Thirteenth Cohort 2015

Roland Beard

Undergrad: University of Pittsburg

PREP Mentor: Abby Whittington, Biomedical Engineering

Current Status: Senior Specialist, Digital Health and Innovative Alliances at Merck

Michaela Jones

Undergrad: University of Maryland Baltimore County

PREP Mentor: Tanya LeRoith, Pathology 

Current Status: Graduate Student at the University of Minnesota

Zakiya Matthews

Undergrad: Norfolk State University, Biology

PREP Mentor: Kirsty Daniels, Physiology

Current Status: Student at Virginia Tech

Herbert Portillo

Undergrad: Virginia Tech, Biological Sciences

PREP Mentor: X J Meng,  Virology

Current Status:  Veterinarian at Banfield Pet Hospital

Shakarr Wiggins

Undergrad: Wesleyan College, Biology

PREP Mentor: Pam VandeVord, Biomedical Engineering

Current Status: Neuroscience PhD Candidate at Weill Cornell Medicine

Twymenia Liggins

Undergrad: University of Arkansa Pine Bluff, Chemistry

PREP Mentor: Stephen Melville, Microbiology 

Current Status: Registered Nurse at Angel Staffing

Cassandra Eng

Undergrad: Penn State University

PREP Mentor: Martha Ann Bell, Child Development

Current Status: Graduate Student at Carnegie Mellon University

James Dulaney

Undergrad: University of Wisconsin 

PREP Mentor: Warren Ruder, Systems Engineering

Current Status:  Quality Control Microbiologist, Verum Technical