We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Jermaine Brockie, a 2024 graduate of Harlem High School, has been accepted into the NINDS SIP. He will train in the lab of Dr. David Wang, lead scientist in the Neurodifferentiation Unit, Translational Neuroscience Center. Dr. Wang helps develop 2D and 3D neural differentiation models using iPSCs and induced neural stem cells derived from minimum patient blood samples to study the mechanism of neural development and the pathogenesis of neural disorders, especially on delineating the genetic and epigenetic modifications leading to motor neuron degeneration. Jermaine is the son of Bronc and Ang Speakthunder, Fort Belknap Agency, MT and the late Lance Brockie, Hays, MT. He will attend Aaniiih Nakoda College beginning Fall 2024.
Four Fort Belknap graduates of the Young Medicine Movement Program (YMM) have been selected for research training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Summer Internship Program (SIP) in Bethesda, Maryland, and at Northern Arizona University Cultural and Academic Research Experience (CARE) in Flagstaff, Arizona.The NINDS Health Disparities in Tribal Communities SIP offers a unique opportunity for talented high school, undergraduate, graduate, and medical students to receive high-quality training and mentoring in neuroscience...
