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Paris N. Alexander earned her B.S. in
Physics and Astronomy from the University
of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in 2006.
She was an LSAMP Scholar and
participated in the Materials Research
Science and Engineering Center’s
(MRSEC) research experience for
undergraduates. She received an LSAMP
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship at
UMD where she is currently completing her Ph.D. research in
the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her
research concerns dynamic magnetic domain wall
manipulation in magnetostrictive alloys using in situ
transmission electron microscopy.
Prince Awuah earned his B.S. in Biology
from the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore. He is a fourth-year graduate
student in the department of Cellular and
Molecular Pathology at the University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. His
research focuses on understanding the
mechanisms underlining Liver biology. His thesis project
involves elucidating the role of Platelet Derived Growth
Factor Rec
co-author on an article titled “ -catenin
-catenin at adherens
junctions” recently published in the journal of Hepatology
(2011). He is second co-author of “Disparate cellular basis of
improved liver repair in beta-catenin-overexpressing mice
after long-term exposure to 3, 5-diethoxycarbonyl-1, 4dihydrocollidine”
published in American Journal of Pathology
(2010).
Anthony O. Awojoodu earned his B.S.
summa cum laude in Bioengineering from
the University of Maryland, College Park
in 2009. He participated in the LSAMP
Undergraduate Research Program,
Summer Bridge and NSBE. He
completed is M.S. program in Biomedical
Engineering at the University of Virginia,
and transfered to the Georgia Institute of Technology with his
advisor, Dr. Edward Botchwey, to complete his Ph.D. He has
presented his research at numerous national meetings and at
the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. His thesis research
on stem cell mobilization led him to a three-month externship
with AstraZeneca in Gothenburg, Sweden. He was recently
awarded a prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship to
support his research pertaining to the pharmacological
manipulation of stem cells to treat blood and inflammatory
diseases like sickle cell anemia.
Odianosen Ayewoh earned his B.S. in
Biology from the University of Maryland
Eastern Shore in 2009. He went on to an
M.S. program at Marshall University.
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Damilola Adepegha earned her B.S. in
Biology from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES).
While at UMES, she gained invaluable
undergraduate research experience when
she participated in the NIH-NSF
Bioengineering & Bioinformatics
Summer Institute at University of
Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Her current research is on the
role of EHD proteins in the highly phagocytic macrophages.
She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Genetics, Cell
Biology & Anatomy at the University of Nebraska Medical
Center, and she expects to graduate 2014.
Olufolakemi O. Awe earned her B.S.
magna cum laude in Biochemistry and
Molecular Biology from the University of
Maryland, Baltimore County in 2009.
She is currently enrolled in a joint
M.D./Ph.D. program at Indiana
University. Also, she currently serves as
co-chair of Project Joy that provides
medical students an opportunity to plan
and lead monthly interactive projects with the geriatric
patients at the Lockefield Village Rehabilitation and
Healthcare Center and also to meet with Lockefield Village
therapists and physicians.
Omozusi Andrews earned her B.S. in
Biology from the University of
Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in
2009. While an undergraduate at
UMES, she gained research experience
when she completed a summer
internship in the Department of Animal
Biology at the University of
Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. Currently, she
is enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the Department of Cancer
Biology at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She
conducts research in the lab of Punita Dhawan, Ph.D.
Karolyn O. Babalola, Ph.D. earned her
B.S. cum laude in Computer Engineering
with a minor in Mathematics from the
University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) in 2003. While at
UMBC, she gained undergraduate
research experience as a Summer Research Intern at the IBM
Almaden Research Center in 2001. She completed both her
M.S. program in Electrical Engineering in 2006 and her Ph.D.
program in Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer
Science, Rehabilitation in 2011 at the Georgia Institute of
Technology. Her Ph.D. research was on Brain-Computer
Interfaces for Inducing Brain Plasticity and Motor Learning:
Implications for Stroke Rehabilitation. Currently, she is
employed as a computer engineer.