Marc travel awards announced for IMMUNOLOGY 2012

FASEB MARC (Minority Access to Research Careers) Program has announced the travel award recipients for IMMUNOLOGY 2012TM, the 99th Annual Meeting of The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) to be held in Boston, MA from May 4-8, 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.

Awards are given to AAI members who are junior faculty and students presenting abstracts at the meeting. This year MARC conferred 25 awards totaling $41,250.

IMMUNOLOGY 2012TM FASEB MARC TRAVEL AWARD RECIPIENTS

TRAINEES AND JUNIOR FACULTY

Adriana D. Benavides, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Dr. Juan Pablo de Rivero Vaccari, University of Miami

Dante B. Descalzi, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Jessica M. Falcon, Drexel University

Dr. Curtis J. Henry, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Dr. Mayra Hernandez Sanabria, Baylor College of Medicine

Derek D. Jones, Wadsworth Center

Vanessa Kurzweil, University of Pennsylvania

Marvin A. Lai, University of Washington

Maria Lopez Ocasio, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Sharline Madera, Weill Cornell/Rockefeller/Sloan-Kettering

Jorge L. Medina, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Anonio

Susan Realegeno, University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Claudia M. Rival, University of Virginia

Annalise R. Smith, University of Miami

Dr. Damian Turner, Columbia University

Frances D. Valencia, University of Texas Medical Branch

Dr. Peter Velazquez, Indiana University School of Medicine

Abebayehu N. Yilma, Alabama State University

POSTER/ORAL PRESENTER (FASEB MARC PROGRAM)

Dr. Manuel Galvan, Indiana University School of Medicine, South Bend [AAI member]

Nyamekye Obeng-Adjei, University of Pennsylvania [AAI member]

Dr. Pablo Penaloza, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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

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

Ryan Bougher, Chicago State University

Kalkidan Melaku, Chicago State University

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.

Provided by Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology