Current Fellows


Cohort 15

Camila Barrios-Camacho, Ph.D.

Camila Barrios-Camacho, Ph.D.

Department of Neuroscience
 camila.barrioscamacho@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Research Topic: My project explores how the intracellular domain (ICD) of the Frazzled/DCC receptor functions as a non-canonical transcription factor to shape gene regulatory networks underlying midline axonal crossing in Drosophila melanogaster.

Linamarie Miller, Ph.D.

Linamarie Miller, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
 linamarie.miller@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
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Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms of RNA binding for the prion-like domain containing protein TDP-43.


Cohort 16

Nicole Bracci, Ph.D.

Nicole Bracci, Ph.D.

Department of Microbiology
 nicole.bracci@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Host immune responses for coronavirus and flavivirus infections.

 

Tess Cherlin, Ph.D.

Tess Cherlin, Ph.D.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 tess.cherlin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigating women’s health and disease using multiomics approaches. 

Christopher Panebianco, Ph.D.

Christopher Panebianco, Ph.D.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
 christopher.panebianco@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Mechanobiology of bone development and regeneration.

Helen Schmidt, Ph.D.

Helen Schmidt, Ph.D.

Department of Genetics
 schmidth@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Using C. elegans model to investigate apical extracellular matrix assembly during epithelial tube formation on a single cell level.


Cohort 17

Jennifer I. Alexander, Ph.D.

Jennifer I. Alexander, Ph.D.

Department of Biomedical Sciences
 jennalex@upenn.edu

Research Topic: My research focuses on understanding the interplay between cells and their niche as they age, querying their role in cancer predisposition.

Amy Campbell, Ph.D.

Amy Campbell, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) CHOP Research Institute
 campbela12@chop.edu

Research Topic: Bacterial pathogen genomics and evolution

Samantha Deal, Ph.D.

Samantha Deal, Ph.D.

Department of Neuroscience
 samantha.deal@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigating the connection between mitochondrial disease and sleep dysfunciton.

Erin Lottes, Ph.D.

Erin Lottes, Ph.D.

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
 erin.lottes@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigating the isoform-specific roles of AnkyrinB in the central nervous system. 

Blair Schneider, Ph.D.

Blair Schneider, Ph.D.

Department of Neonatology
 schneideb1@chop.edu

Research Topic:  tRNA fragments (tRFs) and their impact on fertility and development.

Ifrah Shahai, Ph.D.

Ifrah Shahai, Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases)
 shahii@chop.edu

Research Topic: Virulence factors involved in pathogenicity of bacteria causing pediatric infections.


Cohort 18

Courtney Dresden, Ph.D.

Courtney Dresden, Ph.D.

Department of Biology
 cdresden@sas.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigating the role of chromatin regulation in the development of diverse Brassica species.

Erin Gibbons, Ph.D.

Erin Gibbons, Ph.D.

Molecular and Cellular Oncogenesis Program, The Wistar Institute
 egibbons@wistar.org

Research Topic: Interrogating the role of bile acids in pdac in the context of chemotherapy and immunotherapy treatment response.

Caela Long Ph.D.

Caela Long Ph.D.

Department of Neurosurgery
 caela.long@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigation of the role of glia following a traumatic brain injury.

Logan Northcutt, Ph.D.

Logan Northcutt, Ph.D.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 northcutl1@chop.edu

Research Topic: Investigating confinement within the tumor microenvironment on tumor cell stiffness and immune responses.

Ralph White III, Ph.D.

Ralph White III, Ph.D.

Department of Cancer Biology
 ralph.white@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Research Topic: Investigating the utilization of chemical biology to uncover metalloprotein vulnerabilities in cancer.

Josiah Zoodsma, Ph.D.

Josiah Zoodsma, Ph.D.

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
 zoodsmaj@chop.edu

Research Topic: Investigating the spatiotemporal roles of calcium in neural regeneration.