The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 9 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including fungal infections, cancers, and the effects of environmental toxicants in fetal brain development. They will also help fund intensive 6-week courses.
Congratulations to the Awardees!
Anicka AbiChedid | Cell & Molecular Biology
Mentor: Chris Counter, PhD, George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
Trisha Dalapati | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: Dennis Ko, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Siobhan Duffy | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: Andrew Alspaugh, MD, Professor of Medicine
Marco Gontijo | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: Clare Smith, PhD, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Benjamin Hanna | Molecular Cancer Biology
Mentor: Trudy Oliver, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
Anna Lehman | Molecular Cancer Biology
Mentor: Joe Heitman, MD, PhD, Chair, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Caleb McIver | Cell & Molecular Biology
Mentor: Donald McDonnell, PhD, Glaxo-Wellcome Distinguished Professor of Molecular Cancer Biology, in the School of Medicine
Peyton Moore | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: John Rawls, PhD, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Jessica Portillo | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: Raphael Valdivia, PhD, Nanaline H. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Luz Saavedra-Sánchez | Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Mentor: Jorn Coers, PhD, Professor in Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Guru Ulaganathan | Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health
Mentor: Susan K. Murphy, PhD, Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Emma Wallace | University Program in Genetics & Genomics
Mentor: Greg Wray, PhD, Professor of Biology
Tenley Weil | Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health
Mentor: Robert Tighe, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine