Current COSTAR Trainees
Mariam Begum
Training Track
PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
July 2024
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Transcriptional gatekeeping of macrophage response in helminth infection: Implication in Sjögren’s syndrome
Jake Moore
Training Track
PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
September 2024
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Loss of STK11 Drives Whole Genome Doubling through Dysregulation of the Surviving Pathway
Jaclyn Merlo
Training Track
PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
July 2023
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Contribution of Lymphotoxin-Beta Receptor Signaling in Oral Cancer Pain
Jessie Alfaro
Training Track
DDS/PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
July 2022
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Characterization of Trigeminal Sensory Neurons Innervating the Temporomandibular Joint
Sara Gaiser
Training Track
DDS/PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
July 2022
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Translational Regulation of Candida albicans Stress and Filamentation Responses by Asc1 and eIF4E-binding Proteins
Stephen Hernandez
Training Track
DDS/PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
February 2024
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Prolactin: A Sexual Dimorphic Mediator of Apical Periodontitis
Jorge De La Chapa
Training Track
Postdoc COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
August 2024
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
CIDD150228- A potent Ca2+ Disruptor that Mediates Oxidative Phosphorylation and EMT in Oral Cancer
Razina Vohra
Training Track
Postdoc COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
August 2023
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Development of CBCT-based biomarkers to improve prognostic accuracy of external cervical resorption in teeth
Emma Collins
Training Track
PhD COSTAR Trainee
Start date with COSTAR
July 2025
Mentor/Lab
Topic of Research Project
Understanding the role of CD36 in the context of age-associated B cells, a pathogenic B cell subset in chronic conditions