Seventh Cohort 2014 - 2016
Lara Dahora
Hometown: Athens, GA
Undergrad & Major: University of Georgia, BS, Psychology
Lab Name & Department: Rotations, Translational Biology, Medicine and Health
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Belena Cassera
Current Status: Doctoral Student/Graduate Research Assistant at Virginia Tech
Benjamin Okyere
Hometown: Accra, Ghana
Undergrad & Major: Virginia Tech, BS Biology, MS Biomedical and Pathobiological Science
Lab Name & Department: Michelle Theus Lab, Biomedical & Veterinary Sciences
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Michelle Theus
Current Status: CNS Research Scientist at Spark Therapeutics, Inc.
Ashley Peralta
Hometown: Bath, Maine
Undergrad Major: Hampton University, BS Biochemistry
Lab Name & Department: Webster Santos Lab
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Webster Santos
Current Status: Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alise DeBruce
Hometown: Fort Wayne, In
Undergrad & Major: Indiana University Bloomington, BS, Psychology
Lab Name & Department: Dr. Cynthia Smith Lab, Psychology
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Smith
Kisha Gresham
Hometown: Fredericksburg, VA
Undergrad & Major: Virginia Tech, BS Biochemistry
Lab Name & Department: Theus Lab, Transitional Biology, Medicine, and Health
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Michelle Theus
Current Status: Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health student at Virginia Tech
Kristina Jiles
Undergrad & Major: Elizabeth City State University, BS, Hampton University, MS
Lab Name & Department: Jennie Hill Lab, Human Nutrition Food and Exercise
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Jennie Hill
Current Status: Doctoral student in Behavioral & Community Science at Virginia Tech's Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise
Ariel Leon
Hometown: Bethesda, MD
Undergrad & Major: Barnard College, B.A.
Lab Name & Department: Dana Hawley’s Lab, Biological Sciences
IMSD Mentor: Dana hawley
Current Position: Doctoral Student, Virginia Tech College of Science
Mynor Medrano
Hometown: El Monte, CA
Undergrad & Major: University of California, Santa Barbara, BS Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Lab Name & Department: Pablo Sobarado Lab, Biochemistry
IMSD Mentor: Dr. Pablo Sobarado
Current Status: Graduate Student at Fralin Life Science Institute, Virginia Tech
Ashley Peralta
HOMETOWN: Bath, Maine
UNDERGRAD & MAJOR: Hampton University, BS Biochemistry
LAB NAME & DEPARTMENT: Webster Santos Lab
IMSD FACULTY MENTOR: Dr. Webster Santos
CURRENT POSITION: Virginia Tech, Ph.D. Candidate in Chemistry, Webster Santos Lab