Honors and Grants

Courtney Bilodeau, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was named a Fellow of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine. 

Benjamin Brown, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was invited to serve on the Board of Directors for Physicians for Reproductive Health.

Jennifer Eaton, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was named to the Board of Directors for the Society for Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility and chair of its Membership Committee. She received a top reviewer award from Fertility & Sterility and Fertility & Sterility Reports. She also received the ASRM Star Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in October.

Wafik El-Deiry, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been named chair of the WIN Consortium. WIN offers access to global thought leaders in Precision Oncology and a platform of leading cancer centers from across the world. Its expertise in genomics and transcriptomics, experience in managing complex international biomarker-directed trials, and molecular tumor boards make it a very efficient vehicle to bring closer the future of precision oncology.

Peter Heywood, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, had his book The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras: Significance for Conservation, published by Cambridge University Press, has been awarded a Choice Award this year for Outstanding Academic Title 2023.

Karine Matevossian, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received the Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group Prize Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine in October.

Ada Pariser, Family Medicine resident, was the e-poster winner in the Family Physician Research category at the FMX Annual Conference for "Evaluation of Care Cascade Outcomes for Patients with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in a Specialist Supported Primary Care Model at a Community Health Center in Rhode Island." Dr. Pariser was appointed to the Commission on Health of the Public and Science at AAFP, a national position.

Melissa Russo, Obstetrics and Gynecology, accepted an editor role in Women’s Health with Clinical Therapeutics, The International Peer-reviewed Journal of Drug Therapy.

Jeffrey A. Bailey, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $144,830 for “Aging microbiome, Immunosenescence, and risk of Multi-drug Resistant Organism Colonization and Infection in the Nursing Home,” a subaward through the University of Massachusetts Medical School from the National Institute on Aging. He also received $349,228 for “Malaria molecular surveillance capacity built to last in the DRC: Establishing the PaluSeq program, a subaward through the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, from the Billl and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Leslie Brick, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $19,030 for “COVID19 vaccine hesitancy among perinatal women at risk for health disparities,” a subaward through Butler Hospital from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. She also received $52,927 for “Idiographic Examination of Alcohol to Dampen Positive Emotions for Co-morbid Alcohol Use and PTSD,” a subaward through the University of Rhode Island from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Christina Cuomo, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, received $66,996 for “Rapid fungal identification and antifungal susceptibility testing through quantitative, multiplexed RNA detection,” a subaward through the Broad Institute from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Nicole James, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received $100,000 for “Predictive Markers of Immunotherapy Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer” from the Mary Kay Ash Foundation.

Stephanie R. Jones, Neuroscience, received $29,450 for “FX ENTRAIN: Perturbation of neurodynamics underlying sensory hyperarousal and statistical learning in Youth with FXS,” a subaward through Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.                               

Jonathan Kurtis, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $1,000,000 for “Apoptosis-Inducing Anti-Malaria Drugs Targeting PfGARP 2023-2025” from the Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust Awards Programs.

Nicola Neretti, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, received $279,604 for “Multi-Scale Analysis of 4D Nucleome Structure and Function by Comprehensive Multimodal Data Integration - continuation Year 4,” a subaward through Carnegie Mellon University from the National Human Genome Research Institute.                     

May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received $295,000 for “What factors impact fertility preservation consultations and procedures in an insurance mandates state” from ACTR-RI.

Vivian Sung, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received $883,490 for “Supplemental Funding for PCORI-funded Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research to Increase Diversity and/or Advance Health Equity- Beta-Agonist versus onabotulinumtoxin: A Trial for Urgency Urinary Incontinence” from PCORI.