|
2004 APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellows Attend Conferences in Washington, DC, Snowmass, and Austin |
||||||||||
|
The APS regularly awards Travel Fellowships for underrepresented minority scientists and students to attend APS scientific meetings with funds provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). These Fellowships provide funds for registration, transportation, meals, and lodging for travel to a meeting location, as well as complimentary meeting registration. Fifty-five Fellows attended the APS annual meeting, “Experimental Biology” in Washington, DC from April 17-21, 2004. Two Fellows attended the APS Translational Research Conference on “Immunological & Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Inflammatory Bowel Disease” from September 8-11, 2004 in Snowmass Village, CO and seven Fellows attended the APS Intersociety Meeting on “The Integrative Biology of Exercise” from October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, TX. Fellows in the NIDDK Minority Travel program not only received financial support to attend these meetings, but were also provided professional guidance through pairings with APS members who served as mentors to the Fellows for the duration of the conference. Thanks to the time and expertise offered by mentor volunteers, Fellows were able to maximize their time and more fully experience the many aspects of each conference. 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 Brooke Bruthers in the APS Education Office at 301-634-7132 or bbruthers@the-aps.org, or visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/index.htm on the APS website. Fellows at “Experimental Biology 2004”: Elisa Babilonia, New York Medical College Tracy D. Bell, Medical College of Georgia Ahmad Rashad Blanton, Texas Southern Univ. Adrienne Patrece Bratcher, Univ. of Louisville Wendy Brisbon, Meharry Medical College Jessica Bryant, Univ. of New Mexico Raul Camacho, Vanderbilt Univ. School of Medicine Isabel Campos, Wright State Univ. Robert Carter III, USARIEM Sonya D. Coaxum, Loyola Univ. Medical Centerm Cassandra Delgado-Reyes, Emory Univ. School of Medicine, Georgia Institute of Technology Lourdes Adriana Esparza, San Francisco State Univ. Martin Farias III, Univ. of Washington School of Medicine Paul Fidelis, Texas Southern Univ. Anjelica Leticia Gonzalez, Baylor College of Medicine Jorge L. Gonzalez-Perez, Univ. of Puerto Rico Torrance Green, Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center Milton H. Hamblin, Meharry Medical College Shawn D. Hingtgen, Univ. of Iowa Keith E. Jackson, Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center Keshia L. Jackson, Wright State Univ. LaRhonda Jackson, Wake Forest Univ. Nikki L. Jernigan, Univ. of New Mexico Jesus Jimenez, Veterans Medical Research Foundation Brigid Joseph, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Ollie Kelly, Emory Univ. Roberta Kiffin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Kera P. Lawson, Meharry Medical College Dexter L. Lee, Medical College of Georgia Rafael Alejandro Leos, Univ. of Arizona Lymari Lopez-Diaz, Univ. of Michigan Brandon Richard Macias, Univ. of California, San Diego Rudy M. Ortiz, Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center Carmen A. Padro-Alvarado, Univ. of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Myla M. Patterson, Meharry Medical College Octavia M. Peck, The Medical Univ. of South Carolina Karl Pendergrass, Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine Manu O. Platt, Georgia Institute of Technology/Emory Univ. Rhonda Prisby, Texas A&M Univ. Jose A. Quidgley, Univ. of Puerto Rico School of Medicine Yolanda Rangel, Washington Univ. Levy Austin Reyes, Univ. of Arizona William Richards, Ohio State Univ. Chantal A. Rivera, Baylor College of Medicine C. Nathaniel Roybal, Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine Hiromi Michelle Sanders, East Carolina Univ. La’Tonia M. Stiner, Wright State Univ. Keshari Thakali, Michigan State Univ. Candice Michelle Thomas, Univ. of Louisville Samantha N. Torres, Univ. of New Mexico Johana Vallejo, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia Julia R. Wilkerson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison Elethia A. Woolfolk, Meharry Medical College Joaquin Zalacain, Univ. of Puerto Rico Medical School Taonga Tinashe Ziba, Baylor College of Medicine.
APS Mentors at “Experimental Biology 2004”:
|
||||||||||
|
|
