Funding, Honors, Memberships

(* denotes funding)

ISFS Associate, Intersections Science Fellows Symposium (Oct 2023)

*NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award (Apr 2023-Mar 2028)

*DeLill Nasser Award for Career Development, Genetics Society of America (Feb 2023)

Member, Society for Developmental Biology (Jul 2022-present)

Member, American Society for Cell Biology (Jul 2022-present)

*NIDDK Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional NRSA Training Grant, NIH T32 (Sep 2021-present)

HHMI Leading Edge Fellow (Jun 2021)

Member, Society for Developmental Biology (Jul 2022-present)

Member, American Society for Cell Biology (Jul 2022-present)

Rising Star, “1,000 Inspiring Black scientists in America”, Cell Mentor/Cell Press (Dec 2020)

Member, Genetics Society of America (Jan 2017-present)

Honorable Mention, Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (Jun 2019)

*NIH Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Feb 2018)

*UNCF-Merck Graduate Science Research Fellowship (Jun 2015-May 2017)

*NIH National Research Service Award (F31), declined (Jun 2015-May 2017)

Special McCracken Service Award, NYU School of Medicine (Apr 2015)

Honorable Mention, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Mar 2013)

*NIH MARC U*STAR Trainee, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Aug 2009-May 2011)

*Meyerhoff Scholar, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Jun 2007-May 2011)

Professional Development

Early Career Reviewer, eLife (Nov 2022-present)

ASCB PAIR-UP Imaging Workshop, Rockefeller University (Nov 2022)

Building Your Brand Workshop, HHMI Leading Edge Fellows Program (Sep 2022)

Science Communications Intern, Society for Developmental Biology (Aug 2022-present)

Career Education & Enhancement for Health Care Research Diversity Program, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Jun 2022-Jan 2023)

NextProf Science Future Faculty Workshop, University of Michigan (May 2020 & May 2021)

FlyBoard Postdoc Representative (Mar 2021-Mar 2023)