Our Alumni

Mitch Valentine

Undergraduate Researcher
2021-2023

Lab Technician II
2023-2024

Current Position: M.D./Ph.D. Student, Washington University in St. Louis

Leslie Cuellar Vite, PhD

Graduate Student
2015-2023

Research Project: Enhancing the efficacy of FDA-approved inhibitors in cancer

Current Position:

Katrina Piemonte, PhD

Graduate Student
2018-2023

Research Project: Amplifying chromosomal instability in TNBC by leveraging kinase inhibitors

Current Position: M.D. Student, CWRU School of Medicine

Benjamin Bryson, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2019-2022

Research Project: Investigating the role of NEK2 in TNBC

Current Position: Research Associate, CWRU Department of Pathology

Lindsey Anstine, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2017-2022

Research Project: Investigating the role of TLE3 in maintaining luminal breast cancer lineage fidelity

Current Position: Scientific Programs Manager, Susan G. Komen

Bryan Webb, PhD

Graduate Student
2015-2021

Research Project: Discerning the mechanisms regulating the sensitivity and resistance to CDK7 inhibition in breast cancer

Current Position: M.D. Student, CWRU School of Medicine

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Elyse Donaubauer, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2016-2020

Research Project: Investigating the role of YES1 in TNBC

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Lander University

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Amy Aponte

PREP Scholar
2019-2020

Research Project: Investigating the role of TLE3 in luminal breast cancer cell growth

Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill

Melyssa Roberts, PhD

Graduate Student
2016-2020

Research Project: Targeting breast cancer signaling pathways to improve therapeutic response in TNBC

Current Position: Medical Science Liaison, TG Therapeutics

Sylvia Gayle, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2013-2018

Research Project: Determining if BET inhibitors can synergize with palbociclib to suppress the growth of TNBC

Current Position: Scientific Program Analyst, National Cancer Institute

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Jennifer Hoffmann

Undergraduate Researcher
2016-2018

Research Project: Targeting alternative survival pathways in tumor cells

Current Position: Associate Research Scientist, Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

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Jennifer Sahni, PhD

Graduate Student
2012-2017

Research Project: Defining the mechanism of action of bromodomain and extraterminal inhibitors in TNBC

Current Position: Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

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Victoria Osorio Vasquez

PREP Scholar
2016-2017

Research Project: Studying the synergistic effects of drug treatments for the varying breast cancer subtypes

Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, NYU School of Medicine

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Nicole Restrepo, PhD

Research Scientist
2015-2017

Research Project: Determining second- and third-tier hierarchical co-regulators of mammary epithelial gland cell-fate switches and implications in breast cancer subtypes

Current Position: Genomics Scientist, Seven Bridges

Myrielis Rivera

PREP Scholar
2015-2016

Research Project:

Current Position: M.D. Student, University of Medicine and Health Sciences

Garrett Dunlap

Undergraduate Researcher
2014-2016

Research Project: Elucidating the role of genes differentially expressed between TNBC and other subtypes

Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, Harvard University

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Jennifer Yori, PhD

Graduate Student
2002-2011

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2011-2015

PhD Research Project: Discerning the role of Kruppel-Like Factor 4 in breast cancer

Postdoc Research Project: Determining the mechanistic basis of synergism of combined inhibition of mTOR and Src family kinases in breast cancer

Current Position: Associate Director of Medical Affairs, Calithera Biosciences

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Erika Ramos

PREP Scholar
2014-2015

Research Project:

Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, Northwestern University

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Gina Sizemore, PhD

Graduate Student
2005-2011

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2011-2013

PhD Research Project: Discerning the role of FOXA1 in mammary gland development and breast cancer

Postdoc Research Project: Breast cancer mechanisms related to therapies

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University

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Valery Adorno-Cruz, PhD

PREP Scholar
2012-2013

Research Project:

Current Position: Field Science Liaison, Hologic, Inc.

Steve Sizemore, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2008-2012

Research Project: Identification of factors that control TNBC interactions with the tumor microenvironment

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Ohio State University

Emhonta Johnson, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow
2006-2011

Research Project: Elucidating the role of p120 in Her2/neu-induced breast cancer

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Cuyahoga Community College

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Marjorie Montanez-Wiscovich, MD, PhD

Graduate Student
2003-2010

Research Project: Discerning the role of LMO4 as a global modulator of G2/M cell cycle progression and centrosome cycle in breast cancer cells

Current Position: Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology, University of Florida

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Carlos De Leon Rodriguez, PhD

PREP Scholar
2007-2008

Research Project:

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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Jonathan Mosley, MD, PhD

Graduate Student
2002-2007

Research Project: The analysis and utilization of global gene expression data for the study and treatment of breast cancer

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine

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Erin Milliken, PhD

Graduate Student
1999-2005

Research Project: Use of a transgenic mouse model of ovarian hyperstimulation to identify therapeutic targets and mechanisms in hormone-induced mammary cancer

Current Position: Senior Science Writer, Evaluation Specialist, and Analyst, NOVA Research Company

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Melissa Landis, PhD

Graduate Student
1999-2005

Research Project: Elucidating molecular mechanisms of ErbB2/Neu-induced mammary tumorigenesis

Current Position: Senior Field Medical Director, BeiGene