Dec 7, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, Student Spotlight
Drashti Sikligar, Bioengineering JuniorCancer Scholars Program, 2018 Cohort Hometown: Hoffman Estates Do you have current or past experience working in a cancer research laboratory? If so, who was the principle investigator, and what was your role/area of research?...
Nov 5, 2020 | Cancer Scholars Program, Student Spotlight
Vongai Tizora, Bioengineering Junior Cancer Scholars Program, 2018 Cohort Hometown: Forsyth, Illinois Do you have current or past experience working in a cancer research laboratory? If so, who was the principle investigator, and what was your role/area of research?...
Sep 21, 2020 | Student Spotlight, TiMe Program
Congratulations to Carlos Renteria, a graduate student in the Cancer Center at Illinois’ Tissue Microenvironment (TiME) training program, who has been awarded a new traineeship with The University of Illinois’ Research Training Program in Environmental...
Jun 22, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Ian BergPhD Candidate, BioengineeringTissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Training Program 2018 Cohort How did your educational path lead you here? I studied engineering mechanics as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois. During that time, I discovered my interest...
Jun 3, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Bridging the engineering-biology continuum is a puzzle that drives and fascinates cancer researchers like Joy Chen, a junior undergraduate bioengineering student at the University of Illinois, former researcHStart student, and current Cancer Scholar. A Cancer Center...
May 27, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Sylvia CrowderPhD, Food Science and Human NutritionCancer Scholars for Translational and Applied Research (C★STAR ) 2017 Cohort How did you find yourself in cancer research?After I received my Bachelor’s in Dietetics from the University of Southern Indiana and...
Jan 1, 2020 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Craig Richard, Bioengineering Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) Program Why did you join the Tissue Microenvironment (TiMe) training program? When I was an undergrad, I interned with Dr. Rohit Bhargava’s lab in 2014 through the Nano@Illinois Program. I decided to join...
Nov 2, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Sisi He, PhD Candidate, Molecular and Integrative Physiology TiMe 2016 CohortC*STAR 2017 Cohort What first led to your interest in cancer research? I studied Chemistry and Biochemistry at UW-Madison for my Bachelor’s degree. Afterward, I came here to pursue doctoral...
Oct 25, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Monika Kizerwetter Cancer Scholars Program How did you get involved in the Cancer Scholars Program? I was invited to apply to the Cancer Scholars Program before my freshman year. I submitted the application and was accepted. Through the program, we listen to faculty...
Oct 23, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Tarun NagarajanCancer Scholars Program How did you get involved in the Cancer Scholars Program? I have immediate family members who have been affected by cancer which helped fuel my interest in cancer research. As an incoming freshman, I had the opportunity to be a...
Sep 15, 2019 | Cancer Center News, Student Spotlight
Victoria Krummick, Bioengineering Cancer Scholars Program What is your educational background and what led you to the U of I? I am a junior in Bioengineering, and the Cancer Scholars Program (CSP) was actually one of the deciding factors for me on why I came to...
