{"id":169,"date":"2025-03-27T13:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/?page_id=169"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:33:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:33:58","slug":"alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/?page_id=169","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Alumni!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-large-font-size\">Jayla Franklin<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Jayla joined the Wang Lab in the summer of 2024 as a student in the AARTS Scholar program. She worked in the lab until the fall of 2024 and is now a Master&#8217;s student at&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:132px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Urim Geleta<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Urim-IMG_9278-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Urim-IMG_9278-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Urim-IMG_9278-1-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>Urim graduated from the University of Kentucky and joined the Wang Lab in May of 2023. She worked as a lab technician until April of 2025. She will begin working on her MD\/PhD degree at the University of Cincinnati MSTP during the fall of 2025 and continue her journey in research and medicine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right has-large-font-size\">Yamaan Shakhashiro<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>Yamaan joined the Wang Lab in the April 2024, and worked as a lab technician until May of 2025. He is starting medical school at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in the fall of 2025. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-1092x1536.jpg 1092w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-1456x2048.jpg 1456w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/YS-Website-Photo-scaled.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">Cooper Fister<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper.jpeg 822w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-241x300.jpeg 241w, https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Cooper-768x957.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:60%\">\n<p>Cooper was a student at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School and a part of the Math Science Technology Center program. He was a part of the Wang Lab from May 2022 until June 2025. He will be starting college in the fall of 2025 at &#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jayla Franklin Jayla joined the Wang Lab in the summer of 2024 as a student in the AARTS Scholar program. She worked in the lab until the fall of 2024 and is now a Master&#8217;s student at&#8230; Urim Geleta Urim graduated from the University of Kentucky and joined the Wang Lab in May of 2023. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/?page_id=169\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Meet Our Alumni!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/169\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wangneuromirlab.createuky.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}