Current and Past SURE Scholars

Morgan Ellis
Spelman College
Mentor: Sherral Devine, PhD

Arinyah Dickerson
University of North Carolina
Mentor: Carl Streed, MD, MPH, BS

She'Kyra Paige
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD

Monia Zein
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Nathanael Fillmore, PhD

Shawna Butler
Mount Mary University
Mentor: Michaela Patterson, BS, PhD

Emma Cartney
Allegheny College
Mentor: Lu Han, PhD

Carmen Lopez
Mount Mary University
Mentor: Michaela Patterson, PhD

Awa Sidibe
Georgia State University
Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD

Angelease Bunton
Spelman College
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Ahmed Mahdi
Northwestern University
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Trinity Thomas
Chicago State University
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Yaileen Velazquez
Northern Illinois University
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Oluwateniola Akin-Olugbemi
Northwestern University
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes, PhD

Brett Cardenas
Harvard College
Mentor: Allison Marsden, PhD

Yohanna Gebremedhin
UC Davis
Mentor: Wah Chiu, PhD

John Josiah
Johnson C. Smith University
Mentor: Shoa Clarke, MD, PhD

Donald Folk
Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Kenneth Remy, MD, MHSc, MSCI, FCCM

April Machta
Nova Southeastern University
Mentor: Erika Trapl, PhD

Nyasha Machote
Case Western Reserve University
Mentor: Allison Kraus, PhD

Desmond Norris
LeMoyne-Owen College
Mentor: Peng Zhangl, PhD

Derrick Mason
Boston University
Mentor: Yan Ru Su, MD

Ashton Oliver
University of Alabama Birmingham
Mentor: Antentor Hinton, PhD

Ashley Sawyer
Rollins College
Mentor: Timothy Hohman, PhD

Aaron Whiteside
Central State University
Mentor: Antentor Hinton, PhD

Christopher Buie
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Angie Serrano, PhD

Natalie Hampton
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD

Bryan Medina
University of Houston
Mentor: Carl Streed, MD & May Navarra, MPH

Esmeralda Navarro
University of California, Berkeley
Mentor: Rhoda Au, PhD

Maria Cabrera,
University of Puerto Rico,
Mentor: Akiko Mammoto MD, PhD

Jeovannee Castillo
Lycoming College
Mentor: Michaela Patterson, PhD

Anna Mikolchak
St Cloud State University
Mentor: Brian Smith, PhD, Rachel J. Lipinski, PhD, & Joshua Nord, PhD

Tracy Nelson
College of Charleston, South Carolina
Mentor: Lu Han, PhD

Thomas Barnes III
Morehouse College
Mentor: Faraz Ahmad, MD

Jessica Guzman
Dominican University
Mentor: Yonghui Ding, PhD

Adaeze Olikagu
Chicago State University
Mentor: Romina Beatriz-Cejas, PhD & Davi Lyra-Leite, PhD

Imani Sykes
University of Missouri - Columbia
Mentor: Jennifer Caldwell, PhD

Jasmine Armstead
Stillman College
Mentor: Jan Karlseder, PhD, Sara Przetocka, PhD, & Tobias Schmidt, PhD

Oumou Sylla,
Stillman College,
Mentor: John Reynolds, PhD & Courtney Glavis-Bloom, PhD

Bongiwe Ncube
Goshen College
Mentor: Mary Hynes, PhD & Jeffrey Naftaly, PhD

Amanda Padilla
University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez
Mentor: Joseph Woo, MD & Danielle Mullis, MD

Justice Owah
Stanford University
Mentor: Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD & Victoria Hernandez, PhD Candidate 

Danielle Young,
Claflin University
Mentor: Katrin Svensson, PhD & Lianna Wat, PhD

Rose León-Alvarado
Earlham College
Mentor: Andrew A. Pieper, MD, PhD & Preethy Sridharan, MD/PhD Candidate

Uapingena Kandjoze,
Earlham College,
Mentor: Andrew A. Pieper, MD, PhD & Yeojung Koh, PhD candidate

Payton DeBrow
Tuskegee University
Mentor: David Wasserman, PhD

Kaitlyn Done,
Spelman College,
Mentor: Rolanda Lister, MD

Alonzo Frederic
Morehouse College
Mentor: Jerod Denton, PhD & Kangjun LI, PharmD

Jalil Mitchel
Vanderbilt University
Mentor: Kevin Niswender, MD, PhD & Richard L. Printz, Ph.D

Chelsea Akubo
Boston University
Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD

Jackson Corban
Tougaloo College
Mentors: Steven Lubitz, MD & Christopher D. Anderson, MD

Destiny Jackson
Emory University
Mentor: Vijaya B Kolachalama, PhD

Sheila Pagtakhan
University of Alaska Anchorage
Mentor: Deepa Gopal, MD

Justin Banks
University of Illinois at Chicago
Mentor: Sadiya Khan, MD

Juan McCook
Northwestern Univeristy
Mentor: Matthew Feinstein, MD

Chelsea Nwanah
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mentor: Bradley Allen, MD

Thalia Perez
Northwestern University
Mentor: Lifang Hou, PhD & Kyeezu Kim, PhD

Karl Wilson
DePauw University
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Nickeisha Cuthbert
Claflin University
Mentor: Katrin Svensson, PhD & Meng Zhao, PhD

Angel Emodi
University of California, Los Angeles
Mentor: Mark Skylar-Scott, PhD & Jessica Herrmann, MD

Alexander M. Martinez-Lopez,
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico,
Mentor: Kendra Oliver, PhD

Aaron Panduro
California State University, Fresno
Mentor: Alison Marsden, PhD, Erica Schwarz, PhD, & Ingrid Lan, PhD

Amal A. Suleiman
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Mentor: Nazish Sayed, MD, PhD

Stefan Veizades
University of Edinburgh
Mentor: Patricia Nguyen, MD

C’Aira Dillard
Johnson & Wales University
Mentor: Rolanda Lister, MD

Alexandra Filipkowski
Fairfield University
Mentor: Aaron Aday, MD & Matthew Freiberg, MD

Joshua Payton,
Hampton University
Mentor: Laura Keohane, PhD

Malik Robinson
University of Missouri
Mentor: Carrie Fry, MD, PhD

Destinee Bledsoe
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD

GerMya Bradley
Tougaloo College
Mentor: Ludovic Trinquart, PhD, MPH

Ayana Gray
Harvard University
Mentor: Deepa Gopal, MD

Ted Amadi
University of South Alabama
Mentor: Megan Roy-Puckelwartz, PhD

Sarah Davis
Northwestern University
Mentor: Ike Okwuosa, MD

Cede Onyango
Xavier University
Mentor: Elizabeth McNally, MD

Emamoke Oshode
Northwestern Univeristy
Mentor: Laura Rasmussen-Torvik, PhD

Darlene Ferrer
University of Guam
Mentor: Ronglih Liao, PhD

Gerardo Gamino,
Brigham Young University
Mentor: Fatima Rodriguez, MD, MPH

Aaron Panduro
CSU Fresno
Mentor: Alison Marsden, PhD

Stefan Veizades
University of Edinburgh
Mentor: Patricia Nguyen, MD

Grace Garret
Elon University
Mentor: Kendra Oliver, PhD

Alexander M. Martinez-Lopez,
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico,
Mentor: Kendra Oliver, PhD

Hector A. Haddock-Martinez
University of Puerto Rico
Mentor: Kendra Oliver, PhD

Davin A. Means
University of Arkansas
Mentor: Kendra Oliver, PhD

Justin Coleman
Tougaloo College, Junior
Mentor: Dr. Ludovic Trinquart, PhD, MPH

Kayley Pate
University of Central Oklahoma, Senior
Mentor: Dr. Vijaya Kolachalama, PhD

Ajah Williams
Louisiana State University, Junior
Mentor: Dr. Gopal Deepa, MD

Charles Anugwom
Prairie View A&M University, Senior
Mentor: Akiko Mammoto, MD, PhD

Demi Carter
Hampton University
Mentor: Alexander Staruschenko, PhD

Guadalupe Valdivia Esparza
Marquetta University, Senior
Mentor: Akiko Mammoto,, MD, PhD

Emmanuel Ogunlana
Northwestern University, Sophomore
Mentor: Nina Suresh, MD,

Bassel Shanab
Northwestern University, Junior
Mentor: Rishi Arora, MD

Caitlin Somerville
Northwestern University, Junior
Mentor: Rod Passman, MD

Nashielli Diaz
Tufts University, Sophomore
Mentor: Ioannis Karakikes

Gabriela Escobar
Stanford, Sophomore
Mentor: Sean Wu, MD

Roberto Guzman Hernandez
University of Puerto Rico, Senior
Mentor: Ke Yuan

Jelicia Ro'Shell Daily
Miles College, Senior
Mentor: Dan Roden, MD

Akiré Harris
Tougaloo College, Senior
Mentor: Bjorn Knollman, MD, PhD

Lyndon George Rolle
Fisk University, Junior
Mentor: Quinn Wells, PharmD, MD