2022 Graduate Student Pelotonia Scholars
Learn more about the graduate students who received a scholarship award in the Fall of 2022.
2022 Graduate Student Pelotonia Scholars
Fouad Choueiry
Major: Human Nutrition
Project: Understanding and harnessing cysteine metabolism to combat diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL).
Mentor: Jiangjiang Zhu, PhD
Idea Inspiration: I hope the cutting-edge research at OSU can improve patient outcomes and help save lives.
Emily Hoskins
Major: Bioinformatics
Project: Multi-omic and clinical impact of PD-L1 and PD-L2 structural variations across cancer.
Mentor: Sameek Roychowdhury, MD, PhD
Idea Inspiration: Both my grandfathers passed from cancer. My love for science and for them motivates me to help find better cancer treatments.
Debasmita Mukherjee, MS
Major: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology
Project: Defining the role of ATF4-dependent signaling in limiting pancreatic tumor growth and reshaping pancreatic immune microenvironment by tomatidine.
Mentor: Thomas A. Mace, PhD
Idea Inspiration: Cancer as a disease intrigues me because it is as intelligent, resilient and adaptive as humans.
Rachel Brown
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Project: Regulation of type III cytokines by SON DNA-binding protein.
Mentor: Eugene Oltz, PhD
Idea Inspiration: I hope my research generates opportunities to prevent and fight this heartbreaking disease since inflammation affects cancer outcomes.
Emily Chan, MS
Major: Biophysics
Project: Defining the roles of biophysical membrane tension in breast cancer cell metastasis.
Mentor: Comert Kural, PhD and Jonathan Song, PhD
Idea Inspiration: I am motivated to be part of a caring community whose mission is to end cancer.
Thanh Thanh Dinh, BS
Major: Immuno-Oncology
Project: Dissecting the role of group 3 innate lymphoid cells in acute myeloid leukemia.
Mentor: Bethany Mundy-Bosse, PhD
Idea Inspiration: Cancer is an eternal fighting battle of the human and I want to help beat it!
Jamison Law, MS
Major: Biochemistry
Project: Inducing sugar-phosphate toxicity to eliminate bacteria implicated in colorectal cancer development.
Mentor: Venkat Gopalan, PhD
Idea Inspiration: I hope to highlight bacteria as potential instigators of cancers to expand treatment options for patients.
Nijole Pollock, BS
Major: Biomedical Sciences
Project: Modeling genetic modifiers of KRAS-mutant colorectal cancer
Mentor: Amanda Toland, PhD
Idea Inspiration: Studying the relationship between inherited genetics and tumor genetics can identify new ways to treat cancer.
Lindsay Strehle, MS
Major: Neuroscience
Project: The role of estrogen in mammary tumor-associated behavioral comorbidities and neuroinflammation.
Mentor: Leah Pyter, PhD
Idea Inspiration: I am invested in understanding how cancer changes the brain and behavior to improve the lives of cancer patients.
Tong Xiao, MS
Major: Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Graduate Program
Project: Dissecting the molecular mechanism of androgen signaling in driving CD8+ T cell dysfunction
Mentor: Zihai Li, MD, PhD
Idea Inspiration: Males develop bladder cancer much more frequently than females, regarding which immune cells might play an important role.