Prior Academic Affiliations:
B.S. University of California, Davis
M.S. University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis Mentor:
Dr. Christine Brown
Thesis Project
Meditope-enabled CAR T cells platform to overcome solid tumor heterogeneity
Fellowship, Honors, Awards etc.
Held foundation fellowship 2021
Research/Professional Experiences:
Graduate researcher – Laboratory of Dr. Oliver Hankinson, UCLA
Undergraduate Researcher - Laboratory of Dr. Sara Huerta-Yepez, Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Mexico City
Publications:
Montecillo-Aguado, M.; Tirado-Rodriguez, B.; Antonio-Andres, G.; Morales-Martinez, M.; Tong, Z.; Yang, J.; Hammock, B.D.; Hernandez-Pando, R.; Huerta-Yepez, S. Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Enhance Tumor Aggressiveness in Experimental Lung Cancer Model: Important Role of Oxylipins. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 6179. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23116179
Montecillo-Aguado, M.; Tirado-Rodriguez, B.; Tong, Z.; Vega, O.M.; Morales-Martínez, M.; Abkenari, S.; Pedraza-Chaverri, J.; Huerta-Yepez, S. Importance of the Role of ω-3 and ω-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in the Progression of Brain Cancer. Brain Sci. 2020, 10, 381. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci1006038
Owen M. Vega, Shaheen Abkenari, Zhen Tong, Austin Tedman & Sara Huerta-Yepez (2021) Omega‐3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Lung Cancer: nutrition or Pharmacology? Nutrition and Cancer, 73:4, 541-561, DOI: 10.1080/01635581.2020.1761408
Vega O, Abkenari S, Tong Z, Tedman A, Huerta-Yepez S (2020) Omega‐3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and lung cancer: nutrition or pharmacology? Nutri Cancer, May 12;1-21.