancer Prevention
6	Kayleah	Cumpian	Northeast Texas Community College	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Junior	Gynecological Oncology and Reproductive Medicine	Dr. Melinda Yates	Optimizing a Drug Delivery System for Uterine Cancer Chemoprevention
7	Siedah	Garrison	The University of Texas School of Public Health	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Mary Tripp	Pilot Study of the Implementation of a Pre-school Sun Protection Program
8	Rachel	Graff	University of Houston	R25E GRA	Doctoral Student	General Oncology	Dr. Lorenzo Cohen	The Comprehensive Lifestyle Change Program
9	Meghan	Haffey	Baylor University	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Senior	Behavioral Science	Dr. Sue Schembre	Validation of a Hedonic Eating Paradigm in Lean and Obese Individuals
10	Daniel	Isaacs	University of Houston	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Junior	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Dr. Guang Peng	Identify the Key Node in the DNA Repair Network to Restore BRCA Deficiency for Preventing Women Cancers
11	Margaret	Mayer	Yale University	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Epidemiology	Dr. Carrie Daniel-MacDougall	Comparison of Dietary Profiles in a High-Risk Cohort of Mexican American Women to a National Sample
12	LaNisha	Patterson-Ward	Texas Southern University	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Pediatrics	Dr. Joya Chandra	Examining Cooperativity Between the Notch Signaling and HO-1 Mediated Antioxidant Pathways in Acute Myeloid Leukemia?
13	Sonia	Paz	Texas Southern University	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Epidemiology	Dr. Shine Chang	Statin Use and Mortality
14	Dudith	Pierre-Victor	Florida International University	R25E GRA	Doctoral Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Lorna McNeill	A Faith-Based Partnership to Address Obesity in African American Families
15	Michael	Robertson	The University of Texas School of Public Health	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Karen Basen-Engquist	Formative Research for the Development of a Mobile application (App) to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors
16	Siddhartha	Roy	Georgia Southern	R25E GRA	Doctoral Student	Health Disparities Research	Dr. Larkin Strong	Project FITT (Fitness Tracking Together)
17	Adeel	Sajid	University of Texas at Arlington	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Senior	Cancer Systems Imaging	Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya	Hyperpolarized Catheters for Enhanced MRI-Guided Cancer Screening
18	Meghan	Strom	University of Arizona	R25E GRA	Graduate Student	Behavioral Science	Dr. Karen Basen-Engquist	HEALTH4 FAMILIES / HEALTH4 MDANDERSON (Pilot Tests to Optimize the Delivery of Energy Balance Interventions)”
19	Ashley	Ugarte	Rice University	R25E College Student	Undergraduate Senior	General Oncology	Dr. Peiying Yang and Robin Haddad, M.P.H. Department of General Oncology	Organically vs. Conventionally Grown Kale and Collard Greens: Effects of Agricultural Practices, Storage Methods and Food Miles on Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity and Overall Chemopreventative Abilities
20	Sid	Venkataraman	University of Texas at Austin	R25E Med. Student	Medical School Student	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Dr. Abenaa Brewster	Sedentary Behavior, Physical Activity, and the Association with Proliferative Breast Lesions

2014 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First Name	Last Name	MD Anderson Classification Title	Current Institution	Primary Mentor	Home Department	Project Title
1	Chelsea	Anderson	GRA	Yale University	Dr. Wong-Ho Chow	Epidemiology	Acculturation and breast cancer risk among Latinas in the Mexican American Cohort
2	Emilyn	Banfield	GRA	UTSPH	Dr. Shine Chang	Epidemiology	Effects of modifiable risk factors and lifestyle patterns on health and mortality
3	Winston	Chan	GRA	UTSPH	Dr. Hui Zhao	Health Services Research	The risk prediction model for second primary malignancy in Head and neck cancer patients
4	Treena	Chatterjee	College Student	Columbia University	Dr. Kimberly Schluns	Immunology	Regulating homeostasis of antigen-specific CD8 T cells
5	Alice	Djotsa Nono	GRA	UTSPH	Dr. Bo Peng	Bioinformatics & Computational Biology	Identification of structural variants that might predispose members of a large family to multiple cancers
6	Samantha	Holt	College Student	University of Illinois - Urbana	Dr. Samir Hanash	Clinical Cancer Prevention	A Mouse Model of Lung Cancer Chemoprevention
7	Diana	Kirov	College Student	UT - Dallas	Dr. Wendy Woodward	Radiation Oncology	Polarized normal cells promote radiation resistance of inflammatory breast cancer
8	Hillary	Lapham	GRA	UTSPH	Dr. Ellen Gritz	Behavioral Science	Behavioral and Cultural Determinants of Betel Quid Chewing and Withdrawal in Taiwan
9	Adam	Lyon	GRA	University of Arizona	Dr. Powel Brown	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Identification of Novel Targets for the Treatment and Prevention of “Triple-negative” Breast Cancer
10	Natasha	Mitra	College Student	Tufts University	Dr. Alexander Prokhorov	Behavioral Science	Evaluating adolescents’ emotional reaction to a smoking prevention interactive program
11	Andrew	Nguyen	Research Medical Student	Indiana University - School of Medicine	Dr. Samir Hanash	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Genomic and proteomic profiling of LKB1-mutant non-small cell lung cancer
12	Alexandra	Palmer	GRA	Texas A & M Rural Public Health	Dr. Bob Volk	General Internal Medicine - Research	Promoting Informed Decisions about Lung Cancer Screening
13	Katrina	Polivka	GRA	UTSPH	Dr. Susan Peterson	Behavioral Science	Cancer Prevention Behaviors in Individuals and Families with Hereditary Cancers
14	Jornae	Rideaux	GRA	University of Illinois - Chicago	Dr. Lorna McNeill	Health Disparities Research	Faith-based interventions to address cancer disparities among African Americans in Houston
15	Pragna	Shetty	College Student	Wake Forest University	Dr. Lorna McNeill	Health Disparities Research	Social contextual influences on physical activity among sedentary minority adults
16	Marcos	Valdez	College Student	UT - Austin	Dr. Eduardo Vilar-Sanchez	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Blood miR-21 levels as a biomarker of premalignant intestinal polyps in a polyposis mouse model
17	David	Wang	College Student	Rice University	Dr. Qiang Shen	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Role of the HIPK family kinases in breast cancer progression

2013 - CPRTP Summer Research Experience

#	First	Last	Fall 2013 Academic Designation	Home Institution	Mentor(s)	Mentor Department	Summer Research Project Title
1	Charles "Hank"	Adelmann	Undergraduate Junior	Rice University	Dr. Kenneth Tsai	Immunology	Discovering Novel Genetic And Epigenetic Biomarkers of UV Risk
2	Corbin	Ester	Undergraduate Junior	Appalachian State University	Dr. Qiang Shen	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Targeting STAT3 Signaling Pathway for Cancer Prevention
3	Thomas	Lowrey	Undergraduate Senior	University of North Carolina	Dr. Jason Robinson	Behavioral Science	The Treatment Of Alcohol-Dependent Smokers
4	Robiel	Abraha	Graduate Student	Rollins SPH, Emory University	Dr. Lorna McNeill	Health Disparities Research	Challenges With Minority Recruitment In A Physical Activity Trial
5	Fatimata	Ba	Graduate Student	Texas A&M University - College Station	Dr. Susan Peterson	Behavioral Science	Health Information Needs and Technology Use Among Cancer Survivors
6	Laura	Mena	Graduate Student	University of Texas - El Paso	Dr. Karen Basen-Engquist	Behavioral Science	Exercise in Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors
7	Sarah	Rush	Graduate Student	University of Alabama	Drs. Ellen Gritz & Irene Tami-Maury	Behavioral Science	Acculturation And Its Association With Tobacco Use in the Mexican-American Cohort (MAC)
8	Scott	Nimmons	2nd Year Medical Student	Texas A & M, HSC, College of Medicine	Dr. Abenaa Brewster	Clinical Cancer Prevention	Epidemiological Characteristics Of A High Risk Breast Cohort

1992-2012: CPRTP Short-Term Alumni

CPRTP Short-Term Undergraduate, Graduate and Health Professional Students from 1992 to 2012.