Lucy Zhao: MIT

Project: Ingestible, autonomous gastric balloon for long term weight loss, drug delivery, and sensing

Project Report 6/2023

Goal: Physician-scientist at the intersection of medical device engineering and policy

Hobby: piano, swimming, cooking

Achievements:

a. Association of MIT Alumnae (AMITA) Award 2024 (highest level of academic excellence)

b. Harvard Medical School, MD program 2024

Andrew Tran: Duke University, Mentor at Stanford

Project: Hepatocellular carcinoma risk in untreated versus treated chronic hepatitis B patients with indeterminate phase: A multi-center study with inverse probability treatment weighting

Project Report 6/2023

Goal: MD or PhD

Hobbies: Basketball, Strength Training, Entrepreneurship

Achievements:

DQ Huang, A Tran et al.  Antiviral therapy substantially reduces hepatocelluar carcinoma risk in chronic Hepatitis B patients in the indeterminate phase.  Hepatology 2023; 78(5):1558-1568

Varun Ponnusamy: U of Michigan

Project: Mineralocorticoid receptor: a novel tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer

Project Report 6/2023

Goal: MD/PhD

Hobby: weight lift, cooking

Achievements:

a. Mineralocorticoid receptor: a novel tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer. Varun Ponnusamy et al. DDW 2023 Poster Presentation

Daniella Montalvo: U of Miami

Project: Effect of DUOX2 dysregulation in ulcerative colitis

Project Report 6/2023

Goal: PhD

Hobby: cooking

Achievements:

a. The TLR4 antagonist Resatorvid modulates inflammation induced DUOX2 activation. Daniella Montalvo et al. DDW 2023 Oral Presentation

Sohaib Hassan: Rutgers

Project: Effect of epithelial signaling on mesenchyme during tumorigenesis and tissue regeneration

Project Report 6/2023

Goal: Completing PhD program in Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University starting fall of 2023, conducting research on complex diseases including neuromuscular conditions

Hobby: watching baseball and reading manga

Achievements:

a. Stanford University, Biomedical Informatics PhD program 2023

Sara Chough: Columbia

Project: Deciphering fibroblast-myeloid cell interactions in Pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Goal: MD

Hobby: piano, cooking, writing