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RECENT
Awards and Fellowships

Predoctoral Fellowships for Minority Students
Bridges to the Future Awards
MBRS Rise Awards
MBRS Score Awards
MBRS IMSD Awards
MARC Ancillary Training Activities Awards
MARC U*Star Award

PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITY STUDENTS
(listed by fellow and graduate institution)

Jason Aglipay
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Laura Arce
California State University, Fullerton

Juan Baez
Yeshiva University
New York, NY

Mark Baumeister
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Amber Bradshaw
City University of New York, Hunter College

Trevor Brown
Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Anthony Chambers
University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Amber Coleman
Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

Jewel Daniel
University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Michael Davis
University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Christian Dimaano
University of Utah, Salt Lake City

Daphne Dionisio
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Maxine Downs
University of Florida, Gainesville

Senyene Eyo
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Asa Flanigan
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Javier Garcia-Rivera
Yeshiva University
New York, NY

Raul Gomila
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, MA

Suzanne Graham
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point

Ayana Hinton
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI

Victoria Love
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, MA

Adetokunbo Lukan
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Arindel Maharaj
Harvard University Medical School
Boston, MA

Qiana Matthews
Meharry Medical College
Nashville, TN

Lesa Miles
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA

Tiffany Miles
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Ayana Moore
University of Washington, Seattle

Fadia Narchet
Florida International University, Miami Shores

Natasha Nesbitt
Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Susana Neves
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Nicolas Perrusquia
University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Alicia Reid
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY

Rosamund Reynald
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Ariel Rivera-Vincente
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Luis Rodriguez
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Miguel Talavera
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Lora Wilson
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver

Ruiz Zavala
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

Carmen Zayas
University of Wisconsin, Madison

BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

Bridges to the Baccalaureate

Georgia State University, Atlanta
George Kennedy

Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
Mark Staves

Montana State University
Bozeman
Anne Rusoff

Montclair State University
Upper Montclair, NJ
Scott Kight

Montgomery College
Rockville, MD
Kenneth Weiner

Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff
Brandon Cruickshank

Queensborough Community College
Bayside, NY
Patricia Schneider

University of Texas, San Antonio
Clyde Phelix

Bridges to the Doctorate

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark
Charlotte Thomas-Hawkins

University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth
Robert Kaman

MBRS RISE AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

California State University, Northridge
Maria Elena Zavala

California State University, San Marcos
Victor Rocha

Fayetteville State University, NC
Juliette Bell

University of Guam
Christopher Lobban

University of Hawaii at Hilo
Daniel Brown

MBRS SCORE AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

California State University, Long Beach
Laura Kingsford

Fisk University
Nashville, TN
Henry Moses

Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, AL
Jarnail Singh

MBRS IMSD AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

Columbia University Health Sciences,
New York, NY
Ana Abraido-Lanza

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Roger Chalkley

MARC ANCILLARY TRAINING ACTIVITIES AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
Hugh B. Nicholas, Jr.

Sigma Xi
Robert Dottin

MARC U*STAR AWARD
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

California State University, San Marcos
Victor Rocha