Events & Activities
2024 Meet the Director with Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
2024 CPRIT CURE Poster Competition
Arya Akbarshahi
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Boz Azordegan
University of California: Davis
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Curran
Nirjar Bhattacharya
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Giulio Draetta
Jiashu (Terry) Cheng
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Venkata Battula
Morgan Fimreite
St. Norbert College
Mentor:
Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Annelise Huynh
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Sahana Lothumalla
University of Michigan
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Vineeth Murugan
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Vidya Gopalakrishnan
Shreya Nair
University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Andreeff
Neil Nimmagadda
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Marcus Thurm
Drake University
Mentor:
Dr. Joseph Ludwig
Kelsey Yutan
Scripps College
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Myers
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas at San Antonio
Mentor:
Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Shivani Babu
Stanford University
Mentor:
Dr. Han Xu
Texas A&M University
Aurora Davis
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Galko
Jacob Finley
University of Notre Dame
Mentor:
Dr. Steven Lin
Nathaniel John
Washington University: St. Louis
Mentor:
Dr. Caroline Chung
Abid Manzar
SUNY College at Buffalo
Mentor:
Dr. Gabriel Lopez Bernstein
Katherine Meyerholtz
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Jalen Nguyen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Michael Andreeff
Alysa Pham
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. James You
Ayush Suresh
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Eugene Koay
Varun Vasireddy
University of Miami
Mentor:
Dr. Bin Wang
Jeffrey Zhang
Texas A&M University
Mentor:
Dr. Simona Colla
Wanyu Zhang
Duke University
Mentor:
Dr. Scott Evans
Varshini Anand
Smith College
Mentor:
Dr. Dihua Yu
Aunannya Banik
Sweet Briar College
Mentor(s):
Dr. Robert Bast and Dr. Zhen Lu
Angelo Chen
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Zoe Du
University of Texas at Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Chunhua Shi
Sravya Gullapalli
University of Texas at Austin
Mentor:
Dr. Guillermina Lozano
Maya Lobo
Scripps College
Mentor:
Dr. Kevin McBride
Medha Mohan
Albion College
Mentor:
Dr. Katy Rezvani
Adithya Nair
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Jian Hu
Ali Nilforoush
University of Virginia
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Ria Sinha
Boston University
Mentor:
Dr. Vilar-Sanchez
Serena Thomas
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mentor:
Dr. Wendy Woodward
Abigail Yoo
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Humam Kadara
Qiyang Zhou
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Molldrem
2023 CPRIT CURE Poster Competition
Eleazar Abraham
Univeristy of Kansas
Mentor(s):
Drs. Albert Koong and Dadi Jiang
Elisabeth S. Arrondo
Hope College
Mentor:
Dr. Paul Shen
Phoebe H. Calkins
Townson University
Mentor:
Dr. Micael Andreeff
Zara De Leon
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. George Calin
Onyinye Francisa Ejiaka
Fisk University
Mentor:
Dr. Faye M. Johnson
Armina Fani
Georgia State
Mentor:
Dr. Wenyi Wang
Maanas Gupta
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Georgios Karras
Jia Byron
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Katy Rezvani
Rahm Kim
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Kadir Akdemir
Hannah Li
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Lauren Colbert
Sahana Lothumalla
University of Michigan
Mentor:
Dr. Moran Amit
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Audrey Parrott
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Jeffrey Molldrem
Maria Puche
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Roberto Rangel
University of Houston
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Sikora
Dvij Sharma
Davidson College
Mentor:
Dr. Henry Manning
Chien M. Tran Phuoc
Bowling Green State Univeristy
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Hamilton M. Young
University of Oklahoma
Mentor:
Dr. David Fuentes
Robert Al-Atrash
Abilene Christian University
Mentor(s): Dr. Swathi Arur and Dr. Debabrata Das
Natalia Bowman
Austin College
Mentor:
Dr. Dihua Yu
Jeffrey Cheng
Ohio State University
Mentor:
Dr. Fei Yu
Varuna Dhanabal
University of Southern Indiana
Mentor:
Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Satvik R. Elayavalli
Fisk University
Mentor:
Dr. Ken Chen
Fatemeh S. Farassati
University of Kansas
Mentor:
Dr. Anirban Maitra
Daphne Han
Carnegie Mellon
Mentor:
Dr. Paul Scheet
Kevin Jin
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Yeijing Ge
Meredith Klay
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Dimitri E. Lin
Colby College
Mentor:
Dr. Andrew Futreal
Cindy N. Luong
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Roza Nurieva
Wanying Na
Carleton College
Mentor:
Dr. Stephanie Watowich
Elise Pham
Harvard University
Mentor:
Dr. David Piwnica-Worms
Ilsa Qureshi
Emory University
Mentor:
Dr. Gabriel Sawakuchi
Rafael I. Rojas
Johns Hopkins University
Mentor:
Dr. Ronald DePinho
Annamarie L. Thompson
Mississippi State University
Mentor:
Dr. Sayed Moghaddam
Zahra Vafaei Naeini
Lousiana State University
Mentor:
Dr. Gigi Lozano
Aran Zakeri
University of California - San Diego
Mentor(s):
Drs. Robert Bast and Zen Lu
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas-San Antonio
Mentor:
Dr. Matt Gubin
Veronica Cabeza de Vaca
Tufts University
Mentor:
Dr. Anil Sood
Grace I. DeAlessandro
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Zoe X. Du
University of Texas - Dallas
Mentor:
Dr. Chunhua Shi
Jayden Fagbola
Baylor University
Mentor:
Dr. Jonathan Kurie
Ashley Garcia
Houston Christian University
Mentor:
Dr. Pratip Bhattacharya
Margaret Y. Han
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Cullen Tanigchi
Banoo M. Khani
University of California LA
Mentor:
Dr. Florencia McAllister
Eric Li
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Priya Koppikar
Jason D. Lorenzana
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Jihong Wang
Nicole L. Massoumi
Yale University
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Kate Nelson
University of Arizona
Mentor:
Dr. Simona Colla
Aditya Prasad
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Kristy Brock
Mahdia Rahman
University of Texas
Mentor:
Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Raha Sharaflari
Columbia College
Mentor:
Dr. Cassian Yee
Priya Tirumala
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Keri Schadler
Angelina J. Xu
Rice University
Mentor:
Dr. Richard Bouchard
2022 CPRIT CURE SUMMER Program- Poster Competition
Nalia Abney
Boston University
Mentor: Dr.
Guocan Wang
Esther Beck
University of Chicago
Mentor: Dr.
Lawrence Kwong
Duc Ngan Chau
Western Michigan University
Mentor: Dr. Venkata Batulla
Bryan Duong
University of Illinois
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Wargo
Aishani Gargapati
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Alvaro Goncalves
Princeton University
Mentor: Dr. Anil Sood
Carl Ho
Harvard University
Mentor: Dr. Andrew Futreal
Ylliah Jin
Wellesley College
Mentor: Dr. Michael Andreeff
Sanghyun Kim
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Guocan Wang
Dawei Liu
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mentor: Dr. Katy Rezvani
Niloofar Madanizadeh
Trinity University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Lynn-Chi Nguyen
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Moran Amit
Reethi Padmanabhan
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Dr. Sandurai Mani
Sahana Ramaswamy
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Caroline Robins
Texas Tech University
Mentor: Dr. Mark Pagel
Max Slotnik
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Ronald DePinho
Priya Tirumala
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Mary Geck Do
Andrea Waltrip
Mary Washington College
Mentor: Dr. Raghu Kalluri
Melvin Zarghooni
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Anagha Alapati
Rice University
Mentor: Dr.
Boyi Gan
Kayli Bolton
University of Kentucky
Mentor: Dr. Clifton Fuller
Michelle Chen
Smith College
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Fatemeh Farassati
University of Kansas
Mentor: Dr. Anirban Maitra
Nikhil Garlapati
University of Texas-Austin
Mentor: Dr. Chunru Lin
Elijah Gonzalez
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Mark Pagel
Wilson Huang
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Ryan Kashanchi
Stanford University
Mentor: Dr. Chunhua Shi
Rishab Kolachina
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Gabriel Sawakuchi
Emily Lu
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Seyed Moghaddam
Sujay Marisetty
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Giulio Draetta
Ali Nilforoush
University of Virginia
Mentor: Dr. Kristy Brock
Pranathi Pilla
University of Texas-Austin
Mentor: Dr. David Piwnica-Worms
Lauren Reed
Biola University
Mentor: Dr. Min Gyu Lee
Jorge Rodas
Amherst College
Mentor: Dr. David Tweardy
Autumn Sunderland
University of Toledo
Mentor: Dr. Powel Brown
Anh Ton
University of Texas MD Anderson-SHP
Mentor: Dr. George Calin
Matthew Ye
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. James You
Sayan Alekseev
University of Texas-San Antonio
Mentor: Dr. Michael Curran
Hannah Burleson
University of Central Florida
Mentor:
Dr. Clifton Fuller
Lorenzo Cruz
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Laura Beretta
Maya Ferrell
University of Oklahoma
Mentor: Dr. Cullen Taniguchi
Loraine Gigi
Texas A&M University
Mentor: Dr. Di Zhao
Eve Hall
North Carolina State University
Mentor: Dr. Gigi Lozano
Rachel Ivy
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Mentor: Dr. Caroline Chung
Vindhya Kilaru
University of California-Berkeley
Mentor: Dr. Francesca Bergemann Cole
Katerina Kourpas
Princeton University
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
Leila Madanizadeh
Trinity University
Mentor: Dr. Khandan Keyomarsi
Daniel Mousavi
John Hopkins University
Mentor: Dr. Jennifer McQuade
Yamillie Ortiz
St. Catherine University
Mentor: Dr. Moran Amit
Nithin Poreddy
Carleton College
Mentor: Dr. Steven Lin
Ariah Richards
Rice University
Mentor: Dr. Robert Behringer
Raha Sharaflari
Columbia University
Mentor: Dr. Cassian Yee
William Symmans
Bates College
Mentor: Dr. Candelaria Gomez-Manzano
Bach Tran
Albion College
Mentor: Dr. Jihong Wang
Yidian Ye
University of Washington
Mentor: Dr. Katharina Schlacher
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