Meet our 2018-2019 Scholars

11 students were selected for the inaugural 2018-2019 UF Health Cancer Center University Scholars Program.

M. BorcykMadeline Borcyk

  • Major: Microbiology & Cell Science
  • Mentor: Thomas Schmittgen, Ph.D.
  • College of Pharmacy
  • Research Project Title:
    Investigating the Role of REST in Pancreatic Cancer Cells using CRISPR Knockout Cell Lines
  • UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

J. Cassidy

John Cassidy

  • Major: Biomedical Engineering
  • Mentor: Duane Mitchell, M.D., Ph.D.
  • College of Medicine
  • Research Project Title:
    T-Cell Based Cancer Immunotherapy
  • UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

C. HeflinCheyenne Heflin


S. HegemanSandra Hegeman


T. LeTiffany Le

  • Major: Health Science
  • Mentor: Dietmar W. Siemann, Ph.D.
  • College of Medicine
  • Research Project Title:
    Site Directed Mutagenesis of AXL Tyrosine Kinase
  • UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

N. MiscikNatalie Miscik


S. NairShalini Nair


Kristin Recker


Z. SandovalZachary Sandoval

  • Major: Biology & Psychology
  • Mentors: Matthew Cascio, M.D., & Rowan Milner, DVM
  • Colleges of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
  • Research Project Title:
    Expression of GD2 and GD3 on Human Cancer Cells as Immunotherapy Targets
  • UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response

L. StatonLindsey Staton


A. WinerAaron Winer

  • Major: Pre-Professional Biology
  • Mentor: Christopher Cogle, M.D.
  • College of Medicine
  • Research Project Title:
    Targeting Aberrant mRNA Splicing in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
  • UFHCC Research Program: Cancer Therapeutics & Host Response
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