2018 Summer Interns and Special Volunteers

Summer interns

Student	Lab/Branch	PI	Institution
Chris Acha	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Academy of Health Sciences @ Prince George's County Community College, MD
Priya Agrawal	N-NRL	Anand Swaroop, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Mariya Ahmed	OGVFB	Rob Hufnagel, M.D., Ph.D.	Marriotts Ridge High School, MD
Kavya Bhattiprolu	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	Winston Churchill High School, MD
Hannah Bush	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Winston Churchill High School, MD
Justin Chang	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Erin Cullather	LRCMB	Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D.	University of New Hampshire
Michelle Du	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Dmitry Gasnikov	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Andrew Kalra	LI	Ben Chaigne-Delalande, Ph.D.	University of California, Los Angeles
Hima Konduru	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Maria Lee	OGVFB	J. Fielding Hejtmancik, M.D., Ph.D.	Philips Exeter Academy, NH
Jenn Liao	LRCMB	Wai Wong, M.D., Ph.D.	Penn State College of Medicine
Nyusha Lin	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Sidwell Friends School, DC
Nidhi Mathew	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	University of Maryland, College Park
Tamir Odzorig	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Walter Johnson High School, MD
Kavya Parekh	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science & Technology, VA
Brian Peng	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Farmington High School, CT
Shreya Shah	OGTC	Zhijian Wu, Ph.D.	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tishina Tittley	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Howard University School of Medicine
Hanna Tso	RNS	S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D.	Indiana University School of Medicine
Elizabeth 'Geena' Woo	OGVFB	Rob Hufnagel, M.D., Ph.D.	Brown University
Neo Zhao	GEF	Lijin Dong, Ph.D.	Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Jennifer Zhu	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Winston Churchill High School, MD

Diversity In Vision Research & Ophthalmology (DIVRO) summer interns

Student	Lab/Branch	PI	Institution
Enat Ayele	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Montgomery Blair High School, MD
Natalia Diaz Torres	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Fatima Gomez	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	White Swan High School, WA
Takerra Johnson	OGVFB	Rob Hufnagel, M.D., Ph.D.	Morehouse School of Medicine
Adriana Mendez	OGVFB	Rob Hufnagel, M.D., Ph.D.	University of Medicine & Health Sciences, St. Kitts
Luke Nelson	OGVFB	Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.	Columbia University
Oluchi Ogbonna	LI	Charles Egwuagu, Ph.D.	Bryn Mawr School, MD
Nicole Pannullo	LRCMB	T. Michael Redmond, Ph.D.	Rochester Institute of Technology
Natalia Santiago	LRCMB	S. Patricia Becerra, Ph.D.	Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
Nia Rudolph	RNS	Wei Li, Ph.D.	Tulane University
Sharon Smith	LI	Rachel Caspi, Ph.D.	Ohio State University College of Medicine
Shenandoah Toote	LRCMB	Stanislav Tomarev, Ph.D.	University of Miami
Kenneth Williams	OGVFB	Brian Brooks, M.D., Ph.D.	Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine

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