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Jeremy M. Berg Named NIGMS Director New Science Education Booklet Available NIGMS Minority Program Participant Becomes University President NIH Participates in Hispanic/Latino Community Consultation Meeting NIH Resources for Grant Applicants Profile: Dr. Roberto Fontera-Suau Research Highlight: Not Just for Gilling: Mesquite May Help Clean the Environment From the MORE Director: The Value of Questions News and Notes Recent Awards and Fellowships Student Presentations Recent Graduates Summer Research Student Awards Selected Publications Upcoming Meetings Acronyms Used in this Issue

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RECENT
Awards and Fellowships

Predoctoral Fellowships for Minority Students
Bridges to the Future Awards
MBRS IMSD Award
MBRS RISE Awards
MBRS SCORE Award
Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards

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

Lucia L Cardenas Pawloski
University of Georgia, Athens

Lisa Chang
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Kathleen A. Galindo
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Oluwatosin A. Gisanrin
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Michelle S. Navarro
City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA

Octavia M. Peck
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston

Kelie M. Reece
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

Priscilla T. Reyes
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Fatima R. Rivas
University of California, San Diego

Leslie A. Rivera
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Brenda M. Rivera-Reyes
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Brenda L. Soto-Bonilla
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Calad Stacia
University of California, Irvine

Anna L. Wilkins
Georgia State University, Atlanta/span>

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

Bridges to the Baccalaureate

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
John A. Ndon

Bridges to the Doctorate

Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Hal E. Broxymeyer

Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Alberto Rivera-Rentas

University of Illinois, Chicago
Mi J. Kim

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Colin R. Campbell

MBRS IMSD AWARD
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

University of Colorado, Boulder
Robert E. Boswell

MBRS RISE AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

Brooklyn College, NY
Louise Hainline

Heritage College, Toppenish, WA
James W. Falco

Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Mark G. Hardy

MBRS SCORE AWARD
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas
Henry H. Smith

INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS
(listed by institution and principal investigator)

University of California, San Diego
Laurence Brunton

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Roger Chaukley