Ariel Blakey
Ariel O. Blakey is a sophomore, Psychology major, Spanish and Public Policy double minor at Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. Ariel has conducted research at Emory University on serotonin transporter associations with suicide attempts in women and at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on clinical trial enrollment. Currently, she is working under the mentorship of […]
Ariel Blakey
NAME: Ariel O. Blakey YEAR OF STUDY: Junior MAJOR(S): Psychology MENTOR(S): Dr. Jennifer Andrews-McClymont DEPARTMENT(S): Psychology SOURCE(S) OF TRAINING SUPPORT: NIH-RISE Program, Spelman College HONORS: While attending Spelman College, I have been awarded the 2017-2018 Donna Mitchell Endowed Scholarship, inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta National Honor Society, and accepted for induction into Psi […]
Ariel Harden Junior Biology
Ariel Harden is a senior undergraduate student with an emphasis in Human Genetics. She is currently pursuing her B.S. in biology from Spelman College. Ariel works with Dr. Tiffany Oliver conducting research to find a correlation between the variation in Proline Rich Domain Containing 9 (PRDM9) and genome-wide recombination rates in humans. Her specific research […]
Ashleigh Bass
NAME: Ashleigh Bass YEAR OF STUDY: Sophomore MAJOR(S): Biology MENTOR(S): Dr. Tiffany Oliver DEPARTMENT(S): Biology SOURCE(S) OF TRAINING SUPPORT: START, RISE HONORS: Bonner Scholar CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES: (brief description): Exposure to organochlorides, a component of pesticides, are proposed to be a cause of increasing cancer rates due to their effect on DNA methylation. Our previous […]
