Advisor: Zachary Reitman, M.D., Ph.D. Location: MSRBIII 1125 Dissertation Title:Generation of Diffuse Midline Glioma-Derived Oncogenic Mutations in Primary Mouse Models Zoom Meeting ID: 919 0322 6269; Passcode: 895476    

Advisor: Brent Hanks, M.D., Ph.D. Location: LSRC C335 Dissertation Title:Tumor-derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce ER Stress to Drive Tolerogenic Dendritic Cell Development in the Tumor Microenvironment Zoom Meeting ID: 98205855680  

Advisor: Andrew West, Ph.D. Location: MSRBIII 1125 Dissertation Title:LRRK2 Shapes Myeloid-T Cell Responses in Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Zoom Meeting ID: 990 7492 7558  

Advisor: Kris Wood, Ph.D. Location: 103 Bryan Research Building Dissertation Title:Genetic Dependencies Associated with Chromosomal Instability in Cancer Metastasis Zoom Meeting ID: 927 8521 1045  

Michael Caminear, a graduate student in the lab of Ann Marie Pendergast, PhD, has been awarded the Paul and Lauren Ghaffari Graduate Fellowship, which provides support to doctoral students pursuing oncology-related research. The fellowship for academic year 2026-2027 provides a stipend of $5,000.

Margaret Weber Barbier, a graduate student in the lab of Trudy Oliver, PhD, received the Jo Rae Wright Fellowship for Outstanding Women in Science. Created in memory of Jo Rae Wright, former dean of the Duke University Graduate School and professor of cell biology, medicine, and pediatrics, this fellowship recognizes one Ph.D. student in the biomedical sciences "whose research shows particular creativity and promise." The fellowship for academic year 2026-2027 provides a supplement of $5,000.

Two PhD students in the Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology have been awarded 2025 American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowships. 

Advisor: Charles Gersbach, Ph.D. Location: Duke Nanaline #147 Dissertation Title:Reprogramming Exhausted Cytotoxic T cells Through Transcription Factor Overexpression Zoom Details: Zoom Link Zoom Meeting ID: 932 5830 2241 Passcode: 629790

Nana Acheampong, a Pharmacology PhD student in the lab of Laura Wingler, PhD, and Patrick Prochazka, a Molecular and Cancer Biology PhD student in the lab of Christopher Counter, PhD, have been awarded Graduate Diversity Enrichment Progr

Advisor: Corinne Linardic, M.D., Ph.D. Location: Duke South 3031 Dissertation Title:RUNX2 Inhibition Disrupts a PAX3::FOXO1-RUNX2 Feed-Forward Loop and Dismantles Oncogenic Gene Programs in Fusion-Positive Rhabdomyosarcoma Zoom Details: Zoom Link Meeting ID: 922 3739 0603