We have hosted fantastic undergraduate students from many different disciplines and institutions. Depending upon previous research experience, student participation ranged from learning from laboratory personnel how to design and execute a research project to publishing a paper on their own original work. They all contributed their unique talents toward the success of our laboratory and we're proud of their many subsequent accomplishments and accolades.
![Z](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/allisonhultgren-110-110-20180724090142.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–July 2018
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Current Position: Senior at Louisiana State University majoring in Biochemistry and Spanish
![2017](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/delacova-110-110-20180823084439.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2017
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Current position: Junior at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
![Kristen](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/kristenmckendall-110-110-20160823110122.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2016
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from Xavier University, New Orleans, La., majoring in Biology
![Huan](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/timchang-110-110-20160203100854.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: January 2012–May 2016
Rice University
Funding: Rice University Honors Program
Awards: Ronald McDonald House Charity Asian Scholarship–2011
Gee Family Association Education Fund Scholarship–2011
Gordon R. West Scholarship 2011–2012
Rice University President's Honor Roll–2012
Current Position: Medical Student
The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
![Ashley](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/ashleycarter2014-110-110-20160222113303.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May–August 2014
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
![Placeholder-f/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/blank-woman-placeholder-110-110-20160825113059.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: August–December 2012
Molecular Genetic Technology Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
![Julyana](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/julyanazelaya2-110-110-20160203100558.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: Sept. 2011–May 2012
Molecular Genetic Technology Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Award: First place, undergraduate category, MD Anderson Trainee Day, Houston, Texas, June 2012
![Jared](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/jakackyj-110-110-20160203100406.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May 2010–April 2011
Molecular Genetic Technology Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Award: First place, best poster, MD Anderson Trainee Research competition, Houston, Texas, May 2011
![Placeholder-f/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/blank-woman-placeholder-110-110-20160825113142.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2010
HGSC Genetics/Genomics Research Education and training Program, Participant from The University of Texas, El Paso, Texas
Funding: HGSC Genetics/Genomics Research Education and Training Program
![schrockdonald/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/schrockdonald-110-110-20160203095939.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: August 2009–April 2010
Molecular Genetic Technology Program at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston Texas
Award: First place, best poster, Texas Association for Clinical Laboratory Sciences Conference, El Paso, Texas, April 2010
![yejide-olutimehin/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/yejide-olutimehin-110-110-20160203095701.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May 2008–July 2008
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from University of Houston, Houston, Texas
![Bonnie](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/bonnieyoumans-110-110-20160119150802.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May–July 2006
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo.
Ph.D.: 2013
Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
![Karisha](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/karishamason-110-110-20160119150958.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May–July 2005
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas
![Oscar](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/oscarrojo-110-110-20160119133119.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: January–April 2005
Rice University, Houston, Texas
![Placeholder-f/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/blank-woman-placeholder-110-110-20160825113142.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: May–July 2003
Rice University
Funding: Program in Mathematics and Molecular Biology
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
![Placeholder-f/](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/blank-woman-placeholder-110-110-20160825113059.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2003
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from the University of Puerto Rico
![Marshall](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/marshall-cress-110-110-20160119132334.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2002
University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Ark.
Funding: W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology undergraduate fellowship
Current Position: Neurosurgeon at Orlando Health, Orlando, Fla.
![Carey](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/careygardner-110-110-20160119132240.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 2002
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from Mount Saint Mary's, Los Angeles, Calif.
Current Position: R.N.
![Nicholas](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/nick-jennings-110-110-20160119132102.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: February 2001–June 2002
Funding: NSF grant (ELZ, P.I.)
Current Position: Lab Coordinator at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
![Jason](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/jasonfelton-110-110-20160222112111.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: February–September 1998
B.S. Rice University, Houston, Texas
M.D. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Funding: Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award (ELZ, P.I.)
Residency: Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Current Position: Neurosurgeon and Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
![Paul](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/media/images/paulsykes-110-110-20160119131957.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: June–August 1998
Funding: Baylor College of Medicine SMART Program
Participant from Southern Mississippi University
M.D. at the University of Virginia, Arlington, Va.
Current Position: Neurologist UCHealth (University of Colorado), Longmont, Colo.
![Mathew](https://cdn.bcm.edu/sites/default/files/2019-12/Mathew%20Joseph.jpg)
Undergraduate Student: October 1997–June 1998
Rice University
Funding: Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Investigator Award (ELZ, P.I.)
M.D. and Residency University of Alabama Medical School, Birmingham, Ala.
Fellowship: Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
Current Position: Oncologist at Tennessee Oncology, Dickson, Tenn.