Recipients of the 2006 APS/NIDDK Minority Travel
Fellowship Awards

The APS, on behalf of the Porter Physiology Development Committee, is pleased to congratulate the following awardees of the APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellowship Awards to attend Experimental Biology 2006 from April 1-5 in San Francisco, CA (listed alphabetically):

Nancy M. Aguilar-Roca, University of California, Irvine

Christophe Arteaga, Barry University

Julio E. Ayala, Vanderbilt University

Kimberly M. Benavidez, New Mexico State University

Sydella Blatch, Arizona State University

Jessica M. Bryant, University of New Mexico

Sonya D. Coaxum, Medical University of South Carolina

Nildris Cruz-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus

Marielly Cuevas-Torres, Ponce School of Medicine

Maria E. Davila, University of Texas Health Science Center

Adetokunbo Omolola Enioza, Baylor College of Medicine

Natasha Lugo Escobar, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Tina C. Franklin, Barry University

Jose O. Garcia Colon, University of Puerto Rico - Medical Sciences Campus

Shea Gilliam-Davis, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Anjelica L. Gonzalez-Simon, Baylor College of Medicine

James E. Harris, Auburn University

Raelina Howell, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Nikki Jernigan, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Alie Kanu, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Dexter L. Lee, Medical College of Georgia

Lymari Lopez-Diaz, University of Michigan

Alberto W. Mares, University of Texas at San Antonio

Christopher Mendias, University of Michigan

Raissa Menendez-Delmestre, University of Puerto Rico

Javier A. Pagan Gutierrez, Ponce School of Medicine

Beatriz Pagan-Ortiz, Ponce School of Medicine

Phillip D. Palmer, Meharry Medical College

Myla M. Patterson, University of Illinois at Chicago

Karl Pendergrass, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Arnaldo M. Pica, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey

Manu O. Platt, Georgia Institute of Technology

Rhonda Prisby, West Virginia University School of Medicine

Edelmarie Riveria De Jesus, Ponce School of Medicine

Jesus Salazar, University of Michigan

Juliana K. Sampson, University of California at Davis

Hiromi Sanders, East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine

Olga I. Santiago-Maldonado, Ponce School of Medicine

Cariluz Santiago-Ortiz, Ponce School of Medicine

Geidy E. Serrano, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Science Campus

Haroldo Souza Silva, Florida International University (FIU)

Aerial L. Singleton, New Mexico State University

Mesia Moore Steed, University of Louisville

Keshari Thakali, Michigan State University

Candice Thomas, University of Louisville

Samantha N. Torres, University of New Mexico

Johana Vallejo-Rodriguez, University of California at Los Angeles

Wanda H. Vila-Carriles, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Julia E. R. Wilkerson, University of Wisconsin

Keisa Williams Mathis, LSU Health Sciences Center

Brett J. Wong, University of Iowa

Paulette M. Yamada, University of New Mexico