Congratulations to these recipients of Office of Postdoctoral Programs Travel Awards! The postdoc office launched this program in 2008 to help promote the career advancement of postdoctoral scholars in the College of Medicine/Office of Health Sciences (COM/OHS). Each of the winners received $650 to help defray travel expenses to present at the meeting indicated:
July 2009 recipients:
- Chiara Braconi, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition: Liver Meeting (AASLD) 2009
- Mireia Guerau-de-Arellano Vilanova, PhD, Neurology: Keystone Meeting on RNA Silencing: Mechanism, Biology, and Application
- Zhibin Huang, PhD, Radiation Medicine: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 2009 Annual Meeting
- Qiongman Kong, PhD, Neuroscience: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
February 2009 recipients:
- Yu Cao, PhD, Department of Neuroscience: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2009 Annual Meeting
- Andrei Maiseyeu, PhD, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute: Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Annual Conference 2009
- Gregory Steinbaugh, PhD, Cardiothoracic Surgery: American College of Cardiology 58th Annual Scientific Session
August 2008 recipients:
- Brooke McMichael, PhD, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology: 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research
- Huating Wang, PhD, Comprehensive Cancer Center; The First EMBO Conference on the Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Regulating Skeletal Muscle Development and Regeneration
- Zhirong Yin, MD, PhD, Comprehensive Cancer Center: 79th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association
March 2008 recipients:
- Shani Goldberg-Shilo, DMD, PhD, Department of Surgery/Heart and Lung Research Institute: Wound Healing Society Meeting
- Nicolette Honson, PhD, Center for Molecular Neurobiology: American Chemical Society Fall National Meeting
- Jason Zimmerer, PhD, Department of Surgery/Division of Transplantation: American Transplant Congress
Future funding rounds: The application deadlines for the two 2010 funding cycles will be January 22, 2010 (for travel to occur March 22, 2010-March 21, 2011) and August 6, 2010 (for travel to occur October 7, 2010-October 6, 2011). Additional information, including the application instructions and form, will be sent to postdocs via email by December 2009.