Extramural

Year-long Research Fellowships:

NIH Medical Research Scholars Program

• 2021-2022 – Christy Nwankwo
• 2021-2022 – Yen Luu
• 2021-2022 – Madhavi Murali
• 2020-2021 – Sriram Paravastu
• 2020-2021 – Elizabeth Theng
• 2020-2021 – Vijay Letchuman
• 2019-2020 – Ben Bernard
• 2018-2019 – Gurpreet Seehra
• 2017-2018 – Grant Randall
• 2016-2017 – Sachin Nair
• 2015-2016 – Dean Merrill
• 2014-2015 – Blake Montgomery

 

NIH Institutional Board Training Award

• 2017-2018 – Sachin Nair
• 2016-2017 – Dean Merrill

 

NIH TL1 Clinical Research Training Program Washington University

• 2021-2022 – Ashna Mahadev
• 2021-2022 – Ameen Awad
• 2021-2022 – Anna Fotouhi
• 2020-2021 – Sharon Sabapathypillai
• 2019-2020 – Abdullah Said
• 2019-2020 – Siddhant Thukral
• 2019-2020 – Andrew Peterson
• 2018-2019 – Subhjit Sekhon
• 2017-2018 – Sultan Khan
• 2016-2017 – Omar Karadaghy
• 2014-2015 – Furquann Sadiq

 

NIH TL1 Clinical Research Training Program University of Kansas Medical Center

• 2020-2021 – Kabir Torres
• 2017-2018 – Carlee Oakley
• 2015-2016 – Amanda Fletcher

 

Alpha Omega Alpha Carolyn L. Kuchein Student Research Fellowship

• 2017-2018 – Comron Hassanzadeh
• 2016-2017 – Comron Hassanzadeh

 

Northwestern University Dermatology Clinical Research Program

• 2019-2020 – Vishnu Harikumar
• 2017-2018 – Vivek Singam

 

NIH NEI Intramural Research Award

• 2020-2021 – Rishabh Gupta

 

Summer Research Fellowships:

NIDDK Medical Student Research Training Program in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolic Disorders

• 2021 – Nila Palaniappan (Wash U)
• 2021 – Karishma Kondapalli (Wash U)
• 2021 – Victoria Shi (Wash U)
• 2020 – Harinee Arunachalam (Boston)
• 2020 – Rohan Ahuja (Vanderbilt)
• 2017 – Ben Bernard*
• 2016 – Muhammed Alikhan (Vanderbilt)
• 2016 – Yicheng Bao (Wash U)

 

NIH Summer Internship Program

• 2021 – Ellie Kaji
• 2021 –  Chizitam Ibezim*
• 2018 – Rashmi Thimmapuram

 

Washing University Summer TL1 Research Training Program

• 2021 – Anika Mittal
• 2021 – Matthew William
• 2021 – Shiva Balasubramanian
• 2020 – Sneha Poondru
• 2020 – Pournika Muniyandi
• 2020 – Tricia Carey
• 2019 – Ishaan Jakhar
• 2019 – Sky Cope
• 2019 – Sriram Paravastu
• 2018 – Yicheng Bao
• 2018 – Vishwanath Ganesan

 

Vanderbilt Student Research Training Program

• 2020 – Neal Shah

 

Washington University Pediatric Student Research Program

• 2017 – Priyesha Bijlani

 

George Washington University Summer Research Internship

• 2020 – Sidharth Ramesh
• 2017 – Akash Jani

 

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Pediatric Oncology Education Program

• 2017 – Vishnu Harikumar

 

MD Anderson Cancer Center Summer Research Program

• 2019 – Yen Luu
• 2015 – Sanju Eswaran

 

American Psychiatric Association Externship in Addiction Psychiatry

• 2017- Carlee Oakley*

 

University of Washington Summer Research Program in Rheumatology

• 2019 – Dinya Jain

 

Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research – FAER

• 2021 – Shubika Jain (Harvard)
• 2020 – Anna Curtis (Utah)
• 2019 – Mundeep Bawa

Frontiers: University of Kansas Clinical Translation Science Institute Summer Research

• 2018 – Shrushti Mehta

 

University of Kansas Medical Center Radiation Oncology Summer Research Program

• 2018 – Shveta Thakkar

 

Children’s Mercy Hospital Pediatric Orthopaedic Summer Scholar Program

• 2018 – Nyaluma Wagala

 

Children’s Mercy Hospital H.A. Wenner Pediatric Infectious Diseases Summer Research Fellowship

• 2019 – Eshwar Kishore
• 2018 – Nikhil Havaldar

 

Children’s Mercy Summer Research Fellowship Program

• 2019 – Karina Shah

 

Health Policy Fellowship Initiative through the American Academy of Ophthalmology

• 2017- Ashwath Kumar

 

Unite for Sight Summer Program in India

• 2017- Elizabeth George

 

Society of Interventional Radiology Summer Medical Internship Program

• 2021- Herschel Gupta

 

Mayo Clinic Dean’s Scholar Program

• 2020- Jessica Anyaso

 

KU CTSA Summer Fellowship

• 2019- Shaan Patel
• 2018- Shrushti Mehta

 

Diversity Research Supplement Award – Dermatology Foundation Fellowship

• 2021 – Christy Nwankwo

 

*Had to decline due to acceptance to another experience

 

UMKC/Affiliate Hospital

Neurology Research and Scholar Award

• 2017 – Subhjit Sekhon
• 2017 – Dane Stephens

University Orthopaedic’s Trauma Research Opportunity and Scholar Award

• 2015-2016- Corey Wells
• 2016-2017- Nyaluma Wagala

 

University Orthopaedic’s Hand Surgery Research Opportunity and Scholar Award

• 2015-2016- Sanju Eswaran

 

Project ADVANCER

• 2016-2017- Hunter Farris
• 2017-2018- Landon Rohowetz

 

UMKC Women’s Council Graduate Assistance Fund

• 2015-2016-
• 2016-2017
  • Kaitlyn Hill
  • Komal Kumar
  • Megan Lilley
  • Carlee Oakley