Vijay Prabhakar, Md Email and Phone Number

Duke University, Michael D. Gunn, MD, Professor of Medicine; “Antigen-loaded monocyte cancer vaccines as an effective and simpler alternative to DC-based cancer vaccines”-Research involved improving upon existing dendritic cell-based vaccine by developing a monocyte vaccine-Demonstrated superior efficacy of vaccine to existing cell-based vaccine and devised and performed experiments to determine mechanism by which vaccine drives antitumor response-Awarded Stead scholarship for research year-Awarded Vice Dean’s Basic Science Research Award

Investigated use of mechanical stress to induce chemical change in polymers for application in drug delivery systems and wrote graduation with distinction thesis on work

Tutored two students for an hour each per week in physics

-Taught two recitation sections for general chemistry per week-Lectured on material and guided students through problems during recitation

-Investigated validity of using mathematical models to simulate the Rb-E2F protein network that is involved in the cell cycle. Used Matlab to model network stochastically.-Received funding from Howard Hughes Institute-Presented findings in poster presentation

Coordinator and instructor aiding children in subjects such as math and reading