Summer Research Trainee Program (SRTP) Class of 2018
Julio Castillo
Med School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Expected year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Florida International University
Major(s): Economics, Biological Sciences
Department: Orthopedics
Preceptor: Young-Min Kwon, MD, PhD
Junior Preceptors: Paul Arauz, PhD and Bryant Bonner, MD
James Clemmons
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Expected year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Major(s): Economics
Year of Graduation: 2014
Department: Emergency Medicine
Preceptor: Kori Zachrison, MD, MSc
Jose Cortez
Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
Expected year of Graduation: 2021
Graduate Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Major(s): Health and Medical Sciences
Undergraduate Institution: Pitzer College
Major(s): Molecular Biology
Year of Graduation: 2014
Department: Dermatology
Preceptor: David E. Fisher, MD, PhD
Junior Preceptor: Yeon Sook Choi, PhD
Daniela Del Campo
Undergraduate Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso
Major(s): Biological Sciences and Political Science
Year of Graduation: 2018
Department: OB/GYN
Preceptors: Laura Riley, MD and Ilona Goldfarb, MD, MPH
E. L. Domingo-Johnson
Medical School: Texas Tech School of Medicine
Expected year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: University of Texas at Arlington
Major(s): Nursing
Department: Orthopedics
Preceptors: Christopher M. Melnic, MD and Hanny Bedair, MD
Linda Ingridson Gamo Gougue
Medical School: Morehouse School of Medicine
Expected year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Northwestern State University
Major(s): Electronics Engineering Technology (Minor Mathematics)
Department: Surgery
Preceptor: Kyle Eberlin, MD
Junior Preceptor: Jonathan Lans, MD
Ehiremen Ihoya
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: University of Georgia
Major(s): Cellular Biology
Department: Neurosurgery
Preceptors: Shannon L.Stott, PhD and Brian V. Nahed, MD
Kerry Kao
Undergraduate Institution: University of Kansas
Major(s): Chemical Engineering (Minor Biomedical)
Year of Graduation: 2019
Department: Radiology
Preceptor: Jacob Hooker, PhD
Junior Preceptor: Nicole Zurcher, PhD
Taylor Landry
Undergraduate Institution: Xavier University of Louisiana
Major(s): Biology (Minor Chemistry)
Year of Graduation: 2020
Department: Surgery
Preceptors: Thoralf Sundt, MD and David Chang, PhD
Junior Preceptor: Andrea Axtell, MD
Jasmin Mahabamunuge
Medical School: New York Medical School
Expected Year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Bowdoin College
Major(s): Biology and Gender and Women Studies
Year of Graduation: 2015
Department: Pediatrics
Preceptor: Elsie M Taveras, MD, MPH
Junior Preceptors: Meg Simione, PhD and Chrissy Horan MPH
Silvio Martinez
Undergraduate Institution: University of Florida
Major(s): Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences (Minor Statistics)
Expected Year of Graduation: 2019
Department: Medicine/General Internal Medicine
Preceptor: Ken Freedberg, MD
Junior Preceptor: Kim Blumenthal, MD
Kelvin Moore, Jr.
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Major(s): Biology and Public Health
Expected Year of Graduation: 2019
Department: Medicine/Cardiology
Preceptor: Rajeev Malhotra, MD
Junior Preceptor: Charles Slocum
Naomi Morales-Medina
Graduate Institution: Duke University
Major(s): Medical Physics
Expected Year of Graduation: 2019
Undergraduate Institution: University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
Major(s): Physics
Year of Graduation: 2016
Department: Radiation Oncology
Preceptor: Joost Verburg, Ph.D
Junior Preceptor: Fernando Hueso-Gonzalez, PhD
Jeffrey Okewunmi
Undergraduate Institution: Brown University
Major(s): Biology
Year of Graduation: 2019
Department: Medicine/Infectious Diseases
Preceptor: Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD
Junior Preceptor: David Alagpulinsa, PhD
Carlos (Kiko) Perez-Heydrich
Undergraduate Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Major(s): Biology (Minor Neuroscience and Chemistry)
Year of Graduation: 2018
Department: Neurology
Preceptor: Nicte Mejia, MD, MPH
Lauren Pupa
Undergraduate Institution: Washington and Lee
Major(s): Chemistry
Year of Graduation: 2019
Department: Anesthesia
Preceptor: Marcos Vidal Melo, MD
Junior Preceptor: Congli Zeng, PhD
Tiana Raphel
Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical School
Expected Year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Harvard University
Major(s): Biomedical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2016
Department: Anesthesia
Preceptor: Aurora Quaye, MD
Junior Preceptor: Randi Schuster, PhD & Kevin Potter, PhD (Collaborators)
Brandon Scott
Medical School: The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Expected Year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Major(s): Neuroscience (Minor Chemistry; Conceptual Foundations of Medicine)
Year of Graduation: 2016
Department: Orthopedics
Preceptor: Kartik Mangudi Varadarajan, MD
Junior Preceptors: Rajasekhar Tripuraneni, PhD and Sourabh Boruah, PhD
Lansing Sugita
Undergraduate Institution: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Year of Graduation: 2018
Department: Neurology
Preceptor: Jonathan Rosand, MD, MSc and Alessandro Biffi, MD
Junior Preceptor: Christina Kourkoulis (Lab Manager)
Jahniece (Jay) Williams
Medical School: Howard University College of Medicine
Expected Year of Graduation: 2021
Undergraduate Institution: Howard University
Major(s): Biology (Minor Chemistry)
Year of Graduation: 2016
Department: Psychiatry
Preceptor: Christina Psaros, PhD
Junior Preceptor: Greer Alicia Raggio, PhD