Bethesda, MD -- FASEB MARC Program has announced the travel award recipients for the 18th Annual Institute on Teaching and Mentoring Program in Atlanta, Georgia from Oct. 20-23, 2011. These awards are meant to provide scholars with the skills necessary to succeed in graduate study and to prepare them for success as faculty members at colleges and universities.
The FASEB MARC Program is funded by a grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health. A primary goal of the MARC Program is to increase the number of highly-trained underrepresented biomedical and behavioral scientists in leadership positions to significantly impact the health-related research needs of the nation.
This year FASEB MARC conferred 17 travel awards totaling $28,050.
- Kacie Allen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University [ASN]
- Yaria Arroyo-Torres, University of Puerto Rico- Medical Sciences Campus [APS]
- Keshia Ashe, University of Connecticut [BMES]
- Leethaniel Brumfield, III, North Carolina State University [GSA]
- Rita Irene Cáceres, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
- Mashunté Glass-House, Florida A&M University
- Melissa R. Harris, University of Texas in Elpaso [ASBMB]
- Brandon Hollis, Louisiana State University [ACSM]
- Felicia Jefferson, Morehouse School of Medicine [EMS]
- Jacqueline Jones, Tuskegee University [ASIP]
- Shanelle Joseph, Southern University and A&M College [ASBMB]
- Monique J. Lemieux, University of Tennessee [ASBMB]
- Noraida Martinez-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras [HSC]
- Jose L. Serrano-Velez, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras [HSC]
- Shaniece Theodore, Tuskegee University [ASBMB]
- Irma Torres-Vazquez, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras [HSC]
- Jose A. Torres, Texas Southern University [APS]
FASEB is composed of 24 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of biomedical research associations in the United States. FASEB enhances the ability of scientists and engineers to improve -- through their research -- the health, well-being and productivity of all people. Our mission is to advance health and welfare by promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to its member societies and collaborative advocacy.