2025-2026 Duke Scholars in Oncology and Cellular Therapies
Michael Caminear
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology
Dr. Shibjyoti Debnath
Postdoctoral Fellow
Mentor: Jason Somarelli
Department: Duke School of Medicine
Xingru Ma
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Zachary Hartman
Department: Pathology
Taylor Niehoff
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Christopher Counter
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Vennesa Valentine
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Zachary Reitman
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Roberto Barbier
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Christian McRoberts Amador
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Charles Gersbach
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Elizabeth Mendes
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Corinne Linardic
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Dr. Wilton Snead
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Amy Gladfelter
Department: Cell Biology
Enakshi Sunassee
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Nimmi Ramanujam
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Amelia Schirmer
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Everardo Macias
Department: Pathology
Ashley Colemon
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology
Carly Sciandra Williams
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Pei Zhou
Department: Biochemistry
Jovita Byemerwa
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Donald McDonnell
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Selena Lorrey
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Peter Fecci
Department: Immunology
J. Spencer Hauck
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Jiaoti Huang
Department: Pathology
Bryan Lim
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Qi-Jing Li
Department: Immunology
Dr. Benjamin Mayro
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Dr. Li-Chung Tsao
Post-doctoral Fellow
Mentor: Zachary Hartman
Department: Surgery
Jessica Waibl-Polania
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Peter Fecci
Department: Pathology
Xiaohui (Hazel) Ang
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Kris C. Wood
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Dionna Gamble
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Sue Jinks-Robertson
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Larisa (Risa) Gearhart
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gayathri Devi
Department: Surgery & Pathology
Taylor Krebs
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Donald McDonnell
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Maria Torres Alcalde
Post Doc
Mentor: Deborah Muoio
Department: Medicine-Endocrinology & Metabolism
Joanne Dai
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Micah Luftig
Department: Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Elias Eteshola
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Bruce Sullenger
Department: Surgical Sciences
Jill Hattaway
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Pharmacology & Cancer Biology
Grace Anderson
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Kris Wood
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Santosh Gupta
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Andrew Armstrong
Department: Medical Oncology
Andrew Kang-Lee
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Daniel Lew
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Katrina Slemmons
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Corinne Linardic
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology
Mengmeng Xu
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Chris Counter, PhD
Department: Pharmacology
Angela Gaviglio PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Gerard Blobe
Department: Molecular Cancer Biology
Eric Josephs
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Piotr Marszalek
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Jacob L Mercer PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Daniel Weschler
Department: Pharmacology
Ryan Overcash
Postdoctoral Associate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Rachel Hesler
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Gerard Blobe
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Jun Wang
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ann Marie Pendergast
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Matthew Crowe
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Christopher Counter
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Kathryn Ware
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Andrew Armstrong
Department: Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Patrick Gedeon
Medical Scientist Training Program
Mentor: John Sampson
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Bartlomiej Baartkowiak
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Arno L Greenleaf
Department: Biochemistry
Kristen Foss
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Lu Huang
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Christopher Counter
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Jams B Lin
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Cory Adamson
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Yen-Yu Lin
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Yuan Zhuang
Department: Immunology
Tingyu Liu
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Jeff Rathmall
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Felipe Quiroz
PhD Candidate
Mentor: Ashutosh Chilkoti
Department: Biomedical Engineering
Mamle Quarmyne
PhD Candidate
Mentor: John Chute
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Liguo Zhang
Post-Doctoral Associate
Mentor: Sally Kornbluth
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Bryan Choi
Medical Scientist Training Program
Mentor: John Sampson
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Erik Knelson
Medical Scientist Training Program
Mentor: Nancy Andrews
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Chang-Lung Lee
PhD Candidate
Mentor: David Kirsch
Department: Pharmacology and Cancer Biology