FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, June 14, 2013
CONTACTS:
Peter Wilson
202-810-0225
peter.wilson@uncf.org
2013 UNCF-MERCK SCIENCE INITIATIVE FELLOWS
UNCF and Merck announce scholarship and fellowship recipients
Washington, DC (June 14, 2013) The UNCF-MERCK Science Initiative (UMSI)-a partnership of UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) and global health care industry leader Merck-today announced that it would award scholarships and fellowships to 37 of the country's most accomplished and promising African-American undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students of biological science and engineering
Meet the USMI class of 2013:
Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship Awards (up to $25,000 each)
- Uzoamaka C. Agubokwu, Lincoln University of Pennsylvania (Lincoln University, PA)
- Maurice A. Asouzu, University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
- Olayode O. Babatunde, University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
- Akeadra E. Bell, Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City, NC)
- Gavin Coombs, High Point University (High Point, NC)
- Robyn T. Harper, University of Maryland at College Park (College Park, MD)
- Rena Ingram, Fort Valley State University (Fort Valley, GA)
- Jarvis J. Johnson, University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
- Kenyaria Noble, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
- Elizabeth Ogunrinde, Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
- Uchenna C. Okoro, University of Maryland Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD)
- Chinonso Opara, University of Washington ( Seattle, WA)
- Achaia J. Taltoan, Kentucky State University (Frankfort, KY)
- Sarra Z. Tekola, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- Ezigbobiara N. Umejiego, Kennesaw State University (Kennesaw, GA)
Graduate Science Research Dissertation Fellowships (up to $53,500 each)
- Olukemi O. Akintewe, University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)
- Omotayo A. Arowojolu, New York University School of Medicine (New York, NY)
- Amma Asare, Weill Cornell Medical College (New York, NY)
- Tamar Carter, University of Florida (Gai(Gainesville, FL)
- Wilbert B. Copeland, University of Washington (Seattle, WA)
- Chimdimnma Esimai, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
- Frankie D. Heyward, University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
- Brian S.R. Johnson, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
- Courtney M. Johnson, Brown University (Providence, RI)
- Samuel J. Laurencin, Drexel University College of Medicine (Philadelphiaa, PA)
- Jason McSheene, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
- Anthony Williams, University of Miami (Miami, FL)
Postdoctoral Science research Fellows (up to $92,000 each)
- Ericka L. Anderson, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (La Jolla, CA)
- Anoklase Ayitou, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
- Muyinatu Bell, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
- Zufan Debebe, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
- Mehabaw G. Derebe, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, TX)
- Faith L. Hall-Glenn, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
- Geoffrey K. Kilili, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD)
- Jeremy M. Lott, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Jennifer L. McLarty, Ph.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)
- Martin N. Shelon, Ph.D., Institute for Systems Biology (Seattle, WA)