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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Dayna Melton (Administrative Assistant), Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor), Dr. Cynthia Davis (Training mentor), Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Dr. Michele Wood (US mentor), Dr. Judy Kandel (Independent evaluator)
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: Assistant Professor of Health Sciences, Department of Public and Community Health, Liberty University Online, Lynchburg, VA.
Professorial lecturer at George Washington University, Milken Institute of Public Health, Washington, DC
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Analysis of HIV/AIDS PrEP and PEP knowledge among at- risk African Americans in five U.S. Cities
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: Office of Educational Accessibility, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
Lumina e-Portfolio Assistant, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Analysis of HIV/AIDS PrEP and PEP knowledge among at- risk African Americans in five U.S. Cities
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: Laboratory Assistant at Worksite Labs, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Analysis of HIV/AIDS PrEP and PEP knowledge among at- risk African Americans in five U.S. Cities
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Health Educator, CSUF
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Impact of basic needs insecurities on academic performance during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Food choices and hypertension among rural Thais: evidence from a discrete choice experiment
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Coordinator of Health Equity Programs. Public Health Advocate, Hospital Association of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: COVID-19 and vaping among young adults in California
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Individual and institutional factors related to sustaining a career in University Counseling Services at HSIs
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Research Associate, Department of Public Health, CSUF
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Prevalence and predictors of postpartum weight retention among WIC participants in Southern California
Yusuf, H. M., et al. (2023). "Prevalence and predictors of substantial postpartum weight retention among participants of the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) in Southern California." Am J Health Promot: 8901171221148840
Institute for Research on Retroviruses and AIDS (formerly known as National Reference Center for AIDS), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
and
Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Mentor: Dr. Manuel Carrillo and Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Acinetobacter baumannii as a
growing cause of mortality in hospitals
Escalante, J., et al. (2022). "Human serum albumin (HSA) regulates the expression of histone-like nucleoid structure protein (H-NS) in Acinetobacter baumannii." Sci Rep 12(1): 14644
Nishimura, B., et al. (2022). "Acinetobacter baumannii response to cefiderocol challenge in human urine." Sci Rep 12(1): 8763
Le, C., et al. (2022). "Human Serum Proteins and Susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii to Cefiderocol: Role of Iron Transport." Biomedicines 10(3)
Le, C., et al. (2021). "Involvement of the Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein (H-NS) in Acinetobacter baumannii's Natural Transformation." Pathogens 10(9)
Le, C., et al. (2021). "Interplay between Meropenem and Human Serum Albumin on Expression of Carbapenem Resistance Genes and Natural Competence in Acinetobacter baumannii." Antimicrob Agents Chemother 65(10): e0101921
Institute for Research on Retroviruses and AIDS (formerly known as National Reference Center for AIDS), School of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
and
Center for Applied Biotechnology Studies, Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
Mentor: Dr. Manuel Carrillo and Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez
Present position: Graduate Student, CSUF
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Cystic fibrosis, a pediatric health disparities problem. A phenotypic analysis of the co-interaction between two common agents infecting CF patients
Le, C., et al. (2022). "Human Serum Proteins and Susceptibility of Acinetobacter baumannii to Cefiderocol: Role of Iron Transport." Biomedicines 10(3)
Le, C., et al. (2021). "Involvement of the Histone-Like Nucleoid Structuring Protein (H-NS) in Acinetobacter baumannii's Natural Transformation." Pathogens 10(9)
