Graduate Trainee
castillo.213@osu.edu

Alyssa Marie Marquez Castillo is a 4th year Grad Student from Glendora, California studying at Ohio State. She is the recipient of the 2017-2018 Graduate Enrichment Fellowship.

Alyssa is currently working on flow cytometry, looking at immunomodulation of a novel compound. She is also working with uterotrophic assays on several novel SERMs and studies surrounding a specific protein.

Alyssa chose to work with the Phelps lab because of the welcoming environment. She gained a sense of the collaborative spirit of the lab and the diverse options for research during her rotations. Choosing a lab where she felt comfortable, valued, and meshed well with the current members was a deciding factor for Alyssa when finding a new “academic home.”

Alyssa likes how the research she does in the lab contributes to finding ways to better help patients with cancer. One of her favorite parts about being a member of the Phelps Coss lab is the ability to mentor and support new students in the lab.

Some of her favorite memories with the lab are the end-of-the-year celebrations, going through escape rooms and having dinner afterwards.

Professional Student Trainee
guo.1269@osu.edu

Yizhen (Janet) Guo is a PharmD candidate at Ohio State from Shanghai, China.

Janet is currently working on the development of web-based applications for pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics simulation and estimation, as well as retrospective reviews of patients treated with immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

Janet joined the Phelps lab because of the opportunities to gain valuable hands-on experience in PKPD modeling and simulation, its broad research interests across various classes of anti-cancer agents, and the close collaboration with oncologists and hematologists in the nearby cancer hospital.

After two years of stay, Janet adds that the lab is not only a great place to gain knowledge and research skills, but also filled with a group of incredibly kind and supportive people. She could not imagine a better place to pursue further training in PKPD research. Janet’s favorite memory with the lab was their team building exercise at an escape room in Columbus.

Graduate Trainee
remaily.1@osu.edu

Bryan Remaily is a First Year Graduate Research Fellow at Ohio State from Ambler, PA. He is the recipient of the 2020-2021 Orr Fellowship and the 2019-2020 Patrick and Jane O’Neill Scholarship.

Bryan is currently working on the Cachexia project, as well as Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors, Immune Oncology, and Blood Based Biomarkers.

Bryan joined the Phelps lab because of the excellent mentorship and collaboration of both Dr. Phelps and Dr. Coss, as well as the positive environment. He has been with the Phelps Lab for several years, advancing from an Undergraduate Research Assistant to a Graduate Fellow in the lab. He is driven by the opportunity to continue to learn and advance cutting edge therapies in the field of pharmacy in order to have a positive and potentially life saving impact on patient care.

Graduate Trainee
kim.7648@osu.edu

Kyeongmin Kim is a first year in the PhD. program at Ohio State from Seoul, Korea. After she earned her Pharm.D. and M.S. degree in Pharmacy, Kyeongmin worked in Dong-A ST, a Korean Pharmaceutical company, for 3.5 years. There, she participated in several investigational drug projects to evaluate pharmacokinetic (PK). Kyeongmin joined OSU in 2020 to pursue graduate study and improve her PK/PD expertise.

Currently, Kyongmin is working on ICI/Cachexia and IMiDs.

Kyeongmin is driven by the opportunity to learn something new and her wish to pursue personalized pharmacotherapy. She joined the Phelps lab because of her interest in PK/PD modeling and anticancer drugs. She also loved her rotation experience with the Phelps lab.

Graduate Trainee
chen.7274@osu.edu

Min Chen is a 4th year Graduate Student from Shanghai, China. She chose the Phelps lab because the ongoing projects align with her interests in both PK and PD research areas, as well as give her a chance to learn and practice clinical data modeling and simulation.

Min is driven by her desire to receive systemic training in high level research and gain more experience in both pharmacokinetics and pharmacology area. She also values the opportunity to practice research ideas and better prepare herself for her future career.

Min is currently working on the IMiDs and OSU-2S projects, as well as pop PK modeling projects. Her favorite memories with the lab are discussing projects, courses, and other things in the office when everyone was able to work in person.

Postdoctoral Trainee
irby.21@osu.edu

Dr. Donald Irby has been with the Phelps lab for 4 years, first as a Graduate Student trainee and now as a postdoctoral researcher. He first chose the Phelps lab because of their projects involving PK/PD modeling and simulation and pharmacometrics. He is currently working on the Melphalan project.

Dr. Irby was the recipient of the Eli Lilly Fellowship in Pharmaceutics and the 2020 ASCPT Presidential Trainee Award and Top Poster Ribbon.