University at Buffalo 
Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring
in the Biosciences (CLIMB)
in the Biosciences (CLIMB)
Recent CLIMB PRO Mentors
Each year, students are placed with mentors whose interests align closely with their own, so our mentors change regularly. However, you are welcome to request to work with any of these faculty in your application, and we will try to make you a perfect match!
Lucy Mastrandrea, MD, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Student Mentee
Kathleen Sellick (2013)
Daniel Antonius, PhD
Department of Psychiatry
Student Mentee
Aaliyah Gibbons (2015)
Te-Chung Lee, PhD
Department of Biochemistry (Cardiology-focused)
Student Mentees
Godstime Okundaye (2017)
Gabriel Gomez-Chaves (2016)
Angelica Rivera Rosa (2015)
Supriya D. Mahajan, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Student Mentees
Taylor Meciszewski (2018)
Elizabeth Quaye (2016)
Courtney Mangum (2015)
Laurene Tumiel Berhalter, PhD
Department of Family Medicine
Student Mentee
Jacob Milling (2015)
Lixin Zhu, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Student Mentees
Kiam Preston (2017)
Martin Sandoval (2016)
Aswad Jackson (2015)
Xiaozhong Wen, PhD
Department of Pediatrics
Student Mentees
Jalisa Kelly (2016)
Aliyah Glover (2015)
Hong Xue, PhD
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
Student Mentee
Kisa Harris (2014)
Teresa Danforth, MD
Department of Urology
Student Mentee
Ky'ara Carr (2016)
James Jarvis, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Student Mentees
Garfield Walker (2016)
Erica Poe (2014)
Kaila Epps (2013)
Stanley Fernandez, MD, PhD
Department of Medicine
Student Mentees
Henry Uran, Jr. (2014)
Jesus Enriquez (2013)
M. Laura Feltri, MD
Department of Biochemistry
Student Mentees
Agnele Sewa (2017)
Clementine Namba (2014)
Jessy Alexander, PhD
Department of Medicine
Student Mentees
Breanna Hodges (2018)
Suleiman Abdulkadir (2016)
Maria Ritchie (2014)
Thomas Russo, MD
Department of Medicine
Student Mentee
Brandon Anhalt (2013)
David Shucard, PhD
Department of Neurology
Student Mentee
Rushell Dixon (2013)
Rajendram Rajnarayanan, PhD
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Student Mentees
Angel Garcia (2016)
Tekeydra Lee (2013)
Department of Medicine
Student Mentees
Elizabeth Quaye (2018)
Justin Harvey (2017)
Department of Neurosurgery
Student Mentees
Marvellous Oke (2018)
Nathan Greene (2017)
Department of Medicine
Student Mentees
Jazmine Baylor (2018)
Coral Sanchez-Malave (2017)
Department of Urology
Student Mentee
Dorian Frazier (2017)