Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP) Class of 2019

Chris Alba
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Expected year of Graduation: 2020
Major(s): Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Economics
Preceptor: Thoralf M Sundt, MD
Junior Preceptor: Philicia Moonsamy, MD
Department: Surgery/Cardiac Surgery

Andrew Baez
Medical School: University of Puerto Rico Medical School
Expected year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Major(s): Biochemistry
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Julie C. Price, Ph.D
Junior Preceptor: Hasan Sari, Ph.D
Department: Imaging/The Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Anne Berhe
Undergraduate Institution: Pomona College
Expected Year of Graduation: 2020
Major(s): Molecular Biology
Preceptor: Regina LaRocque, MD, MPH and Jason B. Harris, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Medicine-Pediatric/Infectious Diseases

Tran Dang
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Major(s): Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology (Minor: History of Science, Medicine, and Public Health)
Year of Graduation: 2019
Preceptor: Pouneh K. Fazeli, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Neuroendocrine and Pituitary Tumor Clinical Center

Michael Denning
Graduate Institution: East Carolina University
Major(s): Business Administration (Minor: Healthcare Management)
Expected Year of Graduation: 2019
Undergraduate Institution: East Carolina University
Major(s): Public Health Studies (Minor: Science)
Year of Graduation: 2019Preceptor: John C. Petrozza, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/aDepartment: OB-GYN

Laritza Diaz
Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of MedicineExpected year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: Columbia University
Major(s): Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Year of Graduation: 2016
Preceptor: Jonathan Rosand, MD, MSc and Alessandro Biffi, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Neurology

Dominique Forestier
Medical School: University of Florida
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Graduate Institution: University of Florida
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Major(s): Biological Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2014
Preceptor: Kelly Edwards Irwin, MD
Junior Preceptor: Gary Wang, MD
Department: Psychiatry

Madeline Huff
Medical School: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Graduate Institution: Texas State University
Major(s): Biochemistry
Year of Graduation: 2017
Undergraduate Institution: Texas State University
Major(s): Biology (Minor: Chemistry)
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Kenneth T. Shelton, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Joy Rosa Jackson
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Graduate Institution: Meharry Medical College
Major(s): Health Science
Year of Graduation: 2018
Undergraduate Institution: Howard University
Major(s): Biology (Minor: Chemistry)
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Jacob Hooker, PhD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Radiology

Ugoji Nwanaji-Enwerem
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Major(s): Biology
Year of Graduation: 2020
Preceptor: David E. Fisher M.D., Ph.D
Junior Preceptor: Shinichiro Kato, Ph.D
Department: Dermatology

Cristy Ortega
Undergraduate Institution: Arizona State University
Major(s): Medical Studies
Expected Year of Graduation: 2020
Preceptor: Oluwaseun Johnson-Akeju, MD,
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

KP
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
Major(s): Health Education
Year of Graduation: 2018
Preceptor: Ebru Oral, PhD
Department: Orthopedics

Chevonne Parker
Undergraduate Institution: Yale University
Major(s): Sociology (Health and Society)
Expected Year of Graduation: 2020
Preceptor: Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Emergency Medicine

Maria Penuela
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: University of Notre Dame
Major(s): Biochemistry
Year of Graduation: 2018
Preceptor: David C. Chang PhD, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Surgery

Britney Pitter
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: Georgia State University
Major(s): Neuroscience
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Kevin J. Staley, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Pediatrics

Yaiel Rodriguez
Medical School: Ponce Health Sciences University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus
Major(s): Cellular and Molecular Biology
Year of Graduation: 2018
Preceptor: Christopher Nguyen, PhD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Medicine/Cardiology 

Tomas Rojas
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Major(s): Neuroscience
Year of Graduation: 2016
Preceptor: Felipe A. Jain, MD and Liliana Ramirez Gomez, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Neurology & Psychiatry

Khalifa Stafford
Undergraduate Institution: Hunter College
Major(s): Psychology (Minor:Neuroscience)
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: William T. Curry, MD
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: Neurosurgery

Sinem Taner
Graduate Institution: Tulane University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2019
Major: Pharmacology
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Major: Anthropology
Year of Graduation: 2016
Preceptor: Adeline A. Boatin, MD, MPH
Junior Preceptor: n/a
Department: OB-GYN

Paul Walker
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: University of California-Irvine
Major(s): Biological Sciences
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD
Junior Preceptor: Christian Klemt, PhD,
Department: Orthopedics

Steve Wendeu Foyet
Medical School: Creighton University School of Medicine
Expected Year of Graduation: 2022
Undergraduate Institution: McDaniel College
Major(s): Biochemistry and Mathematics (Minor: French)
Year of Graduation: 2017
Preceptor: Anthony John Iafrate, MD
Junior Preceptor: Austin L. Vickey, Jr, MD
Department: Pathology