2025

Quazim Alayo, MBBS, MSc, MMSc
Clinical Fellow, Medicine-Gastroenterology
2025 Dean's Scholar
Mentor: Gwendolyn Randolph, PhD
Title of Project: Elucidating the role of B Cell-Derived LT⍺ in Sarcopenia Prevention in Crohn's Disease

Whitney Brandt, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery - Cardiothoracic
2025 Dean's Scholar
Mentor: Jason Weber, PhD
Title of Project: DExH-box 9 (DHX9) in lung squamous cell carcinoma

Roheena Panni, MBBS, MPHS Panni, MBBS, MPHS
Assistant Professor, Surgery - Surgical Oncology
2025 Dean's Scholar
Mentor: David DeNardo, PhD
Title of Project: Exploring T Cell Diversity, Phenotypic Changes, and the Role of Immune Adjuncts in Neoantigen-Specific Vaccination for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

Ignacio Portales Castillo, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine - Nephrology
2025 Dean's Scholar
Mentor: Roberto Civitelli, MD
Title of Project: Beta arrestin mediated desensitization of PTHrP actions at the growth plate and adipose tissue