News

RISE - Dr. Jennifer Sanchez-Flack Received K01 award from NCI

January 19, 2024

Dr. Jennifer Sanchez-Flack (RISE Cohort 10) recently received K01 award from NCI titled “A digital intervention to promote healthy grocery purchases among Latino and African American parents with young children to reduce cancer disparities”.  See award details at RePORT ⟩ RePORTER (nih.gov)

CVD - Dr. Dani Arigo received a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

January 19, 2024

Dr. Dani Arigo, CVD Cohort 4, received a 2023 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. This is an R01-equivalent grant that is part of the High-Risk, High-Reward program and supports the pursuit of innovative solutions to large-scale problems. Below are links to information about the mechanism, the awardees, and more of Dr. Arigo's work: 

- NIH press release: https://commonfund.nih.gov/press-release/nih-award-over-187-million-exceptionally-creative-biomedical-and-behavioral-research

- NIH 2023 awardees webpage: https://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/AwardRecipients (I cite PRIDE in my bio)

- Rowan Today story: https://today.rowan.edu/news/2023/10/arigo-named-nih-new-innovator.html

- NIH Reporter abstract: https://reporter.nih.gov/search/PkCWmdX0kke8f46KfDgsqg/project-details/10685733

OHD - Dr. Shanada Monestime Awarded a Bloomberg Fellow Scholarship

January 19, 2024

Dr. Shanada Monestime, OHD Cohort 7, has been awarded a Bloomberg Fellow Scholarship from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. For more information about the announcement, please see https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/news/introducing-2023-bloomberg-fellows

CVD- CGE - Dr. Benard Ogola Published in Microbiota and Host

January 19, 2024

Dr. Benard Ogola, CVD-CGE Cohort 10, was recently published in Microbiota and Host. 

Sex hormones, sex chromosomes, and microbiota: identification of Akkermansia muciniphilia as an estrogen-responsive bacterium

PDF of Article 

 

OHD - Dr. Nicole Powe Receives CDC Grant

January 19, 2024

Dr. Nicole Powe, OHD Cohort 7, is Principal Investigator of five-year grant to Youngstown State University as part of the CDC’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) program. For more information, please see https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpao/state-local-programs/reach/reach-2023-2028.html

OHD - Dr. Carlota Dao Featured in the Boston Globe

January 19, 2024

Dr. Carlota Dao, OHD Cohort 10, has produced research that was recently featured in the Boston Globe.  This story at https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/09/25/metro/how-do-fiber-food-insecurity-impact-health-nhs-hispanic-community/ describes her study investigating gut health among Hispanic populations in the United States

OHD - Dr. Colin Orr Receives K23

January 19, 2024

Dr. Colin Orr, OHD Cohort 8, has received a K23 career development award from NIDDK to examine the relationship between food insecurity, parental feeding behaviors and obesity, and put this knowledge into practice.

FOCUS – Dr. Elsie Ross Receives R01

October 16, 2023

Congratulations to Dr. Elsie Ross, FOCUS Cohort 7, on receiving an R01, Artificial Intelligence for early Detection of Peripheral Artery Disease (AID-PAD), from NIA

CVD - Dr. Gilberto Moralez, Jr. Receives R01

October 16, 2023

Dr. Gilberto Moralez Jr., CVD Cohort 7, received funding for his R01 titled " Sympathetic Activation and Cerebrovascular Pressure Reactivity after Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)" through the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

FTG - Dr. Athena Starlard-Davenport Receives Award from the Daughters of the American Revolution

October 16, 2023

Dr. Athena Starlard-Davenport, FTG Cohort 5, received an award from the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR):

The emphasis of DAR Women in American History is on the role of women, past and present, in American History. Chapters are encouraged to select a notable woman from their state or community to honor. March is officially “Women’s History Month,” so chapters may wish to use this occasion to acknowledge the outstanding contribution of the woman of their choice.

 Chapters are encouraged to choose a woman to honor for this recognition by taking into consideration women who have made a contribution or made a difference in their communities. She could be a historical entity or currently alive and worthy of recognition. Look for women who are, or have been, intellectual, educational, social, religious, political, scientific, or cultural innovators. The woman or women being honored may be DAR members, prospective DAR members, or non-members.

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