Each month, we toast the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff, no matter how big or small. August kicked off the start of a new academic year, along with some noteworthy accomplishments:
Alex George, 4th year ITEHP PhD candidate, submitted an F31 application.
Aliyah Webster, 2nd year ITEHP PhD student, had a paper published from her 2023 internship at Johns Hopkins and another paper from her Bioethics course accepted.
Alyssa Wicks, PhD, ITEHP postdoctoral researcher, had a grad school paper on PFAS in feminine products accepted to a journal.
Chelsea Hughes, PhD, ITEHP postdoctoral researcher, submitted an abstract for a conference and has cells (what kind?)
Corbin Hite, 2nd year ITEHP PhD student, presented the first poster of his PhD journey at International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Annual Meeting, which was held in tandem with the International Society for Exposure Science Annual Meeting.
Emily Green, 5th year ITEHP PhD candidate, was invited to give a platform talk, titled “Microbiota-Mediated Resistance: A Co-Evolved Mechanism of Pollution Adaptation in Atlantic Killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus)” at SETAC, which will be held in November in Portland, OR.
Johann Valera-Vega, 1st year ITEHP PhD student, started his PhD program.
Kate Hoffman, PhD, ITEHP faculty, had a paper (that has been a long time in the making) accepted that very morning.
Laura Jameson, 4th year ITEHP PhD candidate, was accepted into the Duke Scholars in Molecular Medicine career development program.
Olivia Kline, 1st year ITEHP PhD student, started her PhD program and was able to start nasal epithelial cells.
Samantha Phelps, 3rd year ITEHP PhD student, is taking a grant writing course and purchased knitting needles to facilitate her awesome creation-making skills.
Sierra Smith, 2nd year ITEHP PhD student, found locations of killifish populations possibly exposed to PFAS, through professional connections.
Tenley Weil, 4th year ITEHP PhD candidate, got a pilot grant.
Congratulations, everyone! We are looking forward to hearing about your accomplishments at the next toast.
