Current Fellows
Cohort 15
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.
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.
Department of Microbiology
nicole.bracci@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research Topic: Host immune responses for coronavirus and flavivirus infections.
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.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
christopher.panebianco@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Research Topic: Mechanobiology of bone development and regeneration.
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.
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.
Department of Pediatrics (Infectious Diseases) CHOP Research Institute
campbela12@chop.edu
Research Topic: Bacterial pathogen genomics and evolution
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.
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.
Department of Neonatology
schneideb1@chop.edu
Research Topic: tRNA fragments (tRFs) and their impact on fertility and development.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
zoodsmaj@chop.edu
Research Topic: Investigating the spatiotemporal roles of calcium in neural regeneration.