RISE Participants

M’Kayla Alston

M’Kayla Alston

M’Kayla Alston
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentor: Dr. C. Kantor, Assistant Professor of Geography
Research: Lactose Intolerance and Bone Health in African Americans
Career Plans: PhD in Physical Therapy

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College, P.U.L.S.E Dance Company

Kiana Ballard

Kiana Ballard
Entering Classification: Junior in 2015
Major: Biotechnology
Mentor: Dr. Kamal Chowdhury, Professor of Biology
Research: Antimicrobial resistance of common African herbs against winery tract
bacteria and the conversion of chromium six to chromium three by various mustard green varieties.
Career Plans: PhD in Biotechnology

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College, Resident Assistant, Vice President and Head of Planning of the E. E. Just Science Club

Tiare Brown

Tiare Brown
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentor: Dr. Jianguo Chen, Professor of Biology
Research: Selecting Cell Lines for SNP Human Identification Assay Development
Career Plans: MD/PhD

Community Service and Campus Organizations: Peer Mentor

Taaliah Campbell

Taaliah Campbell
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Mihail Kantor
Research: Reasons for Cancer drawbacks in particular cancer research
Career Plans: MD/PHD
External Research/Clinical Experiences: The Medical University of South Carolina

Community Service and Campus Organizations: American Chemical Society and Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students

James Shaquille Carraway

James Shaquille Carraway
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentor: Dr. Randall Harris, Assistant Professor of Biology
Research Identification of Serratia marcescens Genes needed for Polymyxin B Resistance
External Research/Clinical Experiences: MedEx Academy in Greenville, SC
Career Plans: MD/PhD

Community Service, Campus Organizations: Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College; M.O.V.E.R.S (Men of Valor Emphasizing Respect and Service

Tyrek Commander

Tyrek Commander
Entering Classification: Senior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentor: Dr. Charlie Holman, Associate Professor of Biology & Mathematics
Research: Antibiotic Resistance in MRSA
Career Plans: MD/PhD in Infectious Diseases

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Tutor at Orange burg Boys and Girls Clubs and Orangeburg Area Development Center

Keitaris Goldston

Keitaris Goldston
Entering Classification: Senior in 2016
Major: Biochemistry
Mentor: Dr. Arezure F. Boroujedi
Research: Metabolomics and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
External Research/Clinical Experiences: The Center of Excellence Advance College Summer Enrichment Program at Howard University
Career Plans: PHD in neurobiology

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
American Chemical Society, Claflin University Wind Ensemble, Claflin University Minority Science Engineering Program

Malik Hayes

Malik Hayes
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Computer Science
Mentor:
Research: Cyber Defender
External Research/Clinical Experiences:
Career Plans: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA

Community Service and Campus organizations:
Pre-Alumni Council, National Society of Leadership and Success, Claflin’s NSBE chapter Programs Chair.

Tyrell Xavier Jamison

Tyrell Xavier Jamison
Entering Classification: Junior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentor: Dr. Randall Harris, Assistant Professor of Biology
Research: Identification of Serratia marcescens Genes needed for Polymyxin B Resistance
External Research/Clinical Experiences: Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, University of South Carolina
Career Plans: Master’s in Biomedical Sciences, MD/PhD

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Community Service, Campus Organizations: Alice Carson Tisdale Honors College; MAPS; Student Ambassador

Adia Raichelle Louden

Adia Raichelle Louden
Entering Classification: Senior in 2016
Major: Biology and Chemistry minor
Mentors: Dr. Samina N. Assanie-Shiviji
Research: Expression of MicrosRNAs and Oncogenes in HPV-16 & HPV-18 Infected Keratinocyte Cell Line
Career Plans: Master of Public Health then pursue a MD/PHD

Community Service and Campus Organizations: President of Public Health Alliance, Vice President of the Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students, Student Ambassador, Senior Trip Committee, Brookland Baptist Food and Clothes Banks, Free Medical Clinic of Columbia, and Habitat for Humanity

Ashley Porchea

Ashley Porchea
Entering Classification: Senior in 2016
Major: Biology
Mentor: Dr. Anisha Bagasra
Research: Awareness and Knowledge of Mental Health among College Students
Career Plans: PhD in Physical Therapy

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Member of NAACP

Keiara Reames

Keiara Reames
Entering Classification: Senior in 2016
Major: Biology, Chemistry Minor
Mentors: Dr. Gloria S. McCutcheon, Professor of Biology & Dr. Samina Hassanali, Associate Professor of Biology
Research: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Awareness in African Americans
Career Plans: MPH//PhD in Physical Therapy

Community Service and Campus Organizations:
Vice President of Public Health ; Sisters of Service; Volunteer at Physical Therapy Center, Orangeburg, SC