2023 Junior Scientist Research Partnership Awards

The Junior Scientist Research Partnership (JSRP) Award provides the opportunity for a clinical fellow to collaborate on a research project with a postdoctoral fellow. This year, 11 competitive applications were received and five were awarded $10,000. Congratulations to the 2023 winners!

Dr. Fnu Amisha & Dr. Ranjita Poudel

Mentors: Dr. Farhad Khimani and Dr. Christine Vinci

Title of project: “Evaluating the effect of a Mindfulness-based Intervention on metabolic and immunological biomarkers of stress among caregivers of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients”

Dr. Joseph Domino & Dr. Mariam Khaled 

Mentors: Dr. Nam Tran & Dr. Inna Smalley

Title of project: “The role of branched-chain ketoacids in neurological deterioration in breast cancer-leptomeningeal metastasis”

Dr. Joshua Linscott & Dr. Sijie Yao 

Mentors: Dr. Roger Li and Xuefeng Wang

Title of project: “Utilizing Cell Free DNA to Detect Minimal Residual Disease and Monitor Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer”

Dr. Lindsey Nguy & Dr. Thales Nepomuceno

Mentors: Dr. Mian Shahzad & Dr. Alvaro Monteiro

Title of project: “Charting the spectrum of PARPi response in PARP1 knockout cells”

Dr. Mohammad Ammad Ud Din & Dr. Angimar Uriepero Palma

Mentor: Dr. Javier Pinilla

Title of project: “The impact of S100-A9 inhibition on crosstalk among Nurse like Cells and Malignant B cells in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia”