Duke University Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and School of Medicine Dean Mary E. Klotman, MD, and the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education have announced the recipients of the 2024-2025 Dean’s Scholarships.
The scholarships, awarded to first-year PhD students, recognize exceptional scientific potential and the unique perspectives and experiences the recipients bring to their scientific fields. Each scholar will receive a $2,000 award.
The 2024 Dean’s Scholarship recipients are:
- Melissa Aldana, University Program in Genetics and Genomics
- Connor Herbst, Biostatistics
- Jillian Saunders, Neurobiology
The International Dean’s Scholarship recognizes second-year international PhD students who show exceptional academic and scientific promise and their PhD advisors who exemplify excellence in mentoring. These scholars will receive one year of tuition and fees, and stipend to support their research efforts.
The 2024 International Dean’s Scholarship awardees are:
- Yaxin (Zoe) Liu, Immunology, mentor: Ed Miao, MD/PhD
- Han (Medy) Mu, Neurobiology, mentor: Josh Huang, PhD
- Dennis Owusu, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, mentor: Sandeep Dave, MD
- Sooyeon (Soo) Park, Cell and Molecular Biology, mentor: Sheng Yang He, PhD
- Brenda Pardo Loredo, Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, mentor: Stefano diTalia, PhD
- Kijun (Ki) Song, Biochemistry, mentor: Priyamvada Acharya PhD
- Jialin (Charlie) Wu, Cell and Molecular Biology, mentor: Jorg Grandl, PhD
All 2024-2025 Dean’s Scholars will take part in yearlong programming designed to foster community-building and enhance professional development.