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Students Receive Prestigious HHMI Fellowships
Eight UCSF graduate students and seven medical students have been awarded fellowships from
the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) for advanced training in biomedical research.
They were among 165 talented young scientists to receive the prestigious fellowships
recently announced by HHMI. The fellowships are either five-year awards for graduate
students pursuing doctoral degrees in the biological sciences or support to enable medical
students to take a year off from their medical studies to pursue research full-time.
The following UCSF students were awarded Predoctoral Fellowships in Biological Sciences.
Each award includes a $16,000 annual stipend and a $15,000 cost-of-education allowance,
which goes to UCSF.
Baruch Ze'ev Harris, genetics and
molecular biology;
Karen Sue Kim, genetics and
molecular biology;
Jennifer Danielle Ramond, genetics
and molecular biology;
Jesse Michael Gray, neuroscience and
physiology;
Timothy Michael Kubow, neuroscience
and physiology;
Kurt Wesley Marek, neuroscience and
physiology;
Mathew Gregory Miller, structural
biology and biochemistry;
Carolyn Marie Ott, structural
biology and biochemistry.
The following students were awarded Research Training
Fellowships for Medical Students. Each $27,000 award includes a $16,000 stipend, a $5,500
research allowance, and a $5,500 allowance to the host institution.
Lily Esther Tang, cell and
developmental biology;
Daniel Francis Zlogar, cell and
developmental biology;
Ari Justin Green, genetics and
molecular biology;
Tamiko Robin Katsumoto, genetics and
molecular biology;
Karen Friede Holden, neuroscience
and physiology;
Anand Yogesh Mehta, neuroscience and
physiology.
Medical student Abigail Elizabeth Collins, an HHMI
research fellow during the past year, was awarded two years of continued support to
complete medical studies.
HHMI, one of the nation's largest philanthropies, now supports 500 students at 74 academic
institutions through these two programs. Through fiscal year 1999 HHMI has awarded $200
million in fellowship support to 2,000 outstanding students and physician scientists.
Links:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Full HHMI press release
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