2012 Summer Interns and Special Volunteers

Summer intern

Student	Lab/Branch	Mentor	Institution
Michael Ayele	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Brown University
Austin Campbell	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	St. Albans School
Julia Cao	DNA Diagnostic Lab	Xinjing Wang, Ph.D.	Cornell University
Megan Casady	LI	Robert Nussenblatt, M.D.	University of Maryland School of Medicine
Eli Cornblath	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	University of Michigan
Candice Craig	DNA Diagnostic Lab	Xinjing Wang, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Desmond Dahlberg	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	St Albans School
Samuel Dresner	UNGIRD	Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D.	Princeton University
Jennifer Du	URN	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Cierra Dunmire	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Community College of Allegheny County
Nicky Gazy	VFC	Haohua Qian, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Pallabi Guha	SERPD	Sheldon Miller, Ph.D.	Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
David Jiang	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Waynekid Kam	LI	Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D.	Drexel University College of Medicine
Teresa Longo	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Cydney Nguyen	LRCMB	Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D.	Richard Montgomery High School
Christine Park	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	Smith College
Nadia Parmhans	N-NRL	Tudor Badea, M.D., Ph.D.	John F Kennedy High School
Nisha Patel	N-NRL	Tiansen Li, Ph.D.	Thomas S. Wootton High School
Katherine Pogrebniak	OGVFB	Yuri Sergeev, Ph.D.	Princeton University
Katherine Pohida	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Zachary Rom	DECA	Emily Chew, M.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Ragha Suresh	OGVFB	Wadih Zein, M.D.	The College of New Jersey
Melpomene Vasiliou	LRCMB	Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D.	Cherry Creek High School, CO
Eve Waters	Veterinary Research & Resources Section	James Raber, Ph.D., D.V.M.	Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
George Zhang	OGVFB	J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D.	Magruder High School

2012 Diversity In Vision Research & Ophthalmology (DIVRO) summer interns

Student	Lab/Branch	Mentor	Institution
Rebecca Abay	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Carlos Aponte Vazquez	OGVFB	Yuri Sergeev, Ph.D.	University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez
Shelley Durazo	OD	Alan Hubbs, Ph.D.	University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
Erelda Gene	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Northern Arizona University
Blen Girmay	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Juliet Hartford	FCC	Rafael Villasmil	University of California, Davis
Zack Mendel	GEF	Eric Wawrousek, Ph.D.	American University
Kathy Perez	LRCMB	Ignacio Rodriguez, Ph.D.	Nova Southeastern University
Samuel Perez	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	Dallas Baptist University
Mariana Rius	Veterinary Research & Resources Section	James Raber, Ph.D., D.V.M.	College of Charleston
Mahdi Rostamizadeh	LI	H. Nida Sen, M.D.	The Commonwealth Medical College
Umegbewe Tochi Ukwu	LI	Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park

Summer special volunteers

Student	Lab/Branch	Mentor	Institution
John Butrus	OGVFB	Wadih Zein, M.D.	University of Virginia
Anurag Goel	URN	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology
Priyanka Hiriyanna	UOGT	Peter Colosi, Ph.D.	Northwest High School
Handong Lu	URN	Wei Li, Ph.D.	The Heights School
Shota Ono	OGVFB	J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D.	Quince Orchard High School
Nathan Qian	UNGIRD	Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D.	James Madison High School
Ge Zhang	DNA Diagnostic Lab	Xinjing Wang, Ph.D.	Centennial High School