Previous Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

2014 Undergraduate Student Pelotonia Scholars

Learn more about the undergraduate students who received a scholarship award in 2014.

Greeshma Allareddy
Project – The Coordinate Role of RNA Helicase A and Tax in HTLV-1 Induced Cell Transformation

Zaynab Amin
Project – The Timing and Effects of APOBEC3B and Fhit Expression Changes in Lung Cancer

B. Rashmi Borah
Project – Prophylactic Organ Removal as a Means of Cancer Prevention: A Programmatic Analysis of Relevant Ethical Considerations

Michael Butrey
Project – Regulation of the INK4/ARF Tumor Suppressor Locus with CTCF

Zheng Che
Project – Cytostatic and Immunomodulatory Effects of MEK and Jak2 Inhibition in Biliary Cancers

James DeBacker
Project – Long Term Effects of the Synergistic Interaction of Cisplatin and Noise

Sam Dubin
Project – Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy of an Oncolytic Virus with a CSF1R Inhibitor, GW2850

Andrew Eiterman
Project – Identification and Analysis of PTC Predisposing Variants in Thyroid Transcription Factor 1 Gene

Aaron Englander
Project – Uncertain Prognoses and Cancer Patients’ Emotional Outlook

Javkhlan-Ochir Ganbat
Project – MBD-BS: Accurate and Cost Efficient Analysis of Genome-Wide DNA methylation

Nikhil Gupta
Project – The Role of Epigenetic Modifications, Including Hydroxymethylation, in the Transcriptional Regulation of ZAP-70 in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

Yannis Hadjiyannis
Project – PTEN and MMS22L Transgenic Screening in Prostate, Uterine and Mammary Gland Cancer

Andrea Holderbaum
Project – Cooperation of NRASQ61R and Ultra-Violet Radiation in the Etiology of Malignant Melanoma

Kaitlin Keenan
Project – STAT3 Inhibition in Biliary Cancer

Gregory Kemper
Project – Improvement of BRAF Therapy of Melanoma via Proteasome Inhibition

Alisha Lad
Project – Investigating the Role of NIMA Kinase and Eb1 Interaction in Microtubule Dynamics During Cell Cycle Regulation

Heidi Liou
Project – Stronger Than Ever: A Narrative and Photographic Project of Ohio State University Student Cancer Survivors

Peter Lyon
Project – Genetic Analysis of Drosophila ADAMTS (CG4096): A Novel Negative Regulator of Egfr Signaling

Rachel Miller
Project – Investigation of Protein-Protein Interactions Among Cell Polarity Determinants

Alina Murphy
Project – Rb, FoxM1 and Gene Regulation Pathways in Cancer

Mara Nickel
Project – Discerning the Mechanism of microRNA Regulation in Tumor-Associated Macrophages that Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis

Colin Packard
Project – Impact of Cisplatin in Combination with HDAC Inhibitors in Homologous Recombination

Maria Paskell
Project – Targeting AHR to Enhance Natural Killer Cell Function Against Multiple Myeloma

Ronak Patel
Project – Socioeconomic Status, Social Support and Perceived Daily Stress Among Breast Cancer Survivors

Archit Sahai
Project – AL2 Involvement in RNA-Dependent-DNA-Methylation

Zamon Sawyer
Project – A Window of Opportunity: How the PAX Gene Family May Lend Insight into Cancer Cell Proliferation

Nisitha Sengottuvel
Project – Investigating the Role of the Ets-1 Protein in Marginal Zone B Cell Differentiation and Survival

Connor Sullivan
Project – Determining a Molecular Basis for Variable Penetrance Utilizing Low- and High-Penetrant Rb Mutant Cell Lines

Ross Wanner
Project – Determination of HO-3867 Bio-Absorption and Molecular Composition of Cellular Metabolites

Benjamin Wissel
Project – Migratory Variations in Glioblastoma Subtypes