2024 CHiSEL participants
Connor A.
Massey mentor: Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Investigating ways to alleviate aromatase inhibitor musculoskeletal syndrome in a mouse model
Daniel D.
Massey mentor: Molly Bristol, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluation of fibroblast co-culture models for the study of Human Papillomavirus-related cancers
Nusaira F.
Massey mentor: Yue Sun, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Hippo signaling pathway control by type I phosphatidylinositol phosphate 5-kinase i5
Lily F.
Massey mentor: Ashley Cowart, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus:Determining whether SPTLC3 is involved in proliferation of glioblastoma cells
Lydia J.
Massey mentor: Lisa Shock, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Effects of stress hormones on mitochondrial function in
triple-negative breast cancer cells
Aryan K
Massey mentor: Jiong Li, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Pre-clinical studies evaluating the efficacy of various compounds targeting PKLR protein in liver cancer cells
Bhoomika K.
Massey mentor: David Turner, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Investigating the necessity of RAGE and the impact of its variant expression on AGE-mediated pro-tumorigenic effects in ancestry specific fibroblasts
McKenzie K.
Massey mentor: Jennifer Rohan, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluation of the relations between the psychological functioning of cancer survivors and patients with neurofibromatosis
Claira L.
Massey mentor: Rebecca Martin, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating physiological responses to Cisplatin using a mouse hypersensitivity model
Niranjana M.
Massey mentor: Anindita Das, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating the synergistic anticancer potential of doxorubicin and PDE5-mTOR inhibitors in 4T1 triple negative breast cancer cells
Frances P.
Massey mentor: Victoria Findlay, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Understanding the role of MYC in AGE-RAGE signaling in fibroblasts
Jiya P.
Massey mentor: Hishashi Harada, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Evaluating the effects of bortezomib in non-small cell lung cancer
Anna R.
Massey mentor: Robert Winn, M.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Determining the disparities in lung cancer cells between AA/Black and White males and the factors causing higher mortality rates of AA/Black men diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer
Melany R.
Massey mentor: Gordon Ginder, M.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Disrupting the NuRD complex in acute leukemia cells to sensitize them to chemotherapy and to see it inhibit their growth
Chaz S.
Massey mentor: Hengbin Wang, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Development of doxorubicin-resistant MCF7 breast cancer cell line
Ayisha A.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Senthil Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Reaction of DDI2 cells with breast cancer cells in cancer progression and metastasis
David A.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Azeddine Atfi, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Pancreatic cancer and diabetes
Ashley D.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Lauren Cowart, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Polymerase chain reaction and cell culture
McKenzie D.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Katherine Tossas, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Structural and individual-level contributors to cancer risk among Virginia’s Chickahominy Tribe
Rehaan J.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Yue Sun, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Microbiology involving CRISPR cloning, viral transfection and western blotting
Saanvi G.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Jennifer Rohan, PhD
CHiSEL research focus: Psychosocial clinical care of pediatric hematology-oncology-stem cell transplant patients, cancer survivors, and their siblings/families, as well as with studies regarding medication adherence, patient experience, and quality of life
Sophia J.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Seung Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Markers of liver regeneration following variable duration post-partial hepatectomy
Emily L.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Eun Lee, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Use of ERAP2N as a potential cancer therapy using the immune system
Mary Ellis L.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Victoria Findlay, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Advanced glycation end-products in breast and prostate cancers
Tyler L.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Huiping Zhou, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Effect of PNPLA3-I148M on the progression of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Ananya N.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Jason Newton, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Metabolic and neurodegenerative diseases
Quynh N.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Youngman Oh, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: IGFBP-3/IGFBP-3R system in breast cancer
Sowmya N.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Priscilla Hwang, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Biomedical engineering and breast cancer mechanobiology
Cheyla O.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Richard Joh, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Modulation of quiescence entry by altering nitrogen content
Mihir P.
High school junior
Massey mentor: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Knockout cells and signal variances through western blotting
Quinn P.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Richard Joh, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Cellular dormancy and quiescence
Sathya R.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Senthil Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Role of protein degradation pathways in cancer
Anish V.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Joseph Landry, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Nucleosome remodeling factor and LOR-Q polymerase chain reaction in breast cancer
William X.
High school senior
Massey mentor: M. Imad Damaj, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Effect of Psilocybin and 5HT2A receptor in attenuating oxycodone withdrawal
Jillian Z.
High school senior
Massey mentor: Jiong Li, Ph.D.
CHiSEL research focus: Protein purification in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma