The Duke Microbiome Center (DMC) and the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM) are pleased to announce the recipients of the Spring 2024 Graduate Student Awards. These awards provide one year of funding for Ph.D. students to pursue studies that connect microbiome research to any of the four Research Tracks in TriCEM – pathogenic organisms, cancer, brain sciences, and social & biological determinants of health – or that engage with One Health research at the intersection of humans, animals, and the environment. Congratulations to the awardees!
- Ammara Aqeel (laboratory of Dr. Lawrence David, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology) “Impact of Deforestation on Dietary Resilience and Microbiome Health”
- Angela Jones (laboratory of Dr. Dennis Ko, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology) “Evolutionary Pressures on Sex-Biased Genes and Disease-Associated Variants”
- Julian Liber (laboratory of Dr. Sheng-Yang He, Department of Biology) “Enhancing Pathogen Biocontrol in the Yeast Aureobasidium pullulans”
- Samantha Phelps (laboratory of Dr. Nishad Jayasundara, Nicholas School of the Environment) “Investigating the Role of the Microbiome in Resistance to PAH Exposure”
- Julia Slack (laboratory of Dr. Tara Albrecht, School of Nursing) “The Oral Microbiome and Fatigue in People with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy”
- Amanda Wilson (laboratory of Dr. Francois Lutzoni, Department of Biology) “Elucidating the Cryptic Dispersal Mechanisms of Fungal Endophytes”
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