MARC travel awards announced for the 2013 American Society for Human Genetics meeting

FASEB MARC (Maximizing Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for the 2013 American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting in Boston, MA from October 22-26, 2013. These awards are meant to promote the entry of students, postdoctorates and scientists from underrepresented groups into the mainstream of the basic science community and to encourage the participation of young scientists at the ASHG annual meeting.

Awards are given to poster/platform presenters and faculty mentors paired with the students/trainees they mentor. This year MARC conferred 21 awards totaling $38,850.

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 PRESENTERS (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Elinette Albino, Ponce School of Medicine [ASBMB member]

Kinsley Belle, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine [ASHG member]

Randi Burns, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Monique Courtenay, University of Miami [ASHG member]

Michael Gonzalez, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine [ASHG member]

Wenndy Hernandez, University of Chicago

James Hicks, University of Miami [ASHG member]

Crystal Humphries, University of Miami [ASHG member]

Catherine Igartua, University of Chicago

Latifa Jackson, Drexel University [ASHG member]

Janina Jeff, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [ASHG member]

Danjuma Quarless, University of California, San Diego [ASHG member]

Nicole Restrepo, Vanderbilt University [ASHG member]

Ronnie Sebro, University of California, San Francisco [ASHG member]

Hira Shabbir, University of Florida

Krystal Tsosie, Vanderbilt University [ASHG member]

Virginia Ware, Northern Arizona University

Marquitta White, Vanderbilt University [ASHG member]

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

Dr. Nadeem Fazal, Chicago State University [ASHG member]

Osayi Ikponmwosa, Chicago State University

Mohammed Diabor, Chicago State University

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology