Following a record-breaking application cycle, the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center (Case CCC) Office of Cancer Training and Education is proud to announce the 32 scholars selected for the 2021 Cancer-focused Summer Undergraduate Research Program (CanSUR).
Scholars were selected from 419 applications from students at 92 schools spanning the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. In an effort to minimize travel, ensure the health and safety of all participants and expedite orientation and access protocols to laboratories across our institutions, many members of this year’s class are students at ǿմý or had existing placements in our members’ labs. We are hopeful that in 2022 it will be safe for our scholars to once again come from various corners of the country to learn with us in Cleveland!
These well-rounded scholars are a diverse group with varying career goals and interests, representing the top of their class with an average GPA of 3.85. Students submitted responses to three essay questions as part of their applications and their stand-out stories told more about them than their hopes to apply to medical or graduate school after graduation. Scholars come from a breadth of background and experience: one volunteering in several Sudanese hospitals, one leveraging their bi-lingual life experience to assist their school with a virtual project and another having a private pilot’s license, to name a few!
On Tuesday, June 1, scholars will kick off the program with a virtual Cancer Immersion Bootcamp of interactive cancer research lectures and are given the chance to get to know each other before embarking on the remaining eight weeks of their mentored research experience. Throughout the program, scholars will participate in weekly “Lunch and Learn” sessions, engage in small group projects with junior mentors, and if guidelines allow as the summer progresses, will be able to connect outdoors for socially distanced activities. The 2021 Cancer-focused Summer Research Program will conclude on Thursday, July 29 when scholars present their summer research in their final virtual symposium.
Please join us in welcoming our scholars to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center:
Joshua Adams, ǿմý
Tiana Anthony, ǿմý
Vivek Aslot, ǿմý
Alyssia Broncano, ǿմý
Lauren Carmon, ǿմý
Oswin Chamian, ǿմý
Lisha Chen, ǿմý
Kiran Desai, ǿմý
Madison DeTullio, John Carroll University
Prateek Dullur, ǿմý
Serena Gillmore, Clemson University
Marcus Hong, Kenyon College
Jonathan Kass, ǿմý
Erryk Katayama, ǿմý
Solomon Li, ǿմý
Dev Luangani, ǿմý
Manav Midha, ǿմý
Olivia Min, ǿմý
Keren Moiseev, ǿմý
Phuong Nguyen, ǿմý
Cyrus Nosrati, ǿմý
Sarah Olmstead, Stanford University
Nihal Paidipelly, ǿմý
Juan Perez, ǿմý
Shwetha Ramachandran, ǿմý
Nandini Sarkar, ǿմý
Daniel Shao, ǿմý
Maeve Slife, ǿմý
Vedant Thorat, ǿմý
Lindsey Tout, Cleveland State University
Ahmed Yousif, Stanford University
Lyndon Zhu, ǿմý