NIH Postbac Poster Day Awards
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NIH Postbac Poster Day Awards
Fellows' Career Development

Postbac Poster Day gives postbacs from across all NIH institutes and centers, the opportunity to share their research and improve their science communication and networking skills. Each year, NIH recognizes the postbacs who score in the top 20% of all posters presented at NIH Postbac Poster Day with Outstanding Poster Awards. NIH provides more information about Postbac Poster Day.
Outstanding Poster Awardees from NIEHS
2023 Awardees

Gloria Choi
“Appetite Response to Short-Term Energy Restriction in Young Healthy Women”
Mentor: Dr. Janet Hall, Dr. Skand Shekhar
Lab: Clinical Research Branch

Abra Granger
“Employing Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Characterize dGTPase Enzyme Function in E.coli”
Mentors: Dr. Lalith Perera, Dr. Roel Schaaper
Lab: Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory

Stephanie Jones
"Prenatal Exposure to Anti-Mineralocorticoid Spironolactone Results in Altered CA2 Axonal Phenotype and Anxiety-Like Behavior"
Mentor: Dr. Serena Dudek
Lab: Neurobiology Laboratory

Oindrila Paul
"Activation of Progesterone Receptor by DEHP and Endogenous Progesterone Differentially Impact Cell Growth"
Mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Martin
Lab: Epigenetics & Stem Cell Biology Laboratory
2022 Awardees

Kamiya Bridges
“Loss of Runx1 Expression Leads to Ovarian Defects and Increased Risk of Ovarian Tumors”
Mentor: Dr. Barbara Nicol, Dr. Humphrey Yao
Lab: Reproductive & Developmental Biology Branch

Shalyn Brown
“Erastin Rapidly Inhibits P-glycoprotein Transport Activity at the Blood-Brain Barrier”
Mentors: Dr. Ronald Cannon
Lab: Mechanistic Toxicology Branch

Sydney Fry
“Genetic Deletion of Mineralocorticoid Receptors in CA2 Impairs the Precision of Behavioral Circadian Rhythmicity in a Sex-dependent Manner”
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Cushman
Lab: Neurobiology

Abra Granger
“Employing Molecular Dynamics for Characterization of dGTPase Enzyme Function in E. coli with a Cysteine to Serine Mutation in the Active Site”
Mentors: Dr. Lalith Perera, Dr. Roel Schaaper
Lab: Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory

Lauren Gullett
“Occupational Characteristics and Serious Psychological Distress in the United States”
Mentors: Dr. Chandra Jackson, Dr. Dana Alhasan
Lab: Epidemiology Branch
Isha Wilson
“Functional Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp15 Endoribonuclease Variants”
Mentors: Dr. Robin Stanley
Lab: Signal Transduction
2021 Awardees

Kamiya Bridges
“Loss of Runx1 Leads to Development of Ovarian Pathologies”
Mentor: Dr. Barbara Nicol
Lab: Reproductive & Developmental Biology Branch
Sarah Chong
“Mossy Fiber Inputs to Hippocampal Area CA2”
Mentors: Dr. Serena Dudek, Dr. Daniel Radzicki
Lab: Neurobiology
Kathleen Embury
“Detecting Epigenetic Effects of Poly Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure in Mouse Bone Marrow with DNA Methylation Array Analysis”
Mentors: Dr. Douglas Bell, Dr. Oswaldo Lozoya
Lab: Immunity, Inflammation & Disease

Sydney Fry
“3D-printed Capacitive Sensor Objects for Object Recognition Assays”
Mentor: Dr. Jesse Cushman
Lab: Neurobiology

Lauren Gullett
“Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Serious Psychological Distress among Asian, Black, Hispanic/Latinx, and White Men and Women in the United States”
Mentors: Dr. Chandra Jackson, Dr. Dana Alhasan
Lab: Epidemiology Branch
Suzanna Kafer
“Potential Role of With-No-Lysine Kinase 1 (WNK1) in Oocyte Maturation”
Mentors: Dr. Carmen Williams, Dr. Paula Stein
Lab: Reproductive & Developmental Biology Branch

Sanya Mehta
“Bacterial Activation of Lung Innate Immunity Affects Fibrosis Development”
Mentors: Dr. Stavros Garantziotis, Dr. Yosuke Sakamachi
Lab: Immunity, Inflammation & Disease
Alexander Merder
“Examining the CD8 T Cell Receptor Repertoire of Smokers”
Mentors: Dr. Douglas Bell, Dr. Suzanne Martos
Lab: Immunity, Inflammation & Disease

Ruth Parsons
“Treacle N-Terminal Region Missense Mutations Decrease Protein Stability and DNA Binding”
Mentors: Dr. Scott Williams, Dr. Percy Tumbale
Lab: Genomic Integrity & Structural Biology

Sarah Jo Sleiman
“Hippocampal CA2 Development under the Influence of Prenatal Spironolactone”
Mentors: Dr. Katharine McCann, Dr. Serena Dudek
Lab: Neurobiology
2020 Awardees

Jacob Gordon
“Nol9 Is a Spatial Regulator for the Essential Human ITS2 pre-rRNA Endonuclease-Kinase Complex”
Mentor: Dr. Robin Stanley
Lab: Signal Transduction
2019 Awardees

Aidin Alejo Abdala
“Immunophenotyping of Subjects with Different APOL1 Genotypes Using the NIEHS Environmental Polymorphisms Registry”
Mentor: Michael Fessler, M.D.
Lab: Immunity, Inflammation & Disease

Lauren Carlson
“The Effect of Body Fat on Pubertal Tempo in Healthy Girls”
Mentor: Natalie Shaw, M.D.
Lab: Clinical Research Branch

Gabrielle Childers
“NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation: A Mode of Action Underlying Mitochondrial Toxicants”
Mentor: Jean Harry, Ph.D.
Lab: Division of Translational Toxicology

Brian Elgart
“Purification of Plasma Circulating Cell-free DNA and Development of Molecular Assays for Clinical and Toxicology Studies”
Mentor: Kevin Gerrish, Ph.D.
Lab: Signal Transduction

Olivia Emery
“The Role of Transcription Factor SRF in Female Fertility and Uterine Fibrosis”
Mentors: Francesco Demayo, Ph.D., and Steve Wu, Ph.D.
Lab: Reproductive & Developmental Biology Branch

Jacob Gordon
“Regulation of the Essential Human Ribosomal RNA Processing Machinery, Las1L-Nol9”
Mentor: Robin Stanley, Ph.D.
Lab: Signal Transduction

Ahmed Mashal
“Standardization of Tissue Fixation Protocols for Molecular Studies”
Mentor: Arun Pandiri, Ph.D.
Lab: Division of Translational Toxicology

Tejas Patel
“Exploring the Structure-Function Relationship of Ape2 Using Crystallography and Site-directed Mutagenesis”
Mentors: Scott Williams, Ph.D., and Jessica Wojtaszek, Ph.D.
Lab: Genomic Integrity & Structural Biology

Jeanne Powell
“DEFiNE: A Method for Enhancement and Quantification of Fluorescently Labeled Axons”
Mentor: Patricia Jensen, Ph.D.
Lab: Neurobiology

Julian Rana
“Studies of DNA Ligase I Cdc9 Fidelity in Maintenance of Genome Stability”
Mentor: Jessica Williams, Ph.D.
Lab: Integrity & Structural Biology
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