Sarah Bernhard
Washington University
in St. Louis

Project: Structure, Function and Pharmacology of Delta Opioid Receptor Bitopics

Rhashanda Haywood
University of Maryland,
Eastern Shore

Project: Early Drug Discovery of Novel Meta-substituted N-benzamide Enaminones as Potential Anti-seizure Agents

Aakanksha Rajiv Kapoor
Weill Medical College
of Cornell University

Project: Determine Mechanisms by Which Club Cell Factor/s Inhibit Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells to Increase Efficacy of Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer

Jacqueline Plau
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Project: Expansion of the First-in-Class Drug Candidates Targeting Cellular Retinol-binding Protein 1

Katelyn Reeb
Drexel University
College of Medicine

Project: Positive Allosteric Modulation of EAAT2 for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders

Kinza Rizwan
Baylor College of Medicine


Project: Development of a First-in-class Inhibitor of SPOP to Suppress Highly Aggressive Prostate Cancer

Piyusha Pagare, PhD
Virginia Commonwealth University

Project: Mu-opioid Receptor Modulators to Counteract Synthetic Opioids

Melanie Uguen, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Project: Multimodal Approaches for the Development of SETDB1-targeting Cancer Treatment

Joshua Walker, PhD
University of California, Berkeley

Project: Protein-Natural Product Chimeras for Protease-resistant Antibody Therapies

Swarup Mitra, PhD, MSc
Marshall University Research Corporation

Project: Novel Psychoplastogen Therapeutics in Alleviating Oxycodone Abuse

Cynthia Choi
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center

Project: Immunomostimulatory Effects of Low Dose Radiolabeled Monoclonal Antibody Dinutuximab in Preclinical Studies

Cydney M. Martell
Northwestern University


Project: High-throughput Discovery of the Determinants of Stress-induced Aggregation in Miniproteins for Hyper-stable Therapeutic Design

Vladimir Molchanov
Van Andel Research Institute

Project: Developing SEEK&HEAL Technology for Targeted Stem Cell Therapy of Degenerative Diseases

Serena Omo-Lamai
University of Pennsylvania

Project: Modifying RNA-lipid-nanoparticles for Treating Inflammatory States

Rogerio A. Bataglioli, PhD, Virginia Tech

Project: Microbial Gene Delivery for the Modulation of the Gut Microbiota

Ashlee Brunaugh, PhD
University of Michigan

Project: Development of Repurposed Adjuvant Studded Particles to Enhance Inhaled Antibiotic Activity Against Extensively Drug Resistant Pathogens

Fatima Rivas, PhD
Louisiana State University

Project: Development of Drug Delivery Methods for Terpenoid Compounds

Kevin Yehl, PhD
Miami University

Project: A Generalizable Biomineralization Strategy for Improving Formulation and Delivery of Phage Therapies