Diversity in Life Sciences

Initiatives to Enhance Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Science

 

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The Fellows Program aims to give early-career scientists from underrepresented (UR) and other disadvantaged backgrounds the support and skills they need to successfully pursue leadership and decision-making roles in academic, industry and government research sectors. This one-year program is designed around key programmatic elements to enhance confidence, leadership skills, networking opportunities, and visibility of fellows within the biological and biomedical research community. Fellows will learn from career-development workshops and hands-on immersion experience, working directly with eminent scientists from our Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to pursue their career goals.

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Fellows Class of 2024
Biafra Ahononu, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

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Christian Cazares, PhD
University of California, San Diego

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Abby Cheruiyot, PhD
Joslin Diabetes Center

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Naima Dahir, PhD
University of Michigan

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César de la Fuente, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

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Nicholas Frost, MD
University of Utah

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AJ Hinton, Jr., PhD
Vanderbilt University

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Oleta Johnson, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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LaQuita Jones, DO
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

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Nicholas Martinez, PhD
UConn Health

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Cynthia Rodriguez, PhD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Carlos Vera, PhD, MBA
Stanford University

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Catera Wilder, PhD
University of California, San Francisco

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Yvon Woappi, PhD
Columbia University

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Fellows Class of 2023
David A. Alagpulinsa, PhD
Yale University School of Medicine

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Esperanza Arias-Perez, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Samira Asgari, PhD
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Adebowale (Wale) O. Bamidele, PhD
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

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Uri Manor, PhD
University of California, San Diego

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Sonya Neal, PhD
University of California, San Diego

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Henry H. Ruiz, PhD
New York Institute of Technology

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Melody Smith, MD
Stanford University

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Livia Harumi Yamashiro, PhD
Arcus Biosciences

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Zapporah Young, PhD
Casma Therapeutics

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Fellows Class of 2022
Alexander Cartagena-Rivera, PhD
NIBIB, National Institutes of Health

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Makhosi Edmondson, PhD
Janssen R&D

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Thomas Farid Martínez, PhD
University of California, Irvine

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Erika Moore, PhD
University of Maryland, College Park

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Julie Ann Moreno, PhD
Colorado State University/Boettcher Investigator

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Xavier Revelo, PhD
University of Minnesota

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Jonathan (Jon) Silver, PhD
Regeneron

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Quinton Smith, PhD
University of California, Irvine

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Christina (Christie) Towers, PhD
The Salk Institute

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Fellows Class of 2020-2021
Breann Brown, PhD
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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David Gonzalez, PhD
University of California, San Diego

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Tamia Harris-Tryon, MD, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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C. Denise Okafor, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

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Zaida Ramirez Ortiz, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School

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Martin Riccomagno, PhD
University of California, Riverside

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Rachel Roth Flach, PhD
Pfizer Inc.

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Ray Whitson, PhD
Genomics Institute, Novartis Research Foundation, GNF

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Fellows Class of 2018
Yava Jones-Hall, DVM, PhD, DACVP
Texas A&M University

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David Soto-Pantoja, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine

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Evan Scott, PhD
University of Virginia

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Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire , PhD
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

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Roslyn Crowder, PhD
Stetson University

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Tom Pohl, PhD
Specifica Inc.

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Rodrigo Maillard, PhD
Georgetown University

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Amy  Brewster, PhD
Southern Methodist University

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Samira Musah, PhD
Duke University

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Michael Burton, PhD
University of Texas at Dallas

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Fellows Class of 2017
Nesha Burghardt, PhD
Hunter College, City University of New York

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Preston Campbell, PhD
Venebio Group

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Andres Contreras, PhD
Michigan State University

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Paola Giusti-Rodríguez, PhD
University of Florida

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Amanda Marie James, PhD
Emory University

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Michael D.L. Johnson, PhD
University of Arizona

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Dominick Lemas, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine

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Florastina Payton-Stewart, PhD
Xavier University of Louisiana

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Veronica Segarra, PhD
Goucher College

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Glenn Simmons, Jr., PhD
Cornell University

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Fellows Class of 2016
Leslie Ann Caromile, PhD
University of Connecticut Health Center

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Michael Coronado, PhD
Cytokinetics

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Stacey Finley, PhD
University of Southern California

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Dennis Montoya, PhD
UC Davis School of Medicine

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Avery Posey, Jr., PhD
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

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Lindsey Treviño, PhD
City of Hope

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Fellows Class of 2015
Renata Pereira Alambert, PhD
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine

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Diana Cittelly, PhD
Univ. Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Jamaine Davis, PhD
Meharry Medical College

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Amol Kulkarni, PhD
University of Texas at El Paso

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Rafael Luna, PhD
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR)

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Otis Smart, PhD
IBM

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Fellows Class of 2014
Melinda Aldrich, PhD, MPH
Vanderbilt University

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Amanda Brown, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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Vinicio de Jesus Perez, MD
Stanford University Medical Center

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Senta Georgia, PhD
Saban Research Institute at Children's Hospital Los Angeles

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Curtis Henry, PhD
The University of Colorado Cancer Center

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Glenn Rowe, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham

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Fellows Class of 2013
Sharilyn Almodovar, PhD
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Magdia De Jesus, PhD
Pfizer Inc.

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Joaquin Lugo, PhD
Baylor University

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Dwain Morris-Irvin, PhD, MPH
NovAccess Global, Inc.

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Digna Velez Edwards, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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