NIDDK/NIGMS Minority Travel Fellowship Awards 

As originally printed in The Physiologist, 
August 2001, Volume 44, Number 4 
Page 167

    The APS has awarded Travel Fellowships to minorities to attend the Experimental Biology meeting each spring since 1987. These travel awards are supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS). Awardees are provided with funds for transportation, meals, lodging, and complimentary meeting registration. The APS Porter Physiology Development Committee reviews and selects applicants for this award. This year, 45 minority students and postdoctoral fellows were selected from 64 applications to receive fellowships, enabling them to attend EB 2001 in Orlando, FL. 
    Travel Fellows in this APS program frequently cite the pairing of each Fellow with an APS member to serve as his/her mentor for the duration of the EB meeting as one of the most valuable components of the fellowship. Mentors offer guidance on appropriate sessions to attend, introduce Fellows to other scientists, and provide career advice. This component helps Fellows to maximize their time and more fully experience the many aspects of EB. One student made the following comment in the follow-up evaluation: “This was my first EB meeting and I think it was worth attending. I met some very helpful and interesting scientists. I gathered a lot of information from the meeting that (will) help me fine-tune my hypotheses and improve my experimental procedures.” Another student wrote that the fellowship “…gives me the opportunity to interact/socialize with leaders in the research community. It is fun and reinforces my desire to become a scientist.” In their comments, Fellows often expressed their appreciation that the program provides not just financial assistance, but professional guidance, as well. The mentors who volunteered this year are much appreciated for offering their time and expertise, especially the numerous APS members who have made this contribution for many years in a row.
    Fellows and their mentors attended a closing luncheon at EB to hear from guest speakers and to receive certificates honoring their successful participation in the program from Martin Frank, APS Executive Director. Fellows saw the luncheon as a welcome opportunity to compare notes on their scientific activities of the week. D. Euan MacIntyre of Merck Research Laboratories, a generous contributor to APS fellowship programs, spoke to the audience about career possibilities in industry, and APS member Evangeline Motley of Meharry Medical College then gave a well-received talk about the value of looking at all possibilities that arise while advancing through different career stages.
    The travel awards are open to graduate students, postdoctoral students, and advanced undergraduate students from minority groups underrepresented in science (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders). Students must be US citizens or permanent residents. The specific intent of this award is to increase participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in the physiological sciences. For more information, contact the APS Education Office at 301-530-7132 or educatio@The-APS.org or visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/index.htm on the APS website.
EB 2001 AWARDEES WERE:
Erwin Bautista, Univ. of California, Davis
Jabbar Bennett, Meharry Medical College
Richard Beswick, Univ. of Michigan
Robert Carter III, Univ. of North Texas 
Sonya Coaxum, Univ. of Michigan 
Nancy Correa-Matos, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Peter Daudu, Univ. of Pennsylvania 
Martin Farias III, Univ. of North Texas 
Marcelo Febo, Univ. of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Karen Feng, Univ. of Arizona
Patrizia Flores, New Mexico Highlands Univ.
Billie J. Foote, Fort Belknap College
Karesa R. Fox, Fort Belknap College
Gerald Frank, Vanderbilt Univ. 
Rayna Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico
Orlando Gonzalez, Univ. of Puerto Rico 
Paul Gray, Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Hantz Hercule, Texas Southern Univ.
Gerardo Hernandez, Ponce School of Medicine
Gerald Herrera, Univ. of Vermont
Vallie Holloway, Florida A&M Univ.
Allison Ivy, Meharry Medical Center
Theresa John, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago 
Kristen Kaba, Univ. of Rochester
Ollie Kelly-Appleberry, Emory Univ.
Keri Kles, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Terrence Lewis, Delaware State Univ.
Joseph Lopez, Vanderbilt Univ.
Johnalyn Lyles, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore
Edward Medina, Univ. of California, Davis
Maria Medina, Univ. of California, Davis
Catherynne Morgan, Univ. of Arizona 
Donna Ortiz, New Mexico Highlands Univ.
Rudy Ortiz, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Omar Quintero, Duke Univ. Medical Center
Christie K. Redmon, Meharry Medical College
Jayne Reuben, Florida A&M Univ.
Cassandra Reyes, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Cherilynn Reynolds, Meharry Medical College
John Scheel, Univ. of California, San Diego
Christopher Selhorst, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Dean Snow, Fort Belknap College
Andra Stevenson, Univ. of Vermont
Torry Tucker, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
Julia Wilkerson, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison

EB 2001 MENTORS WERE:
Francisco H. Andrade, Case Western Reserve Univ.
Mouhamed S. Awayda, Tulane Univ. 
Babu Balagopal, Nemours Children’s Clinic
Susan M. Barman, Michigan State Univ.
Kathleen H. Berecek, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
Eldon J. Braun, Univ. of Arizona 
Steven Britton, Medical College of Ohio
William M. Chilian, Medical College of Wisconsin
Parimal Chowdhury, Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Margaret Colden-Stanfield, Morehouse School of Medicine
John Cuppoletti, Univ. of Cincinnati
Dipak K. Das, Univ. of Connecticut 
Michael J. Davis, Texas A&M Univ.
Karen Fagan, Univ. of Colorado 
Barbara Goodman, Univ. of South Dakota 
Eddie L. Greene, Mayo Clinic
Pamela J. Gunter-Smith, Spelman College
Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, Tulane Univ. 
Thomas C. Herzig, Uniformed Services Univ.
Cynthia Jackson, Univ. of West Georgia
Irving G. Joshua, Univ. of Louisville
Lauren Gerard Koch, Medical College of Ohio
Ulla Kopp, Univ. of Iowa 
Klaus Ley, Univ. of Virginia 
Owen McGuinness, Vanderbilt Univ. 
Evangeline Motley, Meharry Medical College
Suhayla Mukaddam-Daher, Univ. of Montreal 
C. Leo Ortiz, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz
Adebayo Oyekan, Texas Southern Univ.
C. Subah Packer, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine
Richard J. Paul, Univ. of Cincinnati
David Robertshaw, Cornell Univ.
Mohammed Sayeed, Loyola Univ. 
Colleen R. Talbot, California State Univ., San Bernardino
Richard C. Vari, Univ. of North Dakota 
Alice R. Villalobos, Univ. of Rochester 
Peter Wagner, Univ. of California, San Diego
Marian Walters, Tulane Univ. 

NIDDK/NIGMS Minority Travel Fellow Awardees.

NIDDK/NIGMS Minority Travel Fellow Awardees.

APS Executive Director Martin Frank with speakers Evangeline Motley and D. Euan MacIntyre, Merck.

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