Wake Forest Graduate Students Win Prestigious NIH Fellowships
Several students from the biomedical graduate programs have successfully competed for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs) from the National Institutes of Health. These highly competitive awards provide stipend and tuition while the fellow pursues research projects in their mentor’s research laboratory.
Interim Dean Godwin remarked, “It is a strong endorsement by the NIH to receive one of these prestigious fellowships. Our congratulations go out to these hard working students for achieving this mark of distinction as they begin their tenure as NRSA fellows.”
Dr. Ruth L. Kirschstein, for whom the award was named, achieved significant scientific accomplishments in polio vaccine development, became the first woman director of an NIH Institute, championed research training, and was a strong advocate for the inclusion of underrepresented individuals in the scientific workforce.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards the NRSA as a means of supporting predoctoral and postdoctoral research training to ensure a diverse and highly trained workforce to assume leadership roles in the biomedical, behavioral and clinical research fields.
The Graduate School congratulates the following graduate student recipients and their mentors!
NRSA Recipients |
Graduate Program |
Year Awarded |
Mentors |
NRSA Grant Titles |
Lawrence Blume |
Physiology and Pharmacology ‘08 |
July 2012 |
Allyn Howlett |
Cannabinoid Receptor Interacting Protein 1a Structure-Function |
Erin S. Calipari |
Neuroscience ‘09 |
July 2012 |
Sara Jones |
The effect of methylphenidate use and abuse on dopamine system kinetics |
Joseph McQuail |
Neuroscience ‘07 |
August 2011 |
Michelle Nicolle |
Oxidative damage to receptor:G-protein coupling in the aged hippocampus |
Andrew Rau |
Neuroscience ‘10 |
August 2012 |
Jeff Weiner |
Synaptic and Behavioral Correlates of Adenosinergic Signaling in the Basolateral Amygdala |
Melissa A. Riegle |
Neuroscience ‘09 |
September 2012 |
Dwayne Godwin |
T-Channel Dysregulation during Alcohol Withdrawal: Mechanisms and Novel Therapies |
Jackson Taylor |
Neuroscience ’07 |
July 2011 |
Osvaldo Delbono |
CaV beta1a as a Transcriptional Regulator of Muscle Regeneration and Sarcopenia |
Qawi Telesford |
Biomedical Engineering ‘08 |
April 2011 |
Paul Laurienti & |
Network Theory Analysis of Ethanol Self Administering Non-Human Primates |
Meghan Vidt |
Biomedical Engineering ‘08 |
July 2012 |
Katherine R. Saul |
Muscle function and compensation following rotator cuff tear in older adults |
Jordan Yorgason |
Neuroscience ‘08 |
August 2011 |
Sara Jones |
Effects of Isolation Rearing on Dopamine Release and Reuptake |
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Erin Calipari |
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Jordan Yorgason |
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Dr. Sara Jones |
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