Honors and Grants
Grants
Stephen K. Costa, postdoc in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology (MMI), received $170,972 for “Staphylococcus epidermidis Glycerol Fermentation as a Regulatory Mechanism Against Cutibacterium acnes Induced Acne Vulgaris” from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin. Mentor is Peter Belenky.
Christina Cuomo, MMI, received $108,863 for “Fellow of the CIFAR program in Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities” from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Patrycja Dubielecka-Szczerba, Medicine and MMI, and Wentian Yang, Medicine and Orthopaedics, received an R01 award of $3,379,319 for “HiJAKing the System: Investigating the Impact Mechanisms of Low Variant Allele Frequency JAK2V617F Clone on the Pathobiology of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms” from the National Cancer Institute.
Abebe Almu Fola, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $50,000 for “Dissecting the Rapid Multifocal Emergence of the Kelch13 P441L Artemisinin Resistance Mutation across Southern and Eastern Africa,” a subaward through Rhode Island Hospital from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences.
Anne C. Hart, Neuroscience, received $408,585 for “Identifying conserved cellular mechanisms involved in Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Anna Kimata, MD/PhD student in Neuroscience, received an F30 award of $227,725 for “Characterizing Central Thalamic Regulation of Altered States of Awareness in Humans” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
Jacob Marglous, graduate student in Computational Molecular Biology, received an F30 award of $275,570 for “Improving computational detection and genotyping of copy number variants in small complex genomes: application to high-throughput sequencing in the parasite Plasmodium falciparum” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Nicole R. Nugent, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, and Leslie Ann Brick, Psychiatry and Human Behavior, received $63,854 for “Adolescent Injury: Intervening to Prevent Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Outcomes,” a subaward through Rhode Island Hospital from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Martin S. Taylor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, received $25,000 for “Mechanisms of DNA Damage by the Human LINE-1 ORF2p Endonuclease” from the Rhode Island Foundation.
Zachary A. Uttke, graduate student in molecular biology, cell biology and biochemistry (MCB), and mentor Bess Frost received $220,456 for “Investigating retrotransposon-derived products as a source of tau-mediated neuroinflammation” from the National Institute on Aging.
Elinor E. Waite and mentor Jessica Peters received $157,657 for “Addressing Challenges in Diagnosis of Premenstrual Disorders through Data Driven Approaches” from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Kristi A. Wharton, MCB, received $769,110 for “Regulated energy metabolism in ALS/FTD” from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.