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PREP Class of 2017

PREP Class of 2016

PREP Year	Name	Undergraduate Institution	Research Area	Mentor During PREP Year	Next Step
2016	Cara He	University of California, Berkeley	Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology	Robert Denver & Tryrone Hayes	Graduate Student, University of California, Berkeley
2016	Rachel Lopez	University of California, Los Angeles	Molecular & Integrative Physiology	Daniel Beard	Graduate Student, University of Michigan
2016	Luis Rivera-Perez	University of Puerto Rico, Ponce	Neuroscience	Catherine Collins & Michael Roberts	Graduate Student, University of Michigan
2016	Paloma Sanchez-Jauregui	University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus	Neuroscience	Michael Sutton	Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2016	Zuleirys Santana Rodriguez	InterAmerican University of Puerto Rico, Arecibo Campus	Pharmacology	Arun Anantharam	Graduate Student, MS, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
2016	Nicholas Schott	University of Arizona	Biomedical Engineering	Jan Stegman	Graduate Student, University of Michigan
2016	Selina Shiqing Teh	Iowa State University	Cancer Biology, Cellular & Molecular Medicine	Beth Lawlor	Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
2016	Cipriano Zuluaga	Cal State San Marcos	Microbiology & Immunology	Carey Lumeng	Graduate Student, Cal State University, Los Angeles
2016	Chelsea Stephens	Syracuse University	Biomedical Engineering	Rhima Coleman	Graduate Student, Cornell University BME

PREP Year	Name	Undergraduate Institution	Research Area	Mentor During PREP Year	Next Step
2017	Rachael Baliira	Penn State, Harrisburg	Cancer Biology	David Lombard	Graduate Student, University of Michigan
2017	Jesus Castor-Macias	University of Texas, El Paso	Biomedical Engineering	Carlos Aguilar	Graduate Student, University of Michigan
2017	Kimberly Hernandez	California State University, Long Beach	Neuroscience	Michael Sutton	Graduate Student, Columbia University
2017	Valerie Irizarry-Negron	University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez	Cancer Biology	Marina Pasca di Magliano	Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
2017	David Lozano	Michigan State University	Neuroscience	Catherine Collins	Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
2017	Jose Martinez	University of California Santa Cruz	Pharmacology/Neuroscience	Asim Beg	Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2017	Yonas Simon	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	Biomedical Engineering	Carlos Aguilar	Accepted Graduate Student, Indiana University
2017	Christian Werner	University of New Mexico	Biomedical Engineering	Theodore Lawrence and Daniel Wahl	Research Associate, University of Michigan
2017	Thomas Fernandez	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign	Pharmacology	John R. Traynor	Graduate Student, Oregon Health and Sciences University

PREP Year	Name	Undergraduate Institution	Research Area	Mentor During PREP Year	Next Step
2018	Jessica Alers	University of South Carolina	Pharmacology	Vernon Carruthers	Industry, Ritedose Corporation
2018	Marina Bassana	University of Texas, Austin & University of Houston	Microbiology & Immunology	George Mashour	Graduate Student, PIBS, University of Michigan
2018	Anthony Garcia	University of New Mexico	Neuroscience	James Rae	Graduate Student, PIBS, University of Michigan
2018	Melanie Gil	Florida Atlantic University	Cancer Biology	Natalie Tronson	Graduate Student, Vanderbilt
2018	Jonny Mendoza-Castrejon	University of Georgia	Neuroscience	Grace Chen	Graduate Student, Washington University, St. Louis
2018	Genesis Rodriguez	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Cancer Biology	Michael Sutton	Graduate Student, PIBS, University of Michigan
2018	Francisco Padron	University of Illinois, Chicago	Neuroscience	Henry Paulson	Medical Student, Michigan State University
2018	Alexis Vega-Medina	University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez	Neuroscience	Dawen Cai and Cynthia Chestek	Graduate Student, PIBS, University of Michigan