MARC travel awards announced for the Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting and Expo

FASEB MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting and Expo in Houston, TX from June 23-26, 2012. These awards are meant to promote the entry of underrepresented minority students, postdoctorates and scientists into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting and Expo.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 9 awards totaling $14,850.

The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number and competitiveness of underrepresented minorities engaged in biomedical and behavioral research.

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTER (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Samuel D. Quaynor, Georgia Health Sciences University [ENDO, ASHG member]

FACULTY/MENTOR & STUDENTS/MENTEES (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Dr. Thomas Landefeld, California State University, Dominguez Hills [ENDO, ASBMB member]

Allison Haskell, California State University, Dominguez Hills

Dr. Sandra A. Murray, University of Pittsburgh [ENDO, ASIP member]

Sierra Avant, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Raven Johnson, Tuskegee University

Dr. Claire Wright, Chaminade University of Honolulu

Anthony Junker, Chaminade University of Honolulu

Maile-Jean Lopez, Chaminade University of Honolulu

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology