2. Samantha Adler
Undergrad Institution: New York University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: David Morilak, Ph.D.
“
”
Anything’s possible if you’ve
got enough nerve.
3. Ara Alexandrian
Undergrad Institution: California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona
Graduate Program: Radiological Sciences
Mentor Name: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D.
“
”
Both machines and humans
can learn, but the machine
will never forget.
4. Obadah N. Austah
Undergrad Institution: King Abdulaziz University
Graduate Program: Translational Science
Mentor Name: Anibal Diogenes D.D.S., Ph.D.
“ ”
The key to life is accepting
challenges. Once someone
stops doing this, he’s dead.
- Bette Davis
5. Adrian Beckmann
Undergrad Institution: Texas State University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cell Biology, Genetics & Molecular Medicine)
Mentor Name: Bess Frost, Ph.D.
“
”
The two most important days in
your life are the day you are born
and the day you find out why.
– Mark Twain
6. Melodi Ann Bowman
Undergrad Institution: San Francisco State University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: Lynette C. Daws, Ph.D.
“
”
Learn from yesterday, live for
today, hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to
stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
7. Rebecca L Bricker
Undergrad Institution: Wright State University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine)
Mentor Name: Tiziano Barberi, Ph.D.
“
”
Don’t be afraid to fail, be
afraid not to try.
8. Laura Caflisch
Undergrad Institution: Texas A&M University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Pharmacology and Physiology)
Mentor Name: Andrew Brenner, M.D., Ph.D.
“
”
Men love to wonder, and that is
the seed of science.
9. Sergio Cepeda
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas–Pan
American
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Name: Ann Griffith, Ph.D.
“ ”
Chance favors only the
prepared mind.
– Louis Pasteur
10. Meghna Chinchankar
Undergrad Institution: University of Pune
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Biology of Aging )
Mentor Name: Alfred Fisher, Ph.D.
“
”
Live as if you were to die
tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live
forever.
-Mahatma Gandhi
11. Danielle Santana Coelho
Undergrad Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: Jason O’Connor, Ph.D.
“ ”
I have not failed. I’ve
successfully discovered 10,000
things that won’t work.
–Thomas Edison
12. Jonathan Dorigatti
Undergrad Institution: University of Utah
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Biology of Aging)
Mentor Name: Adam Salmon, Ph.D.
“
”
It seems to me what is called for
is an exquisite balance between
two conflicting needs: the most
skeptical scrutiny of all
hypotheses that are served up
to us and at the same time a
great openness to new ideas.
- Carl Sagan
13. Shahida K. Flores
Undergraduate Institution: Saint Louis University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cell Biology, Genetics & Molecular Medicine)
Mentor Name: Patricia L. Dahia, Ph.D.
“
”
Most people overestimate what
they can do in one year and
underestimate what they can
do in ten years.
- Bill Gates
14. Valentina R. Garbarino
Undergrad Institution: High Point University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Physiology and Pharmacology)
Mentor Names: Lynette C. Daws, Ph.D. and Georgianna G.
Gould, Ph.D.
“
”
People are always looking for the single
magic bullet that will totally change
everything. There is no single magic
bullet.
-Temple Grandin
15. Allison M. Garrison
Undergrad Institution: The Ohio State University
Graduate Program: Integrated Multidisciplinary
Graduate (Pharmacology)
Mentor Name: Jason O’Connor, Ph.D.
“
”
Be the change you want to see
in the world.
16. Meghan A. Guzman
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas
Pan-American (UTRGV)
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Name: Philip T. LoVerde, Ph.D.
“
”
Life is not easy for any of us. But what
of that? We must have perseverance
and above all confidence in ourselves.
We must believe that we are gifted for
something and that this thing must be
attained.
–Marie Curie
17. Sijia He
Undergrad Institution: Huazhong University of
Science & Technology
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Pharmacology and Physiology)
Mentor Name: Feng Liu, Ph.D.
“
”
Anyone who has never made
a mistake has never tried
anything new.
- Albert Einstein
18. Shih-Bo Huang
Undergrad Institution: Kaohsiung Medical University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: Addanki Pratap Kumar, Ph.D.
“
”
The important thing is to not
stop questioning. Curiosity has
its own reason for existing.
- Albert Einstein
19. Christopher N. Kabat
Undergrad Institution: Loyola University Chicago
Graduate Program: Radiological Sciences
Mentor Name: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D.
“
”
Approach things from a
physics framework. Physics
teaches you to reason from
first principles rather than by
analogy.
- Elon Musk
20. Roma Kaul
Undergrad Institution: PES Institute of Technology
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: Susan L Mooberry, Ph.D.
“
”
Dream is not which you see
while sleeping, it’s what does
not let you sleep.
-APJ Abdul Kalam
21. Liesl Anne Lawrence
Undergrad Institution: The Master’s University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine)
Mentor Name: Alex Bishop, D. Phil
“
”
Our greatest fear should not
be of failure, but of
succeeding at things in life
that don’t really matter.
- Francis Chan
22. Trevi Mancilla
Undergrad Institution: Wellesley College
Graduate Program: Integrated
Multidisciplinary Graduate (Physiology)
Mentor Name: Gregory J Aune, M.D., Ph.D.
“ ”
A ship in port is safe, but that’s
not what ships are built for.
-Grace Hopper
23. Kelly S. McGlothen
Undergrad Institution: UT Health San Antonio
Graduate Program: Nursing Science
Mentor Name: Sara Gill, Ph.D., RN, IBCLC, FAAN
“
”
Commit thy works unto the
LORD, and thy thoughts shall
be established.
-Proverbs 16:3
Education is the most
powerful weapon which you
can use to change the world.
-Nelson Mandela
24. Shruti Mishra
Undergrad Institution: Jaypee Institute of Information
Technology
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Name: Nu Zhang, Ph.D.
“
”
It is like riding a bike...through
fire but you definitely come out
wiser. It was not easy but it
was all worth it.
25. Angela Olson
Undergrad Institution: Texas Tech University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Biology of Aging)
Mentor Name: Veronica) Galvan, Ph.D.
“
”
If you live to be one hundred,
you’ve got it made.
Very few people die past that
age.
- George Burns
26. Miryam M. Pando
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas
at El Paso
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: Kelly A. Berg, Ph.D.
“
”
There are as many atoms in a
single molecule of your DNA as
there are stars in the typical
galaxy. We are, each of us, a
little universe.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson
27. Holly M. Parenica
Undergrad Institution: Texas A&M University
Graduate Program: Radiological Sciences
Mentor Name: Sotirios Stathakis, Ph.D.
“Nothing in life is to be
feared; it is only to be
understood.
- Marie Curie
28. Luis F. Reyes
Undergrad Institution: Universidad de La Sabana
Graduate Program: Translational Science
Mentor Name: Marcos I. Restrepo, M.D.
“ ”
I have no special talents, I am
just passionately curious.
- Albert Einstein
29. Carlos E. Rivera
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas–Pan
American
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Names: Zhenming Xu, Ph.D. & Paolo Casali, M.D.
“
”
Your rewards in life are
determined by the problems
you solve for others.
- Mike Murdock
30. Angelica Salinas
Undergrad Institution: St. Mary’s University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: Martin Paukert, M.D.
“
”
The bigger the hill you climb,
the more you can see from the
top, the more you enjoy the
ride down, and the longer the
ride lasts.
-Frank Stephens
31. Helia N. Sanchez
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas at San
Antonio
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Name: Paolo Casali, M.D.
“
”
Learn from yesterday,
Live for today,
Hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to
stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
32. Manpreet K Semwal
Undergrad Institution: University of Mumbai
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity)
Mentor Name: Ann V Griffith, Ph.D.
“
”
Hard work doesn’t guarantee
success, but improves its
chances.
- B. J. Gupta
33. Corena Shaffer
Undergrad Institution: University of the Sciences in
Philadelphia
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Physiology and Pharmacology)
Mentor Name: Susan Mooberry, Ph.D.
“
”
The greatest enemy of
knowledge is not ignorance; it
is the illusion of knowledge.
– Stephen Hawking
34. Ashley L. Silvia
Undergrad Institution: University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cell Biology, Genetics, and Molecular Medicine)
Mentor Name: Anthony Griffiths, Ph.D.
“
”
If you want to succeed you
should strike out on new
paths, rather than travel the
worn paths of accepted
success.
-John D. Rockefeller
35. Breeanne Soteros
Undergrad Institution: The University of Texas at
Arlington
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Neuroscience)
Mentor Name: Gek-Ming Sia, Ph.D.
“
”
Wonder is the beginning
of wisdom
-Socrates
36. Pooja Yadav
Undergrad Institution: Motilal Nehru National Institute of
Technology
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: Manjeet K. Rao, Ph.D.
“
”
Choose a job you love, and
you will never have to work a
day in your life
- Confucius
37. Xiaoyu Yang
Undergrad Institution: Beijing Normal University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: Thomas J. Slaga, Ph.D.
“
”
When it rains, look for
rainbows.
When it’s dark, look for stars.
38. Xue Yin
Undergrad Institution: Shandong University
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical Sciences
(Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: Pei Wang, Ph.D.
“
”
If you want it, work for it.
39. Carla Zeballos, M.D.
Undergrad Institution: University of Virginia
Graduate Program: Integrated Biomedical
Sciences (Cancer Biology)
Mentor Name: LuZhe Sun, Ph.D.
“ ”
If at first you don’t succeed,
try, try, try again.
- William Edward Hickson
