Our Alumni
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Erika Ramos
PREP Scholar
2014-2015
Research Project:
Current Position: Ph.D. Graduate Student, Northwestern University
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
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
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
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
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
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
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