About the Authors

Zarina Yelskaya

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Vangie Carrillo

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Ewa Dubisz

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Hira Gulzar

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Devon Morgan

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Shahana S. Mahajan

smahajan@hunter.cuny.edu

Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM ZY. Performed the experiments: ZY VC ED HG. Analyzed the data: SM ZY VC ED HG DM.