Current and Previous Fellowship Awardees
| Year Awarded | Award Recipient | Faculty Advisor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Alyssa La Bella | Ana Lidia Flores-Mireles | Dissecting the Efg1 Virulence Network of Candida albicans in the Catheterized Bladder |
| 2023 | Elizabeth Lau | Joyce Adams and Bernard Nahlen | Validation of a Clinical Screening Tool for Postpartum Depression in Rural United States |
| 2023 | Bradley Jones | Patty Champion | Defining the Roles of Lysine Acetyltransferases MMAR_3740 and MMAR_3692 in Mycobacterial Pathogenesis |
| 2023 | Alexis Waldschmidt | Joseph E. O’Tousa | The Multiple Disease-Vectoring Roles of NORPA β-Class Phospholipase C Signaling in Aedes Mosquitoes |
| 2022 | Christopher Winski | Felipe Santiago-Tirado | Characterization of an atypical ABC transporter involved in antifungal resistance and host interactions in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans |
| 2022 (fall semester) | Homero Dominguez | Shahriar Mobashery | Penicilin-Binding protein 2x as a target in allosteric inhibition by antibiotics |
| 2022 | Mackenzie Sievert | Michael Ferdig | Mapping determinants of drug resistance in malaria parasites |
| 2022 | Quan Tran | Alex Perkins | Rethinking and improving models used to estimate the global disease burden of Yellow fever |
| 2021 | Jessica Carney | Laura Miller-Graff | Improving access to maternal mental health care within and across cultural contexts |
| 2021 | Aurel Holzschuh | Cristian Koepfli | Understanding residual Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Zanzibar through genomics |
| 2021 | Maisha Nima | Michael Ferdig and Angana Mukherjee | Malarial emergence of resistance to frontline artemisinin drugs in Bangladesh |
| 2021 | Iker Soto Santarriaga | Patricia Clark | Characterizing the folding mechanism of the autotransporter virulence factor pertactin |
| 2021 | Lindsay Serene | Jeff Schorey | Deciphering SecA2-dependent RNA export in pathogenic mycobacteria |
| 2020 | Katherine Crank | Kyle Bibby | From theory to practice: expanding the quantitative microbial risk assessment framework research progress |
| 2020 | Kathleen Nicholson | Patricia Champion | Characterizing a putative secreted transporter component in the ESX-1 secretion system of Mycobacterium marinum |
| 2020 | Yuanyuan Qian | Shahriar Mobashery | Elucidation of mechanism of action for novel anti-clostridioides difficile antibacterial |
| 2020 | Sana Saiyed | Lee Gettler | Combining cultural perspectives, behavioral ecology, and stress physiology for a more holistic understanding of human-monkey interactions and health in India |
| 2019 | Daniel Hammers | Shaun Lee | Identification of a host cell membrane target for Streptolysin S |
| 2019 | Kayla Hurd | Vania Smith-Oka |
Are insects the next health aid?: Exploring the correlation between seasonality and consumption patterns with blood spots in Oaxaca, Mexico |
| 2019 | Chinedu Madukoma | Joshua Shrout | Examining the Role of Type IV pili in Surface Motility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| 2019 | Katelyn Vendrely | Michael Ferdig | Mapping competitive growth of malaria parasites to assess the fitness impact of artemisinin resistance |
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2018 |
Katelyn Carothers | Shaun Lee |
Role for a secreted Streptococcal protease in host cell and polymicrobial interactions |
| 2018 | Rachel Oidtman | Alex Perkins | Inferring and forecasting pathogen transmission dynamics by confronting models with epidemiological time series |
| 2018 | Kevin Sanchez | Patricia Champion | The Mechanisms of ESX-1 Feedback Regulation in Mycobacterium marinum |
| 2018 | Morgan Smith | Edwin Michael | Data-driven computational modeling of macroparasitic disease transmission and elimination |
| 2017 | David Dik | Shahriar Mobashery | Cross-Talk Between Cell-Wall Recycling and Antibiotic Resistance in Pathogenic Bacteria |
| 2017 | Rose Donohue | Edwin Michael |
Understanding Neglected Tropical Disease Control from a Socio-ecological Perspective |
| 2017 | Catherine Flanley | Mary Ann McDowell | Genetic differentiation and immunogenicity of nine salivary proteins from four geographically distant populations of Phlebotomus papatasi, a known Leishmania vector |
| 2016 | Mark Fraser | Robert Stahelin | Effectiveness of sub-therapeutic staurosporine on inhibition of budding and replication of lipid-enveloped viruses |
| 2016 | Micah Ferrell | Patricia Champion | Mapping of acetylated proteins in M.marinum and M.tuberculosis to NATS in the genome |
| 2016 | Todd Marek | Vania Smith-Oka | Relationship between linguistic practices and the emergence of differing forms of Traditional Tibetan medicine |
| 2015 | Katrina Button-Simons | Michael Ferdig | Develop tool that prioritizes anti-malarial candidate drugs for advancement through pre-clinical and clinical trials |
| 2015 | Olivia Choudhury | Scott Emrich |
Develop framework for analyzing data-intensive biological applications with high performance computing and develop novel approach for increasing accuracy of Single Molecule Sequencing |
| 2015 | Sage Davis | Michael Ferdig | Build and analyze gene co-expression networks to determine genes of importance for ART-R |
| 2015 | Trevor Kane | Shaun Lee | Genetic studies to delinate the role of the SLS-like genes in S.aureus and Biochemical studies aimed at deducing the structural characteristics of the SLS-like toxin produced by S.aureus |
| 2015 | Enrico Speri | Shahriar Mobashery | Role of S.aureus protein kinase in phosphorylation of BlaR1 |
| 2014 | Michelle Ngai | Mary Ann McDowell | Characterization of family of serotonin receptors for Aedes aegpyti and Anopheles gambiae, Identification of influence of insecticide impregnated barriers on malaria incidence |
| 2014 | Brianna R. Mullins (Norris) | Miguel Morales | Elucidating Mechanisms of Leishmania Signaling Pathways and Parasite Stress Response |
| 2014 | Matthew Leming | Joseph O’Tousa | Understand the visual processes of the Ae. aegypti mosquito to allow for novel development and refinement of mosquito control strategies |
| 2014 | Mark Majewski | Marvin Miller | Syntheses and Evaluation of Hydroxamates, Monobactams, and Cephalosporins as Anti-Tuberculosis and Anti-Microbial Agents |
| 2014 | Huan Wang | Mayland Chang, Shahriar Mobashery |
Synthesis and evaluation of a novel class of 1,2,4-triazolo [1,5-a] pyrimidines antibacterial agents, Synthesis and evaluation of a novel class of NagZ inhibitors |
| 2013 | Callan Driscoll | Joshua Shrout | Effects of calcium on the surface motility of pathogenic bacteria. Focus on most common bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, causes chronic pulmonary infections in cystic fibrosis |
| 2013 | Victoria Smith | Jeff Schorey | Identify the mechanism by which Mycobacteria tuberculosis components are trafficked to exosomes and what role exosomes play during course of in vivo infection |
| 2013 | Quirine ten Bosch | Alex Perkins | Occurrence of dengue epidemics as affected by complex interplay of environmental and climate on mosquitoes |
| 2012 | Nicholas Geraci | Mary Ann McDowell | Role of miRs in immunopathology of leishmaniasis |
| 2012 | Lindsey Turnbull | Michael Ferdig | Plasticity of transcriptional response and implications for malaria parasite adaptation |
| 2012 | Abigail Weaver | Marya Lieberman |
Developing paper analytical devices for the detection of counterfeit drugs |
| 2012 | Emily Williams | Patricia Champion |
Molecular mechanisms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence |
| 2011 | Emmanuel AduGyamfi | Rob Stahelin |
Molecular architecture of Ebola virus assembly and budding from the plasma membrane |
| 2011 | Tony Clemons | David Severson, Molly Duman Scheel | Aedes aegypti vector competence to dengue |
| 2011 | Ling Sun | Philippe Sucosky | Role of hemodynamic sheer stress in calcific aortic valve disease |
| 2011 | Ellen Flannery | Molly Duman Scheel | Role of Sema signaling in the developing CNS and olfactory system of Aedes aegypti |
| 2009 | Geoffrey Siwo | Michael Ferdig |
Integrative systems biology of malaria parasites |
| 2009 | Upeka Samarkoon | Michael Ferdig | Structural Genome validation in malaria parasites |
| 2009 | Davis A. Darcy | Nitesh Chawla |
Network-centric data mining for medical applications |
| 2009 | Andrew K. Rider | Scott Emrich | Data and network science for noisy heterogeneous systems |