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Since its inception in 1987, the APS Diversity Travel Fellowship Program has made more than 800 travel awards to undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students and to faculty members at minority institutions.

2024 American Physiology Summit 

Lara Amaral-Silva
Wake Forest University 

Manuella Andrade
John Hopkins University School of Medicine  

Gertrude Arthur, PhD
University of Mississippi Medical Center  

Olufunto Badmus, PhD
University of Mississippi Medical Center  

Angelle Bradford 
Tulane University  

Mayra Bueno Guerrero 
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus  

Xavier Chapa-Dubocq
Louisiana State University Health Science Center  

Rafael Costa 
University of Pittsburgh  

Mary Doamekpor
University of Alabama at Birmingham  

Carolyn Ekpruke, DPhil 
Indiana University Bloomington    

Larissa Ferreira Dos Santos 
University of Missouri  

Janiece Glover 
Medical University of South Carolina  

Steve Guzman 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor  

Genesis Hernandez 
Mayo Clinic  

Adewale James 
University of South Florida  

Eira Jardines 
University of California, Merced  

Adam Jones 
Augusta University 

Beryl Khakina 
Augusta University  

Jonathan Lopez 
Ponce Health Sciences University

Savannah Lusk 
Baylor College of Medicine  

Genesee Martinez 
University of Kentucky  

Nelson Membreno 
Saint Louis University  

Olugbenga Michael 
University of Missouri  

Pierre-Emmanuel N'Guetta 
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  

Mareena Pitts 
Morehouse School of Medicine  

Marissa Westenskow 
University of New Mexico  

 

 

2023 American Physiology Summit 

Jazmine Benjamin 
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Clara Berdasco, PhD
University of California, Riverside 

Silvana Cooper
University of Nevada, Reno 

Tiago Januario Da Costa, PhD
University of South Carolina 

Pearl Ebea 
University of Florida 

Jordan Fuqua, PhD
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation 

Steve Guzman 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 

Genesis Hernandez
Mayo Clinic 

Michelle Herrera 
University of California, Irvine 

Cristhian Gutierrez Huerta 
Medical College of Wisconsin 

Jeanne Ishimwe, PhD
Vanderbilt University Medical Center 

Jamie Kaluhiokalani 
Brigham Young University 

Donald S. Kamdem, PhD
University of Utah 

Lenise Kim, PhD
John Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Sophia Mahoney 
University of Colorado Boulder 

Genesee Martinez 
University of Kentucky 

Mason McIntosh 
Auburn University 

Dora Mendez
University of California, Merced 

Olugbenga Michael, PhD
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Brittni Moore
John Hopkins University 

Kaila Noland 
University of Maryland, Baltimore 

Ana Carolina Mieko Omoto, PhD
University of Mississippi Medical Center 

Mareena Pitts 
Morehouse School of Medicine 

Ysabella Ruiz 
University of North Texas Health Science Center 

Selina Tucker 
University of North Texas Health Science Center 

Emily Waigi
University of South Carolina 

Acacia White 
East Carolina University 

Adaysha Williams 
Medical College of Wisconsin 

Rashaun Williams
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rowena Woode, PhD
University of Missouri

2022 Control of Renal Function in Health & Disease Conference 

Desmond Moronge 
Augusta University 

2022 APS Institute on Teaching and Learning 

Thi-Tina Nguyen 
University of Colorado Anschutz

Experimental Biology 2022

Diane Aguilar
The Lundquist Institute At Harbor-Ucla Medical

Jose Adan Arevalo
University of California, Berkeley

Olufunke Omolola Arishe, PhD
University of South Carolina

Gertrude Arthur
University of Kentucky

Esinam Attipoe
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Clara Berdasco, PhD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Aline De Souza, PhD
Georgetown University

Elizabeth Delgado
University of Michigan Medical School

Mia Edgerton
Medical University of South Carolina

Liliana Espinoza
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Olufunke Falayi
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Janiece Glover
Medical University of South Carolina

Cristhian Gutierrez Huerta
Medical College of Wisconsin

Bridget Konadu
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Danielle E Levitt, PhD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Miguel Aaron Lopez Perez
The Ohio State University

Dora Mendez
University of California, Merced

Brittni Moore
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Clarissa M.D. Mota, PhD
Oregon Health and Science University

Nyerovwo Okifo
Yale School of Medicine

Jonquil Marie Poret
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans

Carmen J Reynolds, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Luis Angel Rivera-Arce
Ponce Health Sciences University

Matthew Romero, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Lloyd Ruiz
University of Michigan Medical School

Brian Shariffi
University of Missouri

Lucas Souza, PhD
University of Nevada Reno

Adaku Ume
Wright State University

Rashaun Williams
University of Wisconsin Madison

 

 

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