Current and Past SURE Scholars
Boston University
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
Medical College of Wisconsin
Shawna Butler
Mount Mary University
Mentor: Michaela Patterson, BS, PhD
Emma Cartney
Allegheny College
Mentor: Lu Han, PhD
Mount Mary University
Mentor: Michaela Patterson, PhD
Awa Sidibe
Georgia State University
Mentor: Anna Palatnik, MD
Northwestern University
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
Stanford University
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
University Hospitals of Cleveland
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
Vanderbilt University
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
Boston University
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
Medical College of Wisconsin
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
Northwestern University
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
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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
Stanford University
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
University Hospitals of Cleveland
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
Vanderbilt University
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
Boston University
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
Northwestern University
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
Stanford University
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
Vanderbilt University
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
Boston University
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
Northwestern University
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
Stanford University
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
Vanderbilt University
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
Boston University
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
Medical College of Wisconsin
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
Northwestern University
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
Stanford University
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
Vanderbilt University
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
2025 Holidays
AHA offices will be closed: | |
Jan. 1 | Sept. 1 |
Jan. 20 | Nov. 27 & 28 |
May 26 | Dec. 22-26 |
July 4 |
Altum/Proposal Central will be closed: | |
Jan. 1 | July 4 |
Jan. 20 | Sept. 1 |
Feb. 17 | Oct. 13 |
May 26 | Nov. 27 & 28 |
June 19 | Dec. 22-26 |