Calcium signaling laboratory @ Washington DC VA Medical Center has a long-standing record in helping UG students and post-bacs to get into the Medical/Dental/Pharmacy and PhD program. Students get a chance to be involved in exciting multidisciplinary research opportunities to acquire skills and knowledge across the field in Biomedical Science including Cell Biology, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering. This interdisciplinary research training triggers the passion in science, give the students a competitive edge in both academia and industry, and help them become leaders in these new emerging research fields. We expect the students to undertake multi-faceted approaches to problem solving and develop critical skills applicable for future endeavors. Students are given opportunities to be trained in a wide-array of scientific fields, including: cell culture, cell imaging, signal transduction, physiology and biomolecular analysis. We also have success in postdoctoral training program for academia since many of our postdocs are joined as Faculty in US Universities and abroad. Our PhD students are in a path for successful training in multidisciplinary Biomedical Engineering program at CUA .

1. Eugenia Awuah Boadi (Research Specialist) joined as an UG student in 2017 and afterwards awarded NIH training grant, published many papers as 1st author in high impact journals, received Best Poster Presentation Award from NKF and now pursuing MD @ The Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, NY.

2. Dr. Farai Gombedza worked as PostDoc, has recently joined as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry @ Purdue University Northwest. He published as first author in many high impact journals. recipient of the Oral Presentation Award from NKF.

3. Dr. Peijun Li worked as Pocdoc Scientist, now Principal Investigator in Second Affiliated Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University.

4. Sade Evans UG Researcher in the Lab is presently in JHU RN-PhD program. 

5. Ajay Potluri: Worked as High School student. Presented poster and published paper as co-author. Now in 8-years BS/MD Program @ Virginia Commonwealth University.

6. Allen Yiu: Worked as Postbac for 2 years. Presented in several national meetings and published several 1st author publications. Presently pursuing MD @ George Washington University Medical School.

7. Prince K. Amponsah: Worked as Research Assistant for 1 year. Published as coauthor. Obtained PharmD from University of Maryland.

8. Mariyam Al-Shatti: Worked as Research Assistant for 1 year. Published as coauthor. Working in pharmaceutical company.

9. Ivan Lau: Worked as Research Assistant for 2 years. Published as 1st author. Obtained PharmD from Howard University Pharmacy School.

10. Yasamin Abbaszadeh: Worked as Research Volunteer for 6 months. Obtained DDS from Howard University Dental School.

11. Cliff-Lawrence Ibeh: Worked as Research Assistant for 2 years. Published several papers as coauthor. Presently pursuing MD.

12.  Samuel Yeroushalmi:  Worked as Post-Bac. Researcher for 1 year. Presently pursuing MD in George Washington University Medical School.

13. Nazira A. Alli: Worked as Research Volunteer for 1 year. Published as coauthor. Presently works as Staff Researcher at military research center.

14. Ankana Sarkar: Worked as Research Assistant for 2 summers. Published as coauthor. Presently working in Pharmaceutical industry.

Candidates can directly contact the PI through email (bcb.calcium@gmail.com) stating their interest with their CV/resume. After the preliminary interview, they can be forwarded to the DC VA Medical Center voluntary service for further consideration. 

Requirements:

• Preference will be given to upperclassmen and recent graduates. Students who have completed relevant courses, including upper level chemistry, biochemistry, biology and physics courses, are strongly preferred. Minimum of 12 hour/week.

• Demonstration of self-motivation, integrity, responsibility, and initiative in working towards a goal.

We also accept high school students in our summer program through the Summer Youth Volunteer Program.