Interns Selected for the 2017 Summer Research Program

Twenty-eight undergraduate student interns have been selected to participate in the 2017 WV-INBRE Summer Research Program at West Virginia University and Marshall University. Eleven interns will work at Marshall University and seventeen will conduct their internship at WVU. Forty-five applications were reviewed to fill the twenty-eight positions. Interns come from ten of the thirteen Primarily Undergraduate Institutions in the WV- INBRE network.

The Summer Research Program will run from May 30 till July 27. Interns will conduct biomedical research projects under the direction of faculty mentors and present the results of their research at the Summer Research Symposium, which is scheduled for July 27 at Marshall University. The morning session of the symposium will consist of oral presentations by participants and a keynote lecture. Poster presentations will be held in the afternoon.

WV-INBRE Summer Research Program Participants at West Virginia University Intern PUI Mentor Aliff, Hunter West Virginia State University Dr. Steven Kinsey Bandak, Mary Catherine West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Paul Chantler Barnett, Taylor West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Werner Geldenhuys Bergeron, Seth Alderson Broaddus University Dr. Vagner Benedito Forino, Andrew Alderson Broaddus University Dr. James Lewis Haggerty, Kristen West Liberty University Dr. Paul Lockman Joseph, Michelle Shepherd University Dr. John Hollander Kistler-Bergeron, Mackenzie Alderson Broaddus University Dr. Linda Vona-Davis Kennell, Emily Alderson Broaddus University Dr. Brad Hillgartner Lanham, Benjamin Shepherd University Dr. David Klinke Montgomery, Grace West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Roberta Leonardi Paul-Orecchio, Austin Bethany College Dr. Bingyun Li Qazi, Noor Bluefield State College Dr. Julie Brefczynski-Lewis Smith, MacKinzie Davis & Elkins College Dr. Ivan Martinez Veltman, John Shepherd University Dr. Heath Damron Weaver, Kelly Glenville State College Dr. Mariette Barbier Wilkins, Garrett West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Mohammad Nayeem

WV-INBRE Summer Research Program Participants at Marshall University

Intern PUI Mentor Bosley, Randall Josiah West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Larry Grover Cavender, Catherine Concord University Dr. Nalini Santanam Dempsey, Brandon Shane Shepherd University Dr. Piyali Dasgupta Halstead, Tyler University of Charleston Dr. Monica Valentovic Hudson, Kaden University of Charleston Dr. Richard Egleton Mueller, Michael West Virginia Wesleyan College Dr. Monica Valentovic Poore, Miranda Bluefield State College Dr. Gary Rankin Sklioutovskaya-Lopez, Kristiana University of Charleston Dr. Jung Han Kim Tate, Nicholas Alderson Broaddus University Dr. Emine Koc Thurman, Gregory University of Charleston Dr. Beverly Delidow Yopp, Christopher Bluefield State College Dr. Hongwei Yu