CSTR Success Stories

Check out the successes of CSTR student researchers and faculty researchers.

1. Gaurav Arora
   1. Selected Bioinformatics mentor by the QUBES network for the work on the Next-Gene Genome Solver project t- Summer 2020. More information about the project can be found here.
2. Derek Braun. Dr. Braun was invited to give platform and keynote addresses:
   1. Braun DC, Gormally C, Clark MD. Applications of the Deaf Mentoring Survey to Medical Education. Presented at: Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL); 2017 Jun 9; Rochester Institute of Technology (NY).
   2. Braun DC. Best Practices to Mentor and Collaborate with Deaf and Hard of Hearing Scientists. Presented at: Rochester Summer Research Training Institute (RSRTI); 2017 Jun 12; University of Rochester (NY).
   3. Braun DC. Welcoming Deaf Students into STEM: Recommendations and Research. Keynote Presentation at: Opening the Pathway Conference; 2019 Oct 14; Rochester Institute of Technology (NY).
   4. Braun DC. Mentoring Deaf Students in UREs: The Value of Cultural Competency. Keynote Presentation at: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity; 2020 Aug 4; BIOME Institute.
   5. Dr. Braun’s former intern, Brienna Herold, was accepted into the Ph.D. program in computer science at RIT and is now adjunct faculty at Gallaudet University.
   6. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Abbi Simon, was accepted into the Ph.D. program in epidemiology at the University of Maryland and is now adjunct faculty at Gallaudet University.
   7. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Margaret Gray, who was in high school at the time of her internship, is now a college student at RIT.
   8. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Sarah Gluck, earned her Master’s from Harvard’s Speech and Hearing Technology Program and is now a Communications Lab Manager at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
   9. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Jenna Greene, is now a Clinical Research Coordinator at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
   10. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Thomas Wankum, earned a M.S. in Infectious Diseases from Drexel University and is now a Senior Associate Scientist at Pfizer.
   11. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Rebecca Hull, works for the Certified Nursing Aide Training Program in Colorado.
   12. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Samir Jain, graduate from Georgia Tech in Biomedical Sciences.
   13. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Samir Jain, graduate from Georgia Tech in Biomedical Sciences.
   14. Dr. Braun’s former summer intern, Kristin Parker, is now a lab technician IV at Boehringer Ingleheim in Worthington, MN.