Grants and Awards

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