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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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PRISCILLA HWANG

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering

Associate Member of VCU Massey Cancer Center

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GRADUATE STUDENTS

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JESSANNE LICHTENBERG

Graduate Student

My research interests lie investigating mechanisms of tumor metastasis using tumor-on-a-chip microfluidic model systems. Specifically, I am interested in understanding how stromal cells impact collective tumor cell migration. Outside the lab, I enjoy cooking, baking, drawing, and playing board/card games.

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JESSICA WILLIAMSON

Graduate Student

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My research interests are in leader cells and their mechanisms in cancer metastasis. Currently, my project is focused on investigating how P-cadherin forces promote leader cell driven collective cell migration. Besides working in the lab, I enjoy painting, photography, and scouting out for the best places to eat!

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Graduate Student

SYDNIE TRAN

CORINNE LEONARD

Graduate Student

My research interests include investigating the biomechanical cues that primarily drive breast cancer metastasis. Specifically, my project focuses on how extracellular matrix alignment plays a role in collective migration and the forces that are associated with this. In my free time I enjoy baking, cooking, DIY projects, planning lab activities/outings, and spontaneously getting boba with my lab mates!

STUDENTS

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Omar Zeineddine

Undergraduate Student

Mentor: Corinne Leonard

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Hazel Sterling

UROP Fellow

Mentor: Corinne Leonard

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Nafisa Anjum

McNair Scholar

Mentor: Corinne Leonard

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Valentina Santos Agreda

UROP Fellow

Mentor: Corinne Leonard

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Jesse Rolston

Undergraduate Student

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John McKean

Undergraduate Student

Mentor: Jessica Williamson

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Eggbert Lloyd Weber

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LAB ALUMNI

  • Caleb McCurdy (Undergraduate Student)

  • Caroline Rucker (DERI Fellow)

  • Nicholas Rhodes (Undergraduate Student)

  • Melissa Valladares (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)

  • Ella Ramamurthy (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)

  • Alina Jafri (Undergraduate Student)

  • Shriya Das (DERI Fellow)

  • Trey Redman (REU Fellow)

  • Santiago Lopez (IMSD Fellow)

  • Phoebe Sanjaya (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)​

  • Somya Narra (ChiSEL Fellow)

  • Joyce Xu (High School Student)

  • Anna Young (ChiSEL Fellow)

  • Logan Petry (Graduate Student)

  • Amanda Pearson (DURI Fellow)

  • Kyia Hill (Undergraduate Student)

  • Arpita Das (High School Student)

  • Xaria Lucas (VCU Massey/VSU SUCCEED CREP)

  • Grace Panek (REU Mechanobiology Fellow)

CONTACT

US

804-828-5478

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