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Tunde Akinyeke, Ph.D. earned his
B.S. in Biology from the University
of Maryland Eastern Shore in 2003.
He has received numerous honors and
awards including the following:
AACR Minority Scholarship Award
(2006), AACR Minority Scholarship
Award (2008), 8th Annual Meharry
Medical College/Vanderbilt Ingram
Cancer Center U54 Cancer Partnership Retreat- Best Poster
Presentation (2009), 53rd Meharry Medical College Annual
Research Day- 1st Place Poster Presentation (2009), SBUR
Travel Award for Outstanding Abstract Presentation (2009).
He completed his Ph.D. program in Biomedical Sciences-
Cancer Biology at the Meharry Medical College in 2011. His
doctoral research project title is Regulation of c-Myc
Expression by Troglitazone in the C4-2 Human Prostate
Cancer Cell Line. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow at
the New York University College of Dentistry.
Olusimidele T. Akinsiku earned her
B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in
2004. As an undergraduate at UMBC,
she “gave back” to students in the
pipeline by serving as a tutor for
children in the Choice Program. She
also was active in the African Student Association and served
on the President’s Student Advisory Council. She is currently
enrolled in a joint M.D./Ph.D. program in the Departments of
Microbiology and Medicine at the University of Alabama,
Birmingham. She has co-authored three publications related
to her current research on CD8 T-Cells.
Adedayo Adeniran-Catlett earned her B.S.
in Chemical Engineering 2008 from the
University of Maryland, College Park in
2008. As an undergraduate, she participated
in the LSAMP Summer Bridge Program,
conducted research, mentored high school
students through the GEAR-UP Saturday Academy, and
served as an active member of the student chapters of the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers and National
Society of Black Engineers. Currently, she is pursuing a
doctorate in Bioengineering at Northeastern University.
Maryland
University System of Maryland LSAMP
Anne Arundel Community College *Baltimore City Community College * Carroll Community College *
Cecil College * Chesapeake College * College of Southern Maryland *
Community College of Baltimore County * Frederick Community College * Garrett College *
Hagerstown Community College * Harford Community College * Howard Community College *
Montgomery College * Prince George's Community College * University of Maryland Eastern Shore *
University of Maryland, Baltimore County * University of Maryland, College Park *
Wor-Wic Community College
Yohance M. Allette earned his B.S. cum
laude in Biological Sciences from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) in 2010. He received
numerous awards and honors as an
undergraduate (e.g., LSAMP Scholar,
Meyerhoff Scholar, McNair Scholar,
MARC U*STAR Scholar), and he had
extensive research experience. He is
listed as first author on an article
published with his undergraduate research mentor at UMBC,
Rachel M. Brewster, Ph.D., in the FASBE Journal, April
2010. The article is titled Investigation of migrating neural
cells during neurulation in zebrafish. He also is co-author of a
manuscript recently submitted for publication with Kent Lai,
Ph.D. who served as his undergraduate research mentor in the
summer of 2008. He is currently enrolled in a joint
M.D./Ph.D. program at the Indiana University.
Brittany Blueitt Amadi received the
prestigious Banneker Key Merit
Scholarship to attend the University of
Maryland, College Park in 2003. She
earned her B.S. summa cum laude in
Mechanical Engineering in 2006. Upon
graduation, Brittany was employed in
the Spacecraft Engineering Department
of the Naval Research Laboratory in
Washington, D.C., where she served as a structural analyst for
satellite and spacecraft systems. She completed her J.D. cum
laude with an emphasis in intellectual property law at the
Harvard Law School in 2010. She is currently serving as a
judicial law clerk for an appellate judge on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C.
Time Aigbe is a Ph.D. student in
Mechanical Engineering (ME) at the
University of Maryland, College Park
(UMD). He earned his B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering at UMD in 2008,
and he received a 2008-10 LSAMP Bridge
to the Doctorate Fellowship. After
completing his Ph.D., he plans to work in
industrial engineering and develop
manufacturing systems.
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