{"id":410,"date":"2019-10-10T21:55:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T01:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:11:55","slug":"student-grant-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/mdphd\/current-students\/student-grant-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Grants and Other Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

All eligible students are required to apply for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship Awards (NIH F30\/31) or an international equivalent after passing their qualifying exams.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We are extremely proud of that many of our students have\u00a0received<\/span> funding from a number of national and international funding agencies. These students are highlighted below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

NIH F Grants:<\/u><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2025<\/td>\nGlenda Smerin<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIDA<\/td>\nElucidating the Role of G\u03b1z in the Behavioral Response to Opioids<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\nAria Pearlman Morales<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nA Bio-orthogonal Targeting System for Precision Drug Delivery to Vascular Endothelium in Transplanted Organs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\nBenjamin Snyder<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNINDS<\/td>\nCompartment-specific inhibition and laminar circuit dynamics in the primate prefrontal cortex<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nCarly Merritt<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nGain-of-Function in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficient Type 2 Alveolar Epithelial Cells<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nIsaac Falconer<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIH\/NIDCD<\/td>\nDynamic Functional Network Connectivity and Neuroplasticity in Post-Stroke Aphasia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nLinzheng Shi<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nProbing Immunovascular Mechanobiology in Pneumonia-Associated Acute Lung Injury at the Single Capillary Level<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\nAnthony Spinella<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIA<\/td>\nDefining Age-Associated Alterations in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nDaniel Kirsch<\/td>\nNIH F31<\/td>\nNINDS and NIA<\/td>\nTau Pathology in Motor Regions and Parkinsonism in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Comparison to Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Corticobasal Degeneration<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\nKristen Segars<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNEI<\/td>\nDelayed wound healing in diabetic corneal epithelia: reduction in protein response after injury and uncoordinated cell-cell communication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>\nShen Ning<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNINDS<\/td>\nTargeted antibody-conjugated magnetic nanoparticles for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nMargaret Minnig<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIAAA<\/td>\nThe role of prefrontostriatal Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase Activating Polypeptide in excessive and compulsive ethanol drinking<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nAnthony Yeung<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nUnderstanding the Symbiosis Between Megakaryocytes and the Lung Microenvironment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nDavid Swain<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNEI<\/td>\nThe Role of Giant Vacuoles and Pores of Schlemm\u2019s Canal Endothelial Cells in Regulating Aqueous Outflow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/td>\nNeelou Etesami<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nProtective Lung Memory B Cell Functions and Dynamics During Respiratory Infection<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nChinamere Igebuike<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIDDK<\/td>\nPrevention and Treatment of Antibiotic-induced Acute Kidney Injury Using an Unbiased Gene-screen Strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/td>\nKatelyn Trecartin<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNIA<\/td>\nMyelin-reactivity of a Novel Population of T Cells Infiltrating the Normal Aging Monkey Brain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nMarc Vittoria<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNCI<\/td>\nDefining Novel Mechanisms of Genome Instability in Braf-mutant Melanoma<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nChris Gromisch<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNCI<\/td>\nDevelopment of a Novel Antibody Drug Conjugate for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/td>\nLeon Sun<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nModeling Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease With Patient-specific Pluripotent Stem Cells Carrying Abca3 Mutations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nAlissa Frame<\/td>\nNIH F31<\/td>\nNIDDK<\/td>\nRenal and Neural Mechanisms of Age-related Hypertension<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/td>\nYoonjoo Lee<\/td>\nNIH F30<\/td>\nNEI<\/td>\nThe Role of Sustained Calcium Oscillations in the Wound Healing Response<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nAnjali Jacob<\/td>\nNIH F31<\/td>\nNHLBI<\/td>\nPluripotent Stem Cell Modeling of Children\u2019s Interstitial Lung Disease<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Canadian Institutes of Health Grants<\/span><\/google-sheets-html-origin><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year Received<\/td>\nName<\/td>\nTitle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/td>\nRyan Quinton<\/td>\nDefining Synthetic Lethal Genes in Yap\/taz-dependent Breast Cancers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/td>\nNisma Mujahid<\/td>\nThe Lkb1-sik Pathway: Dysregulation in Melanomagenesis and Regulated Use in Skin Cancer Prevention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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TL1 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Regenerative Medicine<\/span><\/p>\n