Einstein Ph.D. and MD-PhD students have a long history of successfully applying for and receiving NIH
Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (e.g., F30, F31). Below are recent students who have received an
Individual Predoctoral Fellowship award.
2024 |
2023 |
2022 |
2021
2024
MARIA FELIZ NORBERTO
Project Title: Deciphering genotype-environmental interaction that drives HSPC dysfunction
F31(NHLBI)
PhD Student
Laboratories of Dr. Teresa Bowman and Dr. Sofia de Oliveira
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
LUIS JOSE OVANDO
Project Title: The Influence of Aging on Plasma Cell Function and Bone Marrow Competition
F31 (NIAID)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. David Fooksman
Departamento de Patología
JACKSON ROGOW
Project Title: Regulation of Presynaptic Gene Transcripts During Synaptogenesis
F31(NINDS)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Peri Kurshan
Departamento de Neurociencia
REBECCA Z SEREDA
Project Title: Role of Chaperone-Mediated Autophagy in Cellular Senescence
F31(NIA)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Ana Maria Cuervo
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
2023
MELISSA CASTIGLIONE
Project Title: Defining Activities of KDMS Essential to Development and Viability
Funding: F31 (NIGMS)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Julie Secombe
Departamento de Genética
YESSENIA CEDENO
Project Title: Role of Nicotinamide Nucleotide Adenylyltransferase-1 (NMNAT1) in Chromatin Remodeling and Gene Regulation
Funding: F31 (NIGMS)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Robert Coleman
Departamento de Biología Celular
ERIK GUILLEN
Project Title: Impact of T cell receptor signaling on memory CD8+ T cell
stemness
Funding: F31 (NIAID)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. Gregoire Lauvau
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
ILANA KARP
Project Title: Regulation of Splicing During Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell
Formation
Funding: F31 (NHLBI)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Teresa Bowman
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
JESSIE LARIOS-VALENCIA
Project Title: The Role of Dedifferentiation in Basal like Breast Cancer
Funding: F31 (NCI)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. Wenjun Guo
Departamento de Biología Celular
RIANA LO BU
Project Title: Dissecting GWAS Identified Risk Variants in Parkinson's Disease –
Functional Role of GPNMB in the Pathogenesis of PD
Funding: F31 (NINDS)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. Frank Soldner
Departamento de Neurociencia
ANASTASIA NIZHNIK
Project Title: Dissection of Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Differentiation
during Embryogenesis
Funding: F31 (NHLBI)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Teresa Bowman
Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology
TRAM NGOC BAO NGUYEN
Project Title: Reward Function in Adolescents with Depression and Cannabis
Use
Funding: F30 (NIDA)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. Vilma Gabbay
Clinical Investigation Track
ANDREA RAMIREZ
Project Title: The Role of Mammalian Diaphanous Formin 1 in Leading Edge Cell
Protrusion
Funding: F31 (NIGMS)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Luis Hodgson
Departamento de Farmacología Molecular
ERIC SOSA
Project Title: Defining the gene regulatory roles of non-coding variants in the
pathogenesis of autism
Funding: F31 (NIMH)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. John Greally
Departamento de Genética
MATANEL YHESKEL
Project Title: Epigenetic and transcriptional consequences of Intellectual
Disability-associated mutations in the histone lysine demethylase KDM5
Funding: F31 (NIGMS)
MSTP Student
Laboratory of Dr. Julie Secombe
Departamento de Genética
2022
IAN MACARTHUR
Project Title: Epigenetic regulation of neural stem cell biology by Tet DNA
dioxygenases
Funding: F30 (NICHD)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Meelad Dawlaty
Departamento de Genética
2021
LETI NUNEZ
Project Title: Determining the effect of RNA binding protein phosphorylation on mRNA
fate
Funding: F31 (NINDS)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Robert Singer
Department of Anatomy
and Structural Biology
JACOB RATLIFF
Project Title: The role of long-range inhibitory neurons in cortical
circuits
Funding: F31 (NINDS)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Renata Batista Brito
Departamento de Neurociencia
HENRIETTA BAINS
Project Title: How does mTOR sense lipid in vivo
Funding: F31 (NIA)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Rajat Singh
Department of
Developmental and Molecular Biology
CZARINA RAMOS
Project Title: Activity Dependent Changes in the Contextual Memory
Engram
Funding: F31 (NIMH)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Pablo Castillo
Departamento de Neurociencia
CHRISTOPHER NISHIMURA
Project Title: Mechanistic Dissection and Therapeutic Targeting of B7x in
Cancer
Funding: F30 (NCI)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Xingxing Zang
Department of
Microbiology and Immunology
RYAN GRAFF
Project Title: Platelet PI3Kbeta regulation of metastasis
Funding: F30 (NCI)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Jonathan Backer
Departamento de Farmacología Molecular
JOHN BARBARO
Project Title: Methamphetamine and Antiretroviral Therapy Impact Macrophage
Functions and Macroautophagy: Implications for HIV Neuropathogenesis
Funding: F30 (NIDA)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Joan Berman
Departamento de Patología
KEANU SHADRON
Project Title: The Effect of Encoding Cue Reliability on the Function and
Development of the Barn Owl Auditory System
Funding: F31
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Jose Pena
Departamento de Neurociencia
ANDREA BAE
Project Title: Role of brain oscillations in midbrain and forebrain networks
supporting stimulus selection in the sound localization pathway of barn owls
Funding: F30 (NIDCD)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Jose Pena
Departamento de Neurociencia
KELLY CLEMENZA
Project Title: AChemogenetic Strategy for Selective Inhibition of Exogenous
Opiod-Induced Reward Signaling
Funding: F31 (NIDA)
PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Lucas Sjulson
Departamento de Neurociencia
JULIO FLORES
Project Title: Epigenetic regulation of stem cells and development by the DNA
dioxygenase Tet2
Funding: F31 (NIGMS)
MD-PhD Student
Laboratory of Dr. Meelad Dawlaty
Departamento de Genética
