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May 23, 2005 The 2005 Gilliam Fellows
Imran Babar
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Developmental Biology
Imran Babar's young life has already taken him from a Minnesota farm to Carleton College and now to Yale. More
Meisha Bynoe
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Microbiology
Meisha Bynoe grew up on an island in the West Indies, but she always knew she was headed for MIT. More
Luis León
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Immunology
Luis León left the West Coast to study for a Ph.D. in immunology at Harvard. More
Alexander Red Eagle
Stanford University School of Medicine
Palo Alto, CA
Genetics
Alexander Red Eagle is an M.D./Ph.D. student who wants to study diseases that disproportionately affect the Native American community. More
Naira Rezende
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, NY
Biochemistry
She didn't learn English until she finished high school. Now Brazilian Naira Rezende is studying for a Ph.D. in New York. More
Nancy Van Prooyen
The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Biophysics
Nancy Van Prooyen has traveled along way to reach a Ph.D. program at Hopkins. More