Program Alumni
Debora Bermonty-Carlo
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez Campus
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Continue to prepare for medical school and gain research experience.
Lab Mentor:
Edward A. Miao, MD, PhD
Research Interests:
Mechanisms that counteract pathogen’s virulence strategy
Benae Clardy
Undergraduate Institution:
North Carolina A&T
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Medical School, Meharry Medical College
Lab Mentor: Wilton Williams, PhD
Research Interests:
Immune Monitoring of HIV Clinical Trials
Raymond East
Undergraduate Institution: Skidmore College
Plans Following PRIME-PREP: Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Lab Mentor: Gerry Blobe, MD, PhD
Research Interests: TGF-beta signaling; pancreatic cancer progression
Isabella Lopez
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Miami
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania
Lab Mentor:
George Truskey, PhD
Research Interests:
Biomedical Engineering
Joshua Payton
Undergraduate Institution:
North Carolina Central University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Continue to gain experience working in a research lab.
Research Interests:
Infection Disease Prevention, Detection and Treatment
Melanie Perez
Undergraduate Institution:
Florida International University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Additional Year in PRIME-PREP to prepare for MD/PhD
Lab Mentor:
Jason Somarelli, PhD
Research Interests:
Drug Responsiveness and Development of Metastatic Environment in Pediatric Bone Cancer
Gabriella Torres
Undergraduate Institution:
New York University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Graduate School, Duke University, Immunology
Lab Mentor:
Stacy Horner, PhD
Research Interests:
Characterizing novel regulators of RIG-I mediated antiviral innate immunity
Nelanne Bolima
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Maryland: Baltimore County
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
NIH-Cambridge Scholar, University of Cambridge
Lab Mentor:
Sarah Goetz, PhD
Research Interests:
Epigenetics, Translational Medicine, Health Disparities
Lamis Hammouda
Undergraduate Institution:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Graduate School, Wake Forest University
Lab Mentor:
Daniel Reker, PhD
Research Interests:
Machine Learning; Drug DeliveryLamis Hammouda
Daisy Perez
Undergraduate Institution:
East Carolina University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Continue to gain experience working in a research lab.
Lab Mentor:
Nicole Calakos, MD, PhD
Research Interests:
Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Traumatic Brain Injuries, Neuroimaging
Melanie Perez
Undergraduate Institution:
Florida International University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Medical School, University of Minnesota
Lab Mentor:
Jason Somarelli, PhD
Research Interests:
Drug Responsiveness and Development of Metastatic Environment in Pediatric Bone Cancer
Kira Yost
Undergraduate Institution:
Western Carolina University
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Research Fellow, Duke University
Lab Mentor:
Christopher Woods, MD
Research Interests:
Infectious Disease
Teresa Ibeanu
Undergraduate Institution:
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Graduate School, University of Michigan
Lab Mentor:
David Sherwood, PhD
Research Interests:
Pharmacology and Developmental Biology
AJ Macabangon
Undergraduate Institution:
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Graduate School, Duke University
Lab Mentor:
Laurie Graves, MD
Research Interests:
Mechanisms that target drug resistant cancers; Pathology and translational science
Alma Perez
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Texas at Tyler
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Continue to gain experience working in a research lab.
Lab Mentor:
Nicole Calakos, PhD
Research Interests:
Neuroscience, Neurodegenerative Diseases
Kelsey Snider
Undergraduate Institution:
University of Virginia
Plans Following PRIME-PREP:
Continue to gain experience working in a research lab.
Lab Mentor: Stephen Skapek, MD
Research Interests:
Microbiology