Research Team Accomplishments

Publications

Valdez-Dadia, A., Isokawa, K., Kuratani, D., Patterson, P., Thompson, P. U-GROW Summer Institute: A Mentoring-Centric Introduction to a Year-Long Cancer Research Education Program for Underrepresented Students. Perspectives on Undergraduate Research and Mentoring 13 (1) (in press, September 2025)

Valdez-Dadia, A., Kuratani, D., Isokawa, K., Vinegar, J., Quiroz, K., & Udagawa, S. (2023). Promoting educational equity among health science students through a project-based learning writing course at a Hispanic-serving institution. Experiential Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, 6(2). https://doi.org/10.46787/elthe.v6i2.3554

Presentations

Isokawa, K., Kuratani, D., Cameron, C. "'ChatGPT Cooks, But I Bring the Groceries': Teaching and Using Scientific Communication with AI." Association of American Medical Colleges Biomedical Research Training Conference, October 2024.

Valdez-Dadia, A., Kuratani, D., Isokawa, K., Kidd, S., Thompson, P. "Addressing the need for 'insider researchers' in cancer research: Outcomes of a collaborative pipeline program for undergraduates from a state university system." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Expo, 2024.

Kuratani, D., Isokawa, K., Valdez-Dadia, A., Kidd, S., Thompson, P. "Undergraduates Gaining Research Opportunities for the Cancer Workforce (U-GROW): A Pipeline Program designed to stimulate, cultivate, and sustain undergraduate students through their graduate program." Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference. Boston, MA, October 2022.