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Delaware INBRE at Christiana Care celebrates mentorship
of many promising summer scholars
INBRE Summer Scholars, from left: Ta-Brea Fields-Miller, Benjamin Crain, Shellayah Benson, Khadijah Bland, Jessica Pigeon, Autumn Hoffman, Fouad
Delaware INBRE is an acronym for the Delaware Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence, a collaborative network of the state’s academic, health care and research institutions that expands investigative efforts and offers a life- changing summer scholars program for talented undergraduates.
This year’s annual luncheon for INBRE scholars and mentors in August highlighted many successes of the program, particularly the Christiana Care mentors who have helped with the professional development of 152 undergraduate scholars involved in the program since 2005.
Increasingly, the summer scholars have been young people underrepresented in the research field, such as racial and ethnic minorities and students with disabilities, as well as low-income students, first-generation college students and veterans.
Faraq, Alexander Jean-Francois, Aaron Tavasi, Queen Ralph, Jessica Saunders, Tajah Lewter, Madison Newman, and Sydney Shuster.
mentors that are noteworthy experiences for the students.
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and formed research partnerships with their
hile studying to gain knowledge of experimental techniques, the summer scholars have made contributions to the biomedical field in Delaware
Since INBRE was launched in Delaware, its effect has reached many areas of medicine and research at Christiana Care, strengthening the work of developing scientists and contributing to the expansion of research infrastructure, such as the Center for Translational Cancer Research and the Gene Editing Institute of the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute.
“We’re proud of what INBRE has done to advance translational and clinical research activities at Christiana Care and across the state,” said Scott Siegel, Ph.D., director of Population Health & Commu- nity-Based Research in the Value Institute and institutional lead for Delaware INBRE. “We are pleased that our mentors are given assistance with their clinically-focused research each year and
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