Alumni Spotlight
Loraine Gigi on her recent co-authorship of "CHD1, a multifaceted epigenetic remodeler in prostate cancer" with her mentor, Dr. Di Zhao.
Loraine was a 2022 CURE undergraduate trainee, with the Zhao Lab, in the Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, TX)
Alumni Accomplishments
By the Numbers
6 Post-bacs @ NIH
12 Goldwater Scholars
3 Goldwater Honorable mentions
1 NCI research fellows
2 Fulbright Scholars
2 Fulbright Research Grants
5 NSF grantee/Fellowships
2 Patents
1 HHMI Summer Scholar
3 AMGEN Scholars
5 T32 Awardees
1 CPRIT Grad Scholar
2 NIH Internships
1 NIH other award
1 NIH undergrad award
1 Rhodes Scholarship Finalist
246 Publications since CPRIT summer research training in top journals such as:
- Cell 2
- Lancet 1
- JAMA Oncology 1
- Journal of American Chem Soc 1
- Journal of Clinical Oncology 2
- Nature 4
- Nature Cancer 1
- Nature Communications 4
- Nature Materials 1
- Nature Medicine 2
121 First and/or Co-First Author publications of Alumni:
- Lancet 1
- Nature 4
- Nature Cancer 1
- Nature Communications 5
- Nature Genetics 1
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1