Travel support for the SOT Annual Meeting is provided to graduate students who are PhD candidates in toxicology at the time of the Annual Meeting for which they are applying for travel support. Applicants must be presenting platform talks or posters at the Annual Meeting and be Student members of SOT or have a membership application pending* as of September 30 of the year before the Annual Meeting at which the platform talk or poster will be presented.
The funding amount for this award and the number of award recipients are determined annually by the SOT Awards Committee.
Criteria for award:
- Applicants must be PhD candidates in toxicology at the time of the Annual Meeting for which travel support is being requested (i.e., the applicant’s graduation date must occur after the Annual Meeting for which support is being requested)
- Applicants must be Student members of the Society or have a membership application pending as of September 30 of the preceding year*
- Applicants must have an abstract submitted and accepted for the meeting. Although the deadline for abstract submission is December 1, the application requires the applicant to include an abstract Control ID, which is generated by the Abstract Submission System. Therefore, applicants for this award must submit an abstract by October 9 to be able to complete the Graduate Student Travel Support application by the award deadline.
- The funding amount for this award and the number of award recipients are determined annually by the SOT Awards Committee; the priority is to fund those with the longest tenure in graduate school
- Applicants can receive the funding only once (i.e., the applicant cannot have received Graduate Student Travel Support previously)
Items needed in the application:
- The electronic application form Graduate Student Travel Support Application form
- The abstract that was submitted electronically via the Abstract Submission Site for the upcoming meeting
- The Control ID number for the submitted abstract**
- A letter of recommendation, submitted electronically, from the research advisor associated with the submitted abstract
* A pending Student member is defined as an applicant who has successfully submitted a Student membership application and has received confirmation of completion from SOT Headquarters by the September 30 application deadline.
Listing of Recipients
Apply online using the electronic Graduate Student Travel Support Application form.
Previous Award Recipients
2023……Kian Afsharian, University of Toronto; Forkan Ahamed, University of Kansas Medical Center; Chandrama Ahmed, Indiana University School of Medicine; Dowlette-Mary Alam El Din, Johns Hopkins University; Saira Amir, COMSATS University Islamabad; Olatunbosun Arowolo, University of Massachusetts; Isabell Augenstein, University of Louisville School of Medicine; Sarah Avila-Barnard, University of California, Riverside; Rowa Bakadlag, McGill University; Rizwana Begum, Southern University and A&M College; Alyssa Bellomo, Rutgers University; Celeste Carberry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Debopriya Chakraborty, Pennsylvania State University; Ashley Cheng, University of Toronto; Amelia Craze, University of Mississippi; Sebnem Eren Cevik, North Carolina State University; Kristina Fenner, University of Rochester; Shreyas Gaikwad, Texas Tech University Health Science Center; Alicia Healey, University of Rochester; Samantha Heldman, Wayne State University; Neda Ilieva, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Martina Iulini, University of Milan; Rebecca Jensen, University of Liverpool; Silvia Karim, Indiana University Bloomington; Emily Kaye, University of Rhode Island; Kyle Kim, University of Washington: Department of Toxicology; Robyn Kiy, University of Liverpool; Naomi Kramer, University of Georgia; Rahul Kumar, The University of New Mexico; Rachel Lacroix, University of Calgary; Joe Lim, University of Washington; William Marinello, North Carolina State University; Courtney McClure, University of California Los Angeles; Casey McDermott, Colorado State University; Mackenzie Morshead, Oregon Statue University; Bright Obeng, University of Maine; Iqra Pervaiz, Texas Tech University; Chiquita Price, Mississippi State University; Dakota Robarts, University of Kansas Medical Center; Christian Rude, Oregon State University; Antonio Saporito, NYU Grossman School of Medicine; Stacy Schkoda, North Carolina State University; Emily Stevenson, Rutgers University; Madison Tanner, University of Texas Medical Branch; Nicole Taube, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Krystal Taylor, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University; Lauren Thompson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Shilpa Thota, Southern University and A&M College; Tong Wang, Rowan University; Joanna Woo, Rutgers University; Shari Yarde, St John’s University; Lei Zhang, Texas A&M University
2022……Saeed Alqahtani, Purdue University; Yunqi An, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Stephanie Brocke, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Frederick Ekuban, University of Tennessee Health Science Center; Scarlett Ferguson, King’s College London; Anastasia Freedman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Emily Green, Duke University/US Environmental Protection Agency; Marissa Guttenberg, Duke University; Zakiyah Henry, Rutgers University–New Brunswick; Katelyn Huff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; D M Isha Olive Khan, Michigan State University; Andrew Knutson; University of Wisconsin–Madison; Jonathan Lin, University of Texas Medical Branch; Luke Liu, Purdue University; Joseph Lucas, University of Rochester; Kiran Makhani, McGill University; Connor McGuire, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Kamakshi Mehta, University of New Mexico; Idoia Meaza Isusi, University of Louisville; Alyssa Merrill, University of Rochester; Katherine Morton, Duke University; Chandra Mohan Reddy Muthumula, University of Louisiana Monroe; Jacklyn Nguyen, University of Utah; Olawande Olagoke, Harvard University Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Sun Young Park, New York University Langone Health; M. Chiara Perego, Clemson University; Sabrina Rahman Archie, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Brittany Rickard, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kelly Rivenbark, Texas A&M University; Alexander Rodichkin; Florida International University; Keegan Rogers, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Keith Rogers, Toxicology and Environmental Medicine; Ferass Sammoura, Florida International University; Nicholas Santiago, University of California Santa Cruz; Bingzhen Shang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mark Simmers, North Carolina State University; Rulaiha Taylor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Honesty Tohon, Université de Montréal; Cassandra Winz, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Li Xia, Purdue University
2020……Narayan Acharya, Texas Tech University; Kezia Addo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ahmed Almeldin, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health; Saira Amir, COMSATS University Islamabad; Nicolette Andrzejczyk, University of California, Riverside; Jamal Ansari, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Grace Aquino, Baylor University; Olushola Awoyemi, Texas Tech University; Prathyusha Bagam, Southern University and A&M College; Beas Bhattacharya, Indiana University Bloomington; Bevin Blake, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; Alexander Blanchette, Texas A&M University; Luke Bourner, University of Texas Medical Branch; Emily Brehm, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Lindsey Burton, Colorado State University; Alkeiver Cannon, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Yvonne Chang, Oregon State University; Jingshu Chen, Texas A&M University; Karen Chiu, Univerisity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Melissa Clemens, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Mathia Colwell, University of Minnesota; Amanda Dhaneshwar, St John’s University; Nitesh Dhiman, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Durgesh Dwivedi, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) S.A.S. Nagar; Frederick Ekuban, Tokyo University of Science; Benjamin Elser, University of Iowa; Yael-Natalie Escobar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Rachel Foguth, Purdue University; Kelly Fraser, NIOSH; John Fyolek, Indiana University Bloomington; Krista Garner, West Virginia University; Kiflom Gebreab, Florida International University; Shayani Ghosh, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Jeremy Gingrich, Michigan State University; Julie Griffith, West Virginia University; Kenneth Harris, Meharry Medical College; Katherine Hatcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Melissa Heintz, Clemson University; Erin Huber, St John’s University; Thomas Jackson, North Carolina State University; Aditya Kar, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research Lucknow; Brittany Karas, Rutgers University; Itishree Kaushik, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Christine Kim, University of Louisville; Keturah Kiper, Purdue University; Lisa Kobos, Purdue University; Abhishek Kumar, University of Allahabad; Shaivya Kushwaha, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Hsuan-Pei Lin, University of Kentucky; Savannah Mack, University of California Davis; Kapil Mandrah, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Olivia Matthews, The University of Edinburgh; Kamakshi Mehta, All India Institute of Medical Sciences; Luma Melo, Indiana University; Ryan Mendoza, University of Colorado; Anthony Murphy, New York University School of Medicine; Kizito Nishimwe, Iowa State University; Olawande Olagoke, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria; Eguono Omagamre, University of Maryland Eastern Shore; Julia Penatzer, West Virginia University; Rebekah Petroff, University of Washington; Barbara Petzuch, Bayer AG; Drake Phelps, North Carolina State University; Rakeysha Pinkston, Southern University and A&M College; Nicole Prince, West Virginia University; Sharavan Ramachandran, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Archit Rastogi, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Jessica Ray, University of Montana; Bipin Rimal, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Rizzolo, Rutgers University; Monika Roy, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Christine Rygiel, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Nikita Saha Turna, Michigan State University; Jennifer Schaefer, Rutgers University; Prarthana Shankar, Oregon State University; Abdullah Al Shoyaib, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Amrita Singh, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Farzane Sivandzade, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Timothy Smyth, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Darby Stanford, Mississippi State University; Bowen Tang, University of Georgia; Gabriel Tao, University of Houston; Kazi Tasneem, Vanderbilt University; Tasha Thong, University of Michigan; Honesty Tohon, University of Montreal; Amy Tran, University of Southern California; John Tranter, University of Edinburgh; Morgan Walcheck, University of Wisconsin; Ola Wasel, Purdue University; Katherine Watkins, University of Georgia; Melissa Wilkinson, Rutgers University; Catherine Wise, North Carolina State University; Jie Xie, University of Kentucky; Shengjie Xu, Rutgers University; Jamie Young, University of Louisville; Fatema Tuz Zahra, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Yuxuan Zheng, University of Louisville
2019……Rachel Speer, University of Louisville; Rukmani Pandey, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Travis Conley, University of California Santa Cruz; Tiffanie Hargraves, University of Arizona; Keith Morris-Schaffer, University of Rochester; Jackmil Puthoor Jogy, University of Otago; Sebastian Medina, University of New Mexico; Argel Islas Robles, University of Arizona; Robert Nichols, Pennsylvania State University; Sireesha Manne, Iowa State University; Elana Elkin, University of Michigan; Catheryne Chiang, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign; Yi-Fan Chen, Louisiana State University–School of Veterinary Medicine; Yuwei Chang, Texas Tech University; Weipeng Qi, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Gabriella Wahler, Rutgers University; Md Sanaullah Sajib, Texas Tech University; Lyda Parra Forero, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional; Aghogho Oyibo, University of Ibadan; Eunice Ogunwole, Bingham University; Oluwatobi Adeyemo, University of Ibadan; Lauren Lewis, Texas A&M University, Neda Alvarez Ortega, Universidad de Cartagena; Samantha VanEtten, SUNY University at Buffalo, Ekram Ahmed Chowdhury, Texas Tech University; Sarah Attreed, Johns Hopkins University; Haiyan Lu, University of Louisville; Emily Marques, University of Rhode Island; Md Ashraf Uz Zaman, Texas Tech University; Mariana Farcas, West Virginia University, Maria Alcala Orozco, University of Cartagena; Robert Freeborn, Michigan State University; Kaumudi Bhawe, FIU Stempel School of Public Health; Huong Nguyen, Wayne State University; Rachel Baur, CDC; Dorothy You, North Carolina State University; Brianna Cagle, University of Iowa; Jinhui Li, University of Hong Kong & New York University; Isabelle Lee, University of Pennsylvania; Ayse Tarbin Jannuzzi, Istanbul University
2018……Ayodeji Adegoke, University of Ibadan; Olubisi Adeyi, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta; Jephte Akakpo, University of Kansas Medical Center; Muayad Albadrani, university of south carolina; Firas Alhasson, University of South Carolina; Nasser Alsaleh, University of Colorado; Navatha Alugubelly, Mississippi State University; Eva Amouzougan, University of Arizona; Megha Bansal, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Tyler Beach, University of Rochester Medical Center; Rowan Beck, University of North Carolina; Miles Bryan, Vanderbilt University; Michel Bteich, Universite de Montreal; Nicholas Buglak, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Janet Chang, Texas A&M University; Xun Che, New York University School of Medicine; Yingjia Chen, University of Georgia; Toluwase Dada, North-West University; Rosemarie de la Rosa, University of California Berkeley; Joseph Dempsey, University of Washington; Lindsay Denluck, Oregon State University; Luqi Duan, The University of Kansas Medical Center; Theodora Ekwomadu, Northwest University Mafikeng, South Africa; Dorcas Gado, University of Pretoria; Carla Garza Lombo, National Autonomous University of Mexico; Grady Gastelum, Baylor College of Medicine; Thomas Gonzalez, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Himanshu Gupta, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Kelly Hanson, University of Rochester Medical Center; Shohei Ito, Ehime University; Katrina Jew, University of Rochester; Megan Knuth, NC State University; Pallavi Kompella, The University of Texas at Austin; Avinash Kumar, Southern University and A&M College; Ramiya Kumar, Clemson University; Xinxin Liu, Purdue University; Zhongwei Liu, Texas Tech University; Jie Luo, Iowa State University; Krishna Maremanda, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER); Isha Mhatre, Northeast Ohio Medical University; Mahfuzur Miah, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Constance Mitchell, University of California Riverside; Afzaal Nadeem Mohammed, Mississippi State University; Jessica Murray, University of Pennsylvania; Tyler Nicholas, University of Washington; Babayemi Oluwagbemi, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta; Rashmi Pathak, Southern University and A&M College; Sumira Phatak, Utah State University; Sarah Phelan, University of Rochester Medical Center; Muhammad Rahman, The University of Iowa; Saniya Rattan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Katherine Roach, CDC-NIOSH; Dharmin Rokad, Iowa State University; Rachna Sachanandani, University of Houston; Ramsos Santacruz Marquez, CINVESTAV IPN; Souvarish Sarkar, Iowa State University; Juyoung Shim, University of Maine; Lucellys Sierra Marquez, University of Cartagena; Ali Sifat, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Sreedhar Reddy Suthe, texas tech university health sciences center; Matthew Sydor, Univeristy of Montana; Dana Szymkowicz, Clemson University; Kazuki Takeda, Hokkaido University; Sheryse Taylor, Rutgers University; Savini Thrikawala, University of Houston; Erica Toth, University of Arizona; Haruya Toyomaki, Hokkaido Univeristy; Eric Uwimana, University of Iowa; Edwina Uzunuigbe, Institute; Alex Veith, Baylor College of Medicine; Abhishek Venkatratnam, University of North Carolina; Sara Vliet, University of California Riverside; Candace Wong, University of Rochester; Jiajun Zhou, Michigan State University; Jun Zhou, University of Georgia
2017……Alaeddin Abukabda, West Virginia University; Olamide Adebiyi, University of Ibadan; Farzaneh Atrian, Purdue University; Michele Balik-Meisner, North Carolina State University; Evan Borman, McMaster University; Jessica Camacho, University of California Los Angeles; Fabio Carvalho, University of Connecticut; Rosa Chan, University of California San Francisco; Danqi Chen, New York University; Elizabeth Cole, University of Montana; Elizabeth Corteselli, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Megan Culbreth, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Diptadip Dattaroy, University of South Carolina; Kshama Doshi, University of Maryland; David Dreier, University of Florida; Katherine Duke, North Carolina State University; Kelly Fader, Michigan State University; Lauryn Falcone, WVU/NIOSH; Breanne Farris, West Virginia University; Jordan Finch, University of Louisville; Katiria Flores, University of Connecticut; Blessy George, Rutgers University; Ruchi Gera, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Shivani Ghaisas, Iowa State University; Ludwik Gorczyca, Rutgers University; Adrian Green, North Carolina State University; Nehal Gupta, Texas Tech University Health Science Center; Andres Henriquez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; David Herman, University of California, Irvine; Gina Hilton, North Carolina State University; Lindsay Holden, Portland State University; Katharine Horzmann, Purdue University; Guannan Huang, University of Georgia; Madelyn Huang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mark Ihrie, North Carolina State University; Mohammad Abul Kaisar, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Timur Khaliullin, West Virginia University; Carolyn Klocke, University of Rochester Medical Center; Ramya Kolli, University of Georgia; Nataliia Kovalchuk, State University of New York at Albany; Rajesh Kushwaha, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Nataliia Kovalchuk, State University of New York at Albany; Rajesh Kushwaha, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research; Alexandra Lacey, Texas A&M University; Monica Langley, Iowa State University; Katelyn Lavrich, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Yuan Le, St. John’s University; Brandon Lewis, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine; Jinpeng Li, Michigan State University; Hui Li, University of Arizona; Xilin Li, Indiana University; Shenxuan Liang, University of Georgia; Qian Lin, University of Louisville; Yu Syuan Luo, Texas A&M University; Hanumantha Rao Madala, TTUHSC; Elizabeth Marchlewicz, University of Michigan School of Public Health; Stephanie Marco, Rutgers University; Orleans Martey, University of Otago; Fjodor Melnikov, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; Rachel Murphy, Marshall University; Suresh Kumar Nagumalli, University of Louisiana Monroe; Kari Neier, University of Michigan; Johanna Nyffeler, University of Konstanz; Brian Palmer, University of Rochester; Marisa Pfohl, University of Rhode Island; Tyler Pollock, McMaster University; Lisa Prince, University of Rochester Medical Center; Kyle Saitta, Rutgers University; Janet Sangodele, Federal University of Technology Akure; Frances Shaffo, University of California Davis; Santu Singha, University of Mississippi; Kimberly Stratford, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Quancai Sun, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Lesly Tejeda, Universidad de Cartagena; Kathryn Thompson, Purdue University; Kshitij Verma, Texas Tech University-Health Sciences Center; Jincheng Wang, University of Georgia; Lisa Weatherly, University of Maine; Zheng Xu, University of Louisville; Joella Xu, University of Georgia; Dahea (Diana) You, Rutgers University; Kayla Zehr, University of New Mexico
2016……Deyanira Acuña-Hernandez, CINVESTAV IPN; Poojya Anantharam, Iowa State University; Opeyemi Ayanda, Covenant University; Molly Bernhard, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Siva Prasad Bitragunta, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani Hyderabad Campus; Prachi Borude, University of Kansas Medical Center; Cynthia Browning, University of Maine; Zana Carver, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Grace Chappell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Wei-Yang Chen, University of Louisville; Yanli Cheng, University of Louisville; Anna Chlebowski, Oregon State University; Aram Cholanians, University of Arizona; Amanda Croasdell, University of Rochester; Vivekkumar Dadhania, University of Louisiana Monroe; Hossam Draz, INRS-institute Armand Frappier; Kuo Du, University of Kansas Medical Center; Aseel Eid, University of Rhode Island; Sabah Enayah, University of Iowa; Anna Engstrom, University of Washington; Derly Escobar-Wilches, CINVESTAV IPN; Jiejun Gao, Purdue University; Branka Glisic, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences; Thea Golden, Rutgers University; Dilshan Harischandra, Iowa State University; Jessica Hartman, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Claire Heit, University of Colorado Denver; Natalie Holman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jelena Hrubik, University of Novi Sad Faculty of Sciences; Heidi Hsieh, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine; My Hua, University of California, Riverside; Hanin Hussin, University of Louisiana Monroe; Deepkamal Karelia, Penn State College of Medicine; Joseph Kochmanski, University of Michigan; Allison Kupsco, University of California Riverside; Claire McCarthy, University of Rochester; Pallavi McElroy, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Jessica Meyers, University of Rochester Medical Center; Jamie Moscovitz, Rutgers University; Rance Nault, Michigan State University; Luis Negro Silva, McGill University; Alexander Nguyen, North Carolina State University; Chiagoziem Otuechere, Redeemer’s University; Ju Young Park, University of Washington; Vivek Patel, St. John’s University; Indushekhar Persaud, University of Colorado; Logeswari Ponnusamy, The Institute of Environmental & Human Health, Texas Tech University; Shikha Prasad, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Erin Quist, NIEHS-NTP; Jordan Roberts, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Barbara Rolls, University of Texas Medical Branch; Kristal Rychlik, Texas A&M University; Muna Sapkota, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Peiyi Shen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Kayla Smith, Pennsylvania State University; Aaron Specht, Purdue University; Jordan Speidel, University of Texas Medical Branch; Jamie Van Gieson, University of North Dakota; Marguerite Vantangoli, Brown University; Vinicius Venancio, University of São Paulo; AtLee Watson, North Carolina State University; James Watt, Boston University School of Public Health; Elijah Weber, University of Washington; Zhengxi Wei, University of Rhode Island; Brittany Weldon, University of Washington; Elani Wiest, University of New Mexico; Xian Wu, University of Georgia; Yanqiong Zhang, East Carolina University; Cuiqing Zhao, University of Louisville; Changqing Zhou, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2015……Zeynep Agim, Purdue University; Hassan Althurwi, University of Alberta; Maria Alvarado, CINVESTAV IPN; Sage Begolly, University of Rochester; Rachel Behar, University of California Riverside; Kerry Belton, The Pennsylvainia State University; Emma Bowers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, INRS; Dwayne Carter, University of Texas Medical Branch; Jayson Chen, Rutgers University; Suvarthi Das, University of South Carolina; Sanjay Dholakiya, St. John’s University; Anika Dzierlenga, University of Arizona; Osama Elshenawy, University of Alberta; Vicente Escamilla-Rivera, CINVESTAV IPN; Mary Francis, Rutgers University; Evan Frank, University of Cincinnati; Gopi Gadupudi, University of Iowa; Nathaniel Girer, Penn State University; Josephin Nerling Rashida Gnanaprakasam, CINVESTAV; Patrick Hannon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Georgina Harris, Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing; Charisse Holmes, North Carolina State University; Andrée-Anne Hudon Thibeault, INRS; Allison Isola, Rutgers University; Mónica Jiménez-Córdova, CINVESTAV-IPN; Kaushal Joshi, St. John’s University; Nikita Joshi, Michigan State University; Vijaykumar Kale, Penn State University; Minsu Kang, University of Georgia; Sabbir Khan, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research; William Klaren, University of Iowa; Wen Xin Koh, The University of Iowa; Dana Lauterstein, New York University; Vivek Lawana, Iowa State University; Jinyoung Lee, Purdue University; Ruoyun Ma, Purdue University; Prathap Kumar Mahalingaiah, Texas Tech University; Durr-e-shahwar Malik, Imperial College London; Pankajini Mallick, University of Houston; Julieta Martino, University of Southern Maine; Amy Mihalchik, West Virginia University; Kpobari Nkpaa, University of Port Harcourt; Roseline Omiwole, University of Ibadan; Stefanie O’Neal, Purdue University; Michael Osborne, Imperial College London; Ross Osgood, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Dushani Palliyaguru, University of Pittsburgh; Tara Raftery, University of South Carolina; Alok Ranjan, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Natalie Scholpa, University of Georgia; Ravikumar Sitapara, St. John’s University; Gregory Smith, University of Connecticut; Marianna Stamou, University of California Davis; Elizabeth Stanford, Boston University; Deirdre Tucker, University of North Carolina; Alexandra Turley, Michigan State University; Alessandro Venosa, Rutgers University; Saurabh Vispute, St. John’s University; Phillip Wages, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dana Walsh, University of North Carolina; Antonio Ward, Mississippi State University; Eric Ward, Purdue University; Leah Wehmas, Oregon State University; Monique Williams, University of California Riverside; Sara Wirbisky, Purdue University; Elissa Wong, University of Rochester Medical Center; Xing Xin, University of Iowa; Kathy Xue, University of Georgia; Xiao Zheng, University of Florida
2014……Nour Abdo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Wesley Abplanalp, University of Louisville; Akinleye Akinrinde, University of Ibadan; Bharat Bhushan, University of Kansas Medical Center; Samira Brooks, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Brendan Burn, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; Joseph Cichocki, University of Connecticut; Ryan Clark, Meharry Medical College; Shalmali Dharmadhikari, Purdue University; Kristin Di Bona, University of Alabama; Dzigbodi Doke, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Hridgandh Donde, University of Louisville; David Ellis, Air Force Research Laboratories; Neel Fofaria, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Jason Franklin, East Carolina University; Shanthi Ganesan, Iowa State University; Christin Grabinski, US Air Force Research Laboratory; Kelly Harris, Meharry Medical College; Adam Hawkins, University of Mississippi; Oju Ibor, University of Ibadan; Brian Jackson, University of Colorado Denver; Andrea Knecht, Oregon State University; Natalia Kovalova, Michigan State University; Kevin Kumar, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine; Sapana Kushwaha, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research; Jessica Laine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Dingsheng Li, University of Michigan; Xi Li, Texas A&M University; Jui Tung Liu, Clemson University; Yingzi Liu, Purdue University; Carrie Long, NIOSH/WVU; Pamela Lopert, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Sharifa Love, The University of Alabama; Chuanwen Lu, Texas Tech ; Lauren Mangum, Mississippi State University; Abdullah Al Maruf, University of Toronto; Cameron McElroy, University of Colorado AMC; Morgen Mhike, NIOSH-CDC; Michael Moses, University of Rochester Medical Center; Muna Nahar, University of Michigan; Pooja Naik, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Carmen Ortiz-Sanchez, Ponce School of Medicine; Ademola Oyagbemi, University of Ibadan; Dhvani Parikh, University of Pittsburgh; Saroor Patel, Imperial College London; Michael Petriello, University of Kentucky; Orville Phillip, Southern University and A&M College; Caroline Pinto, University of Houston; Oluwakemi Rotimi, Covenant University; Deanna Salter, University of Rhode Island; Elizabeth Sandquist, University of North Dakota; Ji-Eun Seo, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Campus in University of Science and Technology; Pranav Shah, University of Houston; Prajakta Shimpi, University of Rhode Island; Bridget Simon, Tulane University; Andrea Slusser, University of North Dakota; Andrew Snyder, Wright State University; Joshua Strom, University of Arizona; Hann Tam, North Carolina State University; Pamella Tijerina, New York School of Medicine; Priyanka Trivedi, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Mohali India; Ronald Udasin, Rutgers University; Joshua Vaughan, New York University School of Medicine; Susanna Wegner, University of Washington; Matthew Wolter, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Yuchao Xie, University of Kansas Medical Center; Canxin Xu, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; Kristin Yamada, University of California Los Angeles; Wei Zhang, University of Kentucky; Katherine Zychowski, Texas A&M University
2013……Yumi Abiko, Tsukuba University; Mary Afzali, Colorado State University; Lori Ahrenhoerster, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; Angela Aliberti, St. John’s University; Pranapda Aumsuwan, University of Mississippi; Rebecca Bauer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kevin Beggs, Michigan State University; Rupa Biswas, University of Montana; Danielle Botelho, Rutgers University; Ashley Brinkman, University of Wisconsin Madison; Philip Busbee, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Karina Caballero-Gallardo, University of Cartagena; Joshua Chandler, National Jewish Health; Shirisha Chittiboyina, Indiana University; Katherine Dunnick, West Virginia University; David Elliott, University of South Carolina; Fahimeh Fallahi, Wright State University; Gennifer Goode, Meharry Medical College; Sadie Gorman, University of Rochester Medical Center; Krista Greenwood, Michigan State University; Allison Greminger, University of Rochester; Parul Gupta, Texas Tech University; Mona Haron, University of Mississippi; Georgia Hinkley, University of Florida; Sridhar Jaligama, University of Louisiana Monroe; Desinia Johnson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Raju Khatri, University of Maryland Baltimore; David Klein, University of Arizona; Greg Landry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center; Lei Li, Wadsworth Center; Miao Li, University of Iowa; Zhoumeng Lin, University of Georgia; Alexandra Lobach, University of Toronto; Ashley Maiuri, Michigan State University; Wilson Maldonado-Rojas, University of Cartagena; Claire McGuigan, University of Alberta; Pegah Mehrpouya, University of South Carolina; Aaron Mehus, University of North Dakota; Imir Metushi, University of Toronto; Kazuhisa Miyakawa, Michigan State University; Diana Montes-Grajales, University of Cartagena; Juliana Navarro-Yepes, Univeristy of Nebraska Lincoln; Winnie Ng, University of Toronto; Nerlis Pajaro Castro, University of Cartagena; Ulises Pacheco Bardullas, UNAM Institute of Neurobiology; Hae-Ryung Park, University of Michigan; Rachel Peters, University of Saskatchewan; Kyle Poulsen, Michigan State University; Shuxi Qiao, University of Arizona; Anita Reno, University of Texas Medical Branch; Delfina Romero, University of Buenos Aires; Catherine Rondelli, University of Texas Medical Branch; Swetha Rudraiah, University of Connecticut; Alison Sanders, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Eric Saunders, New York University School of Medicine; Kevin Schneider, Florida International University; Phillip Shelton, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Jessica Sido, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Marize de Lourdes Solano, São Paulo State University; Tami Swenson, University of California Berkeley; Leslie Thompson, East Carolina University; Vanessa Thompson, Florida International University; Achini Vidanapathirana, East Carolina University; Brent Voels, University of North Dakota; Caren Weinhouse, University of Michigan; Bethany Winans, University of Rochester Medical Center; Tongde Wu, University of Arizona; Leirui Xu, The University of Georgia; Lingyi Zhang, Nagoya University; Fei Zhao, University of Arizona; Ayelet Ziv-Gal, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2012……Kelly Almond, St. John’s University; Anthony Apostoli, Queen’s University; Sainath Babu, Southern University and A&M College; Melissa Badding, University of Rochester Medical Center; Brittany Baisch, University of Rochester Medical Center; Nitin Bhardwaj, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Kristin Bircsak, Rutgers University; Josephine Bonventre, Rutgers University/UMDNJ; Jessica Bradley, Louisiana State University Health Science Center; Alex Carll, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sudipta Chakraborty, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Elaina Chambers, University of Louisville; Hemantkumar Chavan, University of Kansas Medical Center; Xin Chen, University of Toronto; Daniel Consoer, University of Minnesota; Sarah Cook, University of Utah; Mo Dan, University of Kentucky; Danica DeGroot, University of California Davis; James Delgado, Iowa State University; Daniel Dever, University of Rochester; Paul Eden, Mississippi State University; Sadaff Ejaz, University of the Sciences; Adam Filgo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Agnes Forgacs, Michigan State University; Xue Fu, Purdue University; Sanket Gadhia, St. John’s University; Felix Garcia-Montes de Oca, CINESTAV-IPN; Kaylyn Germ, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health; Zachariah Guerrette, University of Washington; Sean Harris, University of Washington; Jenny Hennen, University Trier; Xin Hu, University of Iowa; Zhenlie Huang, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine; Swetha Inturi, University of Colorado Denver; Amy Irving, University of Wisconsin Madison; B. Jayasinghe, University of South Carolina; George Jules, Meharry Medical College; Pranita Katwa, East Carolina University; Kelly Kirkley, Colorado State University; Narendrababu Kolisetty, University of Georgia; Mansi Krishan, University of Cincinatti; Tiffany Kung, Rutgers University; Daniela Kurzatkowski, St. John’s University; Tejas Lahoti, Penn State University; April Lake, University of Arizona; Jessica LaRocca, Brown University; Alexandria Lau, University of Arizona; Maxwell Leung, Duke University; Alexcia Linthicum, North Carolina State University; Mariya Liyasova, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Lucina Lizarraga, University of Arizona; Dan Lou, Institute of Risk Analysis and Risk Communication; Chuanwen Lu, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health; Madisa Macon, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Casey Manning, University of Rochester Medical Center; Wilbes Mbiya, Portland State University; Sean McGee, University of South Carolina; Jaime Mirowsky, New York University School of Medicine; Anurag Mishra, West Virginia University; Jeanne Mulder, Queen’s University; Brittany Murphy, University of Colorado Denver; Thitirat Ngaotepprutaram, Michigan State University; Ogunlana Olubanke, Covenant University; Jessica Pellman, Indiana University School of Medicine; Christina Perez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ashwini Phadnis, Michigan State University; Daniella Pizzurro, University of Washington; Mary Popovech, New York University School of Medicine; Jesse Port, University of Washington; Ronald Pringle, Mississippi State University; Vincent Ramirez, University of Connecticut; Roshni Rao, University of South Carolina; Ashish Sachan, Iowa State University; Jessica Sapiro, University of Arizona; Thomas Simones, University of Montana; Surendra Singh, University of Colorado Denver; Steven Singleton, University at Buffalo; Graham Skelhorne-Gross, Queen’s University; Arya Sobhakumari, University of Iowa; Jessica Sorrentino, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Shyla Stanley, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health; Chia Thach, University of Rochester Medical Center; Bich Than, University of Minnesota; Sunil Tomar, University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Lisa Truong, Oregon State University; Vijayalekshmi Vasanthakumari, Texas A&M University; Hong Sik Yoo, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Yi Zhu, Wadsworth Center
2011……David Aguilar, The University of Arizona; Joshua Allen, University of Rochester Medical Center; Issa Amara, University of Alberta; Michelle Angrish, Michigan State University; Kelly Bakulski, University of Michigan; Nivedita Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Mallikarjuna Basavarajappa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Jenna Benson, University of Montana; Jason Berninger, Baylor University; Alicia Bolt, University of Arizona; Chase Bourke, Emory University; Sarah Campbell, Center for Human Toxicology; Christopher Carosino, University of California Davis; Jacquelyn Cearfoss, University of Toledo; Weimin Chen, Michigan State University; Kristin Connors, Baylor University; Hunter Coombes, Mississippi State University; Azita Cuevas, New York University; Jenna Currier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Basma Damiri, Clemson University; Andrea DeSantis, Rutgers University; Ana Cristina Dragomir, Rutgers University; Ingrid Druwe, University of Arizona; Mohamed El Gendy, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Corie Ellison, SUNY University at Buffalo; Priscilla Encarnacao, University of Connecticut; Xiefan Fang, University of Mississippi; Brian Ferslew, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jason Fritz, University of Colorado Denver; Aaron Fullerton, Michigan State University; Christopher Gibson, Rutgers University; Paulina Gomez Rubio, University of Arizona; Neal Gould, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Rhiannon Hardwick, University of Arizona; LP Madhubhani Hemachandra, University of Illinois at Chicago; Gia-Ming Hong, Clemson University; Jing Hu, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Bo-Wen Huang, North Carolina State University; Jong Sung Kim, University of Iowa; Owen Kinsky, University of Arizona; Gabriel Knudsen, University of Arizona; Weixi Kong, University of Arizona; Cassandra Korte, University of Michigan; Christopher Kuhlman, University of Arizona; Supriya Kulkarni, University of Rhode Island; Shuang Li, Medical College of Georgia; Helen Lydon, University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences; Jessica Lyon, New York University School of Medicine; Jason Magby, UMDNJ/Rutgers University; Tracy Marion, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Nicholas Mastrandrea, Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center; Mitchell McGill, University of Kansas Medical Center; Courtney McGinnis, University of Connecticut; Sougat Misra, University of Saskachewan; Vijay More, University of Rhode Island; Ntube Ngalame, University of Louisville; Iris Po, Rutgers University; Raju Prasad, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sonia Pravasi, Long Island University; Alfonso Rios-Perez, CINVESTAV IPN; Meghan Samberg, North Carolina State University; Pablo Sanchez Soria, University of Arizona; Sonali Shaligram, Western University of Health Sciences; Sarah Skolness, University of Minnesota; Samantha Snow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Maureen Soh, University of North Dakota; Daniel Spade, University of Florida; Erica Sparkenbaugh, Michigan State University; Kelly Speiran, University of South Carolina; Sandeep Sreevalsan, Texas A&M University; Song Tang, Texas Tech University; Rachel Tanos, Pennsylvania State University; Ashley Terrell, University of Minnesota; Lauren Tetz, University of Michigan; Jose Torres, Texas Southern University; Briana Trout, Colorado State University; Crystal Usenko, Baylor University; Gregory Weber, Purdue University; Roxana Weil, University of Florida; Shawn Wnek, University of Arizona; Chao Yan, University of Colorado Denver; Bei Zhang, University of Kentucky; Ruijin Zheng, Rutgers University
Graduate Student Travel Support Sponsors
Amgen, Inc.; Battelle Foundation; Burroughs Welcome Fund;
SOT Endowment Fund
2010……Ghada Abdelhamid Mohamed, University of Alberta; Erin Allen, The University of Iowa; Anwar Anwar-Mohamed, University of Alberta; Donald Backos, University of Colorado Denver; Angela A. Baker, Rutgers University/UMDNJ; James M. Brown, Marshall University; Gayathri Chadalapaka, Texas A&M University; Yaofeng Cheng, University of Arizona; Michael Coronado, Johns Hopkins University; Alice Crane, University at Buffalo; Brenna Flannery, Michigan State University; Jill Franzosa, Oregon State University; Brandon Gaytan, University of California at Berkeley; Jaclyn Goodrich, University of Michigan; Jessica C. Graham, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Angie Groves, Rutgers University ; Kaiyu He, Michigan State University; Thomas Hill III, University of California, Davis; Lisa Hoffman, St. John’s University; Ashley Corrin Huderson, Meharry Medical College; Shadia Muhammad Ihlaseh, Botucatu Medical School, São Paulo State University; Natalie Johnson, Texas A&M University; Suntae Kim, Michigan State University; Tejas Suresh Lahoti, The Pennsylvania State University; Kyla Lam, University of Toronto; Jingtao Lu, Michigan State University; Lutfiya Miller, University of Toronto; Andrew Monnot, Purdue University; Ji-Yoon Noh, Seoul National University; Satya Sreehari Pathi, Texas A&M University; Tessie Paulose, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sam Peterson, Purdue University; Guoqing Qian, University of Georgia; Kristen R. Ryan, University of Colorado; Katerine S. Saili, Oregon State University; Andrea Scarino, Université du Québec; Allan Schell, Colorado State University; Sumitra Sengupta, Oregon State University; Jonathan Shannahan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Hua Shen, The University of Iowa; Lyndsey Shorey, Oregon State University; Michelle Siu, University of Toronto; Amanda K. Smolarek, Rugers University; Karin Streifel, Colorado State University; Bin Sun, University of Georgia; J. Nicole Sweeting, The University of Toronto; David Szabo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mathieu Valcke, Univeristé de Montréal; Bingxuan Wang, University of Iowa; Minghui Wu, University of Mississippi; Liying Zhang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Xiaochu Zhang, University of Toronto; Xiaoling Zhang, University of Georgia; Beshay Nazmy Mounir Zordoky, University of Alberta
Funded by Battelle Foundation
Laura Badtke, The University of Iowa; Judy Choi, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Kellie Fay, University of Washington; Tod Harper, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; Jennifer Head, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry; Sarah Kobylewski, University of California, Los Angeles; Sheppard A. Martin, University of Georgia; Laurel Plummer, University of California, Davis; Orarat Wangpradit, University of Iowa; Clarence David Williams, University of Kansas Medical Center
Funded by Burroughs
Senping Cheng, University of Kentucky;
Vanessa De La Rosa, University of California, Berkeley;
Douglas M. Frederick, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia;
Senthilkumar Perumal Kuppusamy, The University of Iowa;
Amanda LoGuidice, University of Connecticut;
Melanie Weed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Funded by Millennium Pharmaceuticals
Christine M. Dugan, Michigan State University;
Mohamed A. Hammad, University of Mississippi;
Deacqunita L. Harris, Meharry Medical College;
Shengzhong Su, The Pennsylvania State University;
Monica Yellowhair, The University of Arizona
2009……Ofek Bar-Ilan, University of Wisconsin Madison; Brian Barlow, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Sudheer Beedanagari, University of California Los Angeles; Mamta Behl, Purdue University; Lauren Besenhofer, Louisiana State University; Elyse Bolterstein, University of Wisconsin—Madison; Chad Brocker, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Samuel Caito, University of Rochester; Fanny Casado-Pena, University of Rochester Medical Center; Yaneth Castro, CINVESTAV, Mexico; Lixia Chen, Texas Tech University; Teshome Gherezghiher, University of Illinois at Chicago; Glenn Gookin, University of California Irvine; Christina Hickey, New York University School of Medicine; Indira Jutooru, Texas A&M University; Satoko Kakiuchi-Kiyota, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Peer Karmaus, Michigan State University; Senthilkumar Karuppagounder, Auburn University; Miriam Kleinman, Wayne State University; Anna Kopec, Michigan State University; Courtney Kozul, Dartmouth Medical School; Soyoung Lee Kyungpook, National University, Korea ; Wenjun Li, University of Florida; Yichen Lin, University of Texas at Austin; Alicia Marroquan-Cardona, Texas A&M University; Jessica McCormick, Rutgers University; Julie Moreno, Colorado State University; Linda Mota, Clemson University; Clarisse Muenyi, University of Louisville; Colin North, Michigan State University; Citlalli Osorio-Yaynez, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico; Katie Paul, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Priya Raman, Michigan State University; Sindhura Ramasahayam, University of Louisiana Monroe; Sadiye Rieder, University of South Carolina; Tinashe Ruwona, CDC/NIOSH; Yogesh Saini, Michigan State University; Marco Sanchez, CINVESTAV IPN, Mexico; Changxia Shao, Texas Tech University; Aaron Shapiro, University of Toronto, Canada; Shuijie Shen, Children’s Hospital Research Institute; Tonya Taylor, Emory University; Jessica Weems, University of Utah; Aya Westbrook, University of California Los Angeles; Jie Zhang, University of Kentucky; Jinqiu Zhu, Texas Tech University
Funded by Battelle Foundation
Peter Bui, University of California Los Angeles;
David Castro, Oregon State University;
Seth Ebersviller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Gi Soo Kang, New York University School of Medicine;
Haitian Lu, Michigan State University; Nicholas Manzo, North Carolina State University;
Smita Salian, National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, India;
Shujie Shi, University of Rochester School of Medicine;
Mitsuko Yamamoto, University of California Los Angeles
Funded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Helen Badham, Queens University, Canada;
Thiruchelvam Kariharan, Auburn University;
Tingting Li, University of Washington;
Julia Perstin, University of Toronto, Canada; Annmarie Ramkissoon, University of Toronto, Canada;
Echoleah Rufer, University of Wisconsin Madison
2008……Joel Anderson, University of North Carolina Greensboro; Pergentino Balbuena, VA MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Atrayee Banerjee, Texas A&M University; Ilona Bebenek, University of California Los Angeles; Lisa Beilke, University of Arizona; Heather Brechbuhl, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Neal Burton, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Kok Meng Chan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia; Tom Cherng, University of New Mexico; Kim de Bruijne, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Xiaomin Deng, Michigan State University; Joseph Dever, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mengyuan Du, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Tareisha Dunlap, University of Illinois at Chicago; Ashley Fisher, University of Arizona; Eliud García-Montalvo, CINVESTAV-IPN; Renee Gardner, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Renee Good, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Lakshmi Gopinathan, Pennsylvania State University; Maia Green, University of Louisville; Jill Harvilchuck, Purdue University; Shoba Iyer, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Jeannett Izquierdo-Vega, CINVESTAV-IPN; Irida Kastrati, University of Illinois at Chicago; Sowmya Koppula, Southern University and A&M College; Lata Koshy, Cardiff University; Ian Lai, University of Iowa; Na Li, University of Rochester; Qing Liu, University of Wisconsin; Sandra Luecke, Karolinska Institutet; Belinda Luo, University of Connecticut; Zuzana Majkova, University of Kentucky; Satori Marchitti, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Carlyn Matz, University of Saskatchewan; Rhea Mehta, University of Toronto; Matthew Merrell, University of Arizona; Mark Miller, University of Michigan; Magally Morales, CINVESTAV-IPN; Supraja Narasimhan, Boston University Medical Center; April Neal, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Rachel Novick, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kuanwei Peng, University of Illinois at Chicago; Norma Perez, CINVESTAV-IPN; Melinda Prucha, University of Florida; Erica Rogers, University of Louisville; Keegan Sawyer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Bibek Sharma, Texas Tech University; Yang-won Suh, The University of Iowa; Katherine Szczublewski, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL); Shahrzad Tafazoli, University of Toronto; Tamara Tal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sheetal Thakur, Center of Environmental Health Sciences; Laura Vines, Michigan State University; Lu Wang, Pharmacology and Environmental Toxicology; Sarah Wilson, University of South Florida; Xianai Wu, Iowa State University; Ruiyu Xie, University of Arizona; Kong Xiong, University of Wisconsin Madison; Li Xu, Texas Tech University; Li Yang, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Peili Yao, University of Texas at Austin; Min Yu, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Lu Zhang, Purdue University; Xun Zhang, Purdue University; Wei Zou, Michigan State University
Funded by Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Nella Barshteyn, University of Wisconsin-Madison;
Cassandra Deering, University of Utah;
Fang (Sophia) Fang, University of Rochester; Jing Hao, Rutgers University;
Robert Lipinski, University of Wisconsin Madison;
Elizabeth Oesterling, University of Kentucky;
Scott Schneider, University of Cincinnati
Funded by Merck
Joshua Harrill, University of North Carolina; Zhican Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago
2007……Chidozie Amuzie, Michigan State University; Dorinda Arch, University of Utah; Laura Arreola-Mendoza, CINVESTAV IPN, Mexico; Catherine Au, Vanderbilt University; Heekyong Bae, Michigan State University; Subhashis Banerjee, University of Kentucky; Sarah Barnes, University of Connecticut; Shameema Banu Beer Mohamed, Nagoya University, Japan; Adrienne Black, Rutgers University; Tantiana Burns, University of Georgia; Beibei Cai, University of Washington; Ming-Wei Chao, Rutgers University; Jennifer Cohen, University of Arizona; Stephanie Dance, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Michael Davis, Mississippi State University; Edward Dougherty, University of South Florida; Jessica Duffy, New York University School of Medicine; Kylee Eblin, University of Arizona; Ying Fan, Oregon State University; Craig Fisher, University of Arizona; Rebecca Fisher, University of Guelph, Canada; Colin Flaveny, The Pennsylvania State University; Kristian Fried, University of Kansas Medical Center; Jun Gao, University of New Mexico; Worlanyo Gato, Western Michigan University; Sean Gehen, University of Rochester; Anand Giddabasappa C.S., University of Houston; Neha Gowadia, University of California Irvine; Kymberly Gowdy, North Carolina State University; Xinsheng Gu, Texas A&M University; Mark Hallman, Medical University of South Carolina; Xianglu Han, University of Rochester; Kim Henderson, University of California Los Angeles; Kristen Hobbie, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine; Daniel Hochman, University of Texas Medical Branch; Jennifer Hollyfield, Wright State University; James Jacobus, University of Iowa; Shannon Jones, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Thomas Jursa, University of California Santa Cruz; Thomas Kannanayakal, Wright State University; Kyu-Bong Kim, University of Georgia; Kevin Kransler, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; Michele La Merrill, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sookwang Lee, University of Georgia; Yan Li, LSU Health Science Center; Andrew Lickteig, University of Arizona; Fang Lu, University of Nebraska, Medical Center; Ebany Martinez University of New Mexico; Lijoy Mathew, Oregon State University; Eva McLanahan, University of Georgia; Vatsal Mehta, University of Wisconsin Madison; Valerie Mitchell, University of California Davis; Athena Nomikos, Dartmouth Medical School; Katy Olsavsky, Pennsylvania State University; William Osburn, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Prajakta Palkar, University of Louisiana Monroe; Brianna Peterson, University of Georgia; Belem Pina-Guzman, CINVESTAV-IPN, Mexico; Amanda Piskac, The University of Texas School of Public Health; Randi Potter, University of Rochester; Chunli Quan, New York University School of Medicine; Jennifer Rees, The University of Iowa; Bethany Reeves, North Carolina State University; Arena Richardson, University of Georgia; Nilsa Rivera-Del Valle, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center; Leah Rosenfeld, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Erik Rushton, University of Rochester; Richard Salisbury, Wright State University; Sara Saperstein, University of Rochester; Eric Sciullo, University of California Davis; Latanya Scott, Wake Forest University School of Medicine; David Sharlin, University of Massachusetts; Patrick Shaw, Michigan State University; Yihsin Shen, University of California Davis; Dina Shnaider, Michigan State University; Rohit Singhal, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences; Peizhen Song, University of Kansas Medical Center; Tina Stevens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Benjamin Stewart, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Hao Sun, University of Utah; Matthew Taylor, University of Georgia; Michele Taylor, Rutgers University; Darryn Unfricht, University of Connecticut; Dana Upton, Wake Forest University Health Sciences; Jonathan Urban, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elizabeth Vancza, New York University School of Medicine; Piwen Wang, Texas Tech University; Zemin Wang, Texas Tech University; Sally White, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Sanjeeva Wijeyesakere, University of Michigan; Hongmei Wu, Texas Tech University; Xi Yang, Penn State University; Zhengyu Yin, University of Rochester; Shu Zhang, Texas A&M University; Shiqian Zhu, University of Mississippi
Merck Graduate Travel Support
Rae Benedict, University of Maryland;
Vishakha Bhave, University of Louisiana Monroe; John Buchweitz, Michigan State University;
Rodney Rouse, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
2006……Amanda Ashley, Colorado State University; Ok Nam Bae Seoul, National University, Korea; Wade Barranco, University of California Los Angeles; Sally Brady, University of London, United Kingdom; Christopher Brynczka, NIEHS; Cecilia Chan, University of California Los Angeles; Grace Chan, St. John’s University; Xiaoqing Chang, University of Cincinnati; Jaya Chilakapati, University of Louisiana Monroe; Sudhakar Chintharlapalli, Texas A&M University; Jonathan Ciencewicki, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Jeannette Comeau, Queen’s University, Canada; Steven Cooper, USFDA/NCTR; Lauren Courter, Oregon State University; Christine Curran, University of Cincinnati; Yolanda Dale, Meharry Medical College; Edward Deke, Rutgers University; Ankur Dnyanmote, University of Louisiana Monroe; G. Scott Dotson, University of South Florida-CEORAM; Althea Elliott, Wayne State University; David Farrer, University of Rochester; Shannon Fernandez, University of Arizona; Robert Foxenberg, University at Buffalo; Marisol Gutierrez, Rutgers University; Genevieve Hamelin, Universite de Montreal, Canada; Kouji Harada, Kyoto University, Japan; Jaime Hatcher, Emory University; Rebecca Henseler, Wright State University; Christina Herden, Michigan State University; Lya Hernandez, Queen’s University, Canada; Jedd Hillegass, Rutgers University; Frank Johnson, Mississippi State University; Vijay Kale, University of Louisiana Monroe; Suzanne Krance, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Chelsea Laudermilch, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Junga Lee, Oregon State University; Fujun Liu, Texas Tech University; Thomas Long, University of North Carolina; Jean Lord, University of Arizona; Gang Lu, Rutgers University; Yasong Lu, Colorado State University; Rosemarie Marchan, University of Rochester; Vivek Mathrani, University of California Davis; Minerva Mercado-Feliciano, Indiana University; Keiko Okamoto, San Diego State University; Bladimir Ovando, University at Buffalo; Rushang Patel, Penn State University; Kathila Rajapaksa, University of Arizona; Jennifer Rayner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ava-Gaye Rhule, University of Montana; Elizabeth Ryan, University of Rochester School of Medicine; Ashwini Sabnis, University of Utah; Yuhui Shi, Michigan State University; Kerstin Stemmer, University of Konstanz, Germany; Lorraine Sullivan, University of California Davis; Lauren Tarantino, New York University School of Medicine; Robert Taylor, University of California Los Angeles; Salina Torres, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute; Emily Tung, Queen’s University, Canada; Olga Valenzuela, CINVESTAV, Mexico; Kathryn VanDeMark, University of Washington; Caren Villano, Rutgers University; Xiaodong Wang, University of the Pacific; Xueqian (Shirley) Wang, Purdue University; Lifang Xie, University of Arizona; Yan Xu, Rutgers University; Koji Yamazaki, Chiba University, Japan
2005……Justin Aldridge, Duke University Medical Center; Gillian Backus, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Lynn Bekris, University of Washington; Elizabeth Besteman, Virginia Tech; Steven Bezdecny, Michigan State University; Jessica Bohonowych, University of California, Davis; Zachary Bowman, Medical University of South Carolina; Jeffrey Brasel, University of Nevada; Joann Brooks, Meharry Medical College; Lyle Burgoon, Michigan State University; Katherine Burns, Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis; Jason Cannon, University of Michigan; David Carbone, University of Colorado; Sara Carney, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Wei-Yuan Chang, University of Louisville; Haobin Chen, New York University School of Medicine; Ming-Kai Chen, Johns Hopkins University; Ying Chen, University of Cincinnati; Christine Crincoli, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; Kimberly Day, University of California, Davis; Lisa Domico, Rutgers University; Anne Doyle, Johns Hopkins University; Cora Fong, Michigan State University; Erika Garcia-Chavez, CINVESTAV; Russell Garrett, University of Rochester ; Devon Graham, DHHS NIH NIDA IRP; Jackson Gross, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Rupesh Gupta, University of Maryland ; Curt Harper, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Lei He, University of Cincinnati; Vidisha Kini, University of Pittsburgh; Zhanna Kirpnick, University of California Los Angeles; Heather Klintworth, University of Washington; Josh Kwekel, Michigan State University; Cindy Landgren, Iowa State University; Hong Liu, University of Illinois at Chicago; Ju Liu, University of Illinois at Chicago; Britt McAtee, Johns Hopkins University; Sonia Miranda, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Sandeep Mukhi, Texas Tech University; Ashley Murray, West Virginia University; Marc Nascarella, Texas Tech University; Faik Nasser, University of Michigan; Haley Neff-Laford, Washington State University; Andy Nong, University of Montreal; Flavia Pereira, University of Montana; Marisa Pulido, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center; Dinesh Puppala, University of Kentucky; Sally Purdom, University of Arizona; Pheona Radcliffe, University of Rochester; Noel Raynal, INRS-Universite du Quebec; Angela Reid, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Amber Rinderknecht, University of California, Irvine; Joshua Robinson, University of Washington; Brante Sampey, University of Colorado; Neelesh Sharma, University of Georgia; Dalin Shi, University of California, Riverside; Lewis (Zhichang) Shi, Purdue University; Rika Shut,o San Diego State University; Stephanie Smith-Roe, Oregon State University; Matthew Stout, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Frazier Taylor, University of Louisville; Marcus Terneus, Marshall University ; Kerry Thuett, Texas A&M University; Leslie Tompkins, North Carolina State University; Maggie Tsang, Saint John’s University; Anton Tsivinsky, Institute of Toxicology; Ajith Vengellur, Michigan State University; Fei Wang, University of Florida ; Gensheng Wang, University of Maryland; Wei Wang, Northeastern University; Timothy Whitsett, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Lindsay Wichers, US Environmental Protection Agency; Mary Williamson, University of Rochester; Kevin Wolfe, University of Texas Medical Branch; Ran Wu, University of Kentucky; Mi Young Yang, University of Arizona; Yang Ye, University of Texas at Austin; Zhen Yu, Oregon State University; Wei Yuan, Northeastern University; Yuzhao Zhou, University of Kentucky
2004……Lauren M. Aleksunes, University of Connecticut; Reiko Anahara Chiba, University, Japan; David Arrington, Medical University of South Carolina; Elizabeth A. Berg, New York University School of Medicine; Madhavi Billam, Texas Tech University; Jessica A. Bonzo, University of California, San Diego; Brian M. Brock, University of Rhode Island; Jared Brown, University of Montana; Amy B. Cadwallader, University of Utah; Jerry L. Campbell Jr., University of Georgia; Zhuoxiao Cao, St. John”s University; Amit M. Chaudhary, University of Mississippi; Kathryn J. Chavez, Cornell University; Daesuk Chung, University of Michigan; Jou-Ku Chung, Northeastern University; Alper Coban, Mississippi State University; Stacy M. Corthals, Indiana University School of Medicine; Kristy A. Cortright, University of California, Davis; Kari A. Cox, University of Texas at Austin; Todd L. Davidson, New York University School of Medicine; Jennifer E. Dawson, Queen”s University; James E. Dennison, Colorado State University; Sachin S. Devi, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Julie A. Dobbs, Mississippi State University; Jing Dong, University of Texas Austin/University of Arizona; Melanie L. Doyle, University of North Carolina; Reem H. Elbekai, University of Alberta; Quentin Felty, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Heather S. Floyd, Wake Forest University; Enrique Fuentes, University of Puerto Rico; Thomas Guillot, Emory University; Yingying Guo, University of Washington; Murali Gururajan, University of Kentucky; Natalia L. Harmon, Texas Southern University; Mary Hassani, University of Montana; Juan P. Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso; Laura Y. Hernandez, University of Texas at El Paso; Brett D. Hollingshead, Pennsylvania State University; Qunshan Jia, Michigan State University; Chirag Kariya, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Tisha C. King Heiden, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Hesham M. Korashy, University of Alberta; Marisa L. Kreider, Duke University; Robert K. Kuester, University of Arizona; Takashima Kyoka, Chiba University, Japan; Raymond J. Langley, University of New Mexico; Natalie Lassen, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center; Yafan Li, University of Wisconsin; Xuhong Liu, Texas A&M University; Ying Liu, Texas Tech University; Manupat Lohitnavy, Colorado State University; Amie K. Lund, University of New Mexico; Daniel E.W. Machemer, University of California, San Diego; Jeffrey S. Moffit, University of Connecticut; Mai A. Ngo, University of California, Davis; Trisha L. Noreault, Dartmouth Medical School; Onyinye E. Nwagbara, Florida A&M University; Marcin F. Osuchowski, University of Georgia; Chintan Y. Patel, Long Island University; Amanda D. Phelka, University of Michigan; Melinda J. Pomeroy, Virginia Tech; Marija Popovic, University of Toronto; Christine L. Powell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Karine Price, University of Montreal; Xinzhu Pu, Purdue University; Soma S. Ray, University of Kentucky; Mark J. Reimers, Oregon State University; Victoria E. Richards, University of Arizona; Cheryl E. Rockwell, Michigan State University; Lynette K. Rogers, Ohio State University; Sharmilee P. Sawant, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Shengli Shi, University of Washington; Kaul Siddharth, Iowa State University; Arno G. Siraki, University of Toronto; Monica R. Smith, Meharry Medical College; Christopher L. Sprague, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tingting Sun, University of Mississippi Medical Center; Sabine Teske, Washington State University; Natasha A. Thadani, Queen”s University; Eric S. Tien, Pennsylvania State University; Wachareeporn Trinachartvanit, University of Illinois; Irina V. Ustyugova, West Virginia University; Vimala Vemireddi, Virginia Tech; Thomas Visalli, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Jianyong Wang, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Deena M. Wassenberg, Duke University; Kimberly C. Wise, Texas Southern University; Kristina K. Wolf, Dartmouth Medical School; Amber K. Wyman, University of Rochester; Jianxun Xie, University of Rhode Island; Mei Xu, West Virginia University; Xiaofei Zhang, University of California, Riverside
2003……Maen Abdelrahim, Texas A&M University; Adebowale Abebiyi, National University of Singapore; Erika L. Abel, University of Washington; Anita F. Austin, Meharry Medical College; Angelica Becaria, University of California Irvine; James R. Blattner, University of North Carolina; Carolyn J. Broccardo, Colorado State University; Stacey L. Brower, West Virginia University; Susan C. N. Buist, University of Kansas Medical Center; Andrew D. Burdick, University of New Mexico; Iris A. Camacho, Virginia Commonwealth University; Jennifer S. Carew, University of Texas Medical Branch; Clara Y.Y. Chan, Queen’s University; Yamini Chandrasekaran, University of Texas at Austin; Li Chen, Rutgers University; Elena S. Craft, Duke University; Janelle S. Crossgrove, University of Kentucky; Kaluhath N. DeAbrew, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Zachary E. Derbyshire, University of Arizona; Vamsidhara C. Dhulipala, University of Missouri; Shashank Dravid, University of Georgia; Joshua R. Edwards, Michigan State University; Aimen K. Farraj, Michigan State University; Melissa C. Garofolo, Duke University; Yokabet Gedeon, Texas Southern University; Mette G. Goodin, University of Otago; Volkan M. Gurel, University of North Dakota; Kristen E. Harring, University of Maine; Wilbert H.M. Heijne, TNO Nutrition and Food Research; Zhe Jia, University of Texas at Austin; Nathan H. Johnson, Mississippi State University; Raju Naveen Kumar Kacham, Oklahoma State University; Jeffrey A. Kamykowski, Mississippi State University; Sanghyun Kim, University of Georgia; Dae Joon Kim, Pennsylvania State University; Masashi Kitazawa, Iowa State University; Lioudmila A.Komarnisky, University of Alberta; Timothy J. Kropp, University of Michigan; Ning Li, University of Kansas Medical Center; Jian Li, University of Louisville; Kai H. Liao, Colorado State University; Linda L. Manza, University of Arizona; Kametra J. Matthews, Louisiana State University; Prosper M’Bemba-Meka, Université de Montréal, Faculté de Medicine; Geniece P. McCollum, University of Rochester; Robert J. Mitkus, University of Maryland; Jose L. Morales, Penn State University; Adrian Nanez, Texas A&M University; Steffan T. Nawrocki, University of Texas-Houston; Sharon L. Oxendine, University of North Carolina; Seongmi Park, University of North Dakota; Niti N. Patel, University of Sciences in Pennsylvania; Santosh Phadke, Long Island University; Andrew J. Phimister, University of California Davis; Isabelle Plante, Université du Québec; Paul C. Porter, University of Louisville; Amy L. Prasch, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Thitiya Pung, Virginia Tech; Jodie M. Reed, Indiana University School of Medicine; John F. Reichard, University of Colorado; Clint A. Rosenfeld, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Randal J. Schneider, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Rosemary A. Schuh, University of Maryland; Sumit J. Shah, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Jing Shao, University of Washington; David J. Smith, Indiana University School of Medicine; Danyel P.H. Tacker, University of Texas Medical Branch; Michael S. Thibodeau, University of Connecticut; Joshua J. Tobias, University of Kentucky; Miyun M. Tsai-Turton, University of California Irvine; Anu Vaidyanathan, Northeastern University; Joanne Wan, Queen’s University; Laura J. Webb, Virginia Commonwealth University; Ryan L. Williams, University of California; Daniel T. Wilson, Rutgers University; Andrea W. Wong, University of Toronto; Jennifer S. Yauck, Medical College of Wisconsin; Junguo Zhou, University of Rochester
2002……Leanne L. Bedard, Queen’s University; Udayan M. Apte, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Diana J. Auyeung, Virginia Commonwealth University; Martin Beliveau , University of Montreal; Yadvinder Bhuller, University of Toronto; Susan R. Bielmeier, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ling Cao, SUNY at Albany; Connie S. Chen, University of Toronto; Jennifer Choich, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Kevin Crowthers, University of Connecticut; Francisco J. Dieguez-Acuna, University of Washington; Shelley B. DuTeaux, University of California, Davis; Jaime L. Emmrich, Medical College of Wisconsin; Mark R. Fielden, Michigan State University; Carissa R. Filbrandt, University of Rochester; Christine T. French, Colorado State University; Stephanie Girard, University of Quebec; Neera Gopee, University of Georgia; Rayetta C. Grasty, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Joshua P. Gray, Pennsylvania State University; Paul R. Hanlon, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Belinda S. Hawkins, Michigan State University; Kelly Hogan, Rutgers/UMDNJ; Kanjana Imsilp, University of Illinois; Anil Kachroo, Mississippi State University; Julia C. Kennedy, University of Toronto; Marquea D. King, Virginia Tech; Donald S. Kirkpatrick, University of Arizona; Sun Ku Lee, Colorado State University; Jeong-Eun Lee, Texas A&M University; Jong-Min Lee, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Pallavi Limaye, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Nikki L. Maples, University of Texas, El Paso; Erik J. Martin, Queen’s University; Tami S. McMullin, Colorado State University; Judith A. Mlockier-Audrain, St. John’s University; Sarah F. Mowbray, University of Connecticut; Marjorie A. Peraza, University of Arizona; Janis Peterson, University of Texas, El Paso; Jay S. Petrick, University of Arizona; Brian E. Powers, University of Illinois; Preeti Ramadoss, Pennsylvania State University; Karen Riveles, University of California Riverside; Hany Rofael, University of Med. & Den. Of NJ/New Jersey Medical School; Vincent V. Rogers, University of Saskatchewan; Jonathan A. Roling, University of Texas, El Paso; Jimmy A. Rotolo, Long Island University; Lisa E. Sandoval, University of Montana; Vanessa M. Silva, University of Connecticut; Nicole Soucy, Dartmouth Medical School; Kumar Sripathirathan, Loyola University; Daniele F. Staskal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Divinia N. Stemm, University of Kentucky; Nilufer M. Tampal, University of Kentucky; Vishal S. Vaidya, The University of Louisiana at Monroe; Chad M. Vezina, University at Buffalo; Rebecca E. Watson, Michigan State University
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Travel Award Recipients
Norman J. Barlow, CIIT Centers for Health Research;
Julia C. Kennedy, University of Toronto;
Doyeob Kim, West Virginia University;
Donna Wailing Lee, University of Rochester;
Gary D. Minsavage, University of Rochester;
Kimberley A. O’Hara, Dartmouth Medical School;
Heui-Young Ryu, Boston University School of Public Health
Merck & Company Student Travel Award Recipients
Jiangang Chen, University of California, Davis;
Jamie L. Emmrich, Medical College of Wisconsin; Tobias Schmid, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany;
Yan Zheng, Iowa State University
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