Summary
51 graduate students and their advisors join the thriving community supported by the HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Studies.
At Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the last days of July have become synonymous with one of the institute’s most famous announcements—what some have called “Gilliam’s Day.” It is the day when a cadre of graduate students and their advisors from universities across the country join the thriving community supported by the HHMI Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Studies.
Today, HHMI announces the largest-ever batch of Gilliam Fellows – 51 graduate students Conduct outstanding research in their scientific fields of specialization and advisors who are committed to building a more comprehensive scientific ecosystem. Each pair of advisors and students will receive an annual award totaling $53,000 for up to three years.
The Glim program It invests in graduate students from historically excluded and underrepresented populations in science so that they are ready to become science leaders. “To support the development of these students as future scientific leaders, it is essential to provide high-quality mentoring, financial support, an inclusive lab environment, and a supportive community,” says David Asai, Senior Director of Science Education. “Real change will not happen on campus without the support and commitment of faculty and institutional leaders,” says Asai.
HHMI recognizes that Gilliam Fellows advisors play an important role in helping students realize their highest potential. Since 2015, more than 200 Gilliam advisors have successfully completed a one-year course in Perceptive Cultural Counseling, which he developed and led Center for the Improvement of Research Oriented Experience (CIMER). Through the CIMER Mentorship Development Course, counselors participate in activities that emphasize cultural awareness, including interactive online webinars and two in-person workshops. Activities help counselors learn how to listen and interact with their students. These efforts are paying off—counselors have reported significant gains in their understanding and practice of culturally conscious counseling, according to a Recently published article by Pfund et al. in the magazine CBE Life Sciences Education.
Now, HHMI and CIMER have partnered to create the Scientific Extension Initiative that will work Design and provide mentorship development opportunities To all HHMI scientists, including investigators, Janelia Research Campus Group leaders, Hanna Gray Fellows, and recipients of the recently announced Freeman Hrabowski Scholars Program Award. By encouraging scholars to learn how to be better mentors, the Gilliam program aims to make the academic environment more inclusive so that students see themselves in the field of science.
Asai hopes that these intertwined efforts will eventually help increase the diversity of scholars at the faculty level. “Diversity in science should be the norm,” he says. “We should expect to see talented students and scholars from underrepresented groups on college campuses and across all sciences.”
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HHMI established the Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study in 2004 in honor of the late James H. Gilliam Jr., a trustee of HHMI, Gilliam was a respected entrepreneur and civic who spent his life nurturing excellence and diversity in science and education.
2022 Gilliam Fellows and Advisors
Karim Abdel Aal
Duke University
Thesis advisor: Kavoe Dzirasa
Jaquista Adams
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis advisor: Marketa Landry
Joseph Aguilera
Brown University
Thesis advisor: Erica Larshan
Ave Akano
Weill Cornell Medicine
Thesis advisor: Yael Daoud
Ora Alonso Rodriguez
University of Vermont
Thesis advisor: Taylor Ricketts
Natasha Bass Thomas
Brandeis University
Thesis advisor: Donald Katz
lemon ball
Louisiana State University
Thesis advisor: Laura Lagomarcino
Miles Bartholomew
Brown University
Thesis advisor: Richard Freeman
Caban House
Boston University
Thesis advisor: Steve Ramirez
Jose Campos Duran
University of Pennsylvania
Thesis advisor: Sarah Henrikson
Alexis Carey
Johns Hopkins University
Thesis advisor: Asani Werratna
Jesus Castor Macias
University of Michigan
Thesis advisor: Carlos Aguilar
Linis Castro
University of California, San Diego
Thesis advisor: Matthew Dougherty
Carlin Chen
University of California, Irvine
Thesis advisor: Marcelo Wood
Elida Dimuamoa
Georgia Institute of Technology
Thesis advisor: Garrett Stanley
Ryan Al-Bashir
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis advisor: Matthew Vander Heyden
Yesenia Garcia
Emory University
Thesis advisor: Shannon Gurley
Melanie Gil
Vanderbilt University
Thesis advisor: Vivian Gama
Tania Gonzalez Robles
Grossman School of Medicine at New York University
Thesis advisor: Kelly Ruggles
Billy Goolsby
Stanford University
Thesis advisor: Lauren O’Connell
Iris Greenage
Cornell University
Thesis advisor: Chelsea Specht
Miguel Guardado
University of California, San Francisco
Thesis advisor: Ryan Hernandez
Nadia Holness
University of Virginia College of Medicine
Thesis advisor: Sarah Ewald
jack barks
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis advisor: Daniela Cover
Jardi Javier
Emory University
Thesis advisors: Larry Young and Malavica Murugan
Jessica Jones
University of Washington
Thesis advisor: John Tuthill
chrisangel lopez
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Thesis advisor: Albert August
Maya Lopez Ichikawa
University of California, San Francisco
Thesis advisor: Matthew Spitzer
Peter Lotfy
Harvard Medical School
Thesis advisor: Jose Ordovas Montanes
Ricardo Lozoia
University of California, San Diego
Thesis advisor: Richard Dunneman
Kimberly Lukasek
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thesis advisor: Stephanie Gupton
Ahmed Mahmoud
Weill Cornell Medicine
Thesis advisor: Karuna Ganesh
Vanessa Mariscal
University of California, Santa Cruz
Thesis Advisors: Fellas Yildiz and Seth Rubin
Rio Maynard
University of California, Merced
Thesis advisor: Gordon Bennett
Daniel Mendes
University of Minnesota College of Medicine
Thesis advisors: Thomas Bastian and Michael Georgiev
Catherine Morello
Princeton University
Thesis advisor: Colin Murphy
Lauren Neal
Rockefeller University
Thesis advisor: Leslie Fochal
Katya Nino
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Thesis advisor: Eric Petras
Maria Ortiz Guza
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Thesis advisor: Jose Rodriguez Romaguera
Alexandre Paredes
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Thesis advisor: Aaron Smith
Laila May Pascual
Emory University
Thesis advisor: Sam Super
Zina Riviera
University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis advisors: Alicia Izquierdo and Andrew Weikenheiser
Christina Rivera Quills
Michigan State University
Thesis advisor: Michelle Mazy Robison
Lisa Santiago Milan
Harvard Medical School
Thesis advisor: Fred Winston
Franklin Stback Rodriguez
University of Pennsylvania
Thesis advisor: Janice Burkhart
Eric Stokes
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Thesis advisor: Jason Otto
Hector Torres Vera
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis advisor: Alanna Schepartz
Axel Vera
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis advisor: Ronald Raines
Jillian Walton
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Thesis advisor: Alison Buchan
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Stony Brook University
Thesis advisor: Michael Irola
Maya Woolfolk
Harvard university
Thesis advisor: Hobi Hoekstra
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