Kimberly Castillo Garcia
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: In training
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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Previous Years
Summer 2022
Row 1: Kaitlyn Gomez, Mariella Florimonte, Niaja Nolan, Amal MohamudRow 2: Mya Arellano, Kimberly Castillo Garcia, Nima Aminzadeh Row 3: Dr. Marcelo Tolmasky (Director), Citlaly Corrales, Jinyi Li, Jenny Mai, Dr. Maria Soledad Ramirez (US mentor), Dr. Michele Wood (US mentor), Regina Merrill, Dayna Melton (Administrative Assistant).
Scholars
Amal Mohamud
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: What is preventing the utilization of PrEP and/or PEP among at risk African Americans in 5 U.S. cities?
Niaja Nolan
Mentor: Dr. Cynthia Davis
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: What is preventing the utilization of PrEP and/or PEP among at risk African Americans in 5 U.S. cities?
Citlaly Corrales
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Changes of depressive symptoms among youth of diverse communities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Jinyi Li
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Graduate Student, University of California, Irvine
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Perceived risk of getting cancer with depression: comparative analysis between males and females
Mamudu, L., Li, J., McEligot, A. J., Wood, M., Rusmevichientong, P., Tetteh-Bator, E., Soale, A. N., Fortenberry, J. D., Williams, F. 2024. Cancer worry and its impact on self-reported depressive symptoms among adult males and females in the US: a nationwide sample study. BMC Psychiatry 24:31
Jenny Mai
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Graduate Student, CSUF; Clinical Research Assistant, University of California, Irvine, Health
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Exercise equivalent information: a case study of snack labels
Regina Merrill
Mentor: Dr. Michele Wood
Present position: Infection Preventionist at Southwest Healthcare, Wildomar, CA. Nursing student
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Flavored tobacco ban in Orange County, CA
Mya Arellano
Mentor: Dr. Mark Edberg
Present position: Specialist, Department of Hematology/ Oncology, University of California, Irvine, CA
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: Investigating the association of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy and trust in the Latino Community
Kaitlyn Gomez
Mentor: Dr. Mark Edberg
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: La brigada digital de salud: combatting COVID-19 vaccine misinformation among Spanish-speaking communities within the United States
Mariella Florimonte
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: In training
Nima Sean Aminzadeh
Fundacion Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mentor: Dr. Angeles Zorreguieta - Dr. Manuel Carrillo
Present position: In training
Seminars, Publications, and Conference Presentations: A methodology to improve studies on bacterial infections
