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Angela Russo, PHD

Research Associate Professor

russoa@uic.edu

Angela got her PHD from UNC Chapel Hill and was a postdoc at UIC in Pharmacology. She is working on molecular mechanisms of ovarian tumor formation using organ-on-chip technologies.

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Diandra Taylor, PHD

postdoctoral fellow

dvaval2@uic.edu

Diandra got her PHD from UIC with Dr. Freitag. Her focus is on imaging metabolites at the ovarian tumor interface and cancer and microbiology.

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Jane Miglo

PHARMD/PHD student

ymiglo2@uic.edu

Jane received her B.S. from Johns Hopkins.  She is optimizing the ovarian cancer on a chip to study the role of ovulation on cancer progression. She was awarded an AFPE scholarship and Provost Graduate Research Award.

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Jaramys Mosley

PHD graduate student

jmosle5@uic.edu

Jaramys received her MS from U. of Michigan and her BS from U. of Detroit-Mercy. She is a Pipeline to an Inclusive Faculty fellow. She is currently working on metabolomics of ovarian cancers as they spread. 

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Alejandra Cavazos Saldana

MSTP PHD Student

acavaz2@uic.edu

Alejandra is a G1 MSTP student that previously trained at the NIH and has worked in cancer biology for almost 10 years. She uses organ on chip to study fibroids and botanicals. 

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Kathy De La Torre

MSTP Graduate Student

Kathy got her BS from UIUC and then came to UIC where she completed the NIH PREP program in our lab.  After completing the M1 and M2, she is back to start her PHD for the MSTP program working on microfluidics.

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Amrita Salvi, PHD

Research Assistant Professor

amritas@uic.edu

Amrita got her BS and MS from U. of Mumbai and her PHD from Nanyang Technological University. She is working on PAX8 and generating novel organoids.

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Elizabeth Kaweesa, PHD

postdoctoral fellow

ekaweesa@uic.edu

Elizabeth got her PHD from the University of Florida. She was a K12 IRACDA fellow and obtained a K99/00. She is working on numerous natural products such as DDR and more!

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Dan Lantvit

research specialist

lantvit@uic.edu

Dan has worked with the lab for over 16 years helping us with imaging, treating, and studying ovarian cancer in mouse models. He is an amazing teacher for all including the PI!

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Joohyun Im

PHD graduate student

jim22@uic.edu

Joohyun got her MS from National University of Singapore . She is currently working on PAX8 in high grade serous tumors and received the Provost graduate research award. 

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Monica Haughan

PHD graduate student

mhaughan@uic.edu

Monica earned her B.S. at Purdue and was previously a SURF scholar in our UIC program. She is working on imaging omental metastasis and new therapies for ovarian cancer. 

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Rasha Bashatwah

PHD graduate student

rbasha2@uic.edu

Rasha obtained her MS at U. of Jordan and her BS at the Jordan University of Science and Technology. She is working on progesterone-like compounds from botanical dietary supplements. 

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