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PhRMA Foundation Grants $950K in 2024 Translational Medicine and Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research Awards

March 25, 2024

The PhRMA Foundation provided awards to 11 early-career scientists conducting translational medicine and value assessment and health outcomes research.

The PhRMA Foundation awarded 11 early-career researchers a total of $950,000 in 2024 fellowships and grants focused on translational medicine and value assessment and health outcomes research.

Predoctoral fellowships provide $30,000 a year for up to two years. Postdoctoral fellowships provide $60,000 a year for up to two years. Faculty grants provide $100,000 for one year.

Through our Translational Medicine and Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research programs, the PhRMA Foundation supports research with great potential impact for patients and their health care. These early-career researchers are tackling questions with implications for maternal-fetal health, cancer patients, kidney transplant recipients, seniors, and veterans, among others.

Amy M. Miller, PhD PhRMA Foundation President

2024 Awardees

Translational Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellowships

  • Charlems Alvarez Jimenez, PhD, Case Western Reserve University
  • Marcus Garcia, PharmD, University of New Mexico
  • Audrey Brown, PhD, University of Virginia School of Medicine

Faculty Starter Grants

  • Ashlan Kunz Coyne, PharmD, University of Kentucky
  • Dimitrios Mathios, MD, Washington University in St. Louis

Value Assessment and Health Outcomes Research

Predoctoral Fellowships

  • Iftekhar Ahmed, Purdue University
  • Udim Damachi, University of Maryland, Baltimore
  • Wesam Ismail, University of Iowa
  • Piaopiao Li, University of Florida

Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • Nabin Poudel, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Faculty Starter Grant

  • Emilie Duchesneau, PhD, MSPH, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Apply Now

The PhRMA Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2025 Drug Discovery, Drug Delivery and Translational Medicine fellowships and grants. The deadline to submit a letter of intent is noon ET on May 1, 2024.