2024 MOSAIC Scholars

Congratulations to The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) program scholars!

Each MOSAIC scholar receives support for their research and becomes part of a career development program to expand their professional networks and gain additional mentoring through one of five scientific societies: American Society for Microbiology , American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) , American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) , Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , and the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) .

The MOSAIC program aims to facilitate the transition of postdoc researchers from a wide range of backgrounds into independent research-intensive faculty careers. To learn more about the 2024 NIH-funded MOSAIC scholars, visit https://go.nih.gov/oH68k3z.

MOSAIC Program Scholars

Funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver?National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) :

• Danielle T. Porter , Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) :

• Jennifer Alexander , Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
• Camila Bonin Pinto , Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• Wagner S. Dantas, Ph.D., M.S., Louisiana State University Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Juan Manuel Vazquez , Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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Funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism :

• Bryan Cruz, PhD , The Scripps Research Institute
• Moses New-Aaron, PhD, MPH, ASCP(MLS) , Emory University

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Funded by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health :

• Donovan A. Argueta, Ph.D. , University of California, Irvine

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Funded by The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) :

• Mariel Bello, Ph.D. , Brown University
• Amelia Cuarenta, PhD , Georgia State University
• Kasey S. Girven, Ph.D., University of Washington
• Rafael Perez, Ph.D., Yale University
• Katherine E Savell , Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) :

• Cecilia Sara Alcala PhD, MPH , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
• Ilan Cerna-Turoff, MA, MPH, PhD , Columbia University Health Sciences
• Jamil M Lane, PhD, MPH , Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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Funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI) :

• Nan Hultgren , Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) :

• Adelaide Tovar, Ph.D. , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute :

• Christopher T. Chambliss, Ph.D., M.S.C.R., Emory University School of Medicine
• Cassandra L. Clift, PhD , Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Christian Dye , Ph.D., Columbia University Health Sciences
• DJ McDonough, PhD, MS , University of Minnesota
• Walatta-Tseyon W. Mesquitta, Ph.D., Boston Children's Hospital
• Luis Rodriguez , Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

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Funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) :

• Aya Khalaf , Ph.D., Yale University
• Mónica Qui?ones-Frías , Ph.D., Brandeis University

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Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) :

• Abigael Cheruiyot, Ph.D , Joslin Diabetes Center
• Naima S. Dahir, Ph.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• Melanie R. Shapiro, Ph.D., University of Florida

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Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) :

• Johnathan M. Borland , Ph.D., University of Minnesota
• Eartha Mae Guthman, Ph.D., Princeton University

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Funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) :

• Elze Rackaityte , Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
• Sarah C. Vick, Ph.D., Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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Funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) :

• Yuanyuan Fu , Ph.D., University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
• Samantha Garcia, PhD, MPH, CHES , University at Southern California
• Nicole B. Halmai, Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences:

• Ashley Albright, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
• René Arvola , Ph.D., Ohio State University
• Simona Dalin , Ph.D., Broad Institute
• Stanna Dorn, PhD , California Institute of Technology
• Katie M. Dunleavy, PhD, MS , University of Minnesota
• Rebecca Faulkner, Ph.D. , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Elizabeth Kaweesa, PhD , University of Illinois Chicago
• Leonila Lagunes, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
• Diego A. Pedroza, Ph.D. , Baylor College of Medicine
• Megan Radyk , Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Cristina C. Santarossa, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
• Tracess Smalley , Ph.D., Moffitt Cancer Center
• Rachel E. Turn, Ph.D., Stanford University