Honors and Grants

Kathryn Grive, Obstetrics and Gynecology, was named a 2025 “Rising Star” by the Society for the Study of Reproduction.

Claire Lin ’23 MD’27, Diana Wang MD’27, Ishaani Khatri ’21 MD’25, Dana Guyer, MD, and Fred Schiffman, MD, received the 2025 Annual Assembly Early Career/Professionals in Training Scientific Research Podium Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine for their abstract, “Infusion of Sound: Personalized Receptive Music-Based Interventions during Infusion Sessions.”  

Sharon Rounds, Medicine and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has been awarded the 2025 W. Fred Taylor Award by the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR)/IDeA Coalition & Foundation. She will receive the award at their annual conference on February 3 in Washington, DC.

Ahmed Abdelfattah, Neuroscience, received $957,000 for “Lighting up the brain: Optogenetic tools to record, trace, and manipulate brain circuits at cellular resolution – Continuation” from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Alan Ardito, graduate student in Therapeutic Sciences, received a $30,000 stipend for a Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Translational Medicine from the PhRMA Foundation. Mentor is Jonathan Kurtis.                                      

Eric M. Darling,  Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $159,500 for “Biodistribution and circulatory persistence of hyper-compliant microcarriers” from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering.

Matthew Fuxjager, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, received $380,480 for “MCA: Neural control of elaborate gestural displays” from the National Science Foundation. 

Nicole James, Obstetrics and Gynecology, received for “Clinically relevant implications of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression and associated antibody-drug conjugate targeting in high grade serous ovarian cancer” from the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Award.

Suchitra Kamle, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, received $40,000 for “Simultaneous targeting of CHI3L1 and PD-1/PD-L1 axis to overcome drug-resistance and immune tolerance of EGFR lung cancer" from the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Award.

Megan Kizer, Chemistry, received $40,000 for “Glycan-targeted delivery systems for improved pancreatic cancer treatment” from the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Award.

Jamilah Silver, a resident in the child track of the Clinical Psychology Internship Program, has been selected to participate in the Ecuador Professional Preparation Program, a summer cultural immersion experience for educators and mental health professionals. The program is designed to increase participants’ fluency in Spanish and understanding of Ecuador and Latinx culture.