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Sponsored by the Office for Student Diversity and Graduate Student Affairs
Laxmi Slider
Lucky@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Ellington, CT
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins University
PI: Angelo De Marzo, MD, PhD
Program: Pathobiology
Year: 5th
Random Fun Fact: I love my Red Sox
and Patriots! I rock climb - always up
for a challenge!
Favorite quote: "If nothing ever changed, there would be no
butterflies" ~ Unknown
Dr. Danny Teraguchi
dteraguchi@jhu.edu
Hometown: Idaho Falls, Idaho
Alma Mater: Idaho State University
Title: Assistant Dean for Student
Affairs, Director of the Office for
Student Diversity, and Assistant
Professor of Pediatrics
Random Fun Fact: took a dancing class
called Delicious Movements
Favorite quote: Cease the Day!
Graduate School = Rollercoaster
1st Year: WHEN MY FLUORESCENT
LABELING WORKS
http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/25254878690/when-my-fluorescentlabeling-works
1st Year: WHEN THE LECTURER IS
GOING TOO FAST
http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/24441581727/when-the-lecturer-isgoing-too-fast
nd
2
- ? Years: WHEN FRIENDS ASK
ME WHAT MY PLANS ARE FOR THE
WEEKEND
http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/24214592084/when-friends-ask-mewhat-my-plans-are-for-the-weekend
The results
PAPER
ACCEPTED
WHEN I SEE MY
NAME ON
PUBMED
http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/26929576239/when-i-see-my-nameon-pubmed, http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/25445991415/paperaccepted
RIGHT WHEN I THINK I’VE GOT
EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL
http://whatshouldwecallgradschool.tumblr.com/post/25806301237/right-when-i-think-ivegot-everything-under-control
… OR CALL YOUR PEER MENTORS!
Office for Student Diversity:
BRB137
410-614-8759
We are here to help!
The Peer Mentoring Program Offers:
1. Confidential One-on-One Mentoring
Difficulty with Advisor
Selecting Thesis Lab
Adjusting to Graduate Life
Coursework
Qualifying Exam
Selecting a Thesis Committee
Career Planning
Lab Life
Work/Life Balance
Transition to Baltimore
Lab Rotations
Writing grant, proposal, or
thesis
We are here to help!
The Peer Mentoring Program Offers:
2. Panel Discussions on Important Graduate
Student Milestones
Choosing a lab
Orals
We are here to help!
The Peer Mentoring Program Offers:
3. Social Events
A great opportunity to meet peer mentors and fellow
graduate students.
Orientation Social 2008
www.hopkinsmedicine.org/GSA
Contact Us!!!!!
Website:
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/som/stude
nts/diversity/GS_peermentoring.html
Office for Student Diversity:
BRB137 410-614-8759
Contact Danny Teraguchi:
dteraguchi@jhu.edu
Contact Peer Mentors Directly (list on website)
Ijee Uzoma
iuzoma1@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Medfield, MA
Alma Mater: Tufts University
PI: Heng Zhu
Program: Pharmacology
Year: 6th
Random Fun Fact: Hoping Tom
Brady doesn't blow it this season...
Favorite Quote: "Of course they call me unpatriotic
because I have the audacity to think."- Dr. Levi Watkins
Maia Schoonmaker
mschoon2@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Evergreen, Colorado
Alma Mater: University of Illinois, UrbanaChampaign
P.I.: William Bishai and Gyanu
Lamichhane
Program: Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Year: 6th
Random Fun Fact: I've lived in all four
times zones (in the States) going from West
to East. I've been swimming with Great
White Sharks and lived to tell the tale, all
limbs still attached.
Favorite Quote: "Let the world change you and you can
change the world" Che Guevara
Darshil Jhaveri
djhaver1@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Bombay, India
Alma Mater: University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
PI: Dr. Elizabeth Jaffee
Program: Pharmacology
Year: 5th
Random Fun Fact: Love taking jumping
pictures with friends, no matter what
place we are at!
Favorite quote: Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a
mystery, Today is a gift, that's why it's called the
"Present” Kung Fu Panda
Teraneh (Tizzy) Jhaveri
tzarifi1@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Wildomar, CA
Alma Mater: University of California,
Riverside
PI: Dr. Edward Gabrielson
Program: Pathobiology
Year: 5th
Random Fun Fact: Drove from
California to Maryland.
Favorite quote: You have succeeded in life when all
you really want is only what you really need.
~Vernon Howard
Nicolas Wyhs
nawyhs@gmail.com
Hometown: New Milford, CT
Alma Mater: MIT
PI: William Nelson
Program: Pharm
Year: 5th
Random Fun Fact: I'm a big Boston
sports fan, go sox and pats!
Favorite quote: "speak softly and carry a big stick" Teddy Roosevelt
Jennifer Wang
jwang110@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Melville, NY (Long Island)
Alma Mater: MIT
PI: Geraldine Seydoux
Program: BCMB
Year: 5th
Random Fun Fact: I once made a wedding
cake out of Legos as a gift. It had frosting roses, a
cake topper with Lego figurines, and best of all:
removable cake slices. Ask me for pictures!
Favorite quote: "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the
world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly,
now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither
are you free to abandon it."
- Rabbi Rami Shapiro
Saniya Fayzullina
sfayzul1@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Ellicott City, MD /
SF Bay Area
Alma Mater: Brandeis University
PI: Lee Martin
Program: Pathobiology
Year: 4th
Random Fun Fact: Ballroom and salsa
dancer
Favorite quote: “Mommy, I’m going to draw you a sun
because I love you.“ - my son
Jennifer Harr
jharr1@jhmi.edu
Hometown: Stockton, CA
Alma Mater: Sonoma State University
University of the Pacific
PI: Karen Reddy
Program: Biological Chemistry
Year: 3rd
Random Fun Fact: I love gardening! I
have two gardens in Baltimore.
Favorite Quote: “Live with intention. Walk to the edge.
Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh.
Choose with no regret. Continue to learn. Appreciate your
friends. Do what you love. Love as if this is all there is.”
-Mary Anne Radmacher