Meet the students behind the Student Research Symposium: Mahati Avineni

A group of NEOMED students are hard at work preparing for the Student Research Symposium, set for 1-5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 20, in the NEW Center Ballroom and Cook Alumni Hall. The annual event will feature more than 200 students from all four colleges presenting their original scholarly work. All are invited to attend.

Today, meet Mahati Avineni, a first-year medical student from Naperville, Illinois.

Mahati Avineni 

Role with the Student Research Symposium planning committee: My position is social media chair, and my role is to run the Instagram account and promote the Student Research Symposium to the NEOMED students and faculty.

Mahati’s research: “The Impact of SLFN12 Overexpression on the Chemosensitivity of Lung Adenocarcinoma”

Chemotherapy is a primary form of treatment for lung cancer, yet most patients will eventually develop resistance to these agents. SLFN12 is a protein whose expression is associated with improved survival in lung adenocarcinoma patients. This study explores the effects of SLFN12 overexpression on the chemotherapy sensitivity of various lung adenocarcinoma cell lines.