RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is pleased to announce the 2021 recipients of the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP). The program provides $5,000 over two years to provide underrepresented minority PhD students (enrolled in NC Institutions of Higher Education) with opportunities for greater science and research enrichment experiences.
“The 2021 selection of awardees represent the wonderful research being conducted by doctoral candidates across several North Carolina institutions of higher education,” said Alfred Mays, director and chief strategist for diversity and education. “This year’s eligibility for enrichment support expanded beyond biomedical-related research to across STEM disciplines.”
The primary goal of the GDEP is to enhance the graduate student experience and provide early exposure to various professional environments and networks for future research and/or professoriate opportunities.
The 2021 recipients of the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program are:
Duke University
Austin Maduka
Defining Novel Roles of Ubiquitin Accumulation during the Mammalian Oxidative Stress Response
North Carolina A&T State University
Shunafrica White
The Effects of Diabetes on the Mechanical Properties of Patellar Tendon
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Ashley Aguillard
Elucidating the role of ankyrin-B in brown adipose tissue function and energy balance
David Aponte Diaz
Membrane and lipidome dynamics during Enterovirus infection
Danielle Brathwaite
Emergency Department-Based Psychiatric Services for Children and Adolescents: An In-depth Investigation of Care in North Carolina
Danielle Chappell
Characterizing the impact of a cellular deubiquitinase on the lifecycle of Kaposi’s Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus
Jeliyah Clark
Nutritional modulation of fetal susceptibility to prenatal inorganic arsenic exposure
Marta Cruz Cisneros
Genetic Regulation of Antibody Response to Adjuvanted Vaccination
Carmen Marable
The Role of the Placenta-Brain-Axis in Children’s Neurodevelopment
Jamshaid Shahir
Cell Cycle Remodeling During Human Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation
Ellysa Vogt
Developing an extremophile yeast model for new insights into septin assembly at the membrane
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