Past Summer Students

2021

  • Ayaka Inoki, John Hopkins University
    • Mentor: Subramaniam Pennathur
  • Alexander George, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
    • Mentor: Anna Mathew
  • Siddarth Madapoosi, University of Michigan Medical School
    • Mentor: Laura Mariani
  • Christopher Moy, University of Michigan
    • Mentor: Leo Vessayan
  • Casey Walter, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    • Mentor: Markus Bitzer

2020

  • Deema Almansour, Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine 
    • Mentor: Markus Bitzer
  • Trista Benitez, University of Michigan Medical School
    • Mentor: Anna Mathew
  • Yousef Ibrahim, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
    • Mentor: Vahakn Shahinian 
  • Eunice Kwak, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
    • Mentor: WenJun Ju
  • Dao Le, USF Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL
    • Mentor: Rajiv Saran
  • Allison Shimmel, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
    • Mentor: Laura Mariani
  • Sadia Tahir, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences
    • Mentor: Celine Berthier
  • Roberta Ukavwe, University of Michigan Medical School
    • Mentor: Mona Doshi
  • Casey Walter, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
    • Mentor: Markus Bitzer

 

2017

  • Patric Albertus, University of Cincinnati
      • Mentor: Rajiv Saran
      • Project: Trends of Dementia in Medicare Patients with and without Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Farhan Ali, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Anna Mathew
      • Project: Gut Microbiome Derived Metabolites Influence the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease
  • Bradley Clinansmith, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Gregory Dressler
  • Tanvi Goyal, University of Toledo
      • Mentor: Markus Bitzer 
      • Project: Complement 3 (C3) as a predictor of renal disease progression and severity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
  • Hannah Hill, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Santhi Ganesh
      • Project: Cerebrocervical Arteriopathy: An Association with Renal Artery Aneurysms in Individuals Exhibiting Renal Arterial Dysplasia
  • Joanna Kukla, Wayne State University
      • Mentor: Puneet Garg
      • Project: Identification a plasma permeability factor in relapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

2016

  • Mariam Abdulghani, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Deb Gipson
      • Project: The Surveillance Target Outpatient Blood Pressure (STOP) Intervention for Hypertension in Pediatric CKD
  • Alice Schaefer, Ohio State University
      • Mentor: Laura Mariani
      • Project: Longitudinal plasma and urine SuPar levels and eGFR decline
  • Catherine Vogt, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Rajiv Saran
      • Project: Geospacial Factors and CKD
  • Gordon Wu, Wayne State University
      • Mentor: Chip Brosius
      • Project: JAK2 Expression in Human Kidney Cells

2015

  • Sierra Burden, Drexel University 
      • Mentor: Roger Wiggins
      • Project: Class II MHC Positive Cells in the Kidney After Nephrectomy
  • Annie Dinh, University of Michigan
      • Mentor: Rajiv Saran
      • Project: Development of a Lifestyle CKD Risk Index for Use in Increasing CKD Awareness and Prevention
  • Brianne Standifer, Michigan State University 
  • Grace Tsai, Royal College Surgeons of Ireland