The Hematology T32 Program is pleased to welcome Mandisa Keswa and Y-Nhi Bui for summer research:

Mandisa Keswa is a rising 2^nd year medical student at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine in Pasadena, CA.  Mandisa was mentored by Drs. Marilyn Telen and Allison Ashley-Koch on a research project titled, “Relationship of genetic and functional red cell parameters to pain episode frequency in Sickle Cell Disease”.

Y-Nhi Bui is a rising 2^nd year medical student at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. She was mentored by Drs. Grace Lee and Marilyn Telen on a research project titled, “Modulation of neutrophil degranulation by red cell exchange in patients with sickle cell disease.”

Congratulations to both students for their successful research leading to first authored abstract submissions to the American Society of Hematology Meetings in December 2025.

November 9th, 2021