Undergraduate Summer Research Awards
2023
| Name | LKSIoV Supervisor | # Months | Total Stipend ($1,875/mon) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabelle Bernard | Michael Hawkes | 3 | $5,625 | Characterization of Benign Ethnic Neutropenia in Children Living with HIV |
| Alisha Duggal | 3 | $5,625 | ||
| Levi Legaree | 2 | $3,750 | ||
| Eliana Pyon | 4 | $7,500 | ||
| Jessica Ramos | 4 | $7,500 | ||
| Cole White | 4 | $7,500 | ||
| TOTAL | $37,500 |
Meet each of the 2023 awardees and read more about their summer projects.
LKSIoV Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2022
| Name | LKSIoV Supervisor | # Months | Total Stipend ($1,500/mon) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pedro Almeida | Lisa Willis | 4 | $6,000 | Sex differences in immunomodulatory glycans |
| Isabelle Bernard | Michael Hawkes | 4 | $6,000 | Chitinase-3-like protein 1 as a marker of systemic inflammation in children with vertically-acquired HIV |
| Eva Craik | Michael Houghton | 4 | $6,000 | Characterization of the cross-neutralization response using recombinant glycoproteins E2 from various HCV strains |
| Emma Kasinyabo | Vanessa Meier-Stephenson | 4 | $6,000 | Towards a novel therapy for chronic hepatitis B virus – targeting the chronic form of hepatitis B virus |
| David Tianqin Yao | Lisa Willis | 4 | $6,000 | Investigating secreted glycoproteins in breast cancer |
| TOTAL | $30,000 |
Meet each of the 2022 awardees and read more about their summer projects.
LKSIoV Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2021
| Name | LKSIoV Supervisor | # Months | Total Stipend ($1,500/mn) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Dubrule | Amit Bhavsar | 4 | $6,000 | Protein-based inhibitors of bacterial effector proteins |
| Mai Huynh | Shokrollah Elahi | 4 | $6,000 | Investigating the role of dexamethasone in the differential expression of ACE2/TMPRSS2 |
| Ji Hyun (Lucy) Lee | Sue Tsai | 4 | $6,000 | The impact of insulin resistance on CD8+ T cell-mediated anti-tumor immunity |
| Naomi Perkins | Andrew Mason | 4 | $6,000 | Prognostic evaluation of mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolic remodeling in peripheral blood of patients with primary biliary cholangitis |
| TOTAL | $24,000 |
LKSIoV Undergraduate Summer Research Awards 2020
| Name | LKSIoV Supervisor | # Months | Total Stipend ($1,500/mn) | Project Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyce Culp | David Marchant | 4 | $6,000 | Inhibiting RSV binding to IGF1R |
| Katarzyna Dzierlega | Xavier Clemente-Casares | 2 | $3,000 | The role of activin A in cancer-associated muscle wasting |
| Hery Lee | Deborah Burshtyn | 4 | $6,000 | Investigating the interaction of immune regulatory receptors with myelin |
| Vasyl Yavorskyy | Andrew Mason | 3 | $4,500 | RNA analysis of primary biliary cholangitis patients responding to obetocholic acid treatment |
| TOTAL | $19,500 |