Lab News
October 2024:Congratulations to Dionna for being selected as Science News 10 To Watch young investigators
September 2024: Congratulations to Hannah for receiving the first place predoctoral presentation award at the 2024 International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics meeting in Honolulu, HI
September 2024: Congratulations to Cory for receiving a Student/Postdoc Travel Award to the 15th International Conference on Brain Energy Metabolism in Ljubljana, Slovenia
September 2024: Congratulations to Hannah for receiving a travel award to the 2024 International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics meeting in Honolulu, HI
August 2024: Congratulations to Javier for bei ng appointed to the T32 Training Program in Translational Research to End the HIV Epidemic, Emory University
July 2024: Congratulations to Dionna for being nominated to the ALBA Network Board of Directors
July 2024: Congratulations to Alysha for receiving the F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award
July 2024: Congratulations to Ally for beginning the MDPhD program at Stanford University
June 2024: Congratulations to Rodnie for being selected as a Summer Program in Neuroscience, Excellence and Success (SPINES) Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory
June 2024: Congratulations to Rodnie for receiving the BrightFocus Foundation Travel Award, 2024 Barriers of the CNS Gordon Research Conference in New London, NH
June 2024: Congratulations to Hannah for being selected to participate in a summer internship at Merck Sharp & Dohme
May 2024: Congratulations to Labib for receiving his BSc in Biology from Colgate University
May 2024: Congratulations to Rodnie for being selected as a Neuroscience Scholars Program Affiliate
April 2024: Congratulations to Hannah for receiving 2nd place award for her poster presentation at the Dolores C. Shockley Poster Competition, American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 2024 Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA
April 2024: Congratulations to Cory for receiving the Young Investigator’s Educational Enhancement Travel Award, American Society of Neurochemistry 2024 Annual Meeting in Portland, OR
March 2024: Congratulations to Rodnie for receiving a Pre-Doc Investigator Award for First Place in Poster Presentation at the 28th Scientific Conference of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology in Charleston, SC
March 2024: Congratulations to Alysha for receiving a Certificate of Achievement for Meritorious Research at the 28th Scientific Conference of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology in Charleston, SC
March 2024: Congratulations to Hannah for receiving a travel award to the 28th Scientific Conference of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology in Charleston, SC
February 2024: Congratulations to Javier and Alysha for their co-first author publication entitled “Roadmap For The Expression Of Canonical and Extended Endocannabinoid System Receptors in Peripheral Organs of Preclinical Animal Models”
January 2024: Congratulations to Cory and Andrew for their co-first author publication entitled “Spatial Heterogeneity of Brain Lipids in SIV-infected Macaques Treated with Antiretroviral Therapy”
January 2024: Congratulations to Rodnie and Stephen for their co-first author publication entitled “Cocaine regulates antiretroviral therapy CNS access through pregnane-x receptor-mediated drug transporter and metabolizing enzyme modulation at the blood brain barrier”
January 2024: Congratulations to Dionna for being appointed as Associate Professor at Emory University
September 2023: Congratulations to Dionna for being selected as an Early Stage Investigator Steering Council Member for the International Brain Barriers Society
August 2023: Congratulations to Dionna for receiving a U01 entitled “Elucidating single cell changes in neurogenic brain regions during HIV and cannabinoid exposure” from NIDA
August 2023: Congratulations to Andrew for beginning the Biomedical Sciences PhD program at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
June 2023: Congratulations to Cory for being selected as a fellow in the Intersections Science Fellows Symposium
November 2022: Congratulations to Dionna and Bianca for their co-first author publication entitled “T-cell activation state differentially contributes to neuropsychiatric complications in women with HIV”
September 2022: Congratulations to Cory for receiving a L60 Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program Award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
September 2022: Congratulations to Hannah for being selected as a Johns Hopkins Institute for the Basic Biomedical Sciences Fellow
June 2023: Congratulations for Rodnie for receiving a travel Award to the SACNAS National Diversity in STEM in Portland, OR
September 2021: Congratulation to Rodnie for being selected for the Institute for Basic Biomedical Science Director’s Fellowship Award
September 2022: Congratulations to Cory for being selected to participate in the BRAINS Fellow, NINDS-funded BRAINS Fellows Program at the University of Washington
August 2022: Congratulations to Cory for being selected to participate in the Rockefeller University Exceptional Scholars Workshop in New York, NY
July 2022: Congratulations to Javier for being selected as a CannaLatan - International Society for Neurochemistry School Fellow
July 2022: Congratulations to Javier for receiving a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research from the National Institute on Drug Abuse
June 2022: Congratulations to Cory for being selected to participate in the : NextProf Science Future Faculty Workshop at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI
June 2022: Congratulations to Alysha for receiving pilot funds from the Johns Hopkins University Center for AIDS Research Developmental Core
May 2022: Congratulations to Dionna for receiving the Rising Star – Scientific Investigator Alumni Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
September 2021: Congratulations to Cory for receiving the F99/K00 NIH Blueprint Diversity Specialized Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Advancement in Neuroscience Award
August 2021: Congratulations to Cory for receiving pilot funds from the Johns Hopkins University NIMH Center for Novel Therapeutics for HIV-associated Cognitive Disorders
June 2021: Congratulations to Andrew for receiving the Johns Hopkins University Life Design Lab’s 'SOAR Summer Plunge' Grant
May 2021: Congratulations to Alysha for being appointed to the T32 Molecular and Cellular Basis of Infectious Diseases (MCBID) Program
March 2021: Congratulations to Cory for receiving the Ruth and William Silen, M.D. Award, 1st Place Poster Prize at the New England Science Symposium in Boston, MA
October 2020: Congratulations to Dionna for receiving the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research Faculty Development Award
September 2020: Congratulations to Dionna for receiving their first R01 entitled “Cannabidiol and Macrophage Chronic Inflammation in a Virally Suppressed Rhesus Macaque Model” from NIDA
August 2020: Congratulations to Jareb for beginning the Molecular Pathology & Immunology PhD program at Vanderbilt University
March 2020:Congratulations to Dionna for being selected as the 100 Inspiring Black Scientists in America by Cell Press
September 2019: Congratulations to Dionna for receiving the NIDA Early Career Investigator Showcase Travel Award
August 2019: Congratulations to Dionna for successfully converting their K99 to the R00 phase on the proposal entitled “Cocaine Use And HIV Antiretroviral Therapy Efficacy In The CNS” from NIDA
July 2019: Congratulations to Dionna for being appointed as Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University