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Ijeoma Nwachuku
Major: Biochemistry
Email: inwachu1[at]binghamton.edu
Resume/Vitae:

Research

RESEARCH ASSISTANT                                
Summer 2003 – Fall 2006
Binghamton University (SUNY), Department of Psychology, NY

PTD and PF rats Project:
By method of surgery, micro dialysis and HPLC testing experimented if drugs that enhanced acetylcholine levels in the hippocampus had differential effects in subjects with diencephalic lesions.


RESEARCH ASSISTANT
VA Medical Center, Albany, NY
McNair Program at SUNY Albany                    
Summer 2004

Cancer Tumor Angiogenesis Project:
By method of PCR and Western Blotting, determined the effects of steroid hormones on gene and protein expression in tumor angiogenesis.


Personal Reflection

Future Plans:
NYC TEACHING FELLOW
MASTERS IN EDUCATION 2008

Why a PhD:
MAKES ONE BECOME THE BEST OF THE BEST

Personal quotes:
DO NOT LET ANYONE BRING YOU DOWN
DO THE BEST YOU CAN AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD.

Affiliations:
MCNAIR SCHOLAR
BIGHAMTON SUCCESS PROGRAM
BRIDGES
DISCOVERY ASSISTANT
RESEARCH ASSISTANT
CHARLE'S DREW PRE-HEALTH SOCIETY

Favorite book:
EFURU