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Congratulations to IMSD Undergrad Alumna Eden Zewdu on her new position in 2020.
Congratulations to the following VCU PREP scholars for their Poster awards at ABRCMS 2020:
Vidal Bejar-Padilla - best poster Cell Biology (PREP)
Poster title: Perturbing α-catenin-Dependent Vinculin Recruitment to Adherens Junctions Affects Vinculin Recruitment to Focal Adhesions
Mentor: Daniel Conway, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tasia Bos - best poster Biochemistry (PREP)
Poster title: The Mechanism of Therapy-Induced Senescence and Senolytic Agents in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Treatment
Mentor: Hisashi Harada, PhD, Philips Institute for Oral Health Research
Chardane Logan - best poster Neuroscience (PREP) - best poster Neuroscience (PREP)
Poster title: Differential Effects of Heterotypic Stress on Behavior Stress in Males and Females
Mentor: Gretchen Neigh, PhD, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Feature story about Gladys Shaw, IMSD PhD Program Alumna
"On Being a Black Photographer"
Original video essay on CBS This Morning
A decade of funding makes VCU a leader in finding diverse talent that biomedical sciences have been missing.
Congratulations to Nancy Sey, IMSD Undergraduate Affiliate, who was awarded a 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.
Congratulations to Dr. Salma Omer for successfully defending her PhD. Salma is an IMSD alumna who graduated VCU with a bachelor's in Chemistry in 2015. She received her PhD in Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University.