Director: Marcelo Tolmasky, Ph.D.
Dept. Biological Science
California State University Fullerton
800 N State College Boulevard
Fullerton, CA 92831-3599
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Left to right: Haley Wilson, Hannah Vansant, Daniel Arroyo, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor), Joshua Phelan (former MHIRT scholar), Christin Coppin, Marlene Hernandez, Jennifer Fernandez, Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Dr. Michele Woods (US mentor), Heba Hasan, Suchada Tachasooksaree, Annmarie Herrera, Minhxuan Tran
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: Neuro, surgical, trauma ICU RN, Scripps Memorial Hospital, LA Jolla, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Pesticides and the risks to farmers’ health Northern Thailand
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: Project Manager, Staff Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Services and Society, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Knee osteoarthritis among elderly in Northern Thailand. Increase risk of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and dementia
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: Medical Scribe, Scribe America, Outpatient Neurology, Loma Linda University, CA.
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Pesticides and the risks to farmers’ health Northern Thailand
Department of Community Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Mentor: Dr. Kriengkrai Srithanaviboonchai
Present position: Doctor of Podiatric Medicine student, College of Podiatric Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Knee osteoarthritis among elderly in Northern Thailand. Increase risk of hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and dementia
Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas "Rodolfo Ugalde", Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Diego Comerci
Present position: Scientist II, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: A metascapse inhibitor as a drug candidate against Trypanosoma infection
Institute for Research on Retroviruses and AIDS (formerly known as National Reference Center for AIDS), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: MD student, The Ohio State College of Medicine, Columbus, OH
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Role of clusterin in carcinogenesis, tumor progression, and the generation of metastasis
Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta
Present position: Scientist, Pfizer, San Diego, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Mutations that confer susceptibility to polymixin B in Ochrobactrum, a model bacterium for brucellosis
Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Daniela Centrón
Present position: Training Coordinator. Fast Enterprises, Hartford, CT
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Epidemiology of multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii as causative agents of hospital infection
Dpt. of Genetics, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. David Glover
Present position: PhD student, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Effect of centrosome amplification in promoting hyper proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells
Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Mentor: Dr. Kieran Clarke
Present position: MD student, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Harlem, NY
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Effect of centrosome amplification in promoting hyper proliferation of pancreatic cancer cells
