Current
2019 NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
2017-2020 University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
2020 UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellow
2017-2020 IRACDA Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of California, San Diego
2020 Intern, The Future Leaders Advancing Research in Endocrinology (FLARE) Program
2020 Early Career Forum Travel Award for ENDO2020 San Francisco, CA
Past
2019 1st Place, Paper Pitch Contest, Cell Reports Editor-in-Chief, UCSD
2019 Winner, Poster Session Competition, National IRACDA Conference University of Michigan
2019 Scientific Teaching Fellow, HHMI Summer Institutes on Scientific Teaching
2019 Endocrine Society Outstanding Abstract Award for ENDO2019, New Orleans, LA
2019 AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award for Immunology2019 San Diego, CA
2019 1st Place, Presidential Poster Competition, ENDO2019, New Orleans, LA
2019 NMRI Annual Workshop, Travel Award, Bethesda, MD
2016-2017 NIH NIDDK T32 Fellow, Boston University Medical Center, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Obesity Training Program
2017 Seahorse Bioscience Travel Award for oral presentation in a Block Symposium at IMMUNOLOGY2017
2017 AAI Trainee Abstract Award for oral presentation in a Block Symposium at IMMUNOLOGY2017
2017 1st Place, Boston University, Microbiology Trainee Travel Award
2017 Boston University, Professional Development & Postdoctoral Affairs Travel Award
2015-2016 NIH NIAID T32 Fellow, Boston University, Inflammatory Disorders Training Grant
2015 Faculty of Graduate Studies Dean’s Award, LLU class of 2015
2013-2015 NIH NIGMS Predoctoral F31 Fellowship
2014 3rd Place, Student Poster Competition Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference, National Harbor, MD
2012-2015 Bridges to the Professoriate Scholar, Institute on Teaching and Mentoring
2009-2015 Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD) support from Loma Linda University
2011-2012 Nominee, American Association for the Advancement of Science/Science Program for Excellence in Science
2010 Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Loma Linda University Basic Sciences Symposium, Loma Linda, CA Poster contest
2007 Tait-Curry Scholarship
2007 Freshman Chemistry Student of the Year Award, Southern Adventist University
2007 CRC Press Chemistry Achievement Award, Southern Adventist University