Dr. Rebecca McGillvary (cohort 2013) was awarded the 2023 Hartwell Fellowship

Dr. Rebecca McGillvary (cohort 2013)  was awarded the 2023 Hartwell Fellowship for her postdoctoral work at UC Davis.   

https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/postdoctoral-researchers-awarded-hartwell-fellowships-probe-tissue-regeneration-and-molecular  

Jason Kerr (cohort 2013) MS, MBA was interviewed by Outsourced Pharma

Jason Kerr (cohort 2013) MS, MBA was interviewed by Outsourced Pharma in his role as a ‘spy’, that monitors any and all regulatory changes for Moderna. https://www.outsourcedpharma.com/doc/a-spy-at-moderna-0001  

Elyse Hartnet (cohort 2013) recently finished her MBA, showcased for staff product manager role at Illumina

Elyse Hartnet (cohort 2013) recently finished her MBA and was showcased as part of her role as an oncology staff product manager  at Illumina. 

https://www.illumina.com/company/news-center/feature-articles/Ahmet-Elyse-Sam-Shyamal.html  

Michael Erb (cohort 2012) was showcased in 2020 on ‘Scientist Stories’

Michael Erb (cohort 2012)  was showcased in 2020 on ‘Scientist Stories’ in a video called Harnessing Chemical Biology for Cancer Drug Discovery.  Taken when he was promoted to Assistant Professor at the Scripps Research Institutue, Dr. Erb was recently promoted to Associate Professor.  Congrats Dr. Erb!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LV5Pt_-4NI 

Ryan Ponec MD (2009 cohort) was interviewed over his love of coffee as a new physician at Cedars-Sinai Cancer in Tarzana, CA.

Ryan Ponec MD (2009 cohort) was interviewed over his love of coffee as a new physician at Cedars-Sinai Cancer in Tarzana, CA.  https://www.cedars-sinai.org/csmagazine/a-valley-oncologist-s-perfect-blend.html  

Jennifer Yeh (2007 Cohort) accepted into the American Academy of Dermatology Academic Dermatology Leadership Program

New Stanford University School of Medicine Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology Jennifer Yeh (2007 cohort) has been accepted into the American Academy of Dermatology Academic Dermatology Leadership Program.  Prior to her appointment at Stanford, she won the Resident of Distinction award for Dermatology  https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/resident-of-distinction-award-celebrates-10th-anniversary-at-2020-caribbean-dermatology-symposium-300998826.html  . 

 

Matthew McBride (2013 cohort) Joins Rutger University Department of Chemical Biology

2013 cohort member, Matthew McBride started recently as an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Chemical Biology within the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.

Dianne Lumaquin (2014 cohort) Wins Melanoma Research Award

https://mdphd.weill.cornell.edu/news-and-events/md-phd-student-dianne-lumaquin-wins-du-vigneaud-award

https://mdphd.weill.cornell.edu/news-and-events/dianne-lumaquin-md-phd-student-receives-melanoma-research-foundation-award

Christy Luong (2020 cohort) Partakes in Stanford at The Tech Program

Christy Luong (2020 Cohort), a graduate student in Chemical and Systems Biology at Stanford took part in the Stanford at The Tech program and posted a really interesting answer to this question: Do both sides of a base pair represent genes?. https://www.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/articles/2023/double-sided-genes/