Naiha Ahmad
B.S.: Forman Christian College and University
Mentor: Dr. Liu
Research: Mechanisms of poxvirus Pathogenesis

 

 

 

Tyler Appell
B.S.:  Harding University
Mentor:  Dr. Pechous
Research: Molecular pathogenesis of Yersinia pestis and host interactions

 

 

 

Wes Bland
B.S.: Harding University
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Mechanisms of Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis

 

 

Mara Campbell
B.A.:  Hendrix College
Mentor:  Dr. Smeltzer
Research:  Molecular pathogenesis and treatment of Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis

 

 

LeKivia Cobb
B.S.:  University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Mentor:  Dr. Boehme
Research: Pathogenesis of Mammalian orthoreovirus

 

 

 

Samantha Crane
B.S.: Missouri University for Science and Technology
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Mechanisms of Yersinia pestis virulence

 

 

Marcelle Dina Zita
B.S.: University of Arkansas-Little Rock
Mentor: Dr. Boehme
Research: Mechanisms of reovirus protein synthesis

 

 

Michael Eledge
B.S.: Harding University
Mentor: Dr. Boehme
Research: Defining type-1 interferon responses to reovirus

 

 

Lucy Fry
B.S.:  Florida State University
Mentor:  Dr. Weinkopff
Research:  Cellular metabolism of macrophages during Leishmania infection

 

 

 

Maple Guo
B.S.: Southern Arkansas University
Mentor: Dr. Blevins
Research: Genetic regulation of Borrelia

 

 

 

Brandon Hogland
B.S.: Harding University
Mentor: Dr. Aachoui
Research: Innate immune responses to bacterial infection

 

 

 

Miguel Mercado
B.S.: University of Central Arkansas
Mentor: Dr. Li
Research: Immune responses to Chlamydia

 

 

 

Steven Murdock, Jr. 
B.S.:  Virginia State University
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research: Immunity to Gammaherpesviruses

 

 

 

Kara O’Neal
B.S.: Southern Arkansas University
Mentor: Dr. Stumhofer
Research: Immune response to Plasmodium infection

 

 

 

Madeleine Scott
B.A.:  Hendrix College
Mentor:  Dr. Pechous
Research:  Yersinia pestis ​pathogenesis and host interactions

 

 

 

Clara Stiefel
B.S.:  Colorado College
M.S.: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Mentor: Dr. Huang
Research:  Innate immunity in tuberculosis

 

 

 

Jessica Surma
B.S.:  Mississippi State University
Mentor: Dr. Forrest
Research:  Humanized murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (MHV68) pathogenesis

 

 

 

Hayley Theriot
B.S.: Louisiana State University
Mentor: Dr. Pechous
Research: Pathogenesis of Yersinia pests