Yasmin Padovan-Hernandez, a graduate student working in the Aponte Lab, received a 2024 NIH Graduate Student Research Award (NGSRA) for the poster she presented at the NIH Graduate Student Research Symposium on February 15, 2024. Yasmin’s poster was titled was “Hypothalamic Circuits Controlling Interoceptive Hunger”. There were 12 winners out of over 120 posters. Yasmin… [Read More]
Awards
Sarah Sarsfield Receives NIH Mission First! Safety Always Certificate of Appreciation
As the lab manager for the Aponte Lab, Sarah is one of the first people new lab personnel meet. She takes new lab members on a tour of the facility and points out emergency exits, eye washes, and fire alarms. Sarah reminds lab members how to properly store and dispose of all chemicals. During the… [Read More]
Brandon Harvey Receives NIH Mission First! Safety Always Certificate of Appreciation
Dr. Harvey is the chair of NIDA-IRP Safety committee and has initiated numerous safety initiatives in recent years including “NIDA Laboratory Clean Out Week”, coordinated with DEP to provide additional training on chemical waste handling in laboratories. Congratulations, Dr. Harvey and thank you for all of your hard work! The NIH Mission First Safety Always… [Read More]
Special One-day Symposium: 20 Years of the Jacob P. Waletzky Award
On November 16, 2023, the NIDA-IRP will be hosting a special symposium celebrating 20 years of the Jacob P. Waletzky award. The Jacob P. Waletzky Award is given by the Society for Neuroscience to an early career scientist whose independent research has led to significant conceptual and empirical contributions to the understanding of drug addiction…. [Read More]
Amy Newman Inducted Into MEDI Hall of Fame
Dr. Amy Newman is one of the three 2023 Hall of Fame inductees of the Medicinal Chemistry (MEDI) Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Dr. Newman shares this honor with two other scientists, Dr. Donna Huryn from the University of Pittsburgh and Dr. Joel Barrish from RA Ventures. Dr. Newman is the fifth scientist… [Read More]
2023 Outstanding Poster Awards
Congratulations to our 2023 Outstanding Poster Award winners! They were honored at the 11th annual NIDA Poster Day and Mentoring Awards ceremony on May 11, 2023. Back row, left to right: Sarah Claypool, Qingfang Liu, Samanth Lee, Michelle Tsai, Ana Armenta Vega, Kelsey Shimoda, Noelle Henein, Laura Grasso, and Kareem Woods. Front row, left to right:… [Read More]
2023 NIDA IRP Mentoring Awards
Congratulations to our 2023 Mentoring Award winners! They were honored at the 11th annual NIDA Poster Day and Mentoring Awards ceremony on May 11, 2023. From left to right: Gisela Camacho Hernandez, Ph.D. – Diversity Mentoring Award; Yosuke Arima, Ph.D. – Postdoctoral Fellow Mentoring Award; Mehdi Farokhnia, M.D., M.P.H. – Staff Scientist Mentoring Award; and David… [Read More]
2023 NIDA IRP Postbaccalaureate Graduates
Congratulations and best wishes to the 2023 NIDA IRP Postbaccalaureate graduates!
2023 NIDA Women in Science Research Awardees
The NIDA IRP Women Scientist Advisors awards ceremony is held annually to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding women scientists. The 2023 awardees are: Agnieszka Sulima, Ph.D. – Excellence in Research Award Gisela Andrea Camacho Hernandez , Ph.D. – Excellence in Research Award Amy Janes, Ph.D. – Research Recognition Award for Exceptional Achievement Melinda Hersey, Ph.D. –… [Read More]
Erika Carlson – Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Highlighted Trainee Author
Erika Carlson is the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (JPET) Highlighted Trainee Author for May 2023. Erika was recognized for her contributions to the article titled “Heroin- and Fentanyl-Induced Respiratory Depression in a Rat Plethysmography Model: Potency, Tolerance, and Sex Differences,” which was published in the May 2023 issue of JPET. Erika co-authored this article… [Read More]