Jodi Simeon joined the Bailey laboratory in the Fall of 2016. Jodi completed her Honors thesis project entitled “Characterization of Angiopoietin-Like 4 Dependent Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells Extravasation Using An In Vitro Model of The Human Blood Brain Barrier” in December 2017. She is currently a Ph.D. student in the Cell and Molecular Biology Program. Jodi is from the beautiful island of Dominica.
E-mail: jjsimeon@uark.edu
Jessica “Jessie” Thrush joined the Bailey lab in the Summer of 2019. Jessie is from Cabot, Arkansas. Jessie in an Undergraduate Honors student and the receipt of an Honors College Research Grant. Jessie’s major is Biological Sciences. Jessie will investigate the effects of ANGPTL4 and its receptor in the permeation of microvascular endothelial cells.
E-mail: jrthrush@uark.edu
Chandra Wiley is a double major in Biological Sciences and Animal Science. She aspires to be a Veterinarian. Chandra is from Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Chandra’s project is entitled “Deciphering the Molecular Basis of the Radiation Sensitivity of Triple Negative Breast Cancer Brain Metastases”.
E-mail: cjwiley@uark.edu
Dr. Tameka Arnett Bailey is originally from Gould, Arkansas. She attended the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) for her undergraduate degree. After earning a bachelor’s degree in Biology, Dr. Bailey went on to pursue her PhD at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She was recruited to the University of Arkansas by Dr. Douglas Rhoads, Director of the Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program. Working under Drs. Yinong Yang and Kenneth Korth, Dr. Bailey genetically engineered rice plants for abiotic and biotic stress tolerance. Following the completion of her doctoral education, Dr. Bailey was hired as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at UAPB. Dr. Bailey completed her postdoctoral training at the Eppley Institute and Allied Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center under the guidance of Dr. Hamid Band. Dr. Bailey’s postdoctoral research was supported by a Susan G. Komen fellowship and a National Cancer Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (T-32). Dr. Bailey is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas. She is currently elucidating the molecular mechanism of triple negative breast cancer brain and liver metastases.
E-mail: tabaile@uark.edu
Zoe Dean joined the Bailey Lab in 2019. She is a Sophmore Biology major. Zoe’s project is focused on the association between modifiable lifestyle factors and triple negative breast cancer development. Zoe is from Little Rock, Arkansas and a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School.
