Current Scholars

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Natalia Batchenkova Research Interest: Infectious Disease and Global Health Undergraduate: University of Arkansas	Amanda Christensen Research Interest: TBD Undergraduate: University of Wyoming	Colman Freel Research Interest: TBD Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Cole Holderjano Research Interest: TBD Undergraduate: Stanford University	Wenxian Zhou Research Interest: TBD Undergraduate: University of Nebraska-Omaha
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Taylor Burke Research Interest: Antimicrobial Resistance Undergraduate: Creighton University	Caroline Case Research Interest: TBD Undergraduate: University of Miami	Anna Kosmach Research Interest: Cardiovascular Disease Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rebekah Rapoza Research Interest: Pediatric Genetic Diseases Undergraduate: Creighton University
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Abi Heller Research Interest: Neurodegenerative diseases Undergraduate: University of Nebraska - Omaha	Linda Huynh, MS Research Interest: Health Outcomes, Epidemiology, & Genitourinary Cancers Master's: University of California - Irvine Undergraduate: University of California - Irvine	William Miklavcic Research Interest: Immunology & Inflammation Undergraduate: Cornell University

Molly Myers Research Interest: Cancer Undergraduate: Creighton University	Aaron Schwab Research Interest: Immunology & Host-Microbe Dynamics Undergraduate: Carleton College
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Gabrielle Brumfield Cancer Research Program Advisor: Joyce Solheim, PhD Research Focus: Immune Cell Interactions with Cancer Undergraduate: Chadron State College	Calvin Lam Cancer Research Program Advisor: Kate Hyde, PhD Research Focus: Role of CXCR4 in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Undergraduate: University of California - San Diego	Andrew Oleksijew Cancer Research Program Advisor: Justin Mott, MD, PhD Research Focus: Cholangiocarcinoma & Liver Disease Undergraduate: Loyola University

Maggie Rempe Neuroscience Advisor: Tony Wilson, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Neuroimaging of Healthy Aging & Dementias Undergraduate: University of Nebraska - Lincoln	Rebecca Slotkowski Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area Advisor: Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD Research Focus: Social Health Programming & Future Pregnancy Outcomes Undergraduate: North Carolina State University	Jake Son Neuroscience Advisor: Tony Wilson, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Mental Health & Learning Disorders Undergraduate: Duke University

Zachary VanRoy Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease Advisor: Tammy Kielian, PhD Research Focus: Neuroimmunological Host-Pathogen Interactions & Epigenetics Undergraduate: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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Nozima Aripova Clinically Relevant Basic Research Advisor: Geoffrey Thiele, PhD Research Focus: Rheumatoid Arthritis Undergraduate: Saint Louis University	Adrien Honcoop, MS Health Practice & Medical Education Research Advisor: Russell McCulloh, MD Research Focus: Human Factors Associated with Pediatric Medicine Master's: University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Undergraduate: Montana State University	Abraham Killanin Neuroscience Advisor: Tony Wilson, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Neurobiological Underpinnings of Psychiatric Disorders Undergraduate: Yale University

Kristina Pravoverov Cancer Research Program Advisor: Punita Dhawan, PhD Research Focus: Role of MASTL/Greatwall Kinase in Colitis-Associated Tumorigenesis Undergraduate: Saint Mary's College of California	Seth Springer Neuroscience Advisor: Tony Wilson, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Functional Neuroimaging in Aging & Drug-Using Populations Undergraduate: University of Nebraska - Kearney	Natalie Sturd Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease Advisor: Elizabeth Rucks, PhD Research Focus: Chlamydia trachomatis Host-Pathogen Interactions Undergraduate: Carleton College

Heidi Vieira Cancer Research Program Advisor: Robert Lewis, PhD Research Focus: Cell Signaling in Ras-mutated Colon Cancer Undergraduate: University of British Columbia
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Caitlin Molczyk Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease Advisor: Rakesh Singh, PhD Research Focus: Novel Approaches to Therapeutics with CXCR2 Antagonism Undergraduate: Wayne State College	Nicholas Mullen Cancer Research Program Advisor: Pankaj Singh, PhD Research Focus: Pancreatic Cancer Metabolism Undergraduate: University of Iowa	Molly Schieber, MS Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area Advisor: Iraklis Pipinos, MD, PhD Research Focus: Vascular Disease & Biomechanics Master's: University of Nebraska Omaha Undergraduate: Rockhurst University
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Saihari (Shaker) Dukkipati, MS, PhD Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area Advisor: Max Kurz, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Human Motor Control & Neurodevelopment Master's: Wright State University Undergraduate: Emory University	Safwan Elkhatib, PhD Integrative Physiology & Molecular Medicine Advisor: Adam Case, PhD Research Focus: Stress & Immunity Undergraduate: Iowa State University	Laura Flores, PhD Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area Advisor: Laura Bilek, PhD, PT Research Focus: Osteoporosis Following Bariatric Surgery Undergraduate: New Mexico State University

Stephen Haller, PhD Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology Advisor: Andrew Dudley, PhD Research Focus: Matrix Biology & Biomechanics Undergraduate: Oregon State University	Cassie Liu, PhD Cancer Research Program Advisor: Adam Karpf, PhD Research Focus: Transcription Factor-Targeted Therapy for Ovarian Cancer Undergraduate: Wesleyan University	Maranda Thompson, PhD Medical Sciences Interdepartmental Area Advisor: Ann Anderson Berry, MD, PhD Research Focus: Interaction of Omega-3 with the Placenta Undergraduate: Arizona State University

Pauline Xu, PhD Cancer Research Program Advisor: So-Youn Kim, PhD Research Focus: Oncofertility Undergraduate: University of Maryland-Baltimore County
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Jonathan (Yoni) Herskovitz, PhD Immunology, Pathology & Infectious Disease Advisor: Howard Gendelman, MD Research Focus: HIV Undergraduate: University of California, Los Angeles	Brandon Lew, PhD Neuroscience Advisor: Tony Wilson, PhD (Boys Town Research Hospital) Research Focus: Neuroimaging Undergraduate: University of New York at Binghamton	Marissa Lobl, PhD Cancer Research Program Advisors: Ashley Wysong, MD, MS and Justin Mott, MD, PhD Research Focus: Gene Mutation in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Undergraduate: University of Miami

Andrew Phillips, PhD Cancer Research Program Advisor: Justin Mott, MD, PhD Research Focus: Function of FGFR4 in Cholangiocarcinoma Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin – Whitewater

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