Congratulations to the 2015 Summer Research Internship Poster Session Winners!
First Place Winner Undergraduate Category: Alejandra Mendez, Emory University
Mentor: Dr. Chris McGowin , PhD, Department of Medicine
Second Place Winner Undergraduate Category: Preston Edwards, Xavier University
Mentor: Dr. Lisa Moreno , MD, Department of Medicine
Second Place Winner Undergraduate Category: Matthew Nguyen, Tulane University
Mentor: Dr. Arnold Zea, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology
Third Place Undergraduate Category: Gabriel Navar, Louisiana State University
Mentors: Drs. Paige Katz, PhD, and Patricia Molena, MD, PhD, Department of Physiology
Third Place Winner Undergraduate Category: Ryan Niedermair, Rhodes College
Mentor: Dr. Ashok Aiyar, PhD, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, Parasitology
First Place Winner High School Categor y: Marvin Hudson, Brother Martin High
Mentors: Dr. Edward Peters, DMD, and Megan Bronson, MPH, Department of Epidemiology
Second Place Winner High School Category: Sameer Nair-Desai, Benjamin Franklin High
Mentor: Dr. Shyamal Desai, PhD, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Third Place Winner High School Category: Joye Pate, Patrick F. Taylor Academy
Mentor: Dr. Adrienne Katner, D.Env., Department of Environmental and Occupational
Health Science
From left: Dr. Paula Gregory, Matthew Nguyen , Alejandra Mendez , Ryan Niedermair ,
Gabriel Navar , Preston Edwards , and Dr. Fern Tsien
From left: Dr. Paula Gregory, Sameer Nair-Desai, Joye Pate, Marvin Hudson,
and Dr. Fern Tsien