NE-INBRE Scholars welcomed to UNMC campus

The Summer 2024 INBRE Scholars

This summer, the Nebraska Institutional Development Award Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NE-INBRE) program welcomed a new cohort of undergraduate students from across Nebraska as they embark on their summer research experience. 

These NE-INBRE Scholars will spend 10 weeks over the summer conducting research at UNMC, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln or Creighton University and go back to their home campuses in the fall ready to continue their laboratory research. 

The NE-INBRE program is overseen by Paul Sorgen, PhD, a professor in the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and principal investigator of the $16.2 million National Institutes of Health grant that supports the program. 

“It’s always exciting to welcome a new cohort of NE-INBRE scholars to UNMC and the program,” Dr. Sorgen said. “We have exciting research opportunities to offer them, and I look forward to seeing the work they produce this summer.”

This year’s scholars and their home institutions are:

Chadron State College:

  • Natalie Hamaker

College of Saint Mary:

  • Clare Dahloff
  • Emily Merten
  • Abigail Ridout

Creighton University:

  • Alexander Chen
  • Eva Doescher
  • Alessandra Kakish
  • Cassandra Leuty
  • Hannah Pflum
  • Shawn Ramachandran
  • Andrew Sheppard
  • Fauzan Siddiqui
  • Ryan Ward

Doane University:

  • Devin Avedissian
  • Natalee Keodouangdy
  • Morgan Mahoney

University of Nebraska at Kearney:

  • Chayton Kumpost
  • Nate Lilla
  • Caleb Rother
  • Jade Salgado Antunez

University of Nebraska-Lincoln:

  • Elizabeth Andersen
  • Max Carlson
  • Michael Macabobby
  • Charleigh Schonlau

University of Nebraska at Omaha:

  • Cherylynn Gibson
  • Lucian Hadford
  • Kelly Kahwadi
  • Victor Rivero
  • Areem Zahid

Wayne State College:

  • Shannon Kennicutt