2023 Summer Medical Student Grants
DIMITRI CADET
MD-PhD student in the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Currently Dimitri is working with Dr. David Nathanson to investigate the functional programs controlling cancer cell adaptation and persistence in malignant gliomas, with the goal of developing new targeted therapeutic strategies to improve patient outcomes.
ADITYA MOHAN
MD-PhD student in the Duke University School of Medicine
Aditya is currently researching; “Utilizing T Cell Receptor Fusion Constructs (TruCs) as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for Glioblastoma.” With the mission to design better CAR-T cell therapies which can be used to treat glioblastoma.
ESTHER POELUSO
Graduate student in the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program
For her PhD, Esther is studying in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology under the guidance of Dr. David Nathanson to develop small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of glioblastoma.
The 2023 Summer Student Grant was made possible by The Sweet Geeks Foundation.
The Summer Medical Student Grant is a $3500 summer grant that allows MD and PhD students to work in a scientific lab dealing with brain cancer research projects. Each awardee is mentored by a current primary investigator at their current institution for the summer session. The goal of the Summer Medical Student grant is to allow additional time in the lab while inspiring future generations of brain cancer researchers.