Two of our wonderful 2025 HRI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (HRI SURF) students made the news for the work they completed at Michigan Technological University. Aleysha Negrón Olivero and Yara Cintrón López, both of the University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon, worked in the labs of Xiaochu Ding and Aytug Gencoglu, respectively.
Check out this news article, which goes into more detail on the work our students did over this past summer.
We are thrilled that their hard work is being recognized and look forward to their future achievements!
To learn more about the HRI SURF and our other programs, including the NIH T32, please visit our website at mtu.edu/health-research.
About the Health Research Institute
The mission of the Health Research Institute is to establish and maintain a thriving environment that promotes translational, interdisciplinary, and increasingly convergent health-related research and inspires education and outreach activities. Currently HRI has 64 members, 14 different collaborative departments, 5 full-time staff, and has received over $6 million in research expenditures.
To learn more about the Health Research Institute check out our website.
About Michigan Tech
Michigan Technological University is an R1 flagship technological research university founded in 1885. Our campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. To learn more about Michigan Technological University, check out their website.
