Fellowships Awarded
2022
BARMADA, ANIS
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2022 to 8/31/2024
LIN, KINGSON
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2022 to 8/31/2024
ZHAO, AMY YUE-TING:
“Identifying Disease-Specific Immune Cell Shifts in Chronic Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases with Single-Cell RNA Sequencing”
NHLBI;
1F30HL162459;
2/16/2022 to 2/15/2026
HUBBARD, BRANDON:
“Elucidating the pathophysiology and molecular mechanisms of renal insulin resistance”
NIDDK;
1F30DK131846;
3/16/2022 to 3/15/2026
BATCHELOR, HANNAH MARIE:
“Plasticity of cortical networks during learning”
NEI;
1F30EY034380;
9/16/2022 to 8/15/2027
FITZPATRICK, SARAH E.:
“The Role of the ASD Risk Gene CHD8 in Neural Development”
NIMH;
1F30MH132282;
9/16/2022 to 9/15/2026
GOODWIN, JUSTIN:
“High-resolution malaria parasite and drug dynamics in the context of antimalarial treatment and drug resistance selection”
NICHD;
1F31HD109060;
5/1/2022 to 4/30/2025
2021
CHOW, RYAN
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2021 to 8/31/2023
CHERSKOV, ADRIANA:
“Characterizing human-specific expression of ZP2 in the cerebellum”
NIMH;
1F30MH123074;
1/1/2021 to 12/31/2023
PARK, ANNSEA:
“A novel class of long non-coding RNA in regulation of the type I interferonresponse”
NIAID;
1F30AI157301;
1/1/2021 to 12/31/2024
KRIBAKARAN, SAHANA:
“Investigating the Associations Between Safety Cue Learning and Trauma Exposure in Development”
NIMH;
1F30MH124271;
1/1/2021 to 12/31/2023
KUCHROO, MANIK:
“Characterizing Shared Features of Innate Immune Cells across Neurodegenerative Diseases using Single Cell Expression and Chromatin Accessibility Data”
NIAID;
1F30AI157270;
1/16/2021 to 1/15/2024
GONZALEZ, LUIS:
“Regulation of venous remodeling and arteriovenous fistula patency by the matricellular protein Tenascin-C”
NHLBI;
1F30HL156469;
3/16/2021 to 3/15/2024
TALTY, RONAN CHRISTOPHER:
“Ferroptosis as a Modulator of Checkpoint Inhibitor Immunotherapy”
NCI;
1F30CA254246;
4/1/2021 to 3/31/2024
TAKASUGI, TAYLOR NICHOLAS:
“Understanding Telomere Elongation Mechanisms in Cancer”
NCI;
1F30CA254123;
4/1/2021 to 3/31/2024
GUNASEKERA, KENNETH SURANGA:
“Spatial and Decision Analytic Models for Addressing Challenges in Pediatric Tuberculosis Control and Care”
NICHD;
1F30HD105440;
5/1/2021 to 4/30/2023
AHN, SHAWN:
“Deep Learning-based Framework for Segmentation and Motion Tracking of Left Ventricle in 3D Echocardiography”
NHLBI;
1F30HL158154;
7/1/2021 to 6/30/2024
LYNN, ANNA Y:
“Optimization of Polymeric Nanoparticles Encapsulating Peptide Nucleic Acids for In Utero Gene Editing of the Fetal Brain.”
NICHD;
1F30HD106692;
8/16/2021 to 8/15/2024
NGUYEN, MYTIEN:
“Elucidating the pathological translocation mechanism(s) of a commensal bacterium in autoimmune liver disease”
NIAID;
1F30AI157227;
1/1/2022 to 12/31/2023
PHAN, DUY:
“Role of TRIM71 in neural stem cell biology and congenital hydrocephalus”
NICHD;
1F30HD106694;
9/1/2021 to 8/31/2025
WOO, ELIZABETH KA-YOON:
“Investigating the Neuronal Signals Initiating Synapse Loss in Aging and Alzheimer's Disease”
NIA;
1F30AG074629;
9/1/2021 to 8/31/2025
FANG, CALVIN:
“Functional diversity of somatostatin interneurons in visual cortical circuits”
NEI;
1F30EY032338;
9/1/2021 to 8/31/2025
SAVALIA, NEIL:
“Leveraging Rapid-Acting Antidepressants for Personalized Response”
NIMH;
1F30MH129085;
9/16/2021 to 9/15/2024
HIGERD, GRANT PHILIP:
“Mechanisms and specificity of sodium channel trafficking: Developing a novel analgesic strategy”
NINDS;
1F31NS122417;
5/1/2021 to 4/30/2023
MIYAGISHIMA, DANIELLE:
“Influence of Sex-Hormones in Meningiomas Pathogenesis”
NCI;
1F31CA254426;
9/16/2021 to 9/15/2024
YANEZ, DIANA ALEXANDRA:
“Deciphering the Mechanism of Revertant Mosaicism and Cellular Competition in Ichthyosis with Confetti”
NIAMS;
1F31AR079928;
8/16/2021 to 8/15/2023
2020
ASABOR, EMMANUELLA:
Health Policy Research Scholars Opportunity
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2024
DANIELE, STEFANO
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2022
SONG, ERIC
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2020 to 8/31/2022
GARRITANO, JAMES MICHAEL:
“Efficient Methods for Dimensionality Reduction ofSingle-Cell RNA-Sequencing Data”
NHGRI;
1F30HG011193;
3/16/2020 to 3/15/2023
CHOW, RYAN D:
“Mechanosensation in tumorigenesis and metastasis”
NCI;
1F30CA250249;
3/16/2020 to 3/15/2023
CHEN, JENNIFER S:
“Regulation of T cell-derived cytokines in allergic airway inflammation”
NHLBI;
1F30HL149151;
6/1/2020 to 5/31/2023
DESPENZA, TYRONE:
“The Role of Pten in Congenital Hydrocephalus”
NINDS;
1F31NS115519;
12/1/2020 to 11/30/2022
LIN, KINGSON:
“Exploitation of Intrinsic DNA Repair Defects with DNA Damaging Agents in Cancer”
NCI;
1F30CA254158;
7/16/2020 to 7/15/2023
JIANG, RUOYI:
“Identifying immunotherapy targets against thymus B cells in AChR myasthenia gravis (MG)”
NIAID;
1F31AI154799;
7/1/2020 to 6/30/2021
2019
JES CERDEÑA:
“Biosocial dynamics of intergenerational transmission of stress”
National Science Foundation; 9/1/2019 to 8/31/2021
SEWANAN, LORENZO:
“Dissecting Contractility, Power, and Work in Human Engineered Heart Tissues with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Mutations”
American Heart Association; 6/1/2019 to 5/31/2021
THAKRAL, DURGA:
Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
Johnson & Johnson; 9/1/2019 to 5/31/2021
HWANG, WOONG
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2019 to 8/31/2020
KIM, DANIEL J:
“Exploring the Innate Sensors Underlying Cancer Immunosurveillance”
NCI;
1F30CA236466;
1/1/2019 to 12/31/2021
SONG, HOYEON ERIC:
“Meningeal lymphangiogenesis effect on malignancy ofglioblastoma.”
NCI;
1F30CA239444;
7/1/2019 to 6/30/2022
HWANG, WOONG:
“Elucidating the function of the CHD gene, RAPGEF5, in Wnt signaling”
NHLBI;
1F30HL143878;
6/1/2019 to 7/31/2021
MITSON-SALAZAR, ALYSSA:
“Investigating the role of IgE independent mast cell responses in allergic sensitization”
NIAID;
1F30AI145102;
9/15/2019 to 9/14/2022
ZEKAVAT, SEYEDEH MARYAM:
“Dissecting the impact of clonal hematopoiesis on atherosclerosis using multiscale 'omics”
NHLBI;
1F30HL149180;
9/1/2019 to 8/31/2023
RAREDON, MICHA SAM:
“Reverse Engineering the Pulmonary Microvasculature”
NHLBI;
1F30HL143906;
9/1/2019 to 8/31/2022
ECONOMOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE:
“Mechanisms of PNA-mediated gene therapy for hematologic disease”
NHLBI;
1F30HL149185;
9/1/2019 to 8/31/2021
ZOGG, CHERYL K:
“The ED.TRAUMA Study: Evaluating the Discordance ofTrauma Readmission And Unanticipated Mortality in the Assessment of hospital quality”
NIA;
1F30AG066371;
9/16/2019 to 9/15/2023
MELLER, SARAH:
“The Role of Microglia in Neuroblast Migration in the Olfactory System”
NIDCD;
1F31DC018469;
9/1/2019 to 8/31/2021
2018
YANEZ, DIANA
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2018 to 8/31/2020
MARQUEZ, JONATHAN
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2018 to 8/31/2020
HWANG, WOONG
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2019 to 8/31/2020
LU, ALICE:
“Characterizing global regulatory networks in human embryonic stem cells”
NICHD;
1F30HD093350;
1/16/2018 to 1/15/2021
YOUNGBLOOD, MARK:
“PBAF Signaling in Meningioma Tumorigenesis”
NCI;
1F30CA213666;
2/1/2018 to 1/31/2022
DRAVIDA, SWETHASRI:
“Neural mechanisms of live joint attentionin autism spectrum disorders: an fNIRS hyperscanning investigation”
NIMH;
1F30MH116626;
2/16/2018 to 2/15/2021
LINDERMAN, GEORGE:
“Efficient Methods for Imputation, Dimensionality Reduction, and Visualization of Single Cell RNA-Sequencing Data”
NHGRI;
1F30HG010102;
3/1/2018 to 2/28/2021
KRYKBAEVA, IRINA:
“Modeling the Immune Response to Melanoma Brain Metastases in Mice”
NCI;
1F30CA228444;
3/16/2018 to 3/15/2021
XIE, CATHERINE BINGCHAN:
“Complement Induces Inflammasome Assembly in Human Endothelium: Mechanisms and Consequences for Graft Rejection”
NIAID;
1F30AI138473;
6/1/2018 to 5/31/2022
KAPLAN, ALANNA:
“Tumor-selective inhibition of DNA repair using pHLIP”
NCI;
1F30CA221065;
8/1/2018 to 7/31/2021
BARSON, DANIEL:
“Developmental participation of VIP interneurons in cortical dynamics”
NEI;
1F30EY029581;
8/16/2018 to 7/15/2020
LEIBY, KATHERINE:
“Regeneration of distal lung epithelium via epithelial-mesenchymal co-culture and modulation of Wnt signaling”
NHLBI;
1F30HL143880;
9/16/2018 to 9/15/2021
BHATT, SHIVANI:
“Investigating the role of glucocorticoid function in PTSD”
NIMH;
1F30MH116607;
9/16/2018 to 9/15/2021
HANCOCK-CERUTTI, WILLIAM FRANKLIN:
“Investigating the lipid transport properties of VPS13C at membrane contact sites in relation to Parkinsons Disease pathogenesis”
NINDS;
1F31NS110229;
12/1/2018 to 11/30/2020
LIM, YOUNG:
“Exploring the Mechanism of Genetic Reversion in Ichthyosis with Confetti”
NIAMS;
1F31AR073627;
9/16/2018 to 9/15/2019
2017
JES CERDEÑA:
Health Policy Research Scholars Opportunity
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 9/1/2017 to 8/31/2022
KHOSRAVI, RAMAK:
“Computational Model-Driven Design of Tissue Engineered Vascular Grafts”
American Heart Association; 1/1/2017 to 12/31/2018
ZOGG, CHERYL:
“Understanding Emergency Medicine Providers' Perceptions”
Emergency Medicine Foundation; 7/1/2017 to 6/30/2018
SEWANAN, LORENZO
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2017 to 8/31/2018
ZEKAVAT, MARYAM
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2017 to 8/31/2019
TREGER, REBECCA:
“Cell-intrinsic mechanisms of endogenous retroviral control”
NIAID;
1F30AI129265;
2/1/2017 to 1/31/2020
LEE, ANGELA:
“Sex differences in noradrenaline andstress-induced reinstatement of nicotine CPP”
NIDA;
1F30DA043943;
4/1/2017 to 3/31/2019
CHAUDHURY, NASHID HASAN:
“Molecular and Functional Links Between Two Distinct Inhibitory Receptors”
NIMH;
1F30MH113299;
4/1/2017 to 3/31/2019
YE, JESSICA JANE:
“Insulin Signaling in Tissue Resident Macrophages”
NIDDK;
1F30DK113731;
9/1/2017 to 8/31/2020
YOCKEY, LAURA:
“Immune control of Zika virus after vaginal infection”
NICHD;
1F30HD094717;
9/16/2017 to 9/15/2020
LI, DON TIANMU:
“Mechanistically Linking Insulin Action and the Thermic Effect of Food”
NIDDK;
1F30DK115037;
9/16/2017 to 9/15/2020
2016
MICEVIC, GORAN
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2016 to 8/31/2018
THAKRAL, DURGA
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2016 to 8/31/2018
SONDALLE, SAMUEL BRADY:
“Probing the Pathogenesis of North American Indian Childhood Cirrhosis (NAIC)”
NIDDK;
1F30DK109582;
4/1/2016 to 3/31/2018
SCHERER, ALEXANDER:
“Control of actin stability and branching by Arg and cortactin”
NIGMS;
1F30GM119198;
3/16/2016 to 3/15/2018
LOELIGER, KELSEY BURK:
“The Impact of Incarceration on the Continuity of HIV Care in Connecticut”
NIDA;
1F30DA041247;
4/16/2016 to 4/15/2019
QUIJANO, AMANDA RUTH:
“Convection-enhanced Delivery of Radiosensitizer-Encapsulating Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Pediatric Brainstem Gliomas”
NCI;
1F30CA206386;
9/1/2016 to 8/31/2019
MISTRY, KAVITA:
“Mechanisms of Aneurysm Development in ADPKD”
NHLBI;
1F30HL131199;
7/1/2016 to 6/30/2019
RICCIARDI, ADELE:
“Nanoparticles for Site-Specific Genome Editing in Utero”
NHLBI;
1F30HL134252;
9/16/2016 to 9/15/2019
BHATTACHARYA, DIPANKAN:
“Elucidating a novel function for slco1a2, an organic anion transporter, in left-right patterning and cardiac development”
NHLBI;
1F30HL132482;
9/16/2016 to 9/15/2019
YING, LEE:
“Regulation of adipogenesis in obesityby hydroxymethylation”
NIDDK;
1F30DK112569;
9/16/2016 to 9/15/2018
2015
ZAIDI, SAMIR:
“Genomic and Functional Architecture of Congenital Heart Disease”
NHLBI;
1F30HL123238;
12/1/2014 to 11/30/2016
GRAY, SIMON:
“The Coordination of CD8 T Cell Differentiation: A Role for STAT3 and FoxO1”
NIAID;
1F30AI114090;
2/1/2015 to 1/31/2018
ZHANG, KE:
“Single Molecule Studies of Abl2/Arg Breast Cancer Invasion Control Switch”
NCI;
1F30CA192899;
2/1/2015 to 1/31/2017
HAIMOVICH, ADRIAN:
“Development of Co-translational Phosphotyrosine Incorporation to Elucidate Mechanisms of Src Activation”
NCI;
1F30CA196191;
3/15/2015 to 3/14/2018
MICEVIC, GORAN:
“Role of DNA methylation in melanoma formation and tumor heterogeneity”
NCI;
1F30CA196089;
3/16/2015 to 3/15/2018
BAZAZI, ALEXANDER REZA:
“Improving HIV and substance use disorder treatment research by integrating randomized and nonrandomized studies: an evaluation of methadone for HIV-infected opioid-dependent Malaysian prisoners.”
NIDA;
1F30DA039716;
3/16/2015 to 3/15/2018
SVORONOS, ALEXANDER:
“Developing a Novel System for Cancer Therapy: Tumor-Targeted Inhibition of Oncogenic MicroRNAs”
NCI;
1F30CA196020;
4/1/2015 to 3/31/2018
SMITH, ANDREW HOWARD:
“Systems genetics of smoking”
NIDA;
1F30DA037665;
5/1/2015 to 4/30/2018
PETERSEN, MAX CHRISTIAN:
“Novel mechanisms of insulin receptor inhibition in liver by nPKCs and MARCH1”
NIDDK;
1F30DK104596;
6/16/2015 to 6/15/2018
YANG, GENEVIEVE:
“Modeling Neuronal Dysfunction in Schizophrenia to Predict NeuroimagingBiomarkers”
NIMH;
1F30MH107149;
9/16/2015 to 11/15/2016
LIU, REBECCA:
“Modulation of Inflammation and Injury by IL-17-Activated Pericytes”
NHLBI;
1F31HL129563;
8/1/2015 to 7/31/2017
2014
KIM, DANIEL
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2014 to 8/31/2016
HERMAN, EDWARD:
“The role of follicular helper T cell cytokines in the IgE response”
NHLBI;
1F30HL120497;
1/1/2014 to 12/31/2016
CLARK, VICTORIA:
“Characterizing the genomic architecture and molecular mechanisms driving the form”
NCI;
1F30CA183530;
2/1/2014 to 1/31/2017
FURMAN, KARA:
“Investigating the role of D2 in feeding and obesity”
NIDDK;
1F30DK102333;
4/16/2014 to 4/15/2017
JACOX, JEREMY B:
“Tissue Homeostatic Control by CSF-dependent Macrophage-Stromal Cell Interactions”
NCI;
1F30CA186626;
8/1/2014 to 7/31/2017
ABRAHIMI, PARWIZ:
“Modulation of vascular endothelial alloimmunogenicity by nanoparticle-mediated ge”
NIAID;
1F30AI112218;
8/16/2014 to 8/15/2017
BUCHOLZ, EMILY MARIE:
“Long-term outcomes and life expectancy after acute myocardial infarction”
NHLBI;
1F30HL120498;
9/1/2014 to 5/15/2015
THOMAS, ALEXANDRA MORAN:
“Characterization of the Neural Circuits Underlying the Rapid Antidepressant Effect of Ketamine”
NIMH;
1F30MH106287;
9/16/2014 to 9/15/2017
2013
ABRAHIMI, PARWIZ
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans; 9/1/2017 to 8/31/2020
HUI, KEN:
“The genetics of Crohn's disease in the Ashkenazi Jewish population”
NIDDK;
1F30DK098927;
3/1/2013 to 2/29/2016
THEODOSAKIS, NICHOLAS:
“Evaluation of BRAF-inhibitor induced alterations in glucose metabolism”
NCI;
1F30CA180591;
9/1/2013 to 8/31/2016
MARINO, ALEXANDRIA CONCETTA:
“Neural mechanism of sustained spatial attention across saccades”
NIMH;
1F30MH102010;
9/1/2013 to 5/31/2015
MARTENSON, JAMES:
“Molecular mechanism for the synaptic localization of GABA(A)Rs.”
NIMH;
1F30MH099742;
9/16/2013 to 9/15/2015
HERNANDEZ, AMANDA:
“Sodium Chloride Induced Dysregulation of CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells in Patients”
NINDS;
1F31NS086434;
9/16/2013 to 9/15/2015
2012
WANG, CHEN:
“Modulation of Endothelial Cell Allo-Immunogenicity by Rapamycin”
NHLBI;
1F30HL114253;
5/16/2012 to 5/15/2014
OKIN, DANIEL:
“The role of inflammatory cytokines in the regulation of hepatic insulin signaling”
NIDDK;
1F30DK094480;
6/1/2012 to 5/31/2015
2011
CAMPBELL, ALLISON MARIE:
“The role of neutrophil extracellular traps and NADPH oxidase in SLE pathogenesis”
NIDDK;
1F30DK091993;
6/16/2011 to 6/15/2013
MCNEER, NICOLE:
“Nanoparticle delivery of triplex-forming PNAs for thalassemia gene therapy”
NHLBI;
1F30HL110372;
9/1/2011 to 8/31/2014
BELMAN, JONATHAN PHILIP:
“TUG-mediated GLUT4 glucose transporter trafficking and regulation by post-transla”
NIDDK;
1F30DK093198;
9/16/2011 to 9/15/2013
GUO, JENNIFER:
“Neural correlates of impaired consciousness in childhood absence epilepsy”
NINDS;
1F31NS077540;
9/19/2011 to 9/18/2014
2010
MOTELOW, JOSHUA ETHAN:
“Subcortical control of neocortical slowing during focal hippocampal seizures”
NINDS;
1F30NS071628;
9/1/2010 to 8/31/2013
2009
BARBER, DANIELLE GUEZ:
“FACS: A novel method to study neurons altered during cocaine sensitization”
NIDA;
1F30DA024931;
1/1/2009 to 12/31/2011
TAKIAR, VINITA:
“Exploiting AMPK to Slow Polycystic Kidney Disease”
NIDDK;
1F30DK083221;
4/1/2009 to 3/31/2010
MILLER, ALEXANDRA:
“A Role for Migrating Olfactory Placode Cells in Olfactory Nerve Development”
NIDCD;
1F30DC010324;
7/1/2009 to 5/31/2011
VASAN, NEIL:
“Structural studies of the exocyst”
NHLBI;
1F30HL097628;
9/1/2009 to 8/31/2012
MERRICK, DAVID M:
“Characterization of the cleaved carboxy-terminal tail of Polycysin-1”
NIDDK;
1F30DK083227;
9/1/2009 to 8/31/2011
ORME, CHARISSE:
“Role of TUG in the Formation of Insulin-Responsive GLUT4 Vesicles”
NIDDK;
1F30DK086109;
9/15/2009 to 9/14/2012
2008
ENGLOT, DARIO J:
“Neuroimaging, energetics, and neuronal activity in spike-wave seizures”
NINDS;
1F30NS059074;
12/18/2007 to 12/17/2010
APPELBAUM, JACOB:
“A novel small-molecule approach to detect specific peptide-MHC complexes”
NHLBI;
1F30HL094078;
9/1/2008 to 8/31/2010