Summer Research Internship Program 2026 Students

Cole Little

Project: Absenteeism due to Acute Respiratory Illness in Children, 2024-2026

With guidance from Josh Petrie, PhD, he explained the role of acute respiratory illness in children and its effect on absenteeism (time away from daycare/school or work). Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Cole is pursuing an MPH at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. 

Seth Roewe

Project: Powassan Virus Infection: Diagnostics and Probable Coinfections 

With guidance from Jennifer Meece, PhD, and Alexandra Linz, PhD, Seth identified the issues concerning Powassan virus among ticks. Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Seth is pursuing a BS in Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 

Maahir Patel

Project: Investigating Circulating Tumor DNA as a Biomarker for Patients with High-Grade Sarcoma 

With guidance from Rohit Sharma, MD, Maahir looked at the relationship between ctDNA as a biomarker and sarcoma. Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Maahir is pursuing a BS in Biology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. 

Kosar Fateh

Project: Identifying Multi-Omics Biomarkers that Predict Ovarian Cancer Survival  

With guidance from Srinivasulu Yerukala Sathipati, PhD, Kosar identified if multi-omics biomarkers could predict ovarian cancer. Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Kosar is pursuing a PhD in Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. 

Anita Michael 

Project: An Algorithmic Pipeline for Inferring Family Relationships from Collections Data

With guidance from Scott Hebbring, PhD and Brooke Delgoffe, MS, Anita developed an algorithmic pipeline for finding family relationships in electronic health record. Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Anita is pursuing an MPH in at the University of Pittsburgh. 

Sarah-Blessing Tetedje

Project: Autism-Like Symptoms in Children with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

With guidance from Jeremy Pomeroy, PhD, Sarah examined the relationship between autism-like systems and BBS. Please see complete abstract for additional information.

Sarah is pursuing a BS in neuroscience  at the University of Alabama.