Scholars in Oncology and Cellular Therapies

Michael Caminear 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Ann Marie Pendergast 
Department:  Molecular Cancer Biology 
 
Dr. Shibjyoti Debnath 
Postdoctoral Fellow 
Mentor:  Jason Somarelli 
Department:  Duke School of Medicine 
 
Xingru Ma 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Zachary Hartman 
Department:  Pathology

Taylor Niehoff 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Christopher Counter
Department:  Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Vennesa Valentine 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Zachary Reitman 
Department:  Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Amelia Schirmer  
PhD Candidate  
Mentor: Everardo Macias  
Department: Pathology  

 Ashley Colemon  
PhD Candidate  
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast  
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology  

Carly Sciandra Williams  
PhD Candidate  
Mentor: Pei Zhou  
Department: Biochemistry  

Jovita Byemerwa  
PhD Candidate  
Mentor: Donald McDonnell  
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology  

Selena Lorrey  
PhD Candidate  
Mentor: Peter Fecci  
Department: Immunology  

Amelia Schirmer 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Everardo Macias 
Department: Pathology 

Ashley Colemon 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast 
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology 

Carly Sciandra Williams 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Pei Zhou 
Department: Biochemistry 
 
Jovita Byemerwa 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Donald McDonnell 
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Selena Lorrey 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Peter Fecci 
Department: Immunology 

J. Spencer Hauck 
Post-doctoral Fellow 
Mentor : Jiaoti Huang 
Department: Pathology 

Bryan Lim 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Qi-Jing Li 
Department: Immunology 

Dr. Benjamin Mayro 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast 
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Dr. Li-Chung Tsao 
Post-doctoral Fellow 
Mentor: Zachary Hartman 
Department: Surgery 

Jessica Waibl-Polania 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Peter Fecci 
Department: Pathology 

Xiaohui (Hazel) Ang
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Kris C. Wood 
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Dionna Gamble
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Sue Jinks-Robertson 
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology 

Larisa (Risa) Gearhart
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gayathri Devi 
Department: Surgery & Pathology 

Taylor Krebs
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Donald McDonnell 
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Maria Torres Alcalde 
Post-doctoral Fellow  
Mentor:  Deborah Muoio 
Department:  Medicine-Endocrinology & Metabolism 

Joanne Dai 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Micah Luftig 
Department:  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology 

Elias Eteshola 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Bruce Sullenger 
Department:  Surgical Sciences 

Jill Hattaway 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Ann Marie Pendergast 
Department:  Pharmacology & Cancer Biology 

Grace Anderson 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Kris Wood
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Santosh Gupta 
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor:  Andrew Armstrong  
Department: Medical Oncology 

Andrew Kang-Lee 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Daniel Lew
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Katrina Slemmons 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Corinne Linardic
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology 

Mengmeng Xu 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor:  Chris Counter, PhD
Department: Pharmacology 

Angela Gaviglio, PhD 
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor:   Gerard Blobe  
Department : Molecular Cancer Biology 

Eric Josephs, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate 
Mentor:  Piotr Marszalek  
Department:  Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science 
 
Jacob L Mercer PhD
Postdoctoral Associate 
Mentor :  Daniel Weschler  
Department:  Pharmacology 
  
Ryan Overcash, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor:   Ann Marie Pendergast  
Department:  Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Rachel Hesler 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Gerard Blobe 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Jun Wang 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Matthew Crowe 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Christopher Counter 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Kathryn Ware 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Andrew Armstrong 
Department: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology 

Patrick Gedeon 
Medical Scientist Training Program 
Mentor: John Sampson 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Bartlomiej Baartkowiak 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Arno L Greenleaf 
Department: Biochemistry 

Kristen Foss 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Lu Huang 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Christopher Counter 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Jams B. Lin 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Cory Adamson 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Yen-Yu Lin 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Yuan Zhuang 
Department: Immunology 

Tingyu Liu 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Jeff Rathmall 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Felipe Quiroz 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti 
Department: Biomedical Engineering 

Mamle Quarmyne 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: John Chute 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Liguo Zhang 
Post-Doctoral Associate 
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Bryan Choi 
Medical Scientist Training Program 
Mentor: John Sampson 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Erik Knelson 
Medical Scientist Training Program 
Mentor: Nancy Andrews 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology 

Chang-Lung Lee 
PhD Candidate 
Mentor: David Kirsch 
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology