Pre-Pilot Projects – Year 1:
Fayola A. Levine, BA: “PVT1 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Black Women”
Devon Lundine, BS: “Oncogenic Mutant p53 Interactions x with Replicating DNA in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer”
Michelle K. Naidoo, BS: “MicroRNA-1205 as a Tumor Suppressor in Aggressive Prostate Cancer in Black Males”
Oluwatoyin J. Odumuwagun, BS: “Oxytocin as a Biopsychosocial Modulator in Hepatocellular Carcinoma”
Aisha Bhimla, MPH: “Examining Built Environmental and Geospatial Predictors of Colorectal Cancer Risk behaviors Among Asian Americans in Philadelphia”
Elizabeth Blackman: “Assessing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening for the Black Population in Philadelphia County”
Ziran Zhao MS, BS: “Immortalization and Characterization of Primary Normal and Patient-derived Prostate Human Cells”
Pre-Pilot Projects – Year 2:
Zeba Ahmad: “Qualitative Investigation of Disparities and Socio-cultural Differences in Oncofertility Care among Young Adult Cancer Survivors”
George Annor: “Determining the Role of the Oligomerization Domain (OD) of Gain-of-Function Mutant p53”
Holly Ann Fowle: “Optimization of Immortalization of Human Primrary Normal and Patient-Derived PCa Cells”
Scott Gross: “UV-Induced SOCE Suppression in Melanoma Metastatic Progression”
Rishi Jain: “Exploring the Relationships between Food Insecurity and Dietary Quality in African American and Hispanic Patients with Gastro-intestinal Cancers”
Min A. Kang: “Magnetic Nanorotor-Based Controlled Delivery of Candidate RNA Cancer Thera-peutics”
Kamran Khan: “Endostatin Regulation of MHC 1 as a Mechanism of Immune Evasion by Circulating Tumor Cells”
Timmy Lin: “Examining the Role of Built Environment Factors on Lung Cancer Among Asian American Female Never Smokers”
Qingchun Lu: “The Role of Long Non-Coding RNA TP53TG1 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma”
Wenyue Lu: “Oral Cancer among Asian American and Non-Hispanic White Adults Aged 50 and Younger: Racial/Ethnic Disparities”
Lynde Lutzow: “Assessment of Lung Cancer Screening Programs at the Health System Level to Better Understand Barriers to Care and Outcome Disparities”
Sophia Varriano: “The Role of Estrogen Signaling in Regulating Messenger RNA 3′ End Processing in Breast Cancer”
Christopher Wheldon: “HPV Vaccine Promotion for Young Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (GBM)”
Cristina Zambrano: “Nutritional Mechanisms of Early Onset Colorectal Cancer in Hispanics”
Lauren Zimmaro: “Evaluating a Biobehavioral Model of Stress Among Racially Diverse Colorectal Cancer Patients”
Pre-Pilot Projects – Year 3:
Jorge Canar, BA: “PVT1 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer in Black Women”
Priyanka Ghosh, MS: “Reciprocal Regulation of MiR-1207-3p by its Molecular Target FNDC1 in Prostate Cancer”
Rusia Lee, BA: “Identifying Ubiquitin Substrates of MDM2 and MDMX in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells”
Devorah Mincha Natelson, BA: “Effects of BRCA1-Mediated Ubiquitination of HuR on RNA Metabolism in Breast Cancer a”
Zachary Wilmer Reichenbach, MD, PhD: “Examination of Factors Affecting Barrett’s Esophasgus and Esophageal Adeno-carcinoma in African American Patients”
Jason Scott Wasserman, BA: “Adherence to Lung Cancer Screening App”
Kenneth Bonett, BA: “Immortalization and Characterization of Primary Normal and Patient-derived Prostate Human Cells”
Veronica Shikha Gomes, MA, MPhil: “The Influence of Ethnic Enclaves on Colon Cancer Stage at Diagnosis among New Jersey Hispanics”