The ReTOOL Program would like to congratulation ReTOOL mentor Dr. Sabina Nduaguba on her recent award. She received the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)’s Scholar-in-Training award. This award supports the training of scientists who are early in their careers. Dr. Nduaguba is a post-doctoral associate at…
Our Research Showcase featured more awards than ever before! The ReTOOL Program gave awards for both academic presentation and for extraordinary participation throughout the program. We awarded 1st and 2nd Place Advanced ReTOOL Presentation; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Basic ReTOOL Presentation; Service Learning Award; ReTOOL Ambassador; and our new…
Congratulations to 2018 ReTOOL Trainee Alyssa Gosling! Alyssa (right) is currently a trainee in Dr. Thomas Schmittgen’s lab (center). Alyssa received Best Poster in the undergraduate research category at the 2020 University of Florida, College of Pharmacy Research Showcase Day. Her poster entitled “Culture of human organoids to…
Haille Walker (FAMU), 2019 Trainee and ReTOOL Ambassador recipient, recently announced that her abstract was chosen for the November ABRCMS Conference! Haille will be traveling to Anaheim, CA to present her summer research with Dr. Salloum. Her research project was titled “Implementation Strategies to Improve Tobacco Treatment for UF Health…
The ReTOOL Program would like to congratulate the following students for their successful submission of an abstract to the 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethic Minorities and the Medically Underserved: Armani Hayes, Malcolm Ingraham, Yaseen Elhag, Kayanna Jacobs, and Tanaia Marshall. If selected, they…
2018 ReTOOL Alumnae Ifeoma Ibe and Samantha Joseph were recently published in the Journal of Smoking Cessation. Ms. Ibe worked in ReTOOL mentor Dr. Ramzi Salloum’s lab and Ms. Joseph worked in Dr. Jinhai “Stephen” Huo’s lab during the 2018 program; Dr. Salloum and Dr. Huo were co-investigators on this…
MiCaRT post baccalaureate Simone Mayes’ abstract was accepted to the “2015 New Horizons in Cancer Research Conference: Bringing Cancer Discoveries to Patients” conference in Shanghai, China.
We are pleased to announce that four of our 2015 ReTOOL cohorts will be presenting their findings at varying research conferences this November. Three students will be presenting at the Eighth AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved and one will be…
Cassie Hobbs and Michael Dumas, Spring 2015 graduates from Florida A&M University, will be continuing their education as first year medical students at Duke University and Indiana University this Fall. As part of the Summer 2013 class of ReTOOL Scholars, both proudly state that their experiences with the ReTOOL Program…
