Adrianna M. Rivera-León

Education: 
University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras
Cellular and Molecular Biology major
B.S., 2019

MSTP Student Governance:

• Student Advisory Committee, 2023-2025
• Student Admissions and Recruitment Committee, 2023-2025
• JEDI Committee, 2022-2024
• WISM, 2025-2026

Honors & Awards:

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows, National Institute on Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 2026 - 2029

Thesis Advisor: Kristin Hogquist, Ph.D.

Publications

For work prior to the UMN MSTP:

Hubler Z, Friedrich RM, Sax JL, Allimuthu D, Gao F, Rivera-León AM, Pleshinger MJ, Bederman I, Adams DJ. Modulation of lanosterol synthase drives 24,25-epoxysterol synthesis and oligodendrocyte formation. Cell Chem Biol. 2021 Jun 17;28(6):866-875.e5. PMCID: PMC8217109