Center for Precision Medicine Summer Research Internship The Wake Forest School of Medicine Center for Precision Medicine is offering an 8-week Summer Research Internship which is open to undergraduates seeking an immersive laboratory research experience in Precision Medicine. Participants will be paired with a High School Intern to gain additional mentoring and teaching experience. Application Deadline: January 31, 2025 Program Dates:  June 2 – July 25, 2025 Compensation: $5000 stipend for full-time participation FAQs for the 2025 CPM Summer Internship Program

2024 CPM Summer Interns

Summer Internship Program Student Presentations

Emilia Marin Quintero, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill                   Margaret Sojka, Penn-Griffin High School for the Arts Mentor: Dr. Michael Olivier Urinary Metabolomic Analysis of Samples from Diabetic Kidney Disease Patients by Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry  https://echo360.org/media/02e45ab2-2c27-4670-a085-d92a49e6a612/public

Abinaya Santhirasegaran, North Carolina State University Abigail English, High Point Christian Academy Mentor: Dr. Rita Cervera Juanes Regulatory Function of the Differentially Methylated Region of Integrin-Linked Kinase after Alcohol Consumption

Katherine Hess, Wake Forest University Mentor: Dr. Ellen Quillen Analyzing Age-Related Bone Disease Through Genome-Wide Association Study on Baboon Pedigree https://echo360.org/media/a3e72a4b-4e0d-4c28-9f55-744d952b74cd/public

Gursimran Kaur, STEM Early College at NCA&T Mentor: Dr. Ellen Quillen Evaluating Genetic Variants Associated with Age-Related Bone Diseases in Baboons https://echo360.org/media/12f9446b-d7a3-4fa3-a2df-3d5917cb96e4/public

Yun Ma, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mentor: Dr. Laura Cox Novel Genetic Loci Associated with Sodium-Lithium Countertransport Activity in Baboons https://echo360.org/media/b8d6505b-82e2-4076-82a7-8755ce48b0de/public

Ria Bakthisaran, The Early College at Guilford Mentor: Dr. Laura Cox Genomic Insights into the Principal Drivers of Arterial Compliance in Baboons https://echo360.org/media/4705f48d-68e5-4816-bbdf-3398828022d2/public

Jennifer Breglio, Wake Forest University Chan (Paul) An, Southwest Guilford High School Mentor: Dr. Dhanendra Tomar Role of CLPB mutations R650P and R475Q of NBD domain and Y272C of ANK domain in mitochondrial function

Grace Forrest, University of Rio Grande Julia Mathews, High Point Christian Academy Mentor: Dr. Pooja Jadiya Mitochondrial Calcium Signaling Heterogeneity in Brain Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease

Landon Sanz, Lone Star College       Mentor: Dr. Andrew South The Association Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Uric Acid in Youth with Hypertension

Sivaram Kumareswaran, STEM Early College at NCA&T Mentor: Dr. Andrew South The Correlation of Angiotensin Peptides with Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Patients with XLH

Halle Perry, Queens University of Charlotte Kaitlyn Rose Nicoletta, NC Leadership Charter Academy Mentor: Dr. Tim Howard Analysis of DNA Methylation in Fibromyalgia

Joshua Sun, Baylor University Smriti Verma, The Early College at Guilford Mentor: Dr. Giselle Melendez Impact of Psychosocial Stress on Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Bioenergetics Before Initiation of Chemotherapy

WXII 12 News Coverage of the Center for Precision Medicine 2023 Summer Intern Program

We were thrilled to have our 2023 Summer Intern Program highlighted by the WXII 12 News crew on July 27, 2023. Our interns and mentors were excited to share their experiences in our program. Please follow the link below to watch the newscast featuring one of our faculty mentors, Dr. Pooja Jadiya, and four of our summer interns, Nicole Anthony, Matt Walker, Aarush Kulkarni, and Pavan Ariyawansa. Competitive WFUSOM internship program prepares students for medical careers: https://www.wxii12.com/article/competitive-wfu-internship-program-prepares-students-for-medical-careers/44653986

2023 CPM Summer Interns

Welcome 2023 CPM Summer Interns ~ Undergraduates   Ten undergraduate students have won acceptance into the 2023 Center for Precision Medicine Summer Internship Program. This 9-week immersion program aims to provide a hands-on mentored research experience involving ongoing projects at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Students were selected based on their outstanding scholastic performance and interest in CPM research topics. We congratulate and welcome these students to our program!

    Row 1:  Nicole Anthony  (Auburn University) > Mentor – Pooja Jadiya, PhD         Michael Christof  (University of Rochester) > Mentor – Rita Cervera Juanes, PhD          Claire Deighan  (Wake Forest University)  > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD          Rhea Desai  (Clemson University) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS 

    Row 2:  Anisha Karunananthan  (Grove City College) > Mentor – Michael Olivier, PhD          Morgan Thomas  (Arizona State University) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS          Matt Walker  (Wake Forest University) > Mentor – Dhanendra Tomar, PhD          Kathryn (Katie) Wilson  (Gardner-Webb University) > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD

Welcome 2023 CPM Summer Interns ~ Draelos Scholars Ten Draelos Scholars have won acceptance into the 2023 Center for Precision Medicine Summer Internship Program. They will be paired with the program’s ten undergraduate interns for a hands-on mentoring experience working in various CPM faculty members labs across the institution this summer. They were selected by the Draelos Foundation in High Point, NC based on their scholastic performance, essay, and interest in CPM research topics. We congratulate and welcome these outstanding high school scholars to our program!

Row 1:    Aarush Kulkarni  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Pooja Jadiya, PhD        Nicholas Swisher (The North Carolina Leadership Academy) > Mentor – Rita Cervera Juanes, PhD         Maggie O'Keefe  (Westchester Country Day School)  > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD        Samanyu Manjunath  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS 

Row 2:   Samreen Ahmed  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Michael Olivier, PhD      Thu Hoang  (High Point Central High School) > Mentor – Andrew South, MD, MS       Bhanuka Ariyawansa  (Middle College at UNCG) > Mentor – Dhanendra Tomar, PhD       Rachel Park  (The Early College at Guilford) > Mentor – Laura Cox, PhD