AAI Minority Scientist Travel Award Past Recipients

2019–2022 Awardees

Year Recipient Institution Sort Name
2019 Dennis O. Adeegbe, Ph.D. Moffitt Cancer Ctr. Adeegbe
2019 Carlos A. Alvarez Case Western Reserve Univ. Sch. of Med. Alvarez
2019 Luis Felipe Campesato, Ph.D. Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Campesato
2019 Alkeiver S. Cannon Univ. of South Carolina Sch. of Med. Cannon
2019 Sarah A. Castro Mayo Clin. Grad. Sch. Castro
2019 Sergio Cepeda Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Cepeda
2019 Rodrigo Cervantes Natl. Autonomous Univ. of Mexico Cervantes
2019 Betsabel J. Chicana Univ. of California, Merced Chicana
2019 Alynne Karen M. de Santana, Ph.D. Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil de Santana
2019 Melissa D. Docampo Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Docampo
2019 Agustina D'Urso, Ph.D. Univ. of California, San Diego D'Urso
2019 Jessica Elmore Cornell Univ. Elmore
2019 Cori Fain Mayo Clin. Fain
2019 Adolfo B. Frias, Jr. Univ. of Pittsburgh Frias
2019 Tatiana M. Garcia-Bates, Ph.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh Garcia-Bates
2019 Gianna Hammer, Ph.D. Duke Univ. Hammer
2019 Jaileene Hernandez Escalante Boston Univ. Sch. of Med. Hernandez Escalante
2019 Allison K. Hester Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio Hester
2019 Rifka Joly Chicago State Univ. Col. of Pharmacy Joly
2019 Candice Limper Cornell Univ. Limper
2019 Diego A. Lopez Univ. of California, Merced Lopez
2019 Alberto J. Millan Univ. of California, Merced Millan
2019 Uriel Y. Moreno Nieves, Ph.D. Stanford Univ., Confraise Moreno Nieves, Ph.D.
2019 Juliet Morrison Univ. of California, Riverside Morrison
2019 Dequina Nicholas, Ph.D. Univ. of California, San Diego Nicholas
2019 Sha'Kayla K. Nunez Morehouse Sch. of Med. Nunez
2019 Danyvid Olivares-Villagómez, Ph.D. Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr. Olivares-Villagómez
2019 Oumarou Ouédraogo Univ. of Montreal Hosp., Canada Ouédraogo
2019 Pablo A. Penaloza-MacMaster, Ph.D. Northwestern Univ. Penaloza-MacMaster
2019 Mirna Perusina Lanfranca, Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan Perusina Lanfranca
2019 Jenny Resiliac Nationwide Children's Hosp. Resiliac
2019 Shakyra S. Richardson Morehouse Sch. of Med. Richardson
2019 Felix E. Rivera-Mariani, Ph.D. Col. of Biomed. Sci., Larkin Univ. Rivera-Mariani
2019 Tracoyia A. Roach Univ. of Florida Roach
2019 Michelle A. Sanchez The Univ. of Texas at El Paso Sanchez
2019 Demba Sarr, Ph.D. Univ. of Georgia Sarr
2019 Krystal Villalobos-Ayala, M.S. Univ. of South Florida Villalobos-Ayala
2019 S. Armando Villalta, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Irvine Villalta
2019 Neco Wilson Michigan State Univ. Neco Wilson
2020 Olayinka Omoyitola Adebayo, M.B.B.S. Morehouse Sch. of Med. Adebayo
2020 Adeleye O. Adeshakin Chinese Acad. of Sci. Adeshakin
2020 Danna L. Arellano Ctr. for Sci. Res. and Higher Education, Ensenada, Mexico Arellano
2020 Betsabel J. Chicana Univ. of California, Merced, Sch. of Natural Sci. Chicana
2020 Alicia L. Codrington Rutgers Univ. Grad. Sch. of Biomed. Sci. Codrington
2020 Gerald Coulis, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Irvine Coulis
2020 Luz M. Cumba Garcia Mayo Clin. Grad. Sch. of Biomed. Sci. Cumba Garcia
2020 Marília Garcia De Oliveira Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil De Oliveira
2020 Jazmyne C. Durrah Simmons Chicago State Univ. Col. of Phrm. Durrah Simmons
2020 Raissa Fonseca, Ph.D. Peter Doherty Inst. for Infection and Immunity, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia Fonseca
2020 Stephanie A. Gomez George Washington Univ. Gomez
2020 Marieli Gonzalez-Cotto, Ph.D. NCI, NIH Gonzalez-Cotto
2020 Adam Hage Univ. of Texas Med. Br., Galveston Hage
2020 Blake Heath Univ. of Michigan Heath
2020 Ruiz Rosado Juan de Dios, Ph.D. Nationwide Children's Hosp. Abigail Wexner Res. Inst. Juan de Dios
2020 Koby Kidder Georgia State Univ. Kidder
2020 Nicholas R. Koylass Tufts Univ. Sch. of Med. Koylass
2020 Darlah M. Lopez-Rodriguez, Ph.D. Univ. of Miami Miller Sch. of Med. Lopez-Rodriguez
2020 Emaan Madany Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. Madany
2020 Hadijat M. Makinde, Ph.D. Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. of Med. Makinde
2020 Santiago Mendez Huergo, Ph.D. IBYME-CONICET, Argentina Mendez Huergo
2020 Alberto J. Millan Univ. of California, Merced, Sch. of Natural Sci. Millan
2020 Ali Nazmi, Ph.D. Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr. Nazmi
2020 Danyvid Olivares-Villagomes, Ph.D. Vanderbilt Univ. Med. Ctr. Olivares-Villagomes
2020 Olusegun O. Onabajo, Ph.D. NCI, NIH Onabajo
2020 Lillian C. Onwuha-Ekpete Florida Atlantic Univ. Onwuha-Ekpete
2020 Sterling B. Ortega, Ph.D. Univ. of Iowa Ortega
2020 Greisha L. Ortiz-Hernandez Loma Linda Univ. Ortiz-Hernandez
2020 Joseph Perez Univ. of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Ctr. Perez
2020 Marta G. Perez Vazquez Towson Univ. Perez Vazquez
2020 Natalia Periolo, Ph.D. Natl. Administration of Labs. And Insts. of Hlth. Carlos Malbrán, CONICET, Argentina Periolo
2020 Ramiro M. Perrotta IBYME-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina Perrotta
2020 Ashley Queener Northwestern Univ. Feinberg Sch. of Med. Queener
2020 Guillermo O. Rangel Rivera Med. Univ. of South Carolina Rangel Rivera
2020 Jenny Resiliac Nationwide Children's Hosp. Abigail Wexner Res. Inst., Ohio State Univ. Resiliac
2020 Shakyra S. Richardson Morehouse Sch. of Med. Richardson
2020 Tracoyia A. Roach Univ. of Florida Roach
2020 Brian A. Robusto Univ. of Florida Robusto
2020 Ayana T. Ruffin Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. Ruffin
2020 Caleb Ruiz-Jiménez, Ph.D. Loma Linda Univ. Ruiz-Jiménez
2020 Isavella F. Tavares Oswaldo Cruz Fndn., Brazil Tavares
2020 Miguel Tolentino Univ. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Tolentino
2020 Frank Urena Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa Urena
2020 Natalin J. Valeff, M.D. CEFYBO-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina Valeff
2020 Jessica Vazquez, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison Vazquez
2020 Florencia Veigas IBYME-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina Veigas
2020 Maria S. Ventimiglia, Ph.D. CEFYBO-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina Ventimiglia
2020 Krystal Villalobos-Ayala, M.S. Univ. of South Florida Morsani Col. of Med. Villalobos-Ayala
2020 Theresa L. White Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. White
2021 Felix E. Y. Aggor, Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. Aggor
2021 Jonathan M. Banks Univ. of Illinois at Chicago Banks
2021 Stephanie A. Gomez George Washington Univ. Gomez
2021 Stephen J. Gonzales Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio Gonzales
2021 Jeniffer B. Hernandez, Ph.D. Keck Grad. Inst. Hernandez
2021 Olanrewaju B. Morenikeji, Ph.D. Hamilton Col. Morenikeji
2021 Angélica M. Olmo-Fontánez Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio Olmo-Fontánez
2021 Raphael A. Reyes Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio Reyes
2021 Jade A. Smith Old Dominion Univ. Smith
2021 Micah L. Willis Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Willis
2022 Tonya Aaron Albert Einstein Col. of Med. Aaron
2022 Ahmed Abokor Univ. of Toledo Abokor
2022 Albersy Armina-Rodriguez, M.S. Univ. of Puerto Rico, Med. Sci. Campus Armina-Rodriguez
2022 Olivia Bailey, Ph.D. Univ. of Colorado, Denver Bailey
2022 Temitayo T. Bamgbose Louisiana State Univ. Hlth. Sci. Ctr., Shreveport Bamgbose
2022 Adebowale Bamidele, Ph.D. Mayo Clin. Bamidele
2022 Cindy Barba Univ. of Utah Barba
2022 Christian Cervantes Univ. of Texas Hlth. Sci. Ctr., San Antonio Cervantes
2022 Betsabel J. Chicana Univ. of California, Merced Chicana
2022 Hector Cordero, Ph.D. Columbia Univ. Cordero
2022 Kristen De La Torre California State Polytechnic Univ. De La Torre
2022 Janna Marie Emery Univ. of California, Merced Emery
2022 Kirubel Eshetie Chicago State Univ. Col. of Pharm. Eshetie
2022 Valeria Flores Malavet Univ. of Central Florida Flores Malavert
2022 Maria J. Gonzalez Orozco, Ph.D. Univ. of Texas Med. Br. Gonzalez Orozco
2022 Martin I. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, M.Sc. Tampere Univ., Finland Gonzalez-Rodriguez
2022 Erik Guillen Albert Einstein Col. of Med. Guillen
2022 Fernando Guimarae, Ph.D. Univ. of Queensland Diamantina Inst., Australia Guimarae
2022 Juan F. Hernandez-Franco Purdue Univ. Hernandez-Franco
2022 Matthew B. Huante, Ph.D. Univ. of Texas Med. Br. Huante
2022 Aaron J. Khaimraj Univ. of Minnesota Khaimraj
2022 Janelle LeMon, M.A. Michigan State Univ. LeMon
2022 Luciano Mazzoccoli, M.D., Ph.D. The Ohio State Univ. Mazzoccoli
2022 Lawrence P. McKinney, M.P.H. Morehouse Sch. of Med. McKinney
2022 Dawit T. A. Mengistu Univ. of Michigan Mengistu
2022 Irina Miralda Molina, Ph.D. Seattle Children's Res. Inst. Miralda Molina
2022 Nadia E. Miranda, M.S. Univ. of California, Merced Miranda
2022 Seble G. Negatu Univ. of Pennsylvania Negatu
2022 Hector M. Nieves-Rosado Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. Nieves-Rosado
2022 Cheyenne Palm, M.S. Towson Univ. Palm
2022 Zeni E. Ramirez Duke Univ. Ramirez
2022 Shanelle Reilly Brown Univ. Reilly
2022 Jenny Resiliac The Ohio State Univ. Resiliac
2022 Shakyra S. Richardson Morehouse Sch. of Med. Richardson
2022 Fátima Rivera-Escalera, Ph.D. Univ. of Virginia Rivera-Escalera
2022 Tracoyia A. Roach Univ. of Florida Roach
2022 Oscar Rosas Mejia The Ohio State Univ. Rosas Mejia
2022 Ellis J. Tibbs Univ. of Maryland Sch. of Med. Tibbs
2022 Sylvia Torres-Odio, M.Sc. Texas A&M Univ. Torres-Odio
2022 Jacqueline Trujillo Univ. of Missouri Trujillo
2022 Jalene V. Velazquez Washington State Univ. Velasquez
2022 Tiffany K. Ybarra Univ. of Iowa Ybarra
2022 Jesus B. Zamora-Pineda Loyola Univ. Chicago Zamora-Pineda
2023 Abdullahi M. Abdi Indiana Univ. Sch. of Med. Abdi
2023 Awadalkareem Adam, Ph.D. Univ. of Texas Med. Br., Galveston Adam
2023 Fernanda Ana-Sosa-Batiz, Ph.D. La Jolla Inst. for Immunology Ana-Sosa-Batiz
2023 Albersy Armina-Rodriguez Univ. of Puerto Rico Armina-Rodriguez
2023 Joey E. Breckenridge, Jr. Cincinnati Children's Hosp. Med. Ctr. Breckenridge
2023 Angelique N. Cortez Geisel Sch. of Med. at Dartmouth Cortez
2023 Michelle A. Cruz Case Western Reserve Univ. Sch. of Med. Cruz
2023 Judith Cruz Amaya Univ. of Nevada, Reno Cruz Amaya
2023 Kristen De La Torre California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona De La Torre
2023 Guido H. Falduto, Ph.D. Univ. of Pittsburgh Falduto
2023 Valeria Flores Malavet Univ. of Central Florida Flores Malavert
2023 Joanina K. Gicobi Mayo Clin. Gicobi
2023 Francisco Gomez-Rivera Univ. of Michigan Gomez-Rivera
2023 Nina Mari Gual Pimenta de Queiroz, Ph.D. Fed. Univ. of Minas Gerais, Brazil Gual Pimenta de Queiroz
2023 Kamila Guimaraes Pinto, Ph.D. Fed. Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Guimaraes Pinto
2023 Ranee Harrison Albert Einstein Col. of Med. Harrison
2023 Charlotte N. Hill Machado, Ph.D. Boston Children's Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch. Hill (Hill Machado)
2023 Morgan Jackson-Strong Univ. of Pittsburgh Sch. of Med. Jackson-Strong
2023 Alexander R. D. Jordon Brown Univ. Jordon
2023 Keven A. Kwok California State Polytechnic Univ., Pomona Kwok
2023 Giuseppina Marchesini Tovar Rutgers Univ. Marchesini Tovar
2023 Shannalee R. Martinez, Ph.D. Ponce Hlth. Sci. Univ. Martinez
2023 Ivan Martinez-Espinoza Louisiana State Univ. Martinez-Espinoza
2023 Ashley M. Mello Univ. of Michigan Mello
2023 Irina Miralda Molina, Ph.D. Seattle Children's Res. Inst. Miralda Molina
2023 Roxroy C. Morgan, Jr., Ph.D. Univ. of Chicago Morgan
2023 Ali Nazmi, Ph.D. Ohio State Univ. Nazmi
2023 Allison R. Norman Univ. of Tennessee Hlth. Sci. Ctr. Norman
2023 Carlos O. Ontiveros Univ. of Texas Hlth., San Antonio Ontiveros
2023 Claire E. Otero Weill Cornell Med. Otero
2023 Luciana Pádua Tavares, Ph.D. Brigham and Women's Hosp., Harvard Med. Sch. Padua Tavares
2023 Raul F. Reyes Natl. Autonomous Univ. of Mexico Reyes
2023 Gabriel J. Rodriguez-Garcia Vanderbilt Univ. Rodriguez-Garcia
2023 Ana C. Roginski, Ph.D. Arizona State Univ. Roginski
2023 Joselyn J. Rojas-Quintero, M.D. Baylor Col. of Med. Rojas-Quintero
2023 Gina M. Sanchez Rutgers Biomed. and Hlth. Sci. Sanchez
2023 Martin N. Sepulveda Univ. of Chicago Sepulveda
2023 Elvia E. Silva Univ. of Iowa Silva
2023 Pattarin Tangtanatakul, Ph.D. Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand Tangtanatakul
2023 Thacyana Teixeira de Carvalho, Ph.D. Cedars-Sinai Med. Ctr. Teixeira de Carvalho
2023 Christine Vazquez, Ph.D. Univ. of Pennsylvania Perelman Sch. of Med. Vazquez
2023 Jessica Vazquez, Ph.D. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Natl. Primate Res. Ctr. Vazquez
2023 Victor R. Vazquez Marrero Univ. of Pennsylvania Perelman Sch. of Med. Vazquez Marrero
2023 Jalene V. Velazquez Washington State Univ. Paul G. Allen Sch. for Global Hlth. Velazquez
2023 Karla M. Viramontes Univ. of California, Irvine Viramontes
2023 Keenan Wiggins Emory Univ. Sch. of Med. Wiggins
2023 Kiara D. Wiggins Univ. of California, Irvine Wiggins
2023 Caitlin Williams, Ph.D. Weill Cornell Med. Williams
2023 Kiara Wilson Chicago State Univ. Wilson
2023 Kiesha M. Wilson, Ph.D. Univ. of South Carolina Sch. of Med. Wilson
2023 Daniel F. Zegarra-Ruiz, Ph.D. Mem. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Zegarra-Ruiz

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