The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation has awarded medical research grants to 38 junior investigators. Established in 2000, the Seed Grant Research Program provides medical students, physician residents and fellows with grants of up to $2,500 to conduct basic science or clinical research projects.
This year’s recipients are studying cardiovascular/pulmonary diseases, HIV/AIDS, leukemia, and neoplastic diseases.
The 2010 recipients are:
— Christopher Alvarez-Breckenridge, Ohio State University College of Medicine
— Hans Arora, Northwestern University
— Deanna Cettomai, MHS, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
— Akash Chandawarkar, Harvard Medical School
— Kevin Chen, Duke University School of Medicine
— David Clifton, University of Texas Medical Branch
— Jeffrey Costas, MS, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine at Midwestern University
— Andrea Dean, Yale University School of Medicine
— Dustin Deming, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
— Kelsey Derricks, Boston University School of Medicine
— Laura DiNardo, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
— Darshan Doshi, M.D., Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
— Caitlin Elgarten, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
— Curtis Gabriel, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
— Ann-Johanna Giaccone, M.D., Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
— Allen Ho, Harvard Medical School
— Anna Kamp, M.D., MPH, University of Michigan Medical School
— Nicolas Kummer, New York Medical College
— James Lester, Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine
— Rung-chi Li, Ph.D., Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
— Ta-Chiang Liu, M.D., Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
— Su Luo, Massachusetts General Hospital
— Joshua Meisner, MS, University of Virginia School of Medicine
— Benjamin Nacev, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
— Michael Nguyen, MS, Saint Louis University School of Medicine
— Toral Patel, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
— Jarrod Predina, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
— Greg Rice, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
— Shreyas Roy, M.D., CM, SUNY Upstate Medical University
— Lynn Rudner, University of Utah School of Medicine
— Sarah Russell, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
— Hersh Sagreiya, Stanford University School of Medicine
— Shiraj Sen, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
— Keri Seymour, DO, SUNY Upstate Medical University
— Natalie Shaw, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital
— Preeti Sukerkar, Northwestern University
— Jesse Sulzer, Louisiana State University Medical Center
— Rabi Upadhyay, University of Massachusetts Medical School
The Seed Grant Research Program was created to encourage more physicians to consider research as a career option. Many recipients go on to publish their work, present at scientific meetings, or even secure larger grants.
The AMA Foundation supports a broad range of programs in public health and medical education. Visit www.amafoundation.org to learn more.
Source: American Medical Association Foundation