NIH Graduate Partnerships Program
B.S. in Biology – Molecular Biotechnology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Hometown: Surat, GJ, India
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Defining Human Macrophage Metabolic and Stress Responses to Coxiella burnetii
B.A. in Chemistry, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Mentor: Dr. Lu Huang
Research: Ontogeny and metabolism of lung myeloid cells in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
B.S. in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Jackson, TN
Mentor: Dr. Roger D. Pechous
Research: Studying regulation of essential virulence determinants in Yersinia pestis
B.S. in Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Hometown: Marion, AR
Mentor: Dr. Clay Jackson-Litteken
Research: Pathogenesis of Acinetobacter
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Hometown: Bella Vista, AR
Mentor: Dr. Mark Manzano
Research: Latency regulation of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
B.S. in Biology (Minor in Chemistry), Cleveland State University
Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Host immune response to Plasmodium parasites
B.S. Chemistry (ACS certified Biochemistry), University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Cabot, AR
Mentor: Dr. Karl Boehme
Research: The role of pyroptosis in mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus) induced myocarditis.
B.S. in Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
Mentor: Dr. J. Craig Forrest
Research: Host response to Gammaherpesvirus infection
B.S. in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Harding University
Hometown: Rowlett, Texas
Mentor: Dr. Jon Blevins
Research: Cyclic dinucleotide-dependent signaling and pathogenesis in the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia turicatae
Training in Systems Pharmacology and Toxicology (T-SPaT) T32 NIGMS Fellowship
Marie Chow Memorial Research Awardee
B.S. in Biology, University of Arkansas
M.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: El Dorado, AR
Mentor: Dr. Jason Stumhofer
Research: Our lab focuses on the immune response to Plasmodium infection.
B.S.: Virginia State University
Hometown: Bryant, AR
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Host Response to Gammaherpesvirus Infections
B.S. Molecular Biotechnology, B.A. Chemistry, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Mentors: Dr. J. Craig Forrest, Dr. Mark Manzano
Research: Studying the role of Peroxisomes in MHV68 infection
NIH Graduate Partnerships Program
B.S. in Human Biology, Indiana University
M.S. in Biology, Louisiana Tech University
Hometown: Fishers, IN
Mentor: Dr. Daniel E. Voth
Research: Manipulation of Stress Signaling During Early Infection by Coxiella burnetii in Macrophages
B.S. in Biology, Auburn University of Montgomery
M.S. in Biology, University of West Florida
Hometown: Dothan, AL
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Jorgenson
Research: Investigating the bacterial surface using Escherichia coli to find new
ways to exploit its properties
B.S. in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Nevada, Reno
Hometown: Sparks, NV
Mentor: Dr. Jon Blevins
Research: Bacterial regulatory networks that contribute to pathogenesis and environmental adaptation of relapsing fever Borrelia
Marie Chow Memorial Research Awardee
B.S. in Biotechnology, Arkansas State University
B.S. in Biology (emphasis in Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology), Arkansas State University
Hometown: Lonoke, AR
Mentor: Dr. J. Craig Forrest
Research: Investigating non-traditional vaccination strategies against Gammaherpesvirus
B.S. in Biology, University of Central Arkansas
Hometown: Midlothian, TX
Mentor: Dr. J. Craig Forrest
Research: Host response to Gammaherpesvirus and Plasmodium coinfection