September Honors and Grants

Kimberly Meza, graduate student in Pathobiology, was selected for Yale Ciencia Academy (YCA) for Career Development, a selective professional development program funded by the National Institutes of Health. Kimberly is one of 24 young science leaders from 21 institutions across the U.S. and Puerto Rico competitively selected from a pool of nationwide applicants for their scientific excellence and commitment to inclusion.

May-Tal Sauerbrun-Cutler, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was elected Chair of the Fertility Preservation Special Interest Group of American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

Joseph A. Diaz, received, $2,176,789 for “SMART Plus Pipeline: School Health Model for Academics Reaching all Transforming Lives Plus a Health Professionals Pipeline Program for Rhode Island - New Segment 2024” from The Warren Alpert Foundation.

William G. Fairbrother, Molecular, Cell Biology and Biochemistry (MCB), received $227,100 for Discovering Splicing Defects in Human Genes – continuation Equipment Supplement from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.                          

Diane Hoffman-Kim, Neuroscience, received $34,000 for the 2024 GPP Workshop Conference from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Yu-Wen Alvin Huang, MCB, received $1,921,684 for “Elucidating the role of CHI3L1/YKL-40 in Alzheimer's disease – continuation” from the National Institute on Aging.

Adam Lewkowitz, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received $3,505,471 for “Effect of a technology-based collaborative care model on persistent hypertension and preventive care attendance among postpartum people with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy” from the NIH.

Eric M. Morrow, MCB, received $3,945,815 for “Neurodevelopmental mechanisms in 17q12 CNV disorders and autism” from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

Matthew R. Nassar, Neuroscience, received $1,422,249 for “CRCNS: Investigating the Neurocomputational Mechanisms of Belief Updating” from the NIMH.           

Nicola Neretti, Jian Ma, and Siyuan (Steven) Wang, MCB, received $220,798 for “Spatial omics technologies to map the senescent cell microenvironment - continuation Supplement” from the National Cancer Institute.             

Katherine Siddle, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), received $127,000 for “Advancing genomic, transcriptomic and functional approaches to combat globally important and emerging pathogens.” The grant is a subaward through the Broad Institute from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 

Anthony Spirito and Jennifer C. Wolff, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $141,317 for “Towards a reliable and valid assessment of preteen suicidal thoughts and behavior,” a Diversity  Supplement for Katherine Tezanos from NIMH.

Shipra Vaishnava, MMI, received $2,848,891 for “Vitamin A metabolism at the host-microbiome interface” from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

Edward G. Walsh, Brain Science, received $60,240 for “STTR Phase II: Thermal Imaging, Augmentation of Microwave Energy in Various Tissues and Chronic Safety   .” The grant is a subaward through Theromics Inc from the National Science Foundation.