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July 20, 1998
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Awards 159 Fellowships for Graduate Education, Medical Student Research Training
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has awarded 159 fellowships to enable some of the world's most talented young scientists to receive advanced training in biomedical research.
Eighty-eight of the fellowships are five-year awards for graduate students pursuing doctoral degrees in the biological sciences. The other 71 fellowships will enable medical students to take a year off from their medical studies to pursue research full time, or to resume their medical studies after a year of research.
"These outstanding students represent the future of fundamental research," said HHMI President Purnell W. Choppin. "Under the guidance of superb mentors, the fellows are on the path to leadership in the study of basic biological processes and disease mechanisms. We anticipate that they will make many pivotal discoveries in the years ahead, as they pursue careers in science and medicine."
HHMI, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, now supports 489 students at 81 academic institutions through these two programs. A third fellowship program enables physicians with clinical experience to receive training in basic research for three years. Since 1988 HHMI has made payments totaling $123 million in fellowship support for 1,750 outstanding students and physician scientists.
"Through their progress reports and presentations at an annual meeting, we see the fellows' rigor, creativity, and enthusiasm as they deal with the challenges at the leading edge of biomedical research," said Joseph G. Perpich, HHMI's vice president for grants and special programs. "We are pleased that the meetings and 'Fellows and Their Research' on our homepage on the World Wide Web are helping them build associations within and across their research fields."
Information about fellows, their research, and the fellowship programs is available on the World Wide Web at
http://www.hhmi.org/fellowships/
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Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences
The
Predoctoral Fellowships
in Biological Sciences support students for up to five years while they pursue full-time study toward a Ph.D. or Sc.D. degree. The program now supports 392 predoctoral students at an annual cost of more than $11 million.
Each $30,000 predoctoral award includes an annual stipend of $15,000 and a $15,000 cost-of-education allowance, which goes to the fellowship institution. Eligible fields include biochemistry, biophysics, biostatistics, cell biology, developmental biology, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, mathematical and computational biology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology, structural biology, and virology. This year's 88 new fellows, including 49 men and 39 women, are planning graduate study at 28 academic institutions in the United States, 2 in the United Kingdom, and 1 in Germany. Nine of the fellows are from minority groups underrepresented in the sciences. The group includes 76 U.S. citizens and 5 fellows from People's Republic of China, 2 each from Canada and United Kingdom, and 1 each from Croatia, Germany, and Venezuela.
Research Training Fellowships for Medical Students
The
Research Training Fellowships
for Medical Students will enable 57 medical students to conduct biomedical research full time in a laboratory of their choice for one year. The 40 men and 17 women selected this year will study at 24 institutions. Eight of the fellows are from minority groups underrepresented in the sciences. Each $26,000 award includes a $15,000 stipend, a $5,500 research allowance, and a $5,500 allowance to the fellowship institution.
In addition to these new fellowships to medical students for a research year, HHMI also announced that it would provide continued support to 11 men and 3 women who received fellowships last year, bringing the overall program to an annual level of more than $2.5 million. The 14 continued fellows are returning to school to complete their medical studies and will receive a stipend and education allowance totaling $30,000 each year for up to two years.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute is a medical research organization that employs scientists in cell biology, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, and structural biology. Hughes investigators conduct medical research in HHMI laboratories at 72 outstanding academic medical centers and universities nationwide. Through its complementary grants program, HHMI supports science education in the United States and a select group of researchers abroad.
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Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences 1998 Fellows
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Cell and Developmental Biology
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Roy Auty
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University of Oxford (United Kingdom), 1998
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Harvard University
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Rebecca Lynne Berdeaux
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
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University of California-Berkeley
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Sujata Bhattacharyya
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University of Bombay (India), 1996
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California Institute of Technology
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Tala Villaruel De Los Santos
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Mount Holyoke College, 1997
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Stanford University
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Adam Graeme Eldridge
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
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Stanford University
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Karen Shau-Chin Fang*
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Rice University, 1997
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Harvard University
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Christine Elizabeth Horak
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Cornell University, 1997
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Yale University
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Karen Kustedjo
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California Institute of Technology, 1996
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Scripps Research Institute
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Timothy M. Lehman
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Clemson University, 1997
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Case Western Reserve University
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Natalie Claudine Shukov
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Stanford University, 1995
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University of Colorado at Boulder
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Kryn Stankunas
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University of British Columbia (Canada), 1997
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Stanford University
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Aurelio Amilcare Teleman
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Harvard University, 1998
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European Molecular Biology Laboratory (Heidelberg, Germany)
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*Award deferred from 1997
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Carlos Daniel Bustamante
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Harvard University, 1997
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Harvard University
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Neeraj Chugh
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University of Georgia, 1998
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University of California-Berkeley
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Melissa Anne Garcia
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Texas A&M; University, 1994
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Yale University
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Heidi Cook Green
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Southern Methodist University, 1991
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Yale University
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Kyle Alan Gurley
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1998
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Stanford University
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Cheng Huang
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Fudan University (People's Republic of China), 1997
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Washington University
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Evan Harris Hurowitz
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California Institute of Technology, 1998
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Stanford University
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Greg Stephen Jefferis
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University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), 1998
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Stanford University
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Samuel Goddard Katz
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Yale University, 1995
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Harvard University
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Stephanie Jae Lawlis
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State University of New York at Binghamton, 1997
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Harvard University
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Eric Chienwei Liao
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Stanford University, 1995
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Harvard University
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Erik Jay Miller
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Tulane University, 1998
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University of California-Berkeley
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Lucia Arlis Nurman
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Rice University, 1998
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University of Washington
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Anne Carpenter Nye
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Purdue University, 1997
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Lisa Erin Olson
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Baylor University, 1998
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Johns Hopkins University
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Eric M. Ostertag
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995
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University of Pennsylvania
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Aaron Corydon Shaver
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Rice University, 1997
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University of Pennsylvania
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Nicholas Stavropoulos
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Harvard University, 1997
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Harvard University
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Lars Michael Steinmetz
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Yale University, 1997
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Stanford University
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Jared Lee Strasburg
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University of Missouri-Rolla, 1997
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Washington University
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Moriah Louise-Teresa Szpara
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Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, 1998
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University of California-Berkeley
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Brian Robert Thornton
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University of California-Davis, 1994
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University of California-San Francisco
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Annie Ening Tsong
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Harvard University, 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Leslie McCue Turner
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Barnard College, 1997
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Duke University
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Pei-Yun Wu
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Harvard University, 1998
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Harvard University
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James Francis Zawada
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University of Notre Dame, 1997
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Stanford University
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Immunology and Microbiology
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Caroline Donna V. A. Bishop
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Bryn Mawr College, 1998
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University of California-Berkeley
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Charles Chunghun Kim
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997
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Stanford University
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Stacie Lynn Lambert
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Marquette University, 1997
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Stanford University
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Jason L. Leduc
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Western Michigan University, 1997
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Michele P. Lutz
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Haverford College, 1997
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University of Pennsylvania
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Carrie Rae Steele
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Northwestern University, 1997
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University of London, United Medical and Dental Schools (United Kingdom)
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Mathematical Biology and Epidemiology
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Seronda Arlette Jackson
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Clark Atlanta University, 1998
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Minhee Kang
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Brown University, 1993
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Harvard University
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Robert Charles Kaplan
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Brown University, 1993
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University of Washington
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Robert Jared Klein
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Harvard University, 1998
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Washington University
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Benjamin Henry Strauss
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Yale University, 1995
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University of Washington
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Hua Tang
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Harvard University, 1997
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Stanford University
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Neuroscience and Physiology
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Qing Cao
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University of Beijing (People's Republic of China), 1992
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Duke University
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Tija Carey
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University of Texas at Austin, 1996
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University of California-Berkeley
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Michael Tri Hoang Do
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Georgetown University, 1998
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Harvard University
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Kevin Erreger
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State University of New York at Buffalo, 1998
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Emory University
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Sunil P. Gandhi
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Stanford University, 1998
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University of California-San Diego
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Giovanna Guerrero
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University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, 1997
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University of California-Berkeley
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Katherine Anne Henzler
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Cornell University, 1998
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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Anne Elizabeth Hodges
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Hailan Hu
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University of Beijing (People's Republic of China), 1996
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University of California-Berkeley
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Mimi H. F. Kao
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Stanford University, 1994
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University of California-San Francisco
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Irwin Hubert Lee
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Harvard University, 1995
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Harvard University
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Daniel Noah Lerman
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Brown University, 1996
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University of Chicago
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Jeremy Edward McLean
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Princeton University, 1997
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Brandeis University
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Kristi Luella Montooth
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University of California-Irvine, 1998
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Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
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Kevin Richard Neville
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California Institute of Technology, 1996
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Michael Brian Orger
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University of Cambridge (United Kingdom), 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Robert Jacob Peters
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University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1995
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California Institute of Technology
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Isabel Katherine Reichardt
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Harvard University, 1998
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Harvard University
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Javid Sadr
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Simon Fraser University (Canada), 1996
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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James Matthew Schummers
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Oberlin College, 1995
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Andrew David Straw
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University of Southern California, 1997
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University of Washington
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Andrew Yong-Yi Tan
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Elise Temple
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University of Oregon, 1997
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Stanford University
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Bojan Zagrovic
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Harvard University, 1997
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Stanford University
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Structural Biology and Biochemistry
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Name
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Undergraduate Institution,
Year of Graduation
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Fellowship Institution
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Richard Arthur Bonneau, Jr.
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Florida State University, 1996
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University of Washington
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Joe I. Budman
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997
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Stanford University
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Adam Guy Cassano
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Case Western Reserve University, 1997
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Case Western Reserve University
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Douglas K. Crawford
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University of Washington, 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Sarah Ruth Green
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University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1997
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University of California-San Francisco
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David Riggs Halpin
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University of California-Davis, 1996
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Stanford University
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Brian Eric Nordin
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University of California-Berkeley, 1997
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Scripps Research Institute
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Lucy Perez
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Harvard University, 1998
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Harvard University
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Armando Chapin Rodriguez*
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Duke University, 1997
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University of Cambridge, Churchill College (United Kingdom)
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Michael Timothy Sykes
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University of Alberta (Canada), 1998
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Stanford University
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Laura Ann Tomky
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Colorado State University, 1998
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Mayo Foundation-Mayo Graduate School
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Peng-Chu Benjamin Tu
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Harvard University, 1998
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University of California-San Francisco
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Elizabeth Hope Williams
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Cornell University, 1998
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California Institute of Technology
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Ann Marie Winter-Vann
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Duke University, 1992
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Duke University
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*Award deferred from 1997
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Research Training Fellowships For Medical Students 1998 Fellows
Initial Awards—First Year of Research
Continued Awards
Cell and Developmental Biology
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Name
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Fellowship Institution
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Research Mentor
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Department
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Siraj Mahamed Ali
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Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Harvard Medical School*)
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David M. Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
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Antony Fu-Chin Chu
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Yale University
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William C. Sessa, Ph.D.
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Pharmacology
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W. Patrick Devine
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Stanford University
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Mark A. Krasnow, M.D., Ph.D.
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Biochemistry
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Michael K. Lim
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Johns Hopkins University
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Jonathan W. Simons, M.D.
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Medical Oncology
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Joseph Gunnar Lonner
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University of Washington
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Kelly T. Hughes, Ph.D.
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Microbiology
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Geoffrey Lim Uy
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Washington University
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Helen M. Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.
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Cell Biology and Physiology
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Dona Tsihwa Wu
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Joan W. Berman, Ph.D.
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Pathology
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* A medical school affiliation other than the fellowship institution is indicated in parentheses.
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Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Name
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Fellowship Institution
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Research Mentor
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Department
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Felix Adler
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Yale University
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Richard P. Lifton, M.D., Ph.D.
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Internal Medicine
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Simon William Beaven
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York (University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine*)
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Scott L. Friedman, M.D.
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Medicine
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Amitabh Kant Bharadwaj
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Harvard University
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Thaddeus P. Dryja, M.D.
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Ophthalmology
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David Chang
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University of Pennsylvania
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Frederick S. Kaplan, M.D.
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Orthopaedic Surgery
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Deborah Eva Citrin
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Duke University
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Samuel E. George, M.D.
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Medicine
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Jonathan S. Stamler, M.D.
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Medicine
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Carl Victor Crawford
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Yale University
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Frank F. Richards, M.D.
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Internal Medicine
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Aloke Virmani Finn
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University of California-San Francisco (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine*)
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David A. Dicheck, M.D.
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Medicine
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Ankie Marie Hata
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Duke University
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Kevin G. Peters, M.D.
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Medicine
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Aram Francis Hezel
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Harvard University (State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences*)
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Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
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Medicine
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Annette B. Muller-Schwarze
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Columbia University (Tufts University School of Medicine*)
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Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D.
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Pediatrics
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Aravind Ramakrishnan
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Arnold B. Rabson, M.D.
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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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Rachel Lynn Sargent
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University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
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Arnold B. Rabson, M.D.
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Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
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Nima Sharifi
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Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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George R. Stark, Ph.D.
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Molecular Biology
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Erik Corwin Spayde
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Harvard University
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Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
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Cell Biology
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Oliver Shu-On Tai
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Duke University
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Donald D. Glower, M.D.
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Surgery
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Walter J. Koch, Ph.D.
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Surgery
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Alice Tam
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Harvard University
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Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
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Microbiology and Immunology
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* A medical school affiliation other than the fellowship institution is indicated in parentheses.
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Immunology and Microbiology
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Name
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Fellowship Institution
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Research Mentor
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Department
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Andrew William Beckwith
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Thomas Jefferson University
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Laurence C. Eisenlohr, Ph.D., V.M.D.
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Immunology
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Jay L. Rothstein, Ph.D.
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Immunology
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Anne Meredith Chapas
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Harvard University
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Thomas S. Kupper, M.D.
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Dermatology
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Vanessa Ruby Cole
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Duke University
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Darell D. Bigner, M.D., Ph.D.
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Pathology
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Erika Fairchild Helmuth
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Harvard University (University of Iowa College of Medicine*)
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Norman L. Letvin, M.D.
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Medicine
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David Kwangmo Hong
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University of Chicago (Northwestern University Medical School*)
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Jeffrey A. Bluestone, Ph.D.
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Immunology
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Laura Alice Kirkman
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Kim Kami, M.D.
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Medicine
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Louis Weiss, M.D.
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Pathology
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Shaun Michael Kunisaki
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Harvard University
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David H. Sachs, M.D.
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Transplantation Biology
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Gabriel Rodarte
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University of California-San Francisco
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Nina Agabian, Ph.D.
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Stomatology
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Charles Edwin Saldanha
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University of Pennsylvania (Duke University School of Medicine*)
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Harvey M. Friedman, M.D.
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Infectious Diseases
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Walter Edward Benkert Sipe
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University of California-San Diego
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Thomas H. Kipps, M.D., Ph.D.
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Medicine
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* A medical school affiliation other than the fellowship institution is indicated in parentheses.
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Neuroscience and Physiology
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Name
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Fellowship Institution
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Research Mentor
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Department
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Jennifer Lee Ang
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Harvard University
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Rakesh K. Jain, Ph.D.
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Radiation Oncology
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Fina Canas
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Harvard University
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Anthony P. Adamis, M.D.
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Surgery
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Carol L. Cho
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University of California-San Diego
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Robert A. Brace, M.D.
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Reproductive Medicine
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Abigail Elizabeth Collins
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University of California-San Francisco
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Daniel H. Lowenstein, M.D.
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Neurology
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Joanne R. Dushay
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Harvard University
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Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D.
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Medicine
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William Anthony Frisella, Jr.
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Washington University
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Mark S. Sands, Ph.D.
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Neurology
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Jay Lawrence Koyner
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State University of New York at Stony Brook
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Robert J. Hitzemann, Ph.D.
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Psychiatry
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Peter Tun-Ho Lin
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Harvard University (University of Michigan Medical School*)
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Chris A. Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.
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Neurology
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Ninel Z. Litovsky
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University of Utah
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Mark D. Noble, Ph.D.
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Oncological Sciences
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Scott Louis Massien
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Case Western Reserve University
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Frank V. Brozovich, M.D., Ph.D.
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Physiology and Biophysics
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Adeka Dantani McIntosh
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Paul E. Schulz, M.D.
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Neurology
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Kacy Alvarez Phillips
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Washington University
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David M. Holtzman, M.D.
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Neurology
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Lee Andrew Selznick
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Washington University
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Kevin A. Roth, M.D., Ph.D.
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Pathology
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Jennifer Joan Shin
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Harvard University
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Jeffrey D. Macklis, M.D., D.HST
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Neuroscience
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Stephen Lifan Wang
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Duke University
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Anthony R. Means, Ph.D.
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Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
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Anne Marie A. Wills
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Harvard University (Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons*)
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Clifford Woolf, M.D., Ph.D.
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Anesthesia
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Ming Ming Zhang
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Duke University
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Xiao Fan Wang, Ph.D.
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Pharmacology and Cancer Biology
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* A medical school affiliation other than the fellowship institution is indicated in parentheses.
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Structural Biology and Biochemistry
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Name
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Fellowship Institution
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Research Mentor
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Department
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Christofer David Barth
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University of Chicago (Rush Medical College of Rush University*)
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Joseph A. Piccirilli, Ph.D.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Michael Cho
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University of California-San Francisco
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Thomas K. Hunt, M.D.
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Surgery
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Lester Packer, Ph.D.
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Molecular and Cell Biology
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Rajul Krishna Jain
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
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Rama Ranganathan, M.D., Ph.D.
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Pharmacology
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Jason Stephen Ogiste
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Cornell University Medical Campus (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry*)
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David P. Hajjar, Ph.D.
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Biochemistry
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Harry M. Lander, Ph.D.
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Biochemistry
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Sagar Mohan Phatak
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University of Pennsylvania (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine*)
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David E. Pleasure, M.D.
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Neurology
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Peter Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
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Adam Rosendorf
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Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York
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Stuart C. Sealfon, M.D.
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Neurobiology
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Andrew Jenho Yee
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Harvard University
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C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.
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Medicine
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* A medical school affiliation other than the fellowship institution is indicated in parentheses.
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Continued Awards—Two Years of Support for Completion of Medical Studies
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Name
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Medical School
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Yvonne Ruoh-Lei Chan
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Harvard University
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Teresa Chapmann
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Washington University
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David Tom Cooke
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Harvard University
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Daihung Vu Do
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Harvard University
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Jason Louis Gaglia
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Harvard University
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Aftab Razak Kherani
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Duke University
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Anita Ann Koshy
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Duke University
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Samson Lee
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Duke University
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Ross Lawrence Levine
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Johns Hopkins University
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Hue Han Luu
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University of Chicago
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Jason Harris Pomerantz
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa
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Harvard University
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Sean Isaac Savitz
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Richard Bruce Schwab
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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