Ayomide Oloyede is a first year PhD student in the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering at the main campus of Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY. She is visiting the Weill Cornell campus as part of the T-35 Summer Immersion program. Ayo is interested in three areas of immune engineering: 1) Designing better delivery platforms for vaccine development in the setting of infectious diseases and cancers; 2) T cell glycan structure and other molecular changes that influence their effectiveness in disease control and eradication, and 3) The influence of glycan structures in immune evasion and response. Over this summer, she will be working with Drs. Johnson and Glesby to understand the influence of T cell counts and ratios on outcomes in older adults living with HIV. Outside of the laboratory, she is a graduate advisor at the Diversity Program in Engineering at Cornell University. Outside of her lab and work duties, she loves to listen to music, watch Korean drama, and knit and crochet when she can.
Salwa Aqeel
Salwa Aqeel is a rising senior at the University of California, San Diego majoring in Public Health and minoring in Biology. She is an aspiring physician and has a special interest in Emergency Medicine and Psychiatry. She has received a Traveler’s Summer Research Fellowship and will be examining the relationship between social determinants of health, generativity, and attitudes toward aging in older people with HIV. As a first-generation college student, she is passionate about mentorship and health advocacy. In her free time, she enjoys exploring different places and trying new foods.
Picture: Summer Students Ayomide Oloyede, Salwa Aqeel