CVR Trainee Day 2026

On Friday, June 5th the CVR held its fourth annual Trainee Day! The festivities of this year’s presentations were managed in-part by our very own Cade Sterling and Elon Holmes (grad students)!

Our superstar post doc Dr. Rachael Rush opened the slate of talks for the day with a bang, presenting her work “Translational approaches to combating peribunyaviruses: the Revampp strategy.

Rachael, pictured above casually hitting an astonishing pose while presenting to a room full of distinguished peers.

In between running around the 6th floor keeping things in line, our PhD candidate Cade also had time to deliver a fantastic presentation of his work, entitled “Oropouche virus causes acute hepatitis in mice controlled by Type I interferons.

A dapper Mr. Sterling gesturing to his slides (not shown).

Former master’s student, current Master of Science and lab tech Andrew Wheeler also presented at Trainee Day! He shared his project, “Comparing virulence of historical and contemporary Oropouche strains in the context of pregnancy.”

Master Wheeler, being introduced by Cade!

A pensive, distinguished Andrew fielding a question from the audience.

Rachael, Cade, and Andrew did a tremendous job representing the Hartman Lab and contributed to another wonderfully successful Trainee Day!

An updated lab family photo for the record books!