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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APS Contacts
Christine Guilfoy
(301) 634-7253
(978) 290-2400
cguilfoy@the-aps.org
52 Minority Scientists
Receive APS/NIDDK Travel Fellowships
Grants
total $90,000 -- offer networking, career opportunities
BETHESDA, MD (March 27, 2006) – One of the nation’s
leading non-profit science organizations is providing fellowships to
underrepresented minority students -- part of an effort to retain qualified
minority students in physiology and the biomedical sciences.
The American Physiological Society (APS),
with the support of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health, will award
a total of $90,000 to 52 fellows to attend APS scientific conferences,
including Experimental Biology 2006 (EB) in San Francisco April 1-5.
The program is designed to encourage more minorities to
become scientists and remain in the field. African-American, Hispanic,
Native American and Pacific Islander undergraduate, graduate and
post-doctoral students and faculty are eligible for the fellowships.
The APS has awarded travel fellowships to more than 500
minority students and faculty since 1987, when the program began.
In addition to paying transportation, registration and
other costs, each fellow is paired with an established researcher, an APS
member who is usually in the same research area as the student. More than 60
APS members volunteer each year to be mentors. A number of former minority
travel fellows -- now established researchers with their own graduate
students -- serve as mentors themselves.
The program provides many career networking
opportunities. The mentor introduces the fellow to other established
scientists at conferences, and the fellows meet other minority students at
an orientation and reception for current and past travel fellows. APS also
invites fellows to career workshops, sessions on special skills development,
and other special sessions during the conference.
Past fellows have praised
the program, saying:
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“I received advice from several scientists concerning my
research and the ins and outs of interviewing for a postdoctoral
position. The most rewarding part of the program was meeting people face
to face that you only read about through their journal articles.”
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“This was a great opportunity to network with others in my
field and it was really an awesome experience. This will only help to take
my career further.”
The APS/NIDDK 2006 fellows
are as follows:
- Arizona State University - Sydella Blatch
- Auburn University - James E. Harris
- Barry University - Christophe Arteaga, Tina Carla
Franklin
- Baylor College of Medicine - Adetokunbo Omolola
Enioza, Anjelica L. Gonzalez-Simon
- East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine -
Hiromi Sanders
- Florida International University - Haroldo Souza
Silva
- Georgia Institute of Technology - Manu O. Platt
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center -
Keisa Williams Mathis
- Meharry Medical College - Phillip D. Palmer
- Medical College of Georgia - Dexter L. Lee
- Medical University of South Carolina - Sonya D.
Coaxum
- Michigan State University - Keshari Thakali
- New Mexico State University - Kimberly M. Benavidez,
Aerial L. Singleton
- Ponce (Puerto Rico) School of Medicine - Marielly
Cuevas-Torres, Javier A. Pagan Gutierrez, Beatriz Pagan-Ortiz, Edelmarie
Riveria De Jesus, Olga I. Santiago-Maldonado, Cariluz Santiago-Ortiz
- University of Alabama-Birmingham - Wanda H. Vila-Carriles
- University of California-Davis - Juliana K. Sampson
- University of California-Irvine - Nancy M.
Aguilar-Roca
- University of California-Los Angeles - Johana
Vallejo-Rodriguez
- University of Illinois-Chicago - Myla M. Patterson
- University of Iowa - Brett J. Wong
- University of Louisville - Mesia Moore Steed,
Candice Thomas
- University of Maryland (Baltimore County) - Raelina
Howell
- University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey -
Arnaldo M. Pica
- University of Michigan - Lymari Lopez-Diaz,
Christopher Mendias, Jesus Salazar
- University of Mississippi Medical Center - Nikki
Jernigan
- University of New Mexico - Jessica M. Bryant,
Samantha N. Torres, Paulette M. Yamada
- University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus -
Nildris Cruz-Diaz, Natasha Lugo Escobar, Jose O. Garcia Colon, Raissa
Menendez-Delmestre, Geidy E. Serrano
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center - Alie
Kanu
- University of Texas-San Antonio - Alberto W. Mares
- University of Texas Health Science Center - Maria
Eugenia Davila
- University of Wisconsin - Julia E. R. Wilkerson
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine - Shea
Gilliam-Davis, Karl Pendergrass
- West Virginia University School of Medicine - Rhonda
Prisby
- Vanderbilt University - Julio E. Ayala
Go to
http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/stu_fellows/minority_tvl/ov_mt.htm
for more information about the program.
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The
American Physiological Society was founded in 1887 to foster basic and
applied bioscience. The Bethesda, Maryland-based society has more than
10,000 members and publishes 14 peer-reviewed journals containing almost
4,000 articles annually.
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APS
provides a wide range of research, educational and career support and
programming to further the contributions of physiology to understanding the
mechanisms of diseased and healthy states. In May 2004, APS received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,
Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.
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