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(CARE) Prostate Cancer Program at Duke University
in Durham, North Carolina in summer 2009. Taliah
worked in the Freedland Lab and studied The Effect
of Smoking History on Time from Surgery to
Biochemical Recurrence in Patients with Prostate
Cancer Treated
Lauren Griggs (University of
Virginia) is majoring in engineering
science with an emphasis in nanomedicine.
Over the past two years,
Lauren has been conducting research
on tissue engineering. Her research
focuses on repairing damaged tissue through nanofiber
scaffolds. Lauren has been very active in the
National Society of Black Engineers since her first
year. She has been secretary and programs chair, and
is currently the 2011-2012 vice president for the
U.Va. chapter. Lauren also serves as a peer advisor in
the U.Va. Office of African American Affairs Peer
Advisor Program, mentoring incoming African
American students.
Camille Grimsley (Johnson C.
Smith University) is a member of
the class of 2011, majoring in
biology and minoring in chemistry.
She was a participant in the 2010
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
Mentoring Across Difference Program, an
opportunity for students to receive guidance from and
access to senior female industry executives, in order
to ensure that promising student mentees are nurtured
for success in a global society. Camille is currently
applying to graduate school.
DeAnthony Heart (Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State
University) was the recipient of an
Access College Foundation
scholarship. He attended the 2011
American Institute for
Aeronautics & Astronautics Regional I-MA
Conference (Charlottesville, VA), the Revolutionary
Aerospace System Concepts-Academic Linkages
Competition (Merritt, FL), and graduated from
Virginia Tech with a degree in aerospace
engineering. DeAnthony worked on a project with
ow a
Technology Analyst Intern at JPMorgan Chase.
Megan Hill (Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University) is a
chemistry major and lab assistant
with the Department of Chemistry
at Virginia Tech. In the summer of
2011, she participated in the Center
for Chemistry in the Universe track
at the
University of Virginia, at which she presented her
research Chemistry of Nitriles in Hot Cores.
Charmel Holland (Bennett
College for Women) from Durham,
NC, recently graduated and will
start this fall in
Public Health at the University of
Oklahoma. In the summer of 2009,
Charmel went to Jamaica to work
as part of the MHIRT (Minority Health International
Research Training) program with the University of
Alabama. This spring, Charmel presented her work at
the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Students in Charlotte, NC.
Jonathan Jackson (Johnson C.
Smith University), a 2010 graduate
in computer science and
information systems, was a
member of the National Society of
Black Engineers and a student
ambassador to the HBCU-UP research program.
Jonathan is currently employed as an information
systems specialist at the Oregon Department of
Transportation.
Michelle Jackson (Johnson C.
Smith University), a biology major
and 2011 graduate of JCSU, was
awarded first place in the
technology and engineering
division for her poster presentation
at the HBCU-UP 2009 National Research
Conference. Michelle's presentation was titled
Investigating Factor Deficiency and Platelet
Function Using Sonorheometry: Study of Patients
with Coagulation Disorders. Most recently, Michelle
and her colleagues presented research at the 2011
meeting of the Ecological Society of America. She
plans to attend graduate school in biomedical
sciences.