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Meet Our Trainees

Current

rosie-bauer.jpgRosemary Bauer (2021 - Present)

Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)

Mentor: Dr. Margrit Urbanek, PhD

Thesis Project: The role of genetic variation in the insulin signaling pathway in PCOS etiology

caroline-kratka-copy.jpgCaroline Kratka (2022- Present)

Graduate Program: MSTP Graduate Program

Thesis Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD

Thesis Project: Harnessing age-driven transcriptomic and morphotemporal changes in ovulation for discovery of non-hormonal contraceptives

 

hannah-mcdowell-headshot.jpegHannah McDowell (2022- Present)

Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)

Thesis Mentor: Dr. Monica Laronda, PhD

Thesis Project: Determining the role of chemotherapy-induced neoangiogenesis in primordial follicle activation

 

zaniker_headshot_ssr-2.pngEmily Zaniker (2021- Present)

Graduate Program: MSTP Graduate Program

Thesis Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD

Thesis Project: Mapping the spatiotemporal determinants of ovulation

 

 

Alumni

grace-foley.jpgGrace Foley (2020 - 2022)

Graduate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)

Mentor: Dr. J. Julie Kim, PhD

Thesis Project: Understanding Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer Through Cancer Genomics 

 

narula3.jpgJuhi Narula (2020 - 2022)

Gradudate Program: Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences Graduate Program (IBiS)

Mentor: Dr. Sadie Wignall, PhD

Thesis Project: Investigating the role of a conserved kinase in acentrosomal spindle organization using C. elegans oocytes

 

shweta-dipali.jpgShweta Dipali (2019 - 2021)

Gradudate Program: Driskill Graduate Program (DGP)

Mentor: Dr. Francesca Duncan, PhD

Thesis Project: Ovarian Inflammaging as a Mechanism for Ovarian Cancer

 

 

jennifer-zhu.jpgJennifer Zhu (2019 - 2021)

Gradudate Program: Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program

Mentor: Dr. Evan Scott, PhD, Dr. J. Julie Kim, PhD

Thesis Project: Investigating nanoparticle-mediated costimulation blockade as a cell-selective immunotherapy for endometriosis