Wall of Honor

Recent awardees from the two training programs are highlighted.

Fellowships

(NIH F Grants)

Career and Research

(NIH K and R Grants)

Participants:  PhD Students and Junior Postdoc Fellows

Timing: Weekly from September to December

Activities: Each week, fellows submit drafts of specific grant application components for peer review and comments by the grant coach. Fellows meet with the grant coach for 1-hour a week to discuss parts of the grant application, sponsored programs, peer review, NIH review groups and institutes, responding to peer review critiques, and submission of the final grant application in December.

Fellowship – Specific Aims Checklist

Participants:  Senior Postdoc Fellows and Faculty (Early and Middle Career)

Timing: Monthly

Activities: The Grant Writing Group meets once monthly to review Specific Aims pages for K and R grants. Participants receive copies of Aims pages the day before the meeting in order to read and prepare. Each Aims page is discussed for 10-15 min. This program fosters peer review among participants and greater awareness of diverse research programs across NJ ACTS.

K or R – Specific Aims Checklist

Read more about our recent awardees

Stephanie Shiau

Dr. Stephanie Shiau​

Assistant Professor

Maternal Inflammation in Relation to Offspring Epigenetic Aging and Development

R01HD111550

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Hiroko Nabuta

Dr. Hiroko Nobuta

Assistant Professor

Spatial and Single Cell Transcriptomics Approach to Understand Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Communication in Human Synaptic Development

R21NS132013

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Chintan Dave<br />

Dr. Chintan Dave

Assistant Professor

Evaluating the Role of Multimorbidity in Modulation Medication Effects in Older Adults

R01HL163163

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Modupe Coker

Dr. Modupe Coker

Assistant Professor

HPV, HIV, and Oral Microbiota Interplay in Nigerian Youth

R01DE032216

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Tetsuya Nakamura

Dr. Tetsuya Nakamura

Assistant Professor

The Function of Gli Proteins in the Specification of Ossification Pathways in Pectoral Girdle Development and Evolution

2210072

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Zorimar

Dr. Zorimar Rivera-Nunez

Assistant Professor

Emerging Mycoestrogens: Impacts on Placental and Early Childhood Growth (R21ES032047)
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Genetic Variation in the Placental Barrier: Impact on Child Environmental Health Studies (ECHO)

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Torosin

Dr. Nicole Torosin

Postdoctoral Associate

3D Genome Organization and Gene Expression in Drosophila

F32GM140669

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Keinaenen

Dr. Outi Keinaenen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Harnessing PET to Study the In Vivo Fate and Health Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics

K99ES034053

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Navaneeth Narayanan

Dr. Navaneeth Narayanan

Clinical Associate Professor

Gut Microbiome and Pharmacokinetic Variability in Tuberculosis and Diabetes

K23AI159396

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L. Cody Smith

Dr. Ley Cody Smith

Postdoctoral Fellow

Estrogen Receptor Signaling, Inflammation and Ozone Toxicity

K99ES032473

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Shuo Xiao

Dr. Shuo Xiao

Assistant Professor

An Ovary-on-a-Chip to Identify Ovarian Toxicity

R01ES032144

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Luigi Brunetti

Dr. Luigi Brunetti

Associate Professor

Mechanistic Evaluation of Melatonin as a Protectant against Antibiotic Associated Kidney Injury

R01DK131214

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Kaiden Power

Kaiden Power

PhD Student

Role of a NIMA-related Kinase in Neuronal Microtubule Stability and Transport

F31NS122438

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Carolyn Kinkade

Carolyn Kinkade

PhD Student

Exposure to Zearalenone and its Impact on Maternal and Fetal Health

F31ES034269

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Danielle Kozlosky

Danielle Kozlosky

PhD Student

Impact of the Placenta Barrier on Fetal Nutrition and Growth Restriction

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F31ES032319

Troy Roepke

Dr. Troy Roepke

Associate Professor

Sex Differences in CRH Signaling in the ovBNST Underlie Effects of Chronic Stressors

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R01MH123544

Phoebe Stapleton

Dr. Phoebe Stapleton

Assistant Professor

Microvascular Mechanisms of Growth Restriction after Environmental Toxicant Exposure

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R01ES031285

Nimit Shah

Nimit Shah

PhD Student

Barriers and Predictors of Physical Fitness among Volunteer Firefighters

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F31HL160196

Kim Wiersielis

Dr. Kimberly Wiersielis

Postdoctoral Fellow

Interaction of Perinatal Organophosphate Flame Retardants and Adult Chronic Stress on Cognitive Processing

K99ES033256

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